Denver Nuggets vs. Dallas Mavericks

Dec 23, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	27	29	47	27	130
DAL	41	25	37	28	131

Game Recap

Peyton Watson missed a potential game-winning corner 3PT as time expired as the Mavericks defeated the Nuggets, 131-130.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	23	3-7	2-3	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	0	-12	8
8Peyton WatsonPF	24	0-3	0-2	4-4	2	1	0	0	3	4	-9	4
15Nikola JokicC	36	12-22	5-10	0-0	7	14	4	0	4	4	+2	29
21Spencer JonesSG	26	3-5	0-1	0-0	4	2	2	0	1	1	-8	6
27Jamal MurrayPG	37	12-21	3-7	4-4	7	14	1	0	3	0	+4	31
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	29	8-13	7-12	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	+4	23
11Bruce Brown	26	6-7	1-2	0-0	7	3	1	1	2	3	+2	13
24Jalen Pickett	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
17Jonas Valanciūnas	14	3-4	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	8
1Curtis Jones	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5	0
3Julian Strawther	12	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	3	+10	8
14DaRon Holmes II	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	50-8757.5%	20-4148.8%	10-10100%	34	39	8	1	15	16	-	130

MAVERICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13Naji MarshallSF	31	6-11	2-4	1-1	4	3	1	0	1	0	-12	15
32Cooper FlaggPF	39	14-21	4-6	1-1	9	9	1	1	2	1	+10	33
3Anthony DavisC	35	12-19	1-2	6-6	9	4	3	0	1	3	+3	31
9Ryan NembhardSG	32	5-11	1-3	0-0	3	7	0	0	1	1	+24	11
1Jaden HardyPG	27	5-9	0-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	2	+12	10
16Caleb Martin	24	4-6	0-1	1-1	4	3	2	0	2	1	+4	9
10Brandon Williams	15	2-6	0-3	5-6	0	2	0	0	2	1	-23	9
5D'Angelo Russell	15	3-6	3-5	0-0	2	4	0	0	0	0	-13	9
21Daniel Gafford	17	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	4
30Moussa Cisse	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Miles Kelly	— did not play —												— did not play —
25P.J. Washington	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	53-9357.0%	11-2740.7%	14-1593.3%	36	34	9	2	10	12	-	131

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENDAL

(11:56) Jump Ball Davis vs. Jokic: Tip to Marshall
+2 (11:36) Davis 1' Alley Oop Layup (2 PTS) (Nembhard 1 AST)
02
(11:12) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:55) MISS Hardy 1' Cutting Dunk Shot
(10:52) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:47) S. Jones 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
22
+2 (10:33) Davis 20' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Flagg 1 AST)
24
(10:15) MISS S. Jones 3PT Jump Shot
(10:12) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:02) Flagg 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Nembhard 2 AST)
26
(10:02) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Adair)
+1 (10:02) Flagg Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
27
(9:50) MISS Watson 3' Turnaround Hook Shot
(9:46) Marshall REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:44) Marshall 10' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (2 PTS)
29
(9:44) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Kennedy)
+1 (9:44) Marshall Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
210
(9:33) S. Jones Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:33) Marshall STEAL (1 STL)
(9:28) MISS Davis 1' Alley Oop Dunk
(9:26) Marshall REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (9:24) Davis 1' Dunk (6 PTS) (Marshall 1 AST)
212
(9:09) MISS S. Jones 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(9:09) Flagg BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:06) Davis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:54) MISS Marshall 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:54) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:40) Watson Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
(8:27) Flagg Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:12) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T4)
(8:12) Davis STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:09) Flagg 1' Running Dunk (5 PTS) (Marshall 2 AST)
214
(8:09) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (8:03) Murray 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
414
+2 (7:43) Davis 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (8 PTS) (Flagg 2 AST)
416
+2 (7:24) Murray 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
616
+2 (7:11) Davis 21' Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Nembhard 3 AST)
618
(6:50) MISS Jokic 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(6:48) Marshall REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (6:44) Hardy 3' Running Layup (2 PTS)
620
(6:24) MISS Murray 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(6:21) MAVERICKS Rebound
+2 (6:10) Marshall Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Davis 1 AST)
622
(5:58) Davis S.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
+1 (5:58) Watson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
722
+1 (5:58) Watson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
822
(5:31) Williams Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:31) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(5:24) MISS Murray 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:20) Russell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:15) Marshall 1' Driving Reverse Layup (7 PTS) (Russell 1 AST)
824
+3 (5:00) Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Watson 1 AST)
1124
+2 (4:41) Williams 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Russell 2 AST)
1126
+2 (4:28) Hardaway Jr. 13' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1326
(4:10) MISS Martin 13' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(4:08) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:05) Watson OFF.Foul (P2) (B.Adair)
(4:05) Watson Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T5)
+3 (3:55) Russell 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
1329
(3:53) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
(3:43) Martin P.FOUL (P1.T2) (G.Petraitis)
(3:32) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:29) Flagg REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:23) Flagg 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS)
1331
+3 (3:13) Hardaway Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
1631
(2:55) MISS Martin 3PT Jump Shot
(2:52) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:48) Williams S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Adair)
+1 (2:48) Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1731
+1 (2:48) Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1831
(2:36) MISS Williams 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:32) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (2:26) Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
2131
(2:14) MISS Russell 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:12) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:56) Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2431
+2 (1:45) Flagg 2' Driving Layup (9 PTS)
2433
+3 (1:31) Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
2733
(1:31) MAVERICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(1:16) Nembhard Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(1:16) Brown STEAL (1 STL)
(1:13) MISS Hardaway Jr. 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:08) Martin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:01) Flagg 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Nembhard 4 AST)
2735
(0:41) MISS Brown 3PT Jump Shot
(0:39) Russell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:29) Flagg 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Russell 3 AST)
2738
(0:11) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T6)
(0:11) Gafford STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (0:05) Nembhard 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Russell 4 AST)
2741
(0:00) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) Nuggets Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

DAL

130Points131

50-87(57.5%)Field Goal(%)53-93(57.0%)

20-41(48.8%)3-Point(%)11-27(40.7%)

10-10(100.0%)Free Throw(%)14-15(93.3%)

34(7)Rebounds(Offensive)36(11)

39Assists34

8Steals9

1Blocks2

15Turnovers10

16Fouls12

50Pts In The Paint66

14Fast Break Pts20

13Pts Off Turnovers22

52Bench Pts31

3Largest Lead21

Game Details

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 · 8:00 PM

American Airlines Center · Dallas, TX

attendance: 19,432 (97.2%)

tv: NBC