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Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks

December 25, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Mavericks 126-116 on 2025-12-25 at home. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, and Quinten Post. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 0 points (0/6) in his matchups, with Draymond Green as his primary defender. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 12 points (4/5) in his matchups, with Max Christie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry GS	32:53	23	3	4	0	0	3	3	6-18	2-10	9-9	-3
Jimmy Butler III GS	31:41	14	9	9	1	0	4	2	5-10	1-3	3-4	+14
Moses Moody GS	30:28	12	2	2	1	1	1	2	4-9	2-5	2-2	+5
Draymond Green GS	27:33	7	5	3	1	0	2	5	2-7	1-4	2-2	-9
Quinten Post GS	13:37	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	3-9	0-4	0-0	-2
Brandin Podziemski	28:24	13	8	4	0	0	1	3	4-8	1-5	4-4	+2
De'Anthony Melton	24:04	16	3	3	1	1	0	2	5-14	2-7	4-5	+19
Gary Payton II	14:32	6	5	5	1	1	0	2	3-5	0-1	0-0	+6
Will Richard	12:44	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	2-6	1-5	0-0	+1
Trayce Jackson-Davis	12:38	10	5	0	1	1	0	2	5-6	0-0	0-0	+8
Al Horford	11:26	14	4	2	2	0	0	0	5-7	4-6	0-0	+9
Totals		126	49	33	9	4	11	22	44-99	14-50	24-26

Did not play: Buddy Hield (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Kuminga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gui Santos (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pat Spencer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	35:57	27	6	5	0	1	1	3	13-21	1-3	0-2	-7
P.J. Washington GS	34:04	14	10	2	2	1	2	0	7-12	0-1	0-0	-7
Naji Marshall GS	27:45	14	4	0	0	0	1	3	5-14	0-2	4-4	-3
Ryan Nembhard GS	16:50	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	2-5	0-1	0-0	+5
Anthony Davis GS	10:53	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	1-4	0-0	1-4	+6
Max Christie	33:32	13	6	3	1	0	1	1	5-9	1-2	2-2	-14
Brandon Williams	29:57	26	3	3	0	0	2	2	9-12	1-1	7-9	-17
Klay Thompson	26:19	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-4	0-0	-4
Daniel Gafford	15:23	6	5	0	0	0	2	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	-11
Caleb Martin	9:20	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		116	41	18	5	5	11	16	49-89	4-14	14-21

Did not play: Jaden Hardy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dwight Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision), D'Angelo Russell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Moses Moody · Quinten Post Starter 9.1 min
Jimmy Butler III · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Trayce Jackson-Davis · Brandin Podziemski 7.7 min
Al Horford · Jimmy Butler III · De'Anthony Melton · Brandin Podziemski · Will Richard 7.4 min
Stephen Curry · Draymond Green · Gary Payton II · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski 5.0 min
Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Gary Payton II · De'Anthony Melton 4.6 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 3.2 min
P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 5.5 min
Klay Thompson · P.J. Washington · Brandon Williams · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 5.2 min
Klay Thompson · Daniel Gafford · Brandon Williams · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 4.4 min
Klay Thompson · Caleb Martin · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Warriors defense

Anthony Davis 0 pts (0/6) in 27 possessions

Guarded by: Draymond Green (49 %, 0 pts) · Stephen Curry (11 %, 0 pts) · Trayce Jackson-Davis (11 %, 0 pts)
Cooper Flagg 29 pts (10/16) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Moses Moody (17 %, 6 pts) · Jimmy Butler III (16 %, 2 pts) · Gary Payton II (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Stephen Curry	Max Christie: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Naji Marshall: 13 poss., 5 pts (0/2)
Jimmy Butler III	Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Naji Marshall: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moses Moody	Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Klay Thompson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski	Brandon Williams: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Max Christie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Draymond Green	P.J. Washington: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Anthony Davis: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Anthony Melton	Brandon Williams: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Klay Thompson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quinten Post	Cooper Flagg: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · P.J. Washington: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Gary Payton II	Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Daniel Gafford: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Cooper Flagg: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Richard	Klay Thompson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Al Horford	Daniel Gafford: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · P.J. Washington: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Stephen Curry 12 pts (4/5) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (34 %, 3 pts) · Naji Marshall (17 %, 2 pts) · P.J. Washington (9 %, 2 pts)
De'Anthony Melton 15 pts (7/11) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Williams (50 %, 4 pts) · Cooper Flagg (14 %, 2 pts) · Klay Thompson (9 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Jimmy Butler III: 23 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Moses Moody: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
P.J. Washington	Draymond Green: 17 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Quinten Post: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Max Christie	Stephen Curry: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams	De'Anthony Melton: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Brandin Podziemski: 15 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Naji Marshall	Stephen Curry: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Klay Thompson	Moses Moody: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Will Richard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Daniel Gafford	Al Horford: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trayce Jackson-Davis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Moses Moody: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Stephen Curry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anthony Davis	Draymond Green: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Al Horford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin	Stephen Curry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jimmy Butler III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)