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Dallas Mavericks vs. Sacramento Kings

February 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Mavericks 130-121 on 2026-02-26 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, Marvin Bagley III, Caleb Martin, Naji Marshall, and Max Christie. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Devin Carter, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. Malik Monk (Kings) scored 8 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Klay Thompson as his primary defender. Brandon Williams (Mavericks) scored 12 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Devin Carter as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Naji Marshall GS 42:10 36 10 6 0 0 3 2 14-23 1-4 7-11 +3
Khris Middleton GS 33:18 17 5 4 0 0 3 1 5-9 2-4 5-5 +3
Marvin Bagley III GS 28:37 10 9 0 0 2 4 4 5-6 0-0 0-0 -2
Max Christie GS 26:48 8 2 0 0 0 2 2 3-9 2-5 0-0 -18
Caleb Martin GS 20:16 10 0 2 3 0 0 2 4-7 1-2 1-2 -25
Brandon Williams 27:02 16 3 4 1 0 3 3 6-10 1-2 3-7 +1
Klay Thompson 15:46 8 2 2 0 1 1 0 3-7 2-3 0-0 -4
AJ Johnson 14:46 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 4-4 1-1 2-2 +5
Dwight Powell 12:46 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0
Tyus Jones 11:54 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 1-2 -1
Moussa Cisse 6:37 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0-3 0-0 2-4 -7
Totals 121 42 23 4 3 17 16 45-81 10-23 21-34

Did not play: Miles Kelly (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 130

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nique Clifford GS 39:09 13 8 7 2 1 1 3 6-19 1-6 0-0 +9
Precious Achiuwa GS 33:10 29 12 4 3 1 0 4 13-19 3-3 0-0 +14
Devin Carter GS 32:25 15 7 5 4 0 3 2 6-13 0-3 3-6 +10
Maxime Raynaud GS 31:30 22 6 0 1 1 0 3 8-13 0-1 6-6 -5
DeMar DeRozan GS 25:22 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 1-3 0-0 5-6 +20
Daeqwon Plowden 25:43 19 4 0 0 0 0 1 7-7 3-3 2-2 -5
Malik Monk 19:04 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 3-12 0-5 2-2 -7
Killian Hayes 18:09 5 4 6 1 0 0 2 2-8 1-5 0-0 +3
Drew Eubanks 9:51 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 5-6 0-0 1-1 0
Patrick Baldwin Jr. 5:37 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 1-2 +6
Totals 130 46 29 11 4 4 22 51-101 8-26 20-25

Did not play: Dylan Cardwell (DND - Injury/Illness), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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
Naji Marshall Precious Achiuwa: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Nique Clifford: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Khris Middleton DeMar DeRozan: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III Maxime Raynaud: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams Devin Carter: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Killian Hayes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Max Christie DeMar DeRozan: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Nique Clifford: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Martin Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Klay Thompson Malik Monk: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Patrick Baldwin Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dwight Powell Maxime Raynaud: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson Malik Monk: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Devin Carter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones Killian Hayes: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Devin Carter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Cisse Drew Eubanks: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Killian Hayes: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Nique Clifford Naji Marshall: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Max Christie: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Devin Carter Brandon Williams: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Naji Marshall: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Maxime Raynaud Marvin Bagley III: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Dwight Powell: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Precious Achiuwa Khris Middleton: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Marvin Bagley III: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
DeMar DeRozan Caleb Martin: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Max Christie: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Daeqwon Plowden Naji Marshall: 17 poss., 10 pts (3/3) · Khris Middleton: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Malik Monk Klay Thompson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Killian Hayes Tyus Jones: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandon Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Drew Eubanks Moussa Cisse: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Marvin Bagley III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Baldwin Jr. Klay Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caleb Martin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)