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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mavericks | 27 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 116 |
 Pelicans | 33 | 30 | 24 | 32 | 119 |
DALTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 43-9047.8% | 12-3534.3% | 18-2572.0% | 45 | 27 | 15 |
| NOP | 43-9744.3% | 13-3933.3% | 20-2483.3% | 49 | 24 | 10 |
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New Orleans Pelicans119| 38 | 24 | 7-18 | 2-6 | 8-8 | +13 | +6.1 | ||||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-14 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +10 | −7.8 | |||||
| 33 | 30, Season high (his best before, 29) | 10-22 | 4-10 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +7.4 | ||||||
| 29 | 12 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | +9 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 27 | 13 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +1.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | −8 | −3.1 | ||||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.7 | |||||
| 15 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.1 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +2.4 | |||||
| Team | 119 | 43-9744.3% | 13-3933.3% | 49 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 20-2483.3% | 15 | 11 | 8 | |||
Bench 29 points on 13 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Zion Williamson (return to competition reconditioning); Karlo Matković (coach’s decision).
Dallas Mavericks116| 38 | 14 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 5-8 | 0 | −4 | −5.6 | |||||||
| 38 | 20 | 6-17 | 3-8 | 5-5 | 0 | −4 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 30 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 27, Career high (his best before, 26) | 12-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −5 | +13.2 | |||||||
| 26 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −7.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 21 | 7-13 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 19 | 14 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.8 | |||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 10 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.3 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −5.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | ||
| Team | 116 | 43-9047.8% | 12-3534.3% | 45 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 18-2572.0% | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 36 points on 13 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Markieff Morris (coach’s decision).
Pelicans119Mavericks116ClickTap 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.
Dejounte Murray scored a season-high 30 points (13 in the fourth quarter), and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Dallas Mavericks 119-116.
Javonte Green’s 3-pointer put the Pelicans ahead for good with 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Mavericks got within 117-116 on P.J. Washington’s 2 free throws with 15 seconds to play. They had the ball down 1 with 7.2 seconds left, but Murphy blocked Spencer Dinwiddie’s driving layup at the rim, lifting the Pelicans’ chance to win from 79% to 85%. It would have put the Mavericks ahead. Trey Murphy III followed with 2 free throws, and the Mavericks got no closer. They had the ball down 3, but Naji Marshall missed a 64-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Mavericks 15-11. Murray scored 10 of the Pelicans’ 15 on 4 for 5 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Murphy had 24 points, a season-high 10 rebounds and 3 blocks.
For the Mavericks, Daniel Gafford had a career-high 27 points (24 in the paint) and 12 rebounds on 12 for 13 shooting, and Jaden Hardy added 21 points off the bench. Dinwiddie had 20 points and 3 steals. The Mavericks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Mavericks forced 10 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Pelicans’ starters outscored the Mavericks 70-58 in 25 minutes together.
New Orleans PelicansDallas MavericksPS, 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).
99 points from the field on 97 shots: 8.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-33 | 57.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-7 | 57.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-30 | 36.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 20 | 6 | 2-4 | +1 |
| P.J. Washington | 12 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Jaden Hardy | 10 | 4 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Naji Marshall | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 10 | 3-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Washington | 22 | 5 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Naji Marshall | 16 | 2 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Klay Thompson | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 2-10 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klay Thompson | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| P.J. Washington | 11 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Jaden Hardy | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 7 | 5 | 1-1 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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
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NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Murphy III 4 AST)
Q4 0:45
32.4%
40→73
Murray 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 4:17
22.7%
34→56
Marshall 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Dinwiddie 3 AST)
Q4 8:24
20.1%
55→35
Thompson 2' Driving Layup (10 PTS) (Marshall 10 AST)
Q4 2:40
19.0%
46→27
Thompson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Marshall 9 AST)
Q4 3:15
16.6%
64→47
