New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22400024
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 44 19 34 35 132NOP 29 22 18 22 91
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Luka Doncic returns from injury to score 26 points as Mavericks top the Pelicans 132-91
DALLAS -- — Luka Doncic returned to the lineup and scored a game-high 26 points, Klay Thompson added 19 and Kyrie Irving had 18 as the Dallas Mavericks beat the undermanned New Orleans Pelicans 132-91 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night.
Doncic, who missed his first game of the season in Dallas' win at Oklahoma City on Sunday due to a knee injury, shot 10 of 16 overall and 3 for 8 from 3-point distance. He hit a pair of step-back 3-pointers midway through the fourth quarter giving Dallas a 111-75 lead.
Trey Murphy III , playing his fourth game this season because of hamstring issues, scored a season-high 19 points to lead the Pelicans. New Orleans was missing five of its rotation players. Two-time All-Star Zion Williamson missed his sixth consecutive game and is out indefinitely.
The Mavericks won their third straight, finishing with their highest point total of the season and largest margin of victory.
The Pelicans have lost 11 of their last 13 games.
Takeaways Pelicans: Rookie Yves Missi had a game-high nine rebounds, all in the first half.
Mavericks: In the second year of the NBA Cup, the Mavericks used a special tournament court at home for the first time. Their court last year wasn’t used for either home group-play games for what the team called manufacturing issues.
Key moment The Pelicans cut Dallas’ lead to 81-65 late in the third period before Irving followed a 25-foot 3-pointer with another seconds later, pulling up from 29 feet.
Key stat The Mavericks outscored the Pelicans 66-34 in the paint, their largest margin this season.
Up next The Pelicans will complete a road back-to-back on Wednesday, visiting the Cleveland Cavaliers , who had their season-opening 15-game winning streak stopped in Boston on Tuesday. The Mavericks begin a three-game trip on Friday at Denver, where they lost to the Nuggets 122-120 on Nov. 10.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALDG D. Gafford
DL D. Lively II
DP D. Powell
JH J. Hardy
KI K. Irving
KT K. Thompson
LD L. Dončić
MK M. Kleber
NM N. Marshall
OP O. Prosper
PW P. Washington
QG Q. Grimes
NOPAR A. Reeves
BB B. Boston
BI B. Ingram
BJ Boston Jr.
JC J. Cain
JG J. Green
JN J. Nowell
JR J. Robinson-Earl
JE Jemison
KM K. Matković
TJ T. Jemison III
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
DAL/NOP the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur