The game wasn't competitive, score-wise. And on this night, Houston completed a 4-0 season sweep of Dallas.
Both the Mavericks and Rockets, however, still had some fight left in them, at least verbally, and it spilled into the American Airlines Center hallways following Houston's 123-107 victory Tuesday night.
Rockets swingman Trevor Ariza, upset with Mavericks center Salah Mejri, waited as close as security guards would allow him to the back door of the Mavericks' locker room. Meanwhile, Mavericks security had to calm down a visibly agitated Mejri, who seemed hell-bent on confronting Ariza.
The potential showdown was diffused when security accompanied Mejri straight to the players' underground parking lot, away from the hallway at which Ariza waited.