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Dallas Mavericks vs. Indiana Pacers

November 9, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Mavericks beat the Pacers 125-122 on 2026-11-09 at home. The Mavericks started Kyrie Irving, Caleb Martin, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, and Cooper Flagg. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, and Braden Smith. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 10 points (3/14) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 19 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Aaron Nesmith as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 38:52 43 10 6 3 1 5 4 16-25 3-6 8-8 -8
Kyrie Irving GS 38:20 35 0 4 0 0 2 1 11-18 7-10 6-7 +29
P.J. Washington GS 35:20 13 9 1 2 2 2 4 4-12 2-8 3-6 -2
Daniel Gafford GS 19:36 8 2 3 1 0 0 4 2-3 0-0 4-5 +15
Caleb Martin GS 18:59 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 -11
Naji Marshall 25:03 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 2-4 0-0 2-5 -7
Walter Clayton Jr. 24:41 6 6 4 1 1 2 1 2-6 1-4 1-2 +1
Santi Aldama 19:07 10 4 1 0 0 2 1 4-9 1-5 1-1 +4
Zaccharie Risacher 15:12 4 2 0 0 0 1 4 2-4 0-1 0-0 -13
Max Christie 4:50 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +7
Totals 125 43 26 9 4 15 23 43-83 14-34 25-34

Did not play: Moussa Cissé (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jett Howard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tobi Lawal (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Pascal Siakam GS 35:00 29 9 8 2 0 0 3 9-16 5-8 6-8 -5
Andrew Nembhard GS 34:21 12 3 12 0 1 3 4 5-10 1-2 1-1 +15
Aaron Nesmith GS 34:07 18 2 2 1 1 2 4 5-14 4-10 4-6 -5
Ivica Zubac GS 27:33 16 3 0 0 0 1 1 5-7 0-0 6-8 +6
Braden Smith GS 10:24 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Quenton Jackson 24:47 10 5 4 2 0 1 4 4-6 2-3 0-0 +6
Kelly Oubre Jr. 22:37 14 2 2 0 0 2 3 6-9 1-3 1-1 -8
Obi Toppin 19:17 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 5-8 0-2 0-0 0
Larry Nance Jr. 14:14 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 2-2 -7
Jarace Walker 9:35 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 2-7 2-5 1-2 -9
T.J. McConnell 8:05 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 122 27 35 9 2 13 25 43-82 15-35 21-28

Did not play: Jay Huff (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Slawson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

IND
Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers

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
Cooper Flagg Aaron Nesmith: 33 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Pascal Siakam: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Kyrie Irving Andrew Nembhard: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Quenton Jackson: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/3)
P.J. Washington Pascal Siakam: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Aaron Nesmith: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Naji Marshall Obi Toppin: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Andrew Nembhard: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Walter Clayton Jr. Andrew Nembhard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Quenton Jackson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Santi Aldama Larry Nance Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ivica Zubac: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniel Gafford Ivica Zubac: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Larry Nance Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin Braden Smith: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Obi Toppin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Max Christie Kelly Oubre Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Obi Toppin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Defender Guarded most
Aaron Nesmith Cooper Flagg: 20 poss., 3 pts (0/3) · Naji Marshall: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Andrew Nembhard Kyrie Irving: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Caleb Martin: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Pascal Siakam P.J. Washington: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Kyrie Irving: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ivica Zubac Daniel Gafford: 22 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · P.J. Washington: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Quenton Jackson Walter Clayton Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kyrie Irving: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Oubre Jr. Walter Clayton Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Obi Toppin Naji Marshall: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Larry Nance Jr. Santi Aldama: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniel Gafford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarace Walker Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kyrie Irving: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Braden Smith Kyrie Irving: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell Zaccharie Risacher: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyrie Irving: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)