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Dallas Mavericks vs. Brooklyn Nets

December 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Nets 119-111 on 2025-12-12 at home. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, and Egor Dëmin. Michael Porter Jr. (Nets) scored 11 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Naji Marshall as his primary defender. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 29 points (9/22) in his matchups, with Nic Claxton as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 34:27 22 5 8 1 1 0 3 10-16 0-1 2-3 +10
Anthony Davis GS 32:41 24 14 3 3 2 3 3 10-21 0-1 4-5 +6
Naji Marshall GS 32:10 17 1 4 1 0 1 3 6-9 1-3 4-5 -4
P.J. Washington GS 24:32 13 4 2 1 2 3 4 4-10 1-5 4-6 +11
Ryan Nembhard GS 20:48 0 2 5 0 0 3 1 0-4 0-3 0-0 -8
Max Christie 33:07 15 6 3 2 2 1 2 5-13 4-9 1-1 +4
Brandon Williams 26:28 9 3 5 1 0 2 1 4-7 1-1 0-0 +14
Klay Thompson 20:29 12 2 2 0 0 1 0 4-9 3-7 1-1 +5
Dwight Powell 15:19 7 3 1 1 1 0 3 3-5 0-0 1-1 +2
Totals 119 40 33 10 8 14 20 46-94 10-30 17-22

Did not play: Moussa Cisse (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Caleb Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nic Claxton GS 34:34 14 10 4 1 1 0 1 5-12 0-0 4-4 -3
Michael Porter Jr. GS 34:29 34 4 3 0 0 4 3 12-20 6-10 4-5 -7
Noah Clowney GS 32:56 11 4 4 2 1 4 5 5-13 1-6 0-0 -1
Terance Mann GS 27:14 12 4 7 2 0 2 3 4-8 2-5 2-2 -7
Egor Dëmin GS 18:10 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 1-7 1-4 0-0 0
Danny Wolf 26:52 17 7 1 1 1 2 1 6-10 3-3 2-4 -13
Ziaire Williams 25:20 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 1-4 1-4 0-0 -1
Tyrese Martin 15:30 11 3 1 0 0 1 0 4-7 3-6 0-0 0
Day'Ron Sharpe 13:26 6 6 3 0 1 1 2 1-3 0-0 4-4 -5
Nolan Traore 8:48 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Drake Powell 2:41 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 111 43 26 8 5 17 22 39-86 17-39 16-19

Did not play: Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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
Anthony Davis Nic Claxton: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Noah Clowney: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Cooper Flagg Noah Clowney: 21 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Danny Wolf: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Max Christie Ziaire Williams: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Michael Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naji Marshall Michael Porter Jr.: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Egor Dëmin: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Brandon Williams Ziaire Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Terance Mann: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
P.J. Washington Danny Wolf: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Noah Clowney: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Ryan Nembhard Terance Mann: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ziaire Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Klay Thompson Tyrese Martin: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Noah Clowney: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dwight Powell Day'Ron Sharpe: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nic Claxton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr. Naji Marshall: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Nic Claxton Anthony Davis: 37 poss., 12 pts (4/9) · P.J. Washington: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Noah Clowney Cooper Flagg: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Klay Thompson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Danny Wolf Cooper Flagg: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · P.J. Washington: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Terance Mann Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Max Christie: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ziaire Williams Max Christie: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Brandon Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Egor Dëmin Naji Marshall: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ryan Nembhard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Martin Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Brandon Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe Dwight Powell: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Anthony Davis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nolan Traore Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drake Powell Brandon Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)