Brooklyn Nets @ Dallas Mavericks
Monday, January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22500561
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 32 24 28 29 113BKN 23 22 32 28 105
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Flagg posts 27 points, 3 steals to help Mavericks beat the Nets 113-105
DALLAS -- — Cooper Flagg scored 27 points and matched a season high with three steals, and Naji Marshall had three straight baskets down the stretch and finished with 22 points as the depleted Dallas Mavericks beat the Brooklyn Nets 113-105 on Monday night.
The Mavericks (15-25) snapped a two-game skid. Klay Thompson scored 18 off the bench and matched a season high with six 3-pointers.
Michael Porter Jr . scored 28 points and Day’Ron Sharpe had 14 points and 12 rebounds off the bench for the Nets (11-26), who have lost four consecutive games. They were swept in a road back-to-back, losing 103-98 at Memphis on Sunday.
Brooklyn cut a 14-point second-half deficit to 99-95 with five minutes left, but couldn’t get any closer.
Flagg rebounded after shooting 4 for 13 and scoring 11 points in Dallas' 125-17 loss at Chicago on Saturday.
Dallas’ Jaden Hardy , making his second start of the season, scored 11 of his 14 points in the first five minutes, including three of his four 3-pointers.
The Mavericks used three players on two-way contracts while missing four injured starters, including Anthony Davis (out indefinitely with ligament damage in his left hand suffered on Thursday) and P.J. Washington Jr. (missing his third straight game with an ankle injury).
Porter returned after sitting out Sunday’s game, while Brooklyn’s Cam Thomas and Egor Nemin were held out Monday after playing Sunday.
When the Mavericks beat the Nets 119-111 in Dallas on Dec. 12, there were 23 lead changes and 16 ties. On Monday night, there was one lead change and one tie.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BKNDS D. Sharpe
DW D. Wolf
JW J. Wilson
MP M. Porter Jr.
NC N. Claxton
NC N. Clowney
NT N. Traore
TM T. Mann
TM T. Martin
DALCF C. Flagg
CM C. Martin
DP D. Powell
JH J. Hardy
KT K. Thompson
MC M. Christie
MC M. Cisse
MK M. Kelly
NM N. Marshall
RN R. Nembhard
BKN/DAL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur