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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks

March 15, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Cavaliers 130-120 on 2026-03-15 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, and Keon Ellis. The Mavericks started P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 10 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Dean Wade as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 19 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Max Christie as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	39:08	26	1	11	2	0	1	2	10-24	4-11	2-2	-4
James Harden GS	37:33	13	5	7	1	0	6	2	4-12	1-5	4-5	-5
Evan Mobley GS	36:03	18	11	4	0	4	4	3	8-14	0-3	2-5	-2
Keon Ellis GS	31:26	5	5	3	0	1	2	2	2-7	1-5	0-0	-2
Dean Wade GS	26:18	12	5	0	0	0	0	2	5-9	2-5	0-0	-12
Max Strus	22:52	24	8	1	0	0	1	5	7-9	6-7	4-4	0
Dennis Schröder	21:58	8	1	6	0	0	1	1	4-5	0-0	0-1	-9
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	12:23	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	2-4	0-2	0-0	-9
Thomas Bryant	12:19	10	2	0	1	0	0	2	3-4	2-3	2-4	-7
Totals		120	38	32	5	5	16	21	45-88	16-41	14-21

Did not play: Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Olivier Sarr (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington GS	33:24	20	11	2	5	1	0	2	8-16	3-4	1-2	+17
Cooper Flagg GS	32:49	27	6	10	0	2	3	4	10-17	1-3	6-8	+2
Naji Marshall GS	32:01	25	5	7	1	0	3	1	8-12	1-1	8-8	+10
Max Christie GS	29:17	9	2	5	1	1	0	0	3-4	2-3	1-1	+4
Ryan Nembhard GS	24:16	11	3	3	2	0	0	2	4-10	3-7	0-0	+15
Khris Middleton	24:24	5	5	2	1	0	2	4	2-9	1-4	0-0	+2
Brandon Williams	23:44	12	2	5	2	0	0	1	4-7	0-1	4-4	-5
Marvin Bagley III	15:49	6	5	0	0	1	2	4	2-4	1-2	1-2	-2
John Poulakidas	14:38	10	3	0	1	0	1	3	4-6	2-4	0-0	+10
Caleb Martin	7:35	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-1	2-2	-4
Dwight Powell	2:03	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		130	44	35	13	5	12	21	46-87	15-30	23-27

Did not play: AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis Starter 13.7 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Max Strus · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 9.7 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 7.4 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley 4.3 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley 3.1 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 11.0 min
P.J. Washington · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 4.4 min
Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Cooper Flagg 4.1 min
P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 3.8 min
Khris Middleton · Marvin Bagley III · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Cooper Flagg 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Cooper Flagg 10 pts (3/9) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (27 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (21 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (17 %, 2 pts)
Brandon Williams 6 pts (1/2) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Keon Ellis (35 %, 0 pts) · Dennis Schröder (28 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Max Christie: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
James Harden	Naji Marshall: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cooper Flagg: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Evan Mobley	P.J. Washington: 37 poss., 8 pts (4/8) · Marvin Bagley III: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Keon Ellis	Brandon Williams: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	Cooper Flagg: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Max Strus	Khris Middleton: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · John Poulakidas: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Dennis Schröder	Brandon Williams: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Thomas Bryant	Marvin Bagley III: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Khris Middleton: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Khris Middleton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Poulakidas: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)

Mavericks defense

Donovan Mitchell 19 pts (7/12) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (25 %, 5 pts) · John Poulakidas (14 %, 3 pts) · Khris Middleton (13 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 15 pts (6/15) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Naji Marshall (30 %, 2 pts) · Cooper Flagg (19 %, 4 pts) · Max Christie (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
P.J. Washington	Evan Mobley: 27 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Dean Wade: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Cooper Flagg	Dean Wade: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · James Harden: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Naji Marshall	James Harden: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keon Ellis: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Max Christie	Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · James Harden: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams	Keon Ellis: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Keon Ellis: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khris Middleton	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Thomas Bryant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Poulakidas	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Max Strus: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Martin	Max Strus: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell	Thomas Bryant: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dennis Schröder: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)