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Denver Nuggets vs. Dallas Mavericks

December 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Nuggets 131-121 on 2025-12-01 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 30 points (13/26) in his matchups, with Nikola Jokić as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 24 points (10/19) in his matchups, with Anthony Davis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer Jones GS	38:53	28	5	0	0	0	1	2	11-15	4-6	2-2	-10
Nikola Jokić GS	37:00	29	20	13	1	2	2	2	10-24	3-10	6-7	-1
Cameron Johnson GS	36:19	10	1	2	2	0	1	2	3-10	1-6	3-4	-14
Peyton Watson GS	34:31	15	5	3	0	3	0	0	7-14	1-4	0-0	-5
Jamal Murray GS	26:29	10	4	9	1	0	3	1	3-8	2-3	2-2	+2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	30:30	13	1	6	1	0	0	1	6-12	1-6	0-0	-6
Bruce Brown	19:42	7	4	2	0	0	0	1	3-9	0-2	1-1	-6
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:00	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	4-7	0-0	0-0	-9
Zeke Nnaji	5:36	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1
Totals		121	47	37	5	5	7	11	47-99	12-37	15-18

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Nembhard GS	34:51	28	3	10	0	0	0	4	12-14	4-5	0-0	+9
Cooper Flagg GS	33:26	24	8	2	2	1	2	1	10-19	1-3	3-4	+13
Naji Marshall GS	32:37	9	7	6	0	0	3	3	4-7	1-3	0-0	-5
Anthony Davis GS	32:25	32	13	4	1	2	0	2	13-23	2-4	4-5	+5
Max Christie GS	29:17	9	2	1	0	0	1	1	3-5	3-4	0-0	+12
Klay Thompson	23:28	15	5	1	0	0	1	0	5-10	3-5	2-4	+4
D'Angelo Russell	18:05	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	3-8	2-6	0-0	+3
Dwight Powell	15:35	4	2	4	0	0	0	4	2-2	0-0	0-1	+5
Brandon Williams	13:09	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	+1
Caleb Martin	7:07	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		131	43	35	4	4	8	19	53-95	16-31	9-14

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

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 14.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 9.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 4.0 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 3.9 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 15.2 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · D'Angelo Russell · Naji Marshall · Ryan Nembhard 5.1 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · D'Angelo Russell · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams 4.1 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 3.9 min
Klay Thompson · Dwight Powell · D'Angelo Russell · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Anthony Davis 30 pts (13/26) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (42 %, 9 pts) · Jonas Valanciunas (15 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (11 %, 4 pts)
Cooper Flagg 8 pts (4/10) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (35 %, 4 pts) · Spencer Jones (29 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Spencer Jones	Ryan Nembhard: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Cooper Flagg: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jokić	Anthony Davis: 27 poss., 9 pts (4/9) · Dwight Powell: 21 poss., 16 pts (5/7)
Cameron Johnson	Naji Marshall: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Peyton Watson	Cooper Flagg: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ryan Nembhard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Klay Thompson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Max Christie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamal Murray	Max Christie: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Klay Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Brandon Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · D'Angelo Russell: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Anthony Davis: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · D'Angelo Russell: 4 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Zeke Nnaji	Naji Marshall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Klay Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Nikola Jokić 24 pts (10/19) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Davis (42 %, 11 pts) · Dwight Powell (18 %, 0 pts) · Cooper Flagg (8 %, 6 pts)
Jamal Murray 21 pts (9/15) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (20 %, 3 pts) · Ryan Nembhard (19 %, 10 pts) · Naji Marshall (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Spencer Jones: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Peyton Watson: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Anthony Davis	Nikola Jokić: 33 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Ryan Nembhard	Spencer Jones: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Peyton Watson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Naji Marshall	Cameron Johnson: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Peyton Watson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Christie	Cameron Johnson: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
D'Angelo Russell	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Spencer Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dwight Powell	Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams	Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Caleb Martin	Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)