Dallas Mavericks @ New Orleans Pelicans
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22400566
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 33 30 24 32 119DAL 27 34 30 25 116
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Dejounte Murray scores 30 points as the Pelicans outlast the injury-depleted Mavericks 119-116
NEW ORLEANS -- — Dejounte Murray scored 30 points, Trey Murphy III had a disputed block of Spencer Dinwiddie 's layup for the lead with 4 seconds left and the New Orleans Pelicans outlasted the injury-depleted Dallas Mavericks 119-116 on Wednesday night.
Murphy had 24 points and 10 rebounds, capped by game-sealing free throws with 2 seconds left, but video replays made his block look more like a goaltend that wasn't called. The ball appeared to hit the glass before Murphy touched it, but the Mavs were out of timeouts and could not challenge.
Javonte Green added 13 points to help New Orleans (10-32) take its third victory in four games after winning just five of its first 33 contests.
Daniel Gafford scored a career-high 27 points on 12-of-13 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds for Dallas, which played without top two scorers Luka Doncic (left calf) and Kyrie Irving (back), as well as usual starting center Dereck Lively (right ankle).
The Pelicans played without Zion Williamson (left hamstring), who was rested after playing Tuesday night in Chicago.
Jaden Hardy scored 21 points and Dinwiddie finished with 20 points for Dallas (22-19), which has lost three straight and eight of 10.
Takeaways Mavericks: Trailing by as many as 10 in the third quarter, Dallas closed the period on a 20-6 run to take a 91-87 lead. Klay Thompson scored seven of his 12 points in the final minutes — including a 3 as the shot clock expired — to give the Mavs a 114-111 lead they couldn't hold.
Pelicans: Rookie Yves Missi and Jordan Hawkins each scored 12 as New Orleans won its fifth game in nine. ... The Pelicans expect Williamson back for their next two games, both against struggling Utah, but guard Jose Alvarado hurt his right hand.
Key moment Green's second 3 in the last six minutes put New Orleans up 116-114 with 43.9 seconds left. Seconds later, CJ McCollum , who scored 11 points, caused Thompson to loose the ball out of bounds.
Key stat New Orleans scored 24 points off of 17 Dallas turnovers.
Up next The Mavericks host Oklahoma City on Friday, when New Orleans hosts Utah.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALBW B. Williams
DG D. Gafford
DP D. Powell
JH J. Hardy
KT K. Thompson
MK M. Kleber
NM N. Marshall
OP O. Prosper
PW P. Washington
QG Q. Grimes
SD S. Dinwiddie
NOPBB B. Boston
CM C. McCollum
DM D. Murray
DT D. Theis
JA J. Alvarado
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
JR J. Robinson-Earl
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