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DAL 4-3
100 – 98
FINAL
SAC 1-6

Dallas Mavericks 100, Sacramento Kings 98 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 100, Sacramento Kings 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 25-35 SAC; Q2 DAL 21-23 SAC; Q3 DAL 30-20 SAC; Q4 DAL 24-20 SAC.

Top performers (box score): DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Cooper Flagg (DAL) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Zach LaVine (SAC) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Anthony Davis (DAL) 19 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-23 shooting; Brandon Williams (DAL) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC
DeMar DeRozan
21 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-18 FG
Scoring · DAL
Cooper Flagg
20 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG
Scoring · SAC
Zach LaVine
20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-19 FG
Season highs
Daniel Gafford · Season-high 13 rebounds

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 Q4 1:20 (DAL 95, SAC 93) · 9-0 run, Q3 5:18–Q3 3:34
SAC 12 largest lead Q2 3:24 (DAL 40, SAC 52) · 9-0 run, Q1 3:23–Q1 1:17
Swings 11 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Brandon Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cooper Flagg assists) (Q4 0:33, DAL 100, SAC 98).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:21 Naji Marshall makes running layupDAL · DAL 88, SAC 87
  • Q4 4:02 Dennis Schroder makes 4-foot driving floating jump shotSAC · DAL 88, SAC 89
  • Q4 3:36 Zach LaVine makes running layupSAC · DAL 88, SAC 91
  • Q4 3:11 Naji Marshall makes two point shotDAL · DAL 90, SAC 91
  • Q4 2:28 Maxime Raynaud makes 2-foot running dunk (DeMar DeRozan assists)SAC · DAL 90, SAC 93
  • Q4 2:05 Naji Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Max Christie assists)DAL · DAL 93, SAC 93
  • Q4 1:20 Brandon Williams makes 15-foot pullup jump shotDAL · DAL 95, SAC 93
  • Q4 1:13 DeMar DeRozan makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)SAC · DAL 95, SAC 96
  • Q4 0:54 Cooper Flagg makes 10-foot two point shotDAL · DAL 97, SAC 96
  • Q4 0:40 DeMar DeRozan makes 16-foot step back jumpshotSAC · DAL 97, SAC 98
  • Q4 0:33 Brandon Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cooper Flagg assists)DAL · DAL 100, SAC 98

Linescore

1234 T
DAL 25213024 100
SAC 35232020 98

🧮 How They Scored

DALSAC
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
25Bench points23
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
44.8%Effective FG%47.3%
13.2%Turnover %10.8%
30.0%Offensive rebound %16.7%
0.219Free-throw rate0.185

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Anthony Davis F-C 36191620237-230-15-7-6
Max Christie G 3611320023-132-93-3-2
Cooper Flagg F 3520861018-152-52-2+11
Naji Marshall F 3115712047-101-20-2-3
Brandon Williams G 2718222027-131-23-5-6
Klay Thompson G 276200012-122-80-0-1
Daniel Gafford F 22101301125-80-00-0+11
Caleb Martin F 141120010-20-01-2+1
Ryan Nembhard G 120340000-00-00-0+5

Sacramento Kings

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
DeMar DeRozan G 3721252118-183-62-2+2
Zach LaVine G 3720432128-192-62-2+3
Maxime Raynaud C 3514911016-70-02-2-6
Russell Westbrook G 3111641034-151-72-4+1
Dennis Schroder G 2611191014-100-33-7-9
Keon Ellis G 235203102-81-40-0+2
Precious Achiuwa F 229901114-71-10-0+4
Nique Clifford G 143100121-21-20-0-9
Dylan Cardwell C 104910112-40-00-0+7
Doug McDermott F 50000000-20-20-0-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Cooper Flagg Starter 352063.018.3+13.520.1
Anthony Davis Starter 361936.431.9-9.112.2
Naji Marshall Starter 311568.918.8-7.411.7
Max Christie Starter 361138.417.0-3.92.5
Daniel Gafford Starter 221062.516.4+25.818.9
Brandon Williams Bench 271859.223.3-7.98.6
Klay Thompson Bench 27625.018.8+1.5-3.2
Caleb Martin Bench 14117.410.8+6.90.0
Dwight Powell Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
D'Angelo Russell Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jaden Hardy Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ryan Nembhard Bench 1200.00.0+19.231.1
Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
DeMar DeRozan Starter 372155.623.5+1.313.0
Zach LaVine Starter 372050.324.2+3.812.5
Maxime Raynaud Starter 351488.811.3-6.812.5
Russell Westbrook Starter 311132.827.0+4.55.9
Precious Achiuwa Starter 22964.316.7+9.119.3
Dennis Schroder Bench 261142.022.6-18.311.4
Keon Ellis Bench 23531.312.1-1.83.8
Dylan Cardwell Bench 10450.015.6+28.016.9
Nique Clifford Bench 14375.010.3-26.5-0.9
Drew Eubanks Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Doug McDermott Bench 0500.022.2-55.6-15.4
Malik Monk Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Dario Saric Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Devin Carter Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Daeqwon Plowden Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series DAL 1 – 1 SAC
Last 19 meetings · since 2020-21 DAL 8 – 11 SAC
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Dallas Mavericks 14-23 W2 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ UTA · Thu, Jan 8
Sacramento Kings 8-29 L6 L10 2-8 Next game recap: @ GSW · Fri, Jan 9

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