Stats Rundown: 3 numbers from the Mavericks overtime loss to the Warriors

The Dallas Mavericks lost 137-131 to the Golden State Warriors in an overtime thriller Monday night in Dallas. Cooper Flagg led all scorers with 32 points but a balanced Warriors attack and sloppy Mavericks miscues prevented the Mavericks from a feel-good win.

Dallas nearly blew the game open in the second quarter, outscoring Golden State 42-29 and taking a 15-point lead at one point. After halftime it was all Warriors, and a frantic comeback late in the fourth left Dallas with a chance to win on the final possession, only for Naji Marshall to miss a wide-open potential game-winning three. In overtime it was all Warriors.

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Here are the numbers to know.

15: Combined turnovers for Cooper Flagg, Naji Marshall

Mavericks coach Jason Kidd continues to experiment with Cooper Flagg at point, and yet again the Mavericks ball handling woes bit them. Dallas actually shot the ball when when they got up a shot, the problem was they didn’t get up a shot enough — the team had 23 turnovers, with Flagg and Marshall responsible for 15 of them, Marshall having eight, Flagg having seven.

Those two were the perimeter players that touched the ball the most, and for them to cough the ball up so frequently really stalled the Mavericks out in the third quarter, which ignited the Warriors rally. Kidd throwing Flagg into the deep end of the pool, and it was frankly uncomfortable to watch Flagg sink a bit in the second half, when the Warriors full-court pressure forced multiple turnovers.

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It’s a shame because Flagg did such a good job scoring, but the ball control was a major issue.

23-8: Warriors 2nd chance points advantage

Dallas shot nearly 60 percent from the field and 55 percent from three on 36 three point attempts. How did they lose? Well besides turnovers, the Mavericks gave up 17 offensive rebounds, good for 23 second-chance points from the Warriors.

No one on the Mavericks did well on the boards. Starting center Daniel Gafford only had five defensive rebounds in 32 minutes. Mavericks forwards PJ Washington and Cooper Flagg each had three defensive boards. So that’s 11 combined defensive rebounds from…

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Publish date : 2026-03-24 07:43:00

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