Dallas Mavericks 100, Boston Celtics 120 — Recap

March 6, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 100, Boston Celtics 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 22-21 BOS; Q2 DAL 31-37 BOS; Q3 DAL 27-32 BOS; Q4 DAL 20-30 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Klay Thompson (DAL) 19 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Neemias Queta (BOS) 16 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

24 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Derrick White

20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · DAL

Klay Thompson

19 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Jayson Tatum · Season-high 12 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DAL 5 largest lead Q1 3:13 (DAL 17, BOS 12) · 11-0 run, Q2 5:47–Q2 5:02

BOS 25 largest lead Q4 5:12 (DAL 87, BOS 112) · 13-0 run, Q4 7:40–Q4 5:12

Swings 24 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Jayson Tatum makes 16-foot fade away jump shot (Q3 9:33, DAL 61, BOS 62).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	22	31	27	20		100
BOS	21	37	32	30		120

🧮 How They Scored

DALBOS

30Points in the paint52

20Fast-break points15

10Second-chance points21

11Points off turnovers9

58Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.4%Effective FG%55.6%

9.2%Turnover %7.0%

15.4%Offensive rebound %27.5%

0.129Free-throw rate0.152

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg F	30	16	8	6	1	0	3	7-23	0-4	2-2	-17
Max Christie G	29	12	4	2	0	0	2	4-9	4-6	0-0	-19
P.J. Washington F	29	5	5	3	0	1	1	2-9	1-3	0-0	-23
Moussa Cisse C	26	6	7	1	1	3	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+10
Naji Marshall F	25	13	1	3	0	0	1	6-12	1-1	0-0	-20
Khris Middleton F	24	7	5	3	0	0	0	2-8	0-2	3-4	-18
Brandon Williams G	19	11	7	4	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	3-4	-4
Klay Thompson G	18	19	0	1	0	0	0	7-13	5-11	0-0	-8
Caleb Martin F	16	4	3	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Dwight Powell F-C	16	2	5	0	0	1	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	-10
Ryan Nembhard G	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+4
AJ Johnson G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	34	18	7	6	0	2	1	8-17	2-8	0-0	+19
Jaylen Brown G	33	24	7	7	2	0	3	9-17	2-5	4-6	+20
Derrick White G	31	20	4	4	2	2	0	8-16	2-7	2-2	+23
Jayson Tatum F	27	15	12	7	1	0	2	6-16	3-8	0-0	+20
Neemias Queta C	26	16	15	0	1	1	1	6-8	0-0	4-7	+16
Sam Hauser F	22	6	5	0	0	2	0	2-8	2-8	0-0	0
Baylor Scheierman G	21	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	0
Hugo González G	19	6	2	2	0	1	0	2-4	2-3	0-0	+2
Luka Garza C	18	10	3	1	0	2	1	4-8	2-6	0-0	+9
Ron Harper Jr. F	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Amari Williams F-C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Nikola Vucevic C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cooper Flagg	Starter	30	16	33.5	37.5	-22.4	4.6
Max Christie	Starter	29	12	66.7	15.3	-29.7	7.9
Khris Middleton	Starter	24	7	35.9	15.5	-29.7	4.8
P.J. Washington	Starter	29	5	27.8	14.3	-34.5	2.5
Dwight Powell	Starter	16	2	113.6	8.3	-29.4	0.9
Klay Thompson	Bench	18	19	73.1	33.3	-18.6	17.4
Naji Marshall	Bench	25	13	54.2	21.7	-36.4	5.9
Brandon Williams	Bench	19	11	56.4	23.8	-12.8	21.3
Moussa Cisse	Bench	26	6	60.0	8.6	+20.7	10.6
Ryan Nembhard	Bench	04	5	83.3	37.5	+39.3	25.0
Caleb Martin	Bench	16	4	66.7	11.8	+6.0	5.6
AJ Johnson	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+39.3	0.0

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	33	24	61.1	26.8	+29.1	15.1
Derrick White	Starter	31	20	59.2	19.0	+31.3	16.7
Neemias Queta	Starter	26	16	72.2	18.2	+25.5	18.8
Jayson Tatum	Starter	27	15	46.9	25.0	+32.3	18.5
Sam Hauser	Starter	22	6	37.5	14.0	-1.9	4.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	34	18	52.9	21.4	+25.3	13.0
Luka Garza	Bench	18	10	62.5	19.1	+18.1	10.1
Hugo González	Bench	19	6	75.0	9.3	+2.0	6.7
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	21	5	83.3	6.3	-3.0	6.5
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-25.0	0.0
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	04	0	0.0	28.6	-39.3	-6.3
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-80.0	0.0