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Dallas Mavericks vs. Boston Celtics

February 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Mavericks 110-100 on 2026-02-03 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started Caleb Martin, Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 16 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Caleb Martin as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 20 points (9/16) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 36:43 36 9 6 0 2 1 1 12-24 2-4 10-11 -2
Naji Marshall GS 31:23 9 8 3 0 0 1 1 4-15 1-5 0-0 -13
Max Christie GS 30:25 10 2 3 1 0 0 0 4-13 2-9 0-0 -1
Caleb Martin GS 29:06 13 5 3 0 0 0 2 5-10 1-2 2-4 -5
Daniel Gafford GS 24:43 10 12 1 1 2 2 1 4-5 0-0 2-4 -11
Klay Thompson 20:09 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-5 1-4 1-1 -15
Jaden Hardy 17:34 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 2-4 1-3 2-2 +4
Moussa Cisse 14:57 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 2-4 0-0 0-0 +3
Miles Kelly 12:07 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 -3
Ryan Nembhard 11:47 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1-4 1-2 0-0 -10
Dwight Powell 11:07 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 2-3 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 100 49 21 4 4 9 11 37-89 9-32 17-22

Did not play: Brandon Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 38:28 11 2 8 0 0 3 0 4-13 1-8 2-2 +14
Jaylen Brown GS 37:23 33 11 3 1 0 3 4 15-29 2-5 1-2 -1
Baylor Scheierman GS 28:19 3 7 3 1 1 0 2 1-5 1-3 0-0 +16
Neemias Queta GS 28:00 8 8 3 1 1 1 4 4-6 0-0 0-0 +10
Sam Hauser GS 26:07 11 5 0 1 1 0 5 4-8 3-7 0-0 +6
Payton Pritchard 34:31 26 4 7 0 0 2 1 12-20 2-8 0-0 0
Luka Garza 20:00 16 4 1 2 1 0 2 6-8 4-4 0-0 0
Hugo González 16:42 2 6 2 1 0 0 1 1-6 0-3 0-1 +9
Jordan Walsh 10:30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 110 47 27 7 4 9 20 47-96 13-39 3-5

Did not play: Chris Boucher (NWT - Personal), Josh Minott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Anfernee Simons (NWT - Personal), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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.

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Cooper Flagg Sam Hauser: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Baylor Scheierman: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Naji Marshall Derrick White: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Max Christie Baylor Scheierman: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Payton Pritchard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin Jaylen Brown: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Daniel Gafford Neemias Queta: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Luka Garza: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson Payton Pritchard: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Hardy Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Hugo González: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Cisse Luka Garza: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Neemias Queta: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ryan Nembhard Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Hugo González: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles Kelly Derrick White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Caleb Martin: 26 poss., 9 pts (4/10) · Naji Marshall: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Derrick White Naji Marshall: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Caleb Martin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Payton Pritchard Naji Marshall: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Klay Thompson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman Cooper Flagg: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Max Christie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Daniel Gafford: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Moussa Cisse: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser Max Christie: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Luka Garza Daniel Gafford: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Moussa Cisse: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Hugo González Max Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Walsh Klay Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)