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Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks

December 15, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Jazz beat the Mavericks 140-133 on 2025-12-15 at home. The Jazz started Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Brice Sensabaugh, Kyle Filipowski, and Ace Bailey. The Mavericks started P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 19 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Ace Bailey as his primary defender. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 22 points (10/15) in his matchups, with Cooper Flagg as his primary defender.

Box score

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

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz 140

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Keyonte George GS 40:51 37 5 6 0 0 2 4 11-20 5-10 10-12 -5
Lauri Markkanen GS 39:47 33 16 5 4 1 1 3 11-23 1-6 10-12 +27
Kyle Filipowski GS 37:33 25 9 1 0 1 2 3 9-13 2-4 5-6 +27
Ace Bailey GS 24:17 7 2 3 0 0 1 6 3-9 1-4 0-0 -2
Brice Sensabaugh GS 21:39 4 2 3 0 1 1 2 2-3 0-1 0-0 -14
Isaiah Collier 31:15 10 3 8 2 1 0 3 4-8 0-2 2-2 +1
Cody Williams 22:18 11 1 2 0 0 0 3 5-9 1-3 0-1 +15
Taylor Hendricks 18:24 11 4 1 0 0 1 3 4-5 3-4 0-0 +2
Kyle Anderson 15:27 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 0-4 0-0 0-0 -20
Walter Clayton Jr. 13:29 2 4 2 1 0 3 1 1-3 0-2 0-0 +4
Totals 140 47 33 8 4 13 32 50-97 13-36 27-33

Did not play: Kevin Love (DNP - Coach's Decision), Svi Mykhailiuk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Oscar Tshiebwe (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 133

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 41:46 42 7 6 1 2 4 3 13-27 1-4 15-20 -9
P.J. Washington GS 39:12 25 14 0 0 1 2 5 10-20 1-2 4-7 -13
Ryan Nembhard GS 38:04 14 3 11 1 0 4 2 6-12 2-6 0-0 -15
Naji Marshall GS 36:17 15 3 1 1 0 0 1 7-12 1-3 0-0 -5
Daniel Gafford GS 12:53 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 -8
Max Christie 28:17 8 5 3 0 1 0 2 2-5 0-2 4-4 +7
Dwight Powell 23:37 7 9 0 0 0 0 3 2-4 0-0 3-6 +5
Klay Thompson 20:56 12 2 0 1 0 0 1 4-10 4-9 0-0 -3
Moussa Cisse 13:28 6 7 0 1 1 1 2 2-4 0-0 2-4 -1
Jaden Hardy 10:32 2 2 1 0 0 2 4 1-3 0-1 0-0 +7
Totals 133 54 24 6 6 14 26 48-98 9-27 28-41

Did not play: Caleb Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Brandon Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Jazz defense

Defender Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen P.J. Washington: 50 poss., 15 pts (6/10) · Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Keyonte George Naji Marshall: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Max Christie: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/4)
Kyle Filipowski Dwight Powell: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Daniel Gafford: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Isaiah Collier Ryan Nembhard: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jaden Hardy: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ace Bailey Cooper Flagg: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Klay Thompson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Brice Sensabaugh Naji Marshall: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taylor Hendricks Klay Thompson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cody Williams Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Klay Thompson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kyle Anderson Dwight Powell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Cisse: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Walter Clayton Jr. Ryan Nembhard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Cooper Flagg Keyonte George: 19 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Lauri Markkanen: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
P.J. Washington Lauri Markkanen: 38 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Brice Sensabaugh: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Naji Marshall Keyonte George: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brice Sensabaugh: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ryan Nembhard Isaiah Collier: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie Keyonte George: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell Kyle Filipowski: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kyle Anderson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Klay Thompson Cody Williams: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Taylor Hendricks: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moussa Cisse Kyle Filipowski: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Anderson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford Kyle Filipowski: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ace Bailey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Isaiah Collier: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taylor Hendricks: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)