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Dallas Mavericks vs. LA Clippers

November 14, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Mavericks 133-127 on 2025-11-14 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Brandon Williams, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Clippers started James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. James Harden (Clippers) scored 21 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Cooper Flagg as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 23 points (10/23) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 127

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 47:39 16 5 0 1 0 4 1 8-13 0-3 0-1 -15
Naji Marshall GS 47:09 28 8 2 1 0 0 4 8-19 3-5 9-10 -1
Max Christie GS 36:46 10 7 0 2 1 2 5 3-9 3-7 1-2 -14
Daniel Gafford GS 27:23 10 8 1 1 3 3 5 4-7 0-0 2-2 -1
Brandon Williams GS 18:08 7 2 5 2 0 0 1 2-9 0-5 3-4 -27
D'Angelo Russell 38:39 28 6 5 2 0 7 3 11-24 0-6 6-9 +24
Klay Thompson 27:33 13 2 2 0 0 2 0 4-11 4-10 1-1 +16
Caleb Martin 18:22 2 4 3 0 0 2 4 0-1 0-0 2-2 -4
Dereck Lively II 17:15 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 1-3 0-0 2-2 -12
Moussa Cisse 11:06 9 3 0 1 2 1 2 3-3 0-0 3-5 +4
Totals 127 50 18 11 7 22 25 44-99 10-36 29-38

Did not play: Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ryan Nembhard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dwight Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 133

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
James Harden GS 51:03 41 14 11 1 2 3 3 13-25 6-12 9-11 +8
Ivica Zubac GS 46:11 27 11 2 1 1 5 4 11-15 0-0 5-7 +25
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 40:16 15 4 0 3 2 2 4 4-10 0-3 7-8 +2
Kris Dunn GS 32:14 9 2 5 2 1 1 2 2-8 1-6 4-4 +3
John Collins GS 23:33 8 3 0 2 0 3 5 3-8 0-3 2-2 +17
Bogdan Bogdanović 37:06 21 3 3 4 0 1 4 8-14 5-8 0-0 +7
Nicolas Batum 24:55 7 2 0 3 0 1 4 2-6 1-5 2-2 -2
Kobe Sanders 13:30 3 1 1 0 0 2 3 1-5 0-3 1-2 -6
Jordan Miller 11:24 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1-3 0-1 0-0 -11
Brook Lopez 9:48 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -13
Totals 133 45 22 16 6 20 32 45-95 13-42 30-36

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Paul (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

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 James Harden: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nicolas Batum: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Naji Marshall James Harden: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · John Collins: 21 poss., 9 pts (2/5)
D'Angelo Russell Derrick Jones Jr.: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Max Christie Kris Dunn: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson Bogdan Bogdanović: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kobe Sanders: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford Ivica Zubac: 36 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · James Harden: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams Derrick Jones Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Martin John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dereck Lively II Ivica Zubac: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Moussa Cisse Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ivica Zubac: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
James Harden Naji Marshall: 46 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Max Christie: 15 poss., 7 pts (1/3)
Ivica Zubac Daniel Gafford: 37 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Dereck Lively II: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Derrick Jones Jr. Cooper Flagg: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · D'Angelo Russell: 17 poss., 5 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović Max Christie: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Klay Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn Max Christie: 17 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Brandon Williams: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Cooper Flagg: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · D'Angelo Russell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Naji Marshall: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cooper Flagg: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kobe Sanders Klay Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · D'Angelo Russell: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Miller Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · D'Angelo Russell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Moussa Cisse: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)