Denver Nuggets 118, Dallas Mavericks 109 — Recap

January 14, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 118, Dallas Mavericks 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-23 DAL; Q2 DEN 34-23 DAL; Q3 DEN 25-32 DAL; Q4 DEN 30-31 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Naji Marshall (DAL) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Brandon Williams (DAL) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-13 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

33 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · DAL

Naji Marshall

24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 9-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 23 largest lead Q3 4:48 (DEN 84, DAL 61) · 13-0 run, Q1 0:57–Q2 10:49

DAL 3 largest lead Q1 6:26 (DEN 7, DAL 10) · 10-0 run, Q3 1:18–Q4 10:56

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Aaron Gordon makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Q1 4:53, DEN 15, DAL 13).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	29	34	25	30		118
DAL	23	23	32	31		109

🧮 How They Scored

DENDAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

26Bench points53

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.8%Effective FG%46.8%

8.7%Turnover %5.3%

17.1%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.259Free-throw rate0.355

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	33	2	5	0	0	3	13-24	2-6	5-5	+10
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	36	12	3	4	2	0	0	4-12	4-10	0-0	+12
Spencer Jones F	32	10	5	2	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	2-2	0
Peyton Watson G	31	18	5	2	0	0	2	6-12	2-5	4-5	+2
Aaron Gordon F	30	22	6	3	0	1	0	8-12	3-5	3-5	+3
Jalen Pickett G	27	9	6	3	2	0	2	3-9	2-4	1-1	+1
Bruce Brown G	24	7	5	1	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	1-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	17	4	5	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	+7
DaRon Holmes II F	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naji Marshall F	38	24	5	3	0	0	3	9-16	0-3	6-8	-3
P.J. Washington F	31	12	6	2	1	0	2	4-13	0-3	4-7	-8
Jaden Hardy G	29	8	4	1	1	0	0	3-11	1-6	1-1	-5
Brandon Williams G	25	20	7	1	1	1	1	6-13	0-3	8-12	+4
Caleb Martin F	23	15	4	3	3	0	0	7-9	1-3	0-0	+17
Klay Thompson G	23	8	1	1	0	0	0	3-8	2-7	0-0	-9
Daniel Gafford F	18	6	10	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	2-4	-6
Dwight Powell F-C	18	5	5	0	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	1-1	-4
Cooper Flagg F	15	6	1	1	0	1	0	3-9	0-3	0-0	-11
Ryan Nembhard G	15	5	3	4	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	-14
Miles Kelly G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	38	33	63.0	35.4	+13.3	14.1
Aaron Gordon	Starter	30	22	77.5	22.2	+7.2	20.7
Peyton Watson	Starter	31	18	63.4	23.9	+5.0	9.5
Spencer Jones	Starter	32	10	85.0	10.0	+1.9	7.3
Jalen Pickett	Starter	27	9	47.7	17.5	-3.9	9.1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	36	12	50.0	15.0	+18.0	7.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	24	7	59.5	13.2	+8.3	5.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	17	4	41.0	12.2	+18.9	8.8
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	05	3	75.0	20.0	+66.7	22.2
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Curtis Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Naji Marshall	Starter	38	24	61.5	23.9	-3.9	12.1
P.J. Washington	Starter	31	12	37.3	25.4	-13.3	3.0
Jaden Hardy	Starter	29	8	35.0	16.7	-9.1	1.9
Daniel Gafford	Starter	18	6	79.8	9.1	-16.7	15.7
Cooper Flagg	Starter	15	6	33.3	25.0	-35.5	0.8
Brandon Williams	Bench	25	20	54.7	30.3	+3.2	17.9
Caleb Martin	Bench	23	15	83.3	15.3	+31.5	26.0
Klay Thompson	Bench	23	8	50.0	12.9	-22.1	5.2
Dwight Powell	Bench	18	5	102.5	4.3	-20.9	9.0
Ryan Nembhard	Bench	15	5	41.7	17.6	-44.6	8.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Miles Kelly	Bench	05	0	0.0	33.3	-66.7	-25.9