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Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Nuggets 131-130 on 2025-12-23 at home. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, Naji Marshall, Jaden Hardy, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 19 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Anthony Davis as his primary defender. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 26 points (11/18) in his matchups, with Nikola Jokić as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	39:44	33	9	9	1	1	2	1	14-21	4-6	1-1	+10
Anthony Davis GS	35:52	31	9	4	3	0	1	3	12-19	1-2	6-6	+3
Ryan Nembhard GS	32:43	11	3	7	0	0	1	1	5-11	1-3	0-0	+24
Naji Marshall GS	31:33	15	4	3	1	0	1	0	6-11	2-4	1-1	-12
Jaden Hardy GS	27:50	10	2	2	1	0	1	2	5-9	0-3	0-0	+12
Caleb Martin	24:51	9	4	3	2	0	2	1	4-6	0-1	1-1	+4
Daniel Gafford	17:13	4	3	0	1	1	0	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	0
Brandon Williams	15:09	9	0	2	0	0	2	1	2-6	0-3	5-6	-23
D'Angelo Russell	15:05	9	2	4	0	0	0	0	3-6	3-5	0-0	-13
Totals		131	36	34	9	2	10	12	53-93	11-27	14-15

Did not play: Moussa Cisse (DNP - Coach's Decision), Miles Kelly (DNP - Coach's Decision), P.J. Washington (DNP - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	37:19	31	7	14	1	0	3	0	12-21	3-7	4-4	+4
Nikola Jokić GS	36:25	29	7	14	4	0	4	4	12-22	5-10	0-0	+2
Spencer Jones GS	26:09	6	4	2	2	0	1	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	-8
Peyton Watson GS	24:26	4	2	1	0	0	3	4	0-3	0-2	4-4	-9
Cameron Johnson GS	23:53	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	3-7	2-3	0-0	-12
Tim Hardaway Jr.	29:11	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	8-13	7-12	0-0	+4
Bruce Brown	26:29	13	7	3	1	1	2	3	6-7	1-2	0-0	+2
Jonas Valančiūnas	14:08	8	1	1	0	0	1	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	0
Julian Strawther	12:15	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	3-4	2-3	0-0	+10
Jalen Pickett	5:46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Curtis Jones	3:59	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		130	34	39	8	1	15	16	50-87	20-41	10-10

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · Naji Marshall · Jaden Hardy · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 13.6 min
Caleb Martin · Daniel Gafford · Jaden Hardy · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 7.4 min
Anthony Davis · D'Angelo Russell · Caleb Martin · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams 6.7 min
Anthony Davis · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 5.0 min
Anthony Davis · Caleb Martin · Jaden Hardy · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 4.1 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 13.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 4.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 3.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 3.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Nikola Jokić 19 pts (6/15) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Davis (49 %, 9 pts) · Daniel Gafford (16 %, 0 pts) · Naji Marshall (10 %, 3 pts)
Jamal Murray 10 pts (5/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Naji Marshall (21 %, 0 pts) · Jaden Hardy (20 %, 2 pts) · Caleb Martin (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Bruce Brown: 20 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Spencer Jones: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Anthony Davis	Nikola Jokić: 36 poss., 9 pts (2/6) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Naji Marshall	Cameron Johnson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Hardy	Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Caleb Martin	Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
D'Angelo Russell	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford	Nikola Jokić: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brandon Williams	Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Curtis Jones: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)

Nuggets defense

Anthony Davis 26 pts (11/18) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (56 %, 7 pts) · Jonas Valanciunas (10 %, 4 pts) · Jamal Murray (10 %, 4 pts)
Cooper Flagg 17 pts (6/10) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (26 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (17 %, 0 pts) · Spencer Jones (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Naji Marshall: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Caleb Martin: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nikola Jokić	Anthony Davis: 41 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Daniel Gafford: 10 poss., 11 pts (4/5)
Spencer Jones	Ryan Nembhard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Ryan Nembhard: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · D'Angelo Russell: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Cameron Johnson	Jaden Hardy: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Peyton Watson	Cooper Flagg: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Hardy: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Daniel Gafford: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Anthony Davis: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Julian Strawther	D'Angelo Russell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Hardy: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Brandon Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Curtis Jones	Brandon Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)