{"id":544532,"date":"2026-01-18T11:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/544532\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:17:17","slug":"mavs-take-out-the-jazz-138-120-saturday-night-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/544532\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavs take out the Jazz, 138-120 Saturday night"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> have seen a lot of the Utah Jazz<\/a> over the past month, with their most recent faceoff just two days ago. Dallas repeated their success from Thursday night with a 138-120 win<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n

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

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Brandon Williams: A22 PTS \/ 4 REB \/ 5 AST \/ 2 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 28 MIN<\/p>\n

Williams had a very nice game on both sides of the ball. He scored on efficient shooting (8-for-13), played solid defense and made some nice passes. His assist-to-turnover ratio (5:2) wasn\u2019t mind blowing, but there isn\u2019t much to complain about in respect of his overall performance.<\/p>\n

Max Christie: A22 PTS \/ 2 REB \/ 4 AST \/ 2 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 26 MIN<\/p>\n

Christie returned to action looking as though he didn\u2019t miss a beat. He had himself a sound night in all respects, shooting well in his return (7-for-13). He took care of the ball and played sound defense without racking up fouls. Highlight play: cutting off a passing lane for a steal he took the other way for a layup in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

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Caleb Martin: C+3 PTS \/ 6 REB \/ 5 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 21 MIN<\/p>\n

Martin\u2019s near-flawless shooting was absent Saturday night, though he grabbed a few boards and dished some dimes. He didn\u2019t hurt the Mavs, but also didn\u2019t do a whole lot to favorably impact the game. Highlight play: on the opening tip Martin moved as though clairvoyant, getting to a spot before the jump ball was even touched, perfectly positioning himself to gain possession. It was a small thing, but pretty cool to see.<\/p>\n

Naji Marshall: B+16 PTS \/ 5 REB \/ 6 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 29 MIN<\/p>\n

Marshall had a hot hand and did a bit of everything, but his grade takes a hit for the high turnover (3) and high foul (4) totals.<\/p>\n

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Dwight Powell: A-10 PTS \/ 8 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 3 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 27 MIN<\/p>\n

Powell was quietly Powell, grabbing boards, hitting his limited shot opportunities, and setting solid screens \u2014 one of which got him free throws when Keyonte George committed a flagrant foul by running him over and pushing him to the ground. His steal total gives his grade a boost beyond his other contributions.<\/p>\n

Jaden Hardy: C+12 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 17 MIN<\/p>\n

Hardy can be streaky for sure, and on Saturday his shot could have been better (5-for-13). He did little else and his plus\/minus was in the negative for most of the night. Still, he did what you\u2019d want him to do \u2014 drop double-figure points in limited minutes.<\/p>\n

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Moussa Cisse: B-9 PTS \/ 10 REB \/ 0 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK \u2013 21 MIN<\/p>\n

Cisse was solid, though some of his stats came in garbage time. He also had the worst plus\/minus on the team (-minus-17).<\/p>\n

Klay Thompson: A23 PTS \/ 0 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 2 BLK \u2013 20 MIN<\/p>\n

Thompson\u2019s first half alone had him in the \u201cA\u201d range: 7-for-10 from the floor, 6-for-9 from deep, 3-for-3 from the free throw line, 23 points. He even dished two assists around his prolific shooting. He came back down to earth in the second half, but very few minutes played was a factor in that.<\/p>\n

Final thoughts<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re on board with Team Tank, you might be a bit chapped to see Utah doing it better than Dallas by sitting players somewhat arbitrarily in both this, and the game Thursday night. Utah is just behind Dallas in the Western Conference standings, so the losses for them are wins from a certain perspective.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not a big fan of intentionally losing, but I would be lying to say a better pick this summer isn\u2019t highly appealing. With the win, Dallas and Utah now have two wins apiece in the season series, but there is a long way to go before game 82 decides the final standings. For now, Dallas continues to look engaged with two-way players and others that don\u2019t get a lot of burn showing up with maximum effort.<\/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 have seen a lot of the Utah Jazz over the past month, with their most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[20309,7,10823,6461,686,149,4057,5991,7138,955,498,166,7139,25746,5989,6,59567,16482,427],"class_list":["post-544532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-ast","tag-basketball","tag-brandon-williams","tag-caleb-martin","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-dwight-powell","tag-jaden-hardy","tag-keyonte-george","tag-klay-thompson","tag-mavericks","tag-max-christie","tag-moussa-cisse","tag-naji-marshall","tag-nba","tag-reb","tag-saturday-night","tag-utah-jazz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115915826386646850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}