{"id":244780,"date":"2026-04-11T06:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244780\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:36:23","slug":"player-grades-mavericks-lose-139-120-at-the-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244780\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Grades: Mavericks lose 139-120 at the San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> (25-56) took on the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (62-19) for the last time in the 2025-2026 season. Saturday night\u2019s matchup ended with Dallas on the wrong side of a 139-120<\/a> final score, with the loss dropping Dallas\u2019 record to 25-56 with one game remaining. The Mavs had eight players listed as \u201cout\u201d so some unusual suspects got to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get to the grades!<\/p>\n

13 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 7 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK – 31 MIN<\/p>\n

Nembhard had a relatively solid game with nothing remarkable. He chipped in a few points, he led the team in assists nearly from the opening tip and didn\u2019t do much to get upset about.<\/p>\n

16 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK – 31 MIN<\/p>\n

This is the kind of game Christie is capable of at really any given time. I still don\u2019t love the high frequency of three-point attempts for a guy who can drive and shoot the mid-range, not to mention hit free throws at a high clip. That said, when he shoots the three this well, it\u2019s nice to see and gives the Mavs a different dimension.<\/p>\n

33 PTS \/ 6 REB \/ 5 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK – 32 MIN<\/p>\n

Flagg got himself back on track after a poor scoring night last game. His shooting was spot-on (13-for-25; 3-for-7 from deep) and he poured in the points by making good decisions for easy baskets, while connecting on a number of tough, well-defended shots. This was his eleventh game scoring 30 or more points.<\/p>\n

14 PTS \/ 3 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK – 25 MIN<\/p>\n

Middleton was efficient (5-for-8) yet quiet, in that his contributions didn\u2019t really pop out while watching the game. He was solid and made the most of his chances.<\/p>\n

2 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 1 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK – 8 MIN<\/p>\n

Bagley suffered a shoulder injury that took him out of action after only eight minutes, so qualifying for an actual grade isn\u2019t possible. Hopefully he will be able to play in game 82 as opposed to ending his season here.<\/p>\n

12 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 0 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 1 BLK – 30 MIN<\/p>\n

Poulakidas couldn\u2019t replicate what he did last time out, and it wasn\u2019t even close. He hoisted a lot of three-pointers as would be expected, but almost none of them went through the net until late in the game when he caught fire a bit. Despite the late flurry, he was the worst Mav in terms of plus\/minus (by a big margin) for most of the night. Perhaps the best part of his game is that he stayed within himself and didn\u2019t stop shooting. He demonstrated confidence that not may two-way players would show after such a rough start.<\/p>\n

13 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 1 BLK – 20 MIN<\/p>\n

I joke around with other MMB staffers that Johnson is a legend in the making. While that isn\u2019t necessarily likely, I do still think there is a good NBA player inside the rough edges of what he currently is. He shot decently well (4-for-9), buoyed by a bank-shot three-pointer, and nailed his free throws (4-for-4) while showing little flashes that have me rooting hard for him to develop more this offseason to see what he can bring to the team next year. This was his highest scoring game since coming to Dallas.<\/p>\n

6 PTS \/ 2 REB \/ 1 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK – 19 MIN<\/p>\n

Smith displayed his athleticism and some decently quick hands on a so-so shooting night (3-for-7 but 0-for-4 from beyond the arc).<\/p>\n

At this point, Mavs\u2019 losses are far more valuable than Mavs\u2019 wins. Without P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall and a host of others, this was a nice game to take the L while letting some younger guys get opportunities they otherwise would not have, all the while watching Cooper Flagg put on a show.<\/p>\n

I invite you to follow me @_80MPH<\/a> on X, and check back often at Mavs Moneyball<\/a> for all the latest on the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks (25-56) took on the San Antonio Spurs (62-19) for the last time in the 2025-2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2663,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-244780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-mavericks-game-coverage","9":"tag-san-antonio","10":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","11":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}