Dallas Mavericks @ Boston Celtics
50-22, 23-12 Away
108
50-22, 23-12 Away
41-32, 22-14 Home
82
41-32, 22-14 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
44% (40-91)
Field Goal %
34% (28-82)
36% (9-25)
Three Point %
19% (5-26)
73% (19-26)
Free Throw %
72% (21-29)
34
Turnovers
42
63
Rebounds
57
Game Information
Boston, MA
Referee:Ted Bernhardt
Referee:Tom Washington
Referee:Rodney Mott
Game Flow
--DAL
--BOS
Shot Chart
- Greg Buckner made 1 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.
- Tony Battie missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Michael Finley missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Tony Delk missed Three Point Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Michael Finley made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Michael Finley made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Paul Pierce made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Paul Pierce made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Tony Delk made Layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Tony Battie made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
- Michael Finley missed Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Raef LaFrentz made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Paul Pierce made 1 ft Two Point Shot.
- Tony Delk made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Tony Delk missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Paul Pierce made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Paul Pierce made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Michael Finley missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz missed Layup.
- Eric Williams missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Paul Pierce made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Michael Finley missed Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
- Dirk Nowitzki made Layup. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Johnny Newman made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Johnny Newman missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Tony Battie missed 6 ft Jumper.
- Antoine Walker missed Layup.
- Eduardo Najera made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Eduardo Najera made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Erick Strickland made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Walter McCarty.
- Dirk Nowitzki made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Finley.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Dirk Nowitzki made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Erick Strickland missed Jumper.
- Johnny Newman missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Rodney Rogers made Layup. Assisted by Erick Strickland.
- Eduardo Najera made Layup. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Vitaly Potapenko missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Nick Van Exel missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
- Vitaly Potapenko missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Vitaly Potapenko missed 2 ft Hook Shot.
- Eduardo Najera made Layup. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Eduardo Najera missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Michael Finley missed Layup.
- Tony Delk made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Erick Strickland.
- Antoine Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Antoine Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Michael Finley missed Technical Free Throw.
- Michael Finley missed Jumper.
- Nick Van Exel missed Three Point Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki made Layup.
- Tony Delk missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Antoine Walker missed Layup.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed Layup.
- Erick Strickland missed Layup.
- Eduardo Najera missed Jumper.
- Steve Nash made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dirk Nowitzki.
- Erick Strickland missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Johnny Newman made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Greg Buckner made Layup. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Rodney Rogers missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed Two Point Shot.
- Eduardo Najera made Layup. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Erick Strickland made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Erick Strickland made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Nick Van Exel made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dirk Nowitzki.
- Nick Van Exel made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Paul Pierce made Technical Free Throw.
- Rodney Rogers missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Nick Van Exel made 23 ft Jumper.
- Paul Pierce made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rodney Rogers.
- Antoine Walker missed Two Point Shot.
- Greg Buckner made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Paul Pierce made Layup. Assisted by Rodney Rogers.
- Nick Van Exel made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made Layup.
- Nick Van Exel missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Nick Van Exel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Paul Pierce missed Layup.
- Antoine Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Antoine Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Nick Van Exel missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Tony Delk missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Dirk Nowitzki made Two Point Shot.
- Dirk Nowitzki made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Tony Delk made Layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
- Steve Nash missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Tony Delk made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Erick Strickland.
- Dirk Nowitzki made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Tony Battie missed Layup.
- Tony Battie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Tony Battie missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Raef LaFrentz made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Raef LaFrentz made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Nash missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Nick Van Exel missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Paul Pierce made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Rodney Rogers missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Michael Finley made Layup. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Tony Delk missed Jumper.
- Eric Williams missed Layup.
- Michael Finley missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Antoine Walker made Layup. Assisted by Rodney Rogers.
- Steve Nash made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dirk Nowitzki.
- Rodney Rogers missed Hook Shot.
- Michael Finley made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Greg Buckner.
- Tony Delk made 21 ft Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Paul Pierce made Two Point Shot.
- Steve Nash made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Finley.
- Eric Williams missed Layup.
- Greg Buckner made Layup. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Eric Williams missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley made 20 ft Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Greg Buckner.
- Vitaly Potapenko made Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz made Tip Shot.
- Michael Finley made 20 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dirk Nowitzki.
- Erick Strickland missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley made 21 ft Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki made 16 ft Jumper.
- Erick Strickland missed Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Finley missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed Layup.
- Raef LaFrentz made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Nash.
- Dirk Nowitzki made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Erick Strickland made 21 ft Jumper.
- Dirk Nowitzki missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Vitaly Potapenko missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Vitaly Potapenko made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Michael Finley missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Greg Buckner made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Raef LaFrentz made Layup. Assisted by Dirk Nowitzki.
- Raef LaFrentz made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Tony Delk missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Nash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Nash missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Rodney Rogers made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Rodney Rogers made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Michael Finley made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.
- Walter McCarty made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Walter McCarty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Eduardo Najera missed Layup.
- Greg Buckner missed Layup.
- Eduardo Najera missed Layup.
- Kedrick Brown made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tony Delk.
- Michael Finley made 28 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Kedrick Brown missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Nick Van Exel missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erick Strickland.
- Raef LaFrentz missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Mark Blount made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Joseph Forte.
- Avery Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Avery Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Joseph Forte missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Shawn Bradley made 6 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Nick Van Exel.
- Walter McCarty made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tony Delk.
- Avery Johnson missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Avery Johnson made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
- Tony Delk made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Joseph Forte.
- Walter McCarty made Layup.
- Shawn Bradley missed Technical Free Throw.
- Tony Delk made 14 ft Jumper.
- Nick Van Exel made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Nick Van Exel made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- ZhiZhi Wang missed Layup.
- Joseph Forte missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Avery Johnson missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Tony Delk made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Tony Delk made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shawn Bradley missed Layup.
- Shawn Bradley missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Tony Delk missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Mark Blount missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
- ZhiZhi Wang missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Joseph Forte missed 15 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made Tip Shot.
- Eduardo Najera made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Avery Johnson.
- Kedrick Brown missed Jumper.
- Kedrick Brown made Tip Shot.
- Shawn Bradley missed Layup.
- Kedrick Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kedrick Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- ZhiZhi Wang missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Joseph Forte made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kedrick Brown.
- Mark Blount made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Mark Blount made Free Throw 2 of 2.
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
Eastern Conference
| Atlantic | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 56 | 26 | .683 | - | W2 |
| New York | 53 | 29 | .646 | 3 | L1 |
| Toronto | 46 | 36 | .561 | 10 | W1 |
| Philadelphia | 45 | 37 | .549 | 11 | W2 |
| Brooklyn | 20 | 62 | .244 | 36 | L3 |
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