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Dallas Mavericks vs. Detroit Pistons

December 18, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Pistons 116-114 on 2025-12-18 at home. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 17 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Naji Marshall as his primary defender. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 16 points (7/19) in his matchups, with Jalen Duren as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	39:55	23	10	4	1	3	0	2	8-20	0-4	7-7	+16
Anthony Davis GS	37:22	15	14	2	0	3	2	2	7-18	1-2	0-0	+6
P.J. Washington GS	36:40	13	7	3	1	4	2	3	6-10	1-4	0-0	+2
Naji Marshall GS	33:17	16	3	1	0	0	0	4	5-9	0-3	6-7	+16
Ryan Nembhard GS	21:42	6	2	7	0	0	2	2	3-5	0-0	0-0	+9
Brandon Williams	31:16	14	5	2	0	2	3	1	3-8	0-4	8-10	-5
Klay Thompson	19:19	5	1	2	0	0	2	2	2-8	1-5	0-0	-13
Max Christie	19:12	11	2	0	1	0	0	1	2-4	2-4	5-6	-8
Daniel Gafford	15:38	9	6	1	0	3	5	3	3-5	0-0	3-4	-4
D'Angelo Russell	10:39	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	2-2	-9
Totals		116	51	22	4	15	17	21	40-89	5-27	31-36

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	44:32	29	10	9	0	1	4	3	12-30	2-9	3-4	+2
Jalen Duren GS	34:24	17	13	1	2	0	1	2	8-20	0-0	1-2	-21
Tobias Harris GS	18:11	0	4	3	0	0	0	2	0-5	0-2	0-0	-22
Duncan Robinson GS	13:02	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	1-7	0-5	0-0	-22
Ausar Thompson GS	8:54	8	2	2	1	0	0	3	3-7	0-0	2-3	-7
Isaiah Stewart	31:24	14	8	1	1	2	2	3	5-10	1-3	3-4	+10
Caris LeVert	27:07	6	3	3	1	0	0	1	3-8	0-2	0-0	+2
Daniss Jenkins	20:25	11	4	1	1	0	2	4	4-8	1-3	2-2	+15
Ronald Holland II	19:54	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	5-11	0-2	2-3	+18
Javonte Green	18:22	3	6	2	3	0	1	2	1-5	0-2	1-2	-6
Jaden Ivey	14:29	8	0	1	1	1	0	3	3-6	2-4	0-0	0
Marcus Sasser	7:53	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+11
Paul Reed	6:23	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+10
Totals		114	62	26	11	4	10	27	47-122	6-33	14-20

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 9.6 min
Anthony Davis · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Cooper Flagg 8.2 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · D'Angelo Russell · P.J. Washington · Ryan Nembhard 5.6 min
Klay Thompson · D'Angelo Russell · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Brandon Williams 5.1 min
Anthony Davis · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 4.8 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 5.2 min
Caris LeVert · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Daniss Jenkins 8.2 min
Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ronald Holland II 5.6 min
Tobias Harris · Caris LeVert · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren 3.5 min
Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Cade Cunningham 17 pts (7/12) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Naji Marshall (24 %, 2 pts) · P.J. Washington (21 %, 5 pts) · Ryan Nembhard (17 %, 2 pts)
Jalen Duren 15 pts (6/19) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Davis (52 %, 3 pts) · Daniel Gafford (16 %, 2 pts) · Cooper Flagg (12 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
P.J. Washington	Cade Cunningham: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Javonte Green: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cooper Flagg	Isaiah Stewart: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Tobias Harris: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Anthony Davis	Jalen Duren: 33 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Isaiah Stewart: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/7)
Brandon Williams	Daniss Jenkins: 21 poss., 4 pts (0/2) · Jaden Ivey: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Naji Marshall	Cade Cunningham: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Caris LeVert: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson	Ronald Holland II: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Caris LeVert: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ryan Nembhard	Cade Cunningham: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Daniss Jenkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie	Duncan Robinson: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford	Jalen Duren: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Paul Reed: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
D'Angelo Russell	Marcus Sasser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pistons defense

Anthony Davis 16 pts (7/19) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Duren (41 %, 2 pts) · Isaiah Stewart (21 %, 6 pts) · Cade Cunningham (14 %, 2 pts)
Cooper Flagg 12 pts (5/16) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (30 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Stewart (17 %, 2 pts) · Caris LeVert (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Naji Marshall: 32 poss., 11 pts (5/12) · P.J. Washington: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/7)
Jalen Duren	Anthony Davis: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Daniel Gafford: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Isaiah Stewart	P.J. Washington: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Anthony Davis: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Caris LeVert	Klay Thompson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Daniss Jenkins	Brandon Williams: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Klay Thompson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ronald Holland II	P.J. Washington: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Javonte Green	Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · P.J. Washington: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tobias Harris	Cooper Flagg: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Naji Marshall: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden Ivey	Brandon Williams: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Duncan Robinson	Max Christie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ryan Nembhard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ausar Thompson	P.J. Washington: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Ryan Nembhard: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Marcus Sasser	D'Angelo Russell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Klay Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Paul Reed	Daniel Gafford: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · P.J. Washington: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)