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Sacramento Kings vs. Dallas Mavericks

January 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Kings 100-98 on 2026-01-06 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, and Maxime Raynaud. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 19 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Maxime Raynaud as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 6 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Naji Marshall as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Zach LaVine GS 37:15 20 4 3 2 1 2 2 8-19 2-6 2-2 +3
DeMar DeRozan GS 36:31 21 2 5 2 1 1 2 8-18 3-6 2-2 +2
Maxime Raynaud GS 34:42 14 9 1 1 0 1 6 6-7 0-0 2-2 -6
Russell Westbrook GS 31:08 11 6 4 1 0 3 0 4-15 1-7 2-4 +1
Precious Achiuwa GS 21:53 9 9 0 1 1 1 1 4-7 1-1 0-0 +4
Dennis Schröder 25:44 11 1 9 1 0 1 1 4-10 0-3 3-7 -9
Keon Ellis 23:26 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 2-8 1-4 0-0 +2
Nique Clifford 14:13 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 -9
Dylan Cardwell 10:31 4 9 1 0 1 1 5 2-4 0-0 0-0 +7
Doug McDermott 4:38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -5
Totals 98 43 23 11 6 12 20 39-92 9-31 11-17

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Eubanks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Malik Monk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Daeqwon Plowden (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Max Christie GS 35:53 11 3 2 0 0 2 1 3-13 2-9 3-3 -2
Anthony Davis GS 35:37 19 16 2 0 2 3 1 7-23 0-1 5-7 -6
Cooper Flagg GS 35:00 20 8 6 1 0 1 2 8-15 2-5 2-2 +11
Naji Marshall GS 31:32 15 7 1 2 0 4 2 7-10 1-2 0-2 -3
Daniel Gafford GS 22:29 10 13 0 1 1 2 2 5-8 0-0 0-0 +11
Klay Thompson 27:19 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 2-12 2-8 0-0 -1
Brandon Williams 26:37 18 2 2 2 0 2 4 7-13 1-2 3-5 -6
Caleb Martin 13:52 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0-2 0-0 1-2 +1
Ryan Nembhard 11:42 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Totals 100 55 19 6 3 16 12 39-96 8-27 14-21

Did not play: Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dwight Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision), D'Angelo Russell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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.

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan Caleb Martin: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zach LaVine Max Christie: 31 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Naji Marshall: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Maxime Raynaud Daniel Gafford: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Anthony Davis: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Russell Westbrook Naji Marshall: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder Brandon Williams: 16 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Keon Ellis Klay Thompson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Williams: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Precious Achiuwa Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Anthony Davis: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Nique Clifford Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Klay Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Cardwell Anthony Davis: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daniel Gafford: 4 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Doug McDermott Klay Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Davis Maxime Raynaud: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/9) · Precious Achiuwa: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/8)
Naji Marshall Russell Westbrook: 19 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Zach LaVine: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Max Christie Zach LaVine: 21 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · DeMar DeRozan: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cooper Flagg Russell Westbrook: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Zach LaVine: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Klay Thompson Keon Ellis: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brandon Williams Keon Ellis: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Daniel Gafford Maxime Raynaud: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dylan Cardwell: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Caleb Martin DeMar DeRozan: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dennis Schröder: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard Dennis Schröder: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)