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Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets

January 14, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Mavericks 118-109 on 2026-01-14 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Jaden Hardy, and Cooper Flagg. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 21 points (6/18) in his matchups, with Caleb Martin as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 10 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naji Marshall GS	38:03	24	5	3	0	0	3	2	9-16	0-3	6-8	-3
P.J. Washington GS	30:58	12	6	2	1	0	2	3	4-13	0-3	4-7	-8
Jaden Hardy GS	28:29	8	4	1	1	0	0	3	3-11	1-6	1-1	-5
Daniel Gafford GS	17:51	6	10	0	0	0	0	3	2-2	0-0	2-4	-6
Cooper Flagg GS	14:49	6	1	1	0	1	0	2	3-9	0-3	0-0	-11
Brandon Williams	25:25	20	7	1	1	1	1	2	6-13	0-3	8-12	+4
Klay Thompson	23:20	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3-8	2-7	0-0	-9
Caleb Martin	23:03	15	4	3	3	0	0	1	7-9	1-3	0-0	+17
Dwight Powell	18:09	5	5	0	0	1	0	2	2-2	0-0	1-1	-4
Ryan Nembhard	15:19	5	3	4	0	0	0	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	-14
Miles Kelly	4:34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	-6
Totals		109	47	16	6	3	6	20	41-93	5-34	22-33

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	38:09	33	2	5	0	0	3	5	13-24	2-6	5-5	+10
Spencer Jones GS	32:15	10	5	2	0	0	1	5	3-5	2-4	2-2	0
Peyton Watson GS	30:39	18	5	2	0	0	2	5	6-12	2-5	4-5	+2
Aaron Gordon GS	29:55	22	6	3	0	1	0	2	8-12	3-5	3-5	+3
Jalen Pickett GS	27:34	9	6	3	2	0	2	3	3-9	2-4	1-1	+1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	35:48	12	3	4	2	0	0	1	4-12	4-10	0-0	+12
Bruce Brown	23:37	7	5	1	0	0	1	3	3-5	0-0	1-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji	17:29	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	+7
DaRon Holmes II	4:34	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Totals		118	39	21	4	1	9	25	42-85	16-38	18-22

Did not play: Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Jaden Hardy · Cooper Flagg Starter 4.7 min
Caleb Martin · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Jaden Hardy 8.2 min
Klay Thompson · Dwight Powell · Caleb Martin · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams 4.9 min
Klay Thompson · Dwight Powell · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Cooper Flagg 3.7 min
Dwight Powell · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Jaden Hardy · Ryan Nembhard 3.6 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 8.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 6.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Spencer Jones 6.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 5.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · DaRon Holmes II 4.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Jamal Murray 21 pts (6/18) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Caleb Martin (19 %, 3 pts) · Naji Marshall (19 %, 4 pts) · Jaden Hardy (15 %, 3 pts)
Aaron Gordon 14 pts (6/15) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: P.J. Washington (20 %, 1 pts) · Daniel Gafford (17 %, 0 pts) · Dwight Powell (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Naji Marshall	Peyton Watson: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
P.J. Washington	Aaron Gordon: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jaden Hardy	Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Brandon Williams	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jalen Pickett: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Klay Thompson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin	Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dwight Powell	Aaron Gordon: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daniel Gafford	Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DaRon Holmes II: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cooper Flagg	Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Gordon: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Ryan Nembhard	Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles Kelly	Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DaRon Holmes II: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Nuggets defense

Cooper Flagg 10 pts (4/7) in 29 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (27 %, 5 pts) · Peyton Watson (19 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (16 %, 5 pts)
Brandon Williams 9 pts (3/10) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Pickett (26 %, 0 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (19 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Caleb Martin: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Naji Marshall: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Klay Thompson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Peyton Watson	P.J. Washington: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Naji Marshall: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Spencer Jones	Jaden Hardy: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Aaron Gordon	P.J. Washington: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Daniel Gafford: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jalen Pickett	Brandon Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Daniel Gafford: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Naji Marshall: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Daniel Gafford: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · P.J. Washington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)