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Dallas Mavericks vs. Atlanta Hawks

March 18, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Mavericks 135-120 on 2026-03-18 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 19 points (7/14) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 22 points (9/18) in his matchups, with Onyeka Okongwu as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	33:27	17	6	5	2	2	6	0	6-15	0-3	5-6	-16
P.J. Washington GS	29:53	23	9	1	0	2	3	2	7-14	2-6	7-8	-17
Max Christie GS	29:44	13	2	1	0	0	5	4	4-6	2-4	3-3	-16
Naji Marshall GS	28:13	4	3	4	1	0	1	1	2-10	0-1	0-0	-7
Ryan Nembhard GS	26:47	8	2	12	0	0	0	0	3-7	2-2	0-0	-18
Daniel Gafford	22:23	24	8	0	0	1	1	1	9-10	0-0	6-7	+7
Klay Thompson	21:57	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	6-12	4-10	1-2	+4
Khris Middleton	19:26	7	6	0	2	0	2	2	2-6	1-1	2-2	-8
Marvin Bagley III	16:00	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-12
AJ Johnson	9:31	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	1-1	+4
Dwight Powell	2:39	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		120	43	26	8	6	18	12	42-86	11-28	25-29

Did not play: Caleb Martin (DND - Injury/Illness)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	37:02	17	11	9	2	0	4	2	7-19	2-7	1-2	+4
Dyson Daniels GS	31:51	19	6	4	2	0	2	2	9-13	0-0	1-1	+10
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	30:20	22	1	2	2	1	0	2	8-14	4-5	2-2	+19
Onyeka Okongwu GS	29:24	12	9	4	0	0	1	3	5-11	2-6	0-0	+3
CJ McCollum GS	28:20	24	0	7	2	1	1	2	9-14	0-3	6-7	+24
Jock Landale	18:36	5	1	5	0	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	+12
Jonathan Kuminga	18:25	16	5	3	1	0	1	2	7-11	2-3	0-0	+10
Zaccharie Risacher	16:18	5	6	1	1	1	1	3	2-4	1-2	0-0	+8
Corey Kispert	12:51	10	3	0	0	0	1	2	4-7	1-3	1-2	-5
Gabe Vincent	10:50	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	+5
Keaton Wallace	2:01	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Caleb Houstan	2:01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Buddy Hield	2:01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		135	42	36	10	3	11	21	55-102	14-35	11-14

Did not play: Mouhamed Gueye (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 9.6 min
Khris Middleton · Marvin Bagley III · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 4.9 min
Klay Thompson · Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Ryan Nembhard 4.7 min
P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · AJ Johnson · Cooper Flagg 3.9 min
Klay Thompson · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 3.3 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 19.5 min
CJ McCollum · Jock Landale · Jonathan Kuminga · Corey Kispert · Zaccharie Risacher 5.7 min
Jock Landale · Gabe Vincent · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jonathan Kuminga · Zaccharie Risacher 5.3 min
CJ McCollum · Jock Landale · Jalen Johnson · Corey Kispert · Zaccharie Risacher 3.2 min
Gabe Vincent · Onyeka Okongwu · Jonathan Kuminga · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Jalen Johnson 19 pts (7/14) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: P.J. Washington (25 %, 5 pts) · Naji Marshall (21 %, 0 pts) · Max Christie (18 %, 2 pts)
CJ McCollum 18 pts (7/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (29 %, 6 pts) · Ryan Nembhard (27 %, 0 pts) · Cooper Flagg (11 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Dyson Daniels: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Onyeka Okongwu: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Max Christie	CJ McCollum: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jalen Johnson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
P.J. Washington	Jalen Johnson: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Onyeka Okongwu: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Ryan Nembhard	CJ McCollum: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Naji Marshall	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Daniel Gafford	Onyeka Okongwu: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jock Landale: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Klay Thompson	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonathan Kuminga: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Khris Middleton	Zaccharie Risacher: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Jonathan Kuminga: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Jock Landale: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Onyeka Okongwu: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
AJ Johnson	CJ McCollum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Corey Kispert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell	Onyeka Okongwu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Hawks defense

Cooper Flagg 22 pts (9/18) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (36 %, 8 pts) · Dyson Daniels (14 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Johnson (12 %, 0 pts)
Klay Thompson 4 pts (2/6) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (26 %, 0 pts) · Jonathan Kuminga (22 %, 0 pts) · Gabe Vincent (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Naji Marshall: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · P.J. Washington: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Naji Marshall: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dyson Daniels	P.J. Washington: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Daniel Gafford: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Onyeka Okongwu	Cooper Flagg: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Max Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
CJ McCollum	Max Christie: 21 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Ryan Nembhard: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jock Landale	Daniel Gafford: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marvin Bagley III: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Kuminga	Klay Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Khris Middleton: 6 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Zaccharie Risacher	Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Khris Middleton: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Corey Kispert	Max Christie: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · AJ Johnson: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Gabe Vincent	Max Christie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Keaton Wallace	AJ Johnson: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Marvin Bagley III: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Houstan	Klay Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marvin Bagley III: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Buddy Hield	Klay Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)