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Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks

April 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Mavericks 112-107 on 2026-04-08 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green, Jordan Goodwin, and Khaman Maluach. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, Marvin Bagley III, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 8 points (3/14) in his matchups, with Ryan Dunn as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 9 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Max Christie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	37:00	37	5	9	0	0	4	2	13-27	2-6	9-9	+11
Dillon Brooks GS	33:23	28	5	3	1	0	0	1	11-22	4-5	2-4	+5
Khaman Maluach GS	30:12	4	14	0	0	3	0	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	+11
Jordan Goodwin GS	13:05	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	3-7	3-4	0-0	+1
Jalen Green GS	3:50	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1
Collin Gillespie	33:50	13	7	2	1	0	2	3	5-12	1-7	2-2	+4
Ryan Dunn	24:26	0	6	2	1	1	1	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	+10
Royce O'Neale	23:11	14	4	1	0	1	0	1	5-7	4-6	0-0	-3
Oso Ighodaro	17:34	4	1	0	0	2	1	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Rasheer Fleming	13:30	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	0
Amir Coffey	5:54	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Jamaree Bouyea	4:05	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Totals		112	46	20	5	8	10	16	42-91	14-35	14-17

Did not play: Koby Brea (DNP - Coach's Decision), CJ Huntley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Max Christie GS	32:50	18	2	2	1	1	0	0	5-11	4-9	4-4	+4
Cooper Flagg GS	31:53	11	11	6	1	1	2	0	4-18	0-4	3-3	+10
Ryan Nembhard GS	31:48	9	5	7	0	0	0	3	4-9	0-1	1-1	+3
Marvin Bagley III GS	26:17	20	8	2	0	1	2	2	8-11	3-6	1-2	-6
Khris Middleton GS	17:35	4	3	2	0	0	3	1	0-5	0-2	4-4	-9
John Poulakidas	29:20	23	1	1	0	1	0	4	8-12	5-8	2-2	+8
Moussa Cisse	21:43	11	9	0	0	1	1	1	4-5	0-0	3-4	+1
AJ Johnson	17:07	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1-11	0-3	2-2	-11
Dwight Powell	16:07	4	3	3	1	0	0	3	2-5	0-1	0-0	-15
Tyler Smith	15:20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-10
Totals		107	43	27	4	5	8	14	37-89	13-36	20-22

Did not play: Naji Marshall (DND - Injury/Illness), P.J. Washington (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jalen Green · Jordan Goodwin · Khaman Maluach Starter 3.8 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Collin Gillespie · Ryan Dunn · Khaman Maluach 10.8 min
Royce O'Neale · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 3.3 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 3.1 min
Royce O'Neale · Amir Coffey · Collin Gillespie · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 3.0 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Marvin Bagley III · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 12.5 min
Moussa Cissé · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 10.4 min
Dwight Powell · Marvin Bagley III · Tyler Smith · AJ Johnson · John Poulakidas 6.1 min
Marvin Bagley III · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 5.8 min
Dwight Powell · Moussa Cissé · Tyler Smith · AJ Johnson · John Poulakidas 5.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Cooper Flagg 8 pts (3/14) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Dunn (26 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (22 %, 3 pts) · Dillon Brooks (14 %, 0 pts)
Khris Middleton 11 pts (5/7) in 35 possessions

Guarded by: Dillon Brooks (50 %, 2 pts) · Devin Booker (26 %, 7 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Max Christie: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · John Poulakidas: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Khaman Maluach	Marvin Bagley III: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Cisse: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Brooks	Khris Middleton: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Collin Gillespie	Ryan Nembhard: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · AJ Johnson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ryan Dunn	Cooper Flagg: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Poulakidas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale	John Poulakidas: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Max Christie: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Moussa Cisse: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Marvin Bagley III: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Goodwin	Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Khris Middleton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Tyler Smith: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · John Poulakidas: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Amir Coffey	John Poulakidas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea	AJ Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Green	Ryan Nembhard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Mavericks defense

Devin Booker 9 pts (3/11) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (20 %, 5 pts) · Khris Middleton (18 %, 0 pts) · John Poulakidas (17 %, 4 pts)
Dillon Brooks 2 pts (1/7) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Cooper Flagg (21 %, 0 pts) · Khris Middleton (18 %, 0 pts) · Max Christie (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Max Christie	Devin Booker: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Ryan Nembhard	Collin Gillespie: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dillon Brooks: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Khaman Maluach: 21 poss., 16 pts (6/7) · Oso Ighodaro: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
John Poulakidas	Devin Booker: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moussa Cisse	Khaman Maluach: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Khris Middleton	Devin Booker: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dillon Brooks: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dwight Powell	Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Khaman Maluach: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tyler Smith	Rasheer Fleming: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)