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Denver Nuggets vs. Dallas Mavericks

March 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Mavericks 142-135 on 2026-03-25 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, and Spencer Jones. The Mavericks started Dwight Powell, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 7 points (2/11) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 26 points (11/21) in his matchups, with Marvin Bagley III as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 142

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	41:16	53	6	4	0	0	4	2	19-28	9-14	6-6	+10
Nikola Jokić GS	37:49	23	21	19	1	0	1	5	8-19	1-5	6-6	+10
Cameron Johnson GS	29:26	12	1	3	0	1	1	3	5-8	2-4	0-0	+7
Christian Braun GS	25:07	11	3	4	0	0	2	6	4-8	1-3	2-3	+9
Spencer Jones GS	20:20	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	1-2	0-1	2-4	-8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26:56	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1-3	1-2	1-2	+15
Peyton Watson	23:18	21	4	3	0	0	0	2	7-10	2-3	5-6	+3
Bruce Brown	20:00	6	2	1	0	0	0	4	2-4	1-2	1-2	-9
Julian Strawther	15:48	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	3-7	2-4	0-0	-2
Totals		142	45	36	1	1	9	27	50-89	19-38	23-29

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonas Valančiūnas (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	35:49	26	8	7	2	1	0	1	10-18	1-4	5-6	-6
Max Christie GS	31:46	9	1	2	0	0	1	0	3-5	3-4	0-0	-6
P.J. Washington GS	31:13	19	15	1	0	1	0	6	8-15	1-5	2-2	-3
Naji Marshall GS	29:54	22	4	3	0	0	1	2	7-17	1-6	7-8	-7
Dwight Powell GS	16:21	7	4	0	1	1	0	3	1-2	0-0	5-7	-5
Brandon Williams	19:19	11	2	6	0	0	1	4	3-6	0-2	5-7	-1
Khris Middleton	17:37	11	3	5	0	0	1	1	4-8	1-2	2-2	-11
Marvin Bagley III	17:24	7	3	3	0	0	0	3	3-8	0-2	1-2	0
Ryan Nembhard	12:52	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	0
Klay Thompson	10:44	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3-6	2-2	0-0	-4
John Poulakidas	9:18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+5
Tyler Smith	7:44	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-5	2-4	0-0	+3
Totals		135	42	31	3	3	4	22	48-97	12-35	27-34

Did not play: AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones Starter 10.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 7.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 4.9 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther 4.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.0 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dwight Powell · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 8.7 min
Marvin Bagley III · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 4.9 min
Klay Thompson · Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · Brandon Williams · Tyler Smith 4.3 min
Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 3.9 min
P.J. Washington · Tyler Smith · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Cooper Flagg 7 pts (2/11) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (21 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (16 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (14 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Williams 15 pts (5/6) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Tim Hardaway Jr. (20 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (19 %, 6 pts) · Cameron Johnson (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Max Christie: 38 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · P.J. Washington: 13 poss., 15 pts (6/7)
Nikola Jokić	Marvin Bagley III: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Dwight Powell: 24 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Cameron Johnson	Max Christie: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Brandon Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun	Naji Marshall: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Peyton Watson	Khris Middleton: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Bruce Brown	Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Cooper Flagg: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	John Poulakidas: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Khris Middleton: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Mavericks defense

Nikola Jokić 26 pts (11/21) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Marvin Bagley III (29 %, 5 pts) · Dwight Powell (24 %, 2 pts) · P.J. Washington (16 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 20 pts (7/16) in 88 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (44 %, 3 pts) · Naji Marshall (14 %, 2 pts) · Cooper Flagg (9 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Spencer Jones: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Peyton Watson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Max Christie	Jamal Murray: 39 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
P.J. Washington	Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nikola Jokić: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Naji Marshall	Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Christian Braun: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Khris Middleton	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams	Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Christian Braun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Nikola Jokić: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dwight Powell	Nikola Jokić: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Spencer Jones: 4 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Klay Thompson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Julian Strawther: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Poulakidas	Julian Strawther: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Smith	Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Julian Strawther: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)