DALLAS – In desperate need of any win, the Rockets had every chance they could want for the kind of win that sparks things.
They had not won a close game for nearly two weeks, but with less than three minutes left, led by eight.
With that, they could not stop Luka Doncic, could not make a 3 and could not stop the bleeding of the most painful winless road trip, falling 107-104 to the Mavericks when Eric Gordon's 3 at the buzzer missed.
The Rockets made 1 of 6 shots in the final minutes while the Mavericks took the win.