Best Dallas stat
Nembhard finished with 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 23 assists in 38 minutes.
Final · April 12, 2026
Bulls vs Mavericks recap: Dallas turned the finale into a stat night.
Dallas beat Chicago 149-128 at American Airlines Center. The clean headline is Ryan Nembhard's 23 assists, but the full box score tells a bigger story: 22 Mavericks threes, 97 Dallas bench points, and a Chicago side that still found a few interesting lines in a lopsided loss.
The game in one read
Dallas opened with 45 first-quarter points and never really let the night settle into a normal rhythm. Chicago kept scoring in the paint and finished with 128, but it could not match the Mavericks' shooting volume from three.
The box score makes the split obvious: Chicago made 10 threes. Dallas made 22. That twelve-three gap is a 36-point swing before you even get into second-chance points or bench production.
Score by quarter
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 34 | 22 | 32 | 40 | 128 |
| Dallas | 45 | 35 | 39 | 30 | 149 |
Best Chicago stat
Lachlan Olbrich posted 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists.
Shooting gap
Dallas hit 22-of-49 from three; Chicago went 10-of-38.