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Dallas Mavericks vs. Chicago Bulls

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Bulls 149-128 on 2026-04-12 at home. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, Dwight Powell, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Bulls started Collin Sexton, Patrick Williams, Tre Jones, Leonard Miller, and Lachlan Olbrich. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 19 points (5/15) in his matchups, with AJ Johnson as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 8 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Leonard Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 149

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Nembhard GS	38:17	15	9	23	2	0	4	2	6-11	1-2	2-2	+23
Dwight Powell GS	24:23	7	12	2	1	0	0	4	3-4	1-2	0-0	+15
Max Christie GS	12:32	12	1	1	0	2	1	0	5-7	2-4	0-1	+24
Cooper Flagg GS	9:59	10	4	1	1	0	0	1	4-8	0-1	2-2	+21
Khris Middleton GS	5:42	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	2-3	2-3	2-2	+15
Moussa Cisse	40:49	17	20	1	2	2	3	4	6-15	0-0	5-6	+4
Tyler Smith	37:01	20	7	0	2	0	3	5	7-12	4-9	2-2	+9
John Poulakidas	36:03	28	2	4	1	1	1	3	9-18	8-16	2-3	+5
AJ Johnson	25:09	20	1	1	0	0	5	5	6-12	0-3	8-9	-7
Klay Thompson	10:05	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	4-10	4-9	0-0	-4
Totals		149	57	35	10	5	18	24	52-100	22-49	23-27

Did not play: Marvin Bagley III (DND - Injury/Illness), Naji Marshall (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Patrick Williams GS	35:35	13	4	5	3	1	2	2	5-15	2-9	1-1	-9
Leonard Miller GS	34:37	17	7	2	0	1	3	3	8-12	1-4	0-1	-28
Lachlan Olbrich GS	30:36	10	15	10	2	0	1	2	4-7	0-0	2-2	-11
Collin Sexton GS	28:24	19	3	1	1	0	0	3	8-16	1-1	2-2	-9
Tre Jones GS	19:22	6	3	2	1	0	0	1	3-11	0-3	0-0	-12
Rob Dillingham	29:56	25	5	5	2	0	5	2	11-18	1-5	2-4	-19
Mouhamadou Gueye	28:42	11	3	4	2	1	2	2	4-8	0-3	3-4	-14
Mac McClung	18:01	13	0	0	1	0	0	3	4-7	2-4	3-4	-1
Yuki Kawamura	14:48	14	2	1	0	0	0	2	5-12	3-9	1-1	-2
Totals		128	42	30	12	3	13	20	52-106	10-38	14-19

Did not play: Zach Collins (DND - Injury/Illness), Nick Richards (DNP - Injury/Illness), Anfernee Simons (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 3.8 min
Moussa Cissé · Tyler Smith · AJ Johnson · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 12.6 min
Dwight Powell · Moussa Cissé · Tyler Smith · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 6.7 min
Dwight Powell · Moussa Cissé · Tyler Smith · AJ Johnson · John Poulakidas 3.9 min
Klay Thompson · Dwight Powell · Moussa Cissé · Tyler Smith · Ryan Nembhard 3.2 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Leonard Miller · Lachlan Olbrich Starter 6.4 min
Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Leonard Miller · Mouhamadou Gueye 5.1 min
Patrick Williams · Mac McClung · Leonard Miller · Rob Dillingham · Lachlan Olbrich 3.9 min
Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Leonard Miller · Mouhamadou Gueye · Rob Dillingham 3.9 min
Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Mouhamadou Gueye · Yuki Kawamura · Lachlan Olbrich 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Collin Sexton 19 pts (5/15) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: AJ Johnson (18 %, 4 pts) · John Poulakidas (16 %, 9 pts) · Max Christie (15 %, 2 pts)
Rob Dillingham 21 pts (8/13) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: John Poulakidas (32 %, 6 pts) · Ryan Nembhard (24 %, 4 pts) · AJ Johnson (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Moussa Cisse	Lachlan Olbrich: 43 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Mouhamadou Gueye: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Ryan Nembhard	Yuki Kawamura: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Rob Dillingham: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
John Poulakidas	Rob Dillingham: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Patrick Williams: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tyler Smith	Patrick Williams: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Leonard Miller: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
AJ Johnson	Rob Dillingham: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Dwight Powell	Mouhamadou Gueye: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Leonard Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Max Christie	Collin Sexton: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tre Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cooper Flagg	Leonard Miller: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Klay Thompson	Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Mac McClung: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton	Patrick Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Leonard Miller: 5 poss., 6 pts (2/2)

Bulls defense

Cooper Flagg 8 pts (3/4) in 25 possessions

Guarded by: Leonard Miller (37 %, 2 pts) · Collin Sexton (17 %, 3 pts) · Patrick Williams (11 %, 3 pts)
Klay Thompson 8 pts (4/5) in 21 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Sexton (31 %, 2 pts) · Leonard Miller (18 %, 2 pts) · Mac McClung (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Patrick Williams	Tyler Smith: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · John Poulakidas: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Leonard Miller	Tyler Smith: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dwight Powell: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Lachlan Olbrich	Moussa Cisse: 40 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Dwight Powell: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Rob Dillingham	John Poulakidas: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ryan Nembhard: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Mouhamadou Gueye	Moussa Cisse: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Tyler Smith: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton	John Poulakidas: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · AJ Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Ryan Nembhard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Mac McClung	John Poulakidas: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · AJ Johnson: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Yuki Kawamura	Ryan Nembhard: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Tyler Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)