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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 45 | 26 | 34 | 20 | 125 |
 Pelicans | 27 | 31 | 23 | 37 | 118 |
DALTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 44-8253.7% | 19-4047.5% | 18-2572.0% | 38 | 18 | 8 |
| NOP | 46-9250.0% | 12-2842.9% | 14-2166.7% | 48 | 22 | 13 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Dallas Mavericks125| 38 | 49 | 17-35 | 7-14 | 8-12 | 0 | +21 | +10.2 | |||||||
| 37 | 14 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | +3.3 | ||||
| 37 | 23 | 8-13 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +2.9 | |||||
| 25 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.4 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −11 | +0.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +9 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 26 | 20, Season high (his best before, 19) | 7-10 | 3-5 | 0 | 3-4 | +11 | +6.0 | |||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −6.5 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.1 | |||
| Team | 125 | 44-8253.7% | 19-4047.5% | 38 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 18-2572.0% | 7 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 11 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Frank Ntilikina and Trey Burke (injury/illness); Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans118| 40 | 38, Season high (his best before, 36) | 14-26 | 7-10, Season high (his best before, 6) | 3-5 | 0 | +4 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 12 | 6-21 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | −11 | −5.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 16 | 8-13 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +7.8 | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −6.7 | ||||||
| 26 | 18 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | −19 | +3.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 25 | 12 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | −6 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | −23 | −4.0 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 118 | 46-9250.0% | 12-2842.9% | 48 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 14-2166.7% | 17 | 7 | 0 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Naji Marshall, Trey Murphy III, Jose Alvarado and Willy Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
Mavericks125Pelicans118ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Luka Dončić had 49 points (20 in the third quarter) and 15 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-118.
The Mavericks never trailed and led by as many as 24.
Jalen Brunson had 23 points (10 in the first quarter) and 6 assists, and Maxi Kleber added a season-high 20 points on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench. The Mavericks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, CJ McCollum scored a season-high 38 points with 7 3-pointers. Jonas Valančiūnas had 16 points and 18 rebounds. McCollum scored 18 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter.
The Mavericks shot 53.7% from the field and 47.5% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 50.0% and 42.9%. The Pelicans forced 9 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Mavericks 14-2 on the fast break. The Mavericks outscored the Pelicans 31-13 in 7 minutes with Bertans, Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith, Kleber and Dončić on the floor together.
Dallas MavericksNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
107 points from the field on 82 shots: 21.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-16 | 93.8% | 65% |
| In the paint | 8-20 | 40.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-33 | 48.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 29 | 10 | 4-11 | −1 |
| Garrett Temple | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Tony Snell | 9 | 7 | 3-6 | +4 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 7 | 14 | 4-5 | +11 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 18 | 7-16 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 53 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 37 | 11 | 4-6 | +1 |
| Tony Snell | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Herbert Jones | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 5 | 9 | 4-5 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 21 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 11 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Garrett Temple | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Tony Snell | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DAL
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
McCollum 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q3 10:57
12.3%
15→27
Doncic 2' Driving Layup (49 PTS)
Q4 3:21
9.7%
21→11
Brunson 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Doncic 1 AST)
Q1 5:13
9.6%
43→34
Doncic 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q1 0:01
9.4%
29→20
Ingram 14' Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q4 3:36
9.3%
11→21
