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Dallas Mavericks vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Mavericks 123-121 on 2026-01-29 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started Caleb Martin, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 7 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Caleb Martin as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 28 points (10/18) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	38:06	49	10	3	0	1	2	2	20-29	3-5	6-6	+2
P.J. Washington GS	35:05	14	9	3	1	2	1	3	6-19	1-5	1-1	-5
Max Christie GS	29:12	13	3	3	0	1	1	1	6-15	1-7	0-0	-13
Caleb Martin GS	27:14	6	11	2	1	2	2	2	2-6	2-2	0-0	-11
Daniel Gafford GS	25:12	5	4	3	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-0	1-2	-8
Klay Thompson	27:01	16	3	1	1	0	0	3	6-15	4-11	0-0	+3
Brandon Williams	20:57	15	1	6	2	0	1	1	6-10	0-1	3-3	+11
Moussa Cisse	17:18	3	5	0	1	1	0	2	0-1	0-0	3-4	+11
Ryan Nembhard	9:13	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-2
Jaden Hardy	5:41	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5
Dwight Powell	5:01	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		121	50	26	7	8	8	15	48-103	11-33	14-16

Did not play: Miles Kelly (DNP - Coach's Decision), D'Angelo Russell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	38:12	17	8	8	1	2	3	0	7-17	1-5	2-2	+11
Kon Knueppel GS	36:25	34	4	3	1	0	0	0	10-16	8-12	6-6	+7
Moussa Diabaté GS	32:04	10	5	3	0	2	0	4	5-9	0-0	0-0	0
LaMelo Ball GS	30:49	22	3	9	0	1	3	1	8-17	6-10	0-0	+9
Brandon Miller GS	26:47	23	6	2	0	1	0	5	7-13	3-7	6-6	+12
Collin Sexton	20:18	8	2	2	1	2	0	2	3-10	2-5	0-0	-7
Sion James	15:40	0	8	0	0	0	1	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:27	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	3-4	0
Josh Green	14:31	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Tidjane Salaün	9:48	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Totals		123	45	28	4	9	10	17	43-91	20-41	17-18

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Liam McNeeley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Caleb Martin · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 7.0 min
Klay Thompson · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Brandon Williams · Cooper Flagg 5.9 min
Dwight Powell · Caleb Martin · P.J. Washington · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 4.3 min
P.J. Washington · Moussa Cissé · Jaden Hardy · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 3.2 min
P.J. Washington · Brandon Williams · Moussa Cissé · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 2.8 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 13.1 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.4 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 4.6 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

LaMelo Ball 7 pts (2/9) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Caleb Martin (33 %, 3 pts) · Klay Thompson (22 %, 0 pts) · P.J. Washington (15 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 13 pts (5/8) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (26 %, 0 pts) · P.J. Washington (21 %, 0 pts) · Cooper Flagg (19 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Miles Bridges: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 20 poss., 15 pts (7/10)
P.J. Washington	Miles Bridges: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie	Brandon Miller: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Klay Thompson	LaMelo Ball: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Caleb Martin	LaMelo Ball: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Miles Bridges: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniel Gafford	Moussa Diabaté: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams	Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Moussa Cisse	Moussa Diabaté: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Hardy	Kon Knueppel: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell	Moussa Diabaté: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Cooper Flagg 28 pts (10/18) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (23 %, 10 pts) · Miles Bridges (18 %, 2 pts) · LaMelo Ball (11 %, 9 pts)
Brandon Williams 10 pts (4/7) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Sexton (38 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (13 %, 2 pts) · Sion James (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	P.J. Washington: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cooper Flagg: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Cooper Flagg: 19 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Max Christie: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Moussa Cisse: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Daniel Gafford: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Caleb Martin: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Brandon Miller	P.J. Washington: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Max Christie: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Collin Sexton	Brandon Williams: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Nembhard: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Daniel Gafford: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Moussa Cisse: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Klay Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Klay Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	P.J. Washington: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)