Dallas Mavericks 116, Golden State Warriors 126 — Recap

December 25, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 116, Golden State Warriors 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 28-40 GSW; Q2 DAL 30-31 GSW; Q3 DAL 31-29 GSW; Q4 DAL 27-26 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Cooper Flagg (DAL) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Brandon Williams (DAL) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; De'Anthony Melton (GSW) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-14 shooting; P.J. Washington (DAL) 14 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Cooper Flagg

27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · DAL

Brandon Williams

26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

23 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 6-18 FG

Season highs

Brandon Williams · Season-high 26 points

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

📊 Game Flow

DAL 2 largest lead Q1 10:05 (DAL 6, GSW 4) · 8-0 run, Q2 10:50–Q2 9:20

GSW 17 largest lead Q3 8:15 (DAL 62, GSW 79) · 6-0 run, Q1 1:28–Q1 0:53

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Stephen Curry makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q1 4:17, DAL 18, GSW 19).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	28	30	31	27		116
GSW	40	31	29	26		126

🧮 How They Scored

DALGSW

72Points in the paint56

20Fast-break points12

6Second-chance points24

6Points off turnovers18

54Bench points64

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.3%Effective FG%51.5%

10.1%Turnover %9.1%

7.7%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.236Free-throw rate0.263

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg F	36	27	6	5	0	1	1	13-21	1-3	0-2	-7
P.J. Washington F	34	14	10	2	2	1	2	7-12	0-1	0-0	-7
Max Christie G	34	13	6	3	1	0	1	5-9	1-2	2-2	-14
Brandon Williams G	30	26	3	3	0	0	2	9-12	1-1	7-9	-17
Naji Marshall F	28	14	4	0	0	0	1	5-14	0-2	4-4	-3
Klay Thompson G	26	7	2	2	1	1	0	3-8	1-4	0-0	-4
Ryan Nembhard G	17	4	1	2	0	0	1	2-5	0-1	0-0	+5
Daniel Gafford F	15	6	5	0	0	0	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	-11
Anthony Davis F-C	11	3	3	0	1	2	0	1-4	0-0	1-4	+6
Caleb Martin F	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry G	33	23	3	4	0	0	3	6-18	2-10	9-9	-3
Jimmy Butler G-F	32	14	9	9	1	0	4	5-10	1-3	3-4	+14
Moses Moody G	30	12	2	2	1	1	1	4-9	2-5	2-2	+5
Brandin Podziemski G	28	13	8	4	0	0	1	4-8	1-5	4-4	+2
Draymond Green F	28	7	5	3	1	0	2	2-7	1-4	2-2	-9
De'Anthony Melton G	24	16	3	3	1	1	0	5-14	2-7	4-5	+19
Gary Payton II G	14	6	5	5	1	1	0	3-5	0-1	0-0	+6
Quinten Post C	14	6	3	0	1	0	0	3-9	0-4	0-0	-2
Trayce Jackson-Davis F	13	10	5	0	1	1	0	5-6	0-0	0-0	+8
Will Richard G	13	5	2	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-5	0-0	+1
Al Horford C-F	11	14	4	2	2	0	0	5-7	4-6	0-0	+9

🔬 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	36	27	61.7	26.4	-8.6	13.8
P.J. Washington	Starter	34	14	58.3	17.7	-9.5	13.5
Naji Marshall	Starter	28	14	44.4	25.4	-4.7	4.4
Ryan Nembhard	Starter	17	4	40.0	15.8	+13.9	0.0
Anthony Davis	Starter	11	3	26.0	22.2	+22.2	5.7
Brandon Williams	Bench	30	26	81.5	24.7	-26.7	12.8
Max Christie	Bench	34	13	65.8	13.6	-24.3	9.8
Klay Thompson	Bench	26	7	43.8	12.9	-9.1	4.7
Daniel Gafford	Bench	15	6	100.0	11.9	-43.2	6.8
Caleb Martin	Bench	09	2	100.0	8.7	+13.2	5.3
Dwight Powell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaden Hardy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Starter	33	23	52.4	29.1	-2.7	8.4
Jimmy Butler	Starter	32	14	59.5	19.8	+22.7	12.3
Moses Moody	Starter	30	12	60.7	14.3	+7.6	7.3
Draymond Green	Starter	28	7	44.4	14.3	-11.3	3.0
Quinten Post	Starter	14	6	33.3	25.7	-6.5	4.9
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	24	16	49.4	25.8	+37.2	7.7
Al Horford	Bench	11	14	100.0	22.6	+33.3	33.1
Brandin Podziemski	Bench	28	13	66.6	14.9	+6.8	10.9
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Bench	13	10	83.3	17.1	+27.6	18.4
Gary Payton II	Bench	14	6	60.0	13.2	+18.8	16.4
Will Richard	Bench	13	5	41.7	18.8	+3.3	6.4
Buddy Hield	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gui Santos	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pat Spencer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0