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Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks

March 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Mavericks 120-100 on 2026-03-06 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, Dwight Powell, P.J. Washington, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 22 points (9/19) in his matchups, with Jayson Tatum as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 15 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Max Christie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	33:19	24	7	7	2	0	3	1	9-17	2-5	4-6	+20
Derrick White GS	31:04	20	4	4	2	2	0	1	8-16	2-7	2-2	+23
Jayson Tatum GS	27:10	15	12	7	1	0	2	2	6-16	3-8	0-0	+20
Neemias Queta GS	25:36	16	15	0	1	1	1	2	6-8	0-0	4-7	+16
Sam Hauser GS	22:32	6	5	0	0	2	0	1	2-8	2-8	0-0	0
Payton Pritchard	33:49	18	7	6	0	2	1	0	8-17	2-8	0-0	+19
Baylor Scheierman	20:50	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	0
Hugo González	18:56	6	2	2	0	1	0	2	2-4	2-3	0-0	+2
Luka Garza	17:55	10	3	1	0	2	1	0	4-8	2-6	0-0	+9
Ron Harper Jr.	4:20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Amari Williams	2:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Nikola Vučević	1:47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		120	58	29	6	10	8	10	47-99	16-48	10-15

Did not play: Jordan Walsh (DND - Injury/Illness)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	30:05	16	8	6	1	0	3	5	7-23	0-4	2-2	-17
P.J. Washington GS	28:45	5	5	3	0	1	1	1	2-9	1-3	0-0	-23
Max Christie GS	28:45	12	4	2	0	0	2	0	4-9	4-6	0-0	-19
Khris Middleton GS	24:20	7	5	3	0	0	0	2	2-8	0-2	3-4	-18
Dwight Powell GS	15:23	2	5	0	0	1	2	4	0-0	0-0	2-2	-10
Moussa Cisse	25:30	6	7	1	1	3	0	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+10
Naji Marshall	25:05	13	1	3	0	0	1	3	6-12	1-1	0-0	-20
Brandon Williams	19:13	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	3-4	-4
Klay Thompson	18:01	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	7-13	5-11	0-0	-8
Caleb Martin	16:13	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	+1
AJ Johnson	4:20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Ryan Nembhard	4:20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+4
Totals		100	45	23	2	5	10	16	38-93	14-35	10-12

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser Starter 11.9 min
Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 8.3 min
Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard 5.9 min
Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 4.1 min
Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.2 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · P.J. Washington · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 7.4 min
Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 6.5 min
Klay Thompson · Caleb Martin · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Moussa Cissé 5.4 min
Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Moussa Cissé · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 4.9 min
Caleb Martin · Brandon Williams · Moussa Cissé · AJ Johnson · Ryan Nembhard 4.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Cooper Flagg 22 pts (9/19) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Jayson Tatum (27 %, 2 pts) · Jaylen Brown (18 %, 7 pts) · Derrick White (14 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Williams 2 pts (1/3) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (35 %, 0 pts) · Payton Pritchard (17 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	P.J. Washington: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Derrick White	Max Christie: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Payton Pritchard	Max Christie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jayson Tatum	Cooper Flagg: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · P.J. Washington: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Neemias Queta	Moussa Cisse: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Dwight Powell: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Sam Hauser	Khris Middleton: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Brandon Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Khris Middleton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Moussa Cisse: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dwight Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González	Klay Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Ron Harper Jr.	Caleb Martin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amari Williams	Moussa Cisse: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Johnson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević	Moussa Cisse: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Jaylen Brown 15 pts (6/13) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (23 %, 6 pts) · Cooper Flagg (21 %, 2 pts) · P.J. Washington (16 %, 5 pts)
Jayson Tatum 3 pts (1/9) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Khris Middleton (26 %, 3 pts) · Naji Marshall (18 %, 0 pts) · P.J. Washington (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Sam Hauser: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Jaylen Brown: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
P.J. Washington	Neemias Queta: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Max Christie	Jaylen Brown: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Khris Middleton	Jayson Tatum: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Naji Marshall	Jayson Tatum: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Moussa Cisse	Neemias Queta: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Garza: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Dwight Powell	Luka Garza: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Neemias Queta: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams	Baylor Scheierman: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Klay Thompson	Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin	Ron Harper Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Payton Pritchard: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Hugo González: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)