After 4 preseason games, who do you think should start at the 2?

Both players have strengths and weaknesses and have different playstyle.

Christie has showned he is the better shooter and Risacher as the better defender.

Pros for Christie:

- Better shooter

- Better floor spacing

- Has played more with Kyrie and Coop

Cons for Christie:

- Mavs perimeter defense will be questionable playing alongside Kyrie

- Rebounding

Risacher Pros:

- Better/POA defender

- Rebounding

- Length/Height

- Transition game

Cons:

- Streaky shooter

- Less floor spacing

- Chemistry with Kai and Coop not there yet

Just wanted to shed light on the good our players are doing in the community and if anyone here is looking for a new pet it is a great opportunity

https://www.instagram.com/p/DekLm7GCSVI/?cplk=dDQ5NWc5emZ4d3dq

The Mavericks dafted Toby Lawal as a freak athlete with an unbelievable vertical, some defensive promise and a very raw offensive game. In the preaseason, he looked, in my opinion, way more polished in all facets of the game that I expected . He reads the game, he passes, he makes his free throws and he plays to his strengths. I guess, he is closer to making a leap this season that many Mavs fans expected on draft night.

I bought tickets for a promo giveaway but I couldn't find any information on the website where about to pick up the item. I know it's new this year so maybe nobody knows yet, but if you do, if you could please let me know. Thanks!

Well that was… something. I hope the Mavs front office was able to sign the right brother though lmao 😂

I'm really worried with Dusty May. I haven't seen an NBA level play ran with all thr preseason games. I think it's even worse than when Kidd was HC. Damn dark days ahead, Mavs.

man, being a mavs fan has its ups and downs. this is for the real MFFLs out there. im hyped for this season though. go mavs!

I think this should at least be considered. He'd still be on the books for $10M this season and $9.4M next season, so there'd be no cap savings, just a roster spot. But he's playing like a minimum player at this point in his career, so the money is a sunk cost anyway.

Anyone have the details on what fans will need to show to access the new Chase early entrance at Mavs games this season?

It could be way worse, I guess. I'm not a great fan of the blue floor. If you could, how would you improve it?

I’m assuming we’ll be favorites in 3 or 4 of them. An 0-6 start seems probable, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we start the season 4-16. I’m starting to see why the oddsmakers have us winning 35 games, and I’m wondering if this is optimistic.

I guess reality is starting to sink in. This off-season I kept telling myself we have a healthy Kyrie and Cooper Flagg so we can’t be that bad, but with our early season health issues and the time it’s going to take for a new coaching staff to figure out rotations, things could spiral.

If you think the Kyrie trade talk is annoying just wait and see what it’s like if we have 4 wins heading in to December.

Someone please talk me off the ledge.

Anyone else suspicious of what’s going on with Morez? He got injured in summer league and has barely played any minutes this preseason. Out again tonight. Mavs keep saying it’s just soreness, but it’s hard to buy that. Worried he’s already injury prone before even playing an NBA game. You may say Mavs are just being EXTREMELY cautious, but why? Players play through soreness all the time and he’s losing valuable minutes. If he can’t play through soreness that’s concerning in itself.

Final: New Orleans Pelicans 101, Dallas Mavericks 97

New Orleans Pelicans 101 at Dallas Mavericks 97

Game Info

League/season: NBA Preseason 2026

Date: Wed, Oct 14, 2026

Tipoff: 7:00 PM CDT

Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas

Status: Final

Scoring By Period

Team Statistics

Leaders

Player Box Score

Play-by-Play

Period 4 | 00:00 | 101-97: End of 4th Quarter.

Period 4 | 00:00 | Pelicans | 101-97: AJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 00:00 | Mavericks | 100-97: Seth Lundy personal foul (Take) (AJ Johnson draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:06 | Mavericks | 100-97: Sergio de Larrea personal foul (Take) (Jalon Moore draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:08 | Mavericks | 100-97: John Poulakidas makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 00:32 | Pelicans | 100-95: Jaron Pierre Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 00:32 | Pelicans | 99-95: Jaron Pierre Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 00:32 | Mavericks | 98-95: John Poulakidas personal foul (Jaron Pierre Jr. draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:33 | Mavericks | 98-95: Seth Lundy makes two point dunk

Period 4 | 00:33 | Pelicans | 98-93: Jalon Moore turnover (lost ball) (Seth Lundy steals)

Period 4 | 00:35 | Mavericks | 98-93: Seth Lundy makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 00:35 | Mavericks | 98-92: Seth Lundy makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 00:35 | Pelicans | 98-91: Malik Dia personal foul (Seth Lundy draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:40 | Pelicans | 98-91: Jaron Pierre Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 00:40 | Mavericks | 97-91: John Poulakidas personal foul (Jaron Pierre Jr. draws the foul)

Period 4 | 01:15 | Pelicans | 97-91: AJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 01:15 | Pelicans | 96-91: AJ Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 01:15 | Mavericks | 95-91: Jorge Diaz-Graham shooting foul (AJ Johnson draws the foul)

Period 4 | 01:19 | Mavericks | 95-91: Tarik Biberovic turnover (lost ball) (Malik Dia steals)

Period 4 | 01:50 | Mavericks | 95-91: Seth Lundy makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 01:50 | Mavericks | 95-90: Seth Lundy makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 01:50 | Pelicans | 95-89: Jalon Moore shooting foul (Seth Lundy draws the foul)

Period 4 | 02:06 | Pelicans | 95-89: Trendon Watford turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 02:06 | Pelicans | 95-89: Trendon Watford offensive foul (Sergio de Larrea draws the foul)

Period 4 | 02:17 | Mavericks | 95-89: Tarik Biberovic makes three point jump shot (Jorge Diaz-Graham assists)

Period 4 | 02:37 | Pelicans | 95-86: AJ Johnson makes two point driving reverse layup

Period 4 | 02:45 | Mavericks | 93-86: John Poulakidas turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 02:45 | Mavericks | 93-86: John Poulakidas offensive foul (Off the ball) (AJ Johnson draws the foul)

Period 4 | 02:51 | Pelicans | 93-86: Jalon Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 02:51 | Mavericks | 92-86: Tobi Lawal shooting foul (Jalon Moore draws the foul)

Period 4 | 03:06 | Mavericks | 92-86: John Poulakidas makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 03:06 | Mavericks | 92-85: John Poulakidas makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 03:06 | Pelicans | 92-84: Jalon Moore personal foul (John Poulakidas draws the foul)

Period 4 | 03:12 | Pelicans | 92-84: Jaron Pierre Jr. makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 4 | 03:28 | Mavericks | 90-84: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 03:28 | Mavericks | 90-83: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 03:28 | Pelicans | 90-82: Jalon Moore shooting foul (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 4 | 03:48 | Mavericks | 90-82: Jorge Diaz-Graham turnover (bad pass) (Malik Dia steals)

Period 4 | 04:15 | Mavericks | 90-82: Jorge Diaz-Graham makes two point putback layup

Period 4 | 04:43 | Pelicans | 90-80: Jaron Pierre Jr. makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 05:12 | Pelicans | 88-80: AJ Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 05:12 | Mavericks | 87-80: Jorge Diaz-Graham personal foul (AJ Johnson draws the foul)

Period 4 | 05:13 | Mavericks | 87-80: Jorge Diaz-Graham turnover (lost ball)

Period 4 | 05:22 | Pelicans | 87-80: Malik Dia turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 05:22 | Pelicans | 87-80: Malik Dia offensive foul (Off the ball) (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 4 | 05:31 | Mavericks | 87-80: Sergio de Larrea makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 05:31 | Mavericks | 87-79: Sergio de Larrea makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 05:31 | Pelicans | 87-78: Jalon Moore personal foul (Sergio de Larrea draws the foul)

Period 4 | 05:36 | Pelicans | 87-78: AJ Johnson makes two point running layup (Jaron Pierre Jr. assists)

Period 4 | 05:40 | Mavericks | 85-78: Sergio de Larrea turnover (lost ball) (Jalon Moore steals)

Period 4 | 06:25 | Mavericks | 85-78: Tarik Biberovic turnover (traveling)

Period 4 | 06:29 | Pelicans | 85-78: Jaron Pierre Jr. personal foul (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 4 | 06:37 | Pelicans | 85-78: Trendon Watford turnover (out of bounds lost ball)

Period 4 | 06:55 | Pelicans | 85-78: Jaron Pierre Jr. turnover (out of bounds step)

Period 4 | 07:06 | Mavericks | 85-78: Tarik Biberovic makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 07:27 | Pelicans | 85-76: Jaron Pierre Jr. turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 4 | 07:40 | Mavericks | 85-76: Sergio de Larrea makes three point jump shot (Tarik Biberovic assists)

Period 4 | 07:58 | Pelicans | 85-73: Kobe Bufkin turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 07:58 | Pelicans | 85-73: Kobe Bufkin offensive foul (Seth Lundy draws the foul)

Period 4 | 08:09 | Mavericks | 85-73: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 08:09 | Mavericks | 85-72: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 08:09 | Pelicans | 85-71: Bryce McGowens shooting foul (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 4 | 08:25 | Pelicans | 85-71: Jaron Pierre Jr. makes three point stepback jump shot

Period 4 | 08:43 | Mavericks | 82-71: Jorge Diaz-Graham makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 08:43 | Pelicans | 82-70: Kobe Bufkin shooting foul (Jorge Diaz-Graham draws the foul)

Period 4 | 09:02 | Pelicans | 82-70: Julian Reese turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 09:02 | Pelicans | 82-70: Julian Reese offensive foul (Off the ball) (Jorge Diaz-Graham draws the foul)

Period 4 | 09:20 | Pelicans | 82-70: Julian Reese makes two point layup (Bryce McGowens assists)

Period 4 | 09:43 | Mavericks | 80-70: Tarik Biberovic makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 4 | 10:05 | Pelicans | 80-68: Kobe Bufkin personal foul (Seth Lundy draws the foul)

Period 4 | 10:14 | Pelicans | 80-68: Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 10:14 | Pelicans | 79-68: Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 10:14 | Mavericks | 78-68: Seth Lundy shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)

Period 4 | 10:50 | Mavericks | 78-68: Zaccharie Risacher makes two point running dunk

Period 4 | 10:53 | Pelicans | 78-66: Bryce McGowens turnover (bad pass) (Zaccharie Risacher steals)

Period 4 | 11:00 | Mavericks | 78-66: Tarik Biberovic personal foul (Loose ball) (Julian Reese draws the foul)

Period 4 | 11:01 | Pelicans | 78-66: Trendon Watford makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 11:01 | Mavericks | 77-66: Seth Lundy shooting foul (Trendon Watford draws the foul)

Period 4 | 11:11 | Mavericks | 77-66: Tobi Lawal personal foul (Julian Reese draws the foul)

Period 4 | 11:26 | Mavericks | 77-66: John Poulakidas makes three point jump shot (Zaccharie Risacher assists)

Period 4 | 11:36 | Pelicans | 77-63: Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 11:36 | Pelicans | 76-63: Bryce McGowens makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 11:36 | Mavericks | 75-63: Tobi Lawal shooting foul (Bryce McGowens draws the foul)

Period 4 | 11:54 | Mavericks | 75-63: Seth Lundy turnover (out of bounds lost ball)

Period 3 | 00:00 | 75-63: End of 3rd Quarter.

Period 3 | 00:03 | Mavericks | 75-63: Tarik Biberovic turnover (lost ball) (Derik Queen steals)

Period 3 | 00:08 | Pelicans | 75-63: Zion Williamson makes two point driving finger roll layup (Jordan Poole assists)

Period 3 | 00:30 | Mavericks | 73-63: Sergio de Larrea makes three point jump shot (Tarik Biberovic assists)

Period 3 | 00:36 | Mavericks | 73-60: Jorge Diaz-Graham makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 00:36 | Pelicans | 73-59: Zion Williamson personal foul (Jorge Diaz-Graham draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:46 | Pelicans | 73-59: Derik Queen makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 00:46 | Pelicans | 72-59: Derik Queen makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 00:46 | Mavericks | 71-59: Sergio de Larrea personal foul (Loose ball) (Derik Queen draws the foul)

Period 3 | 01:12 | Pelicans | 71-59: Derik Queen turnover (offensive foul)

Period 3 | 01:12 | Pelicans | 71-59: Derik Queen offensive foul (Charge) (Jorge Diaz-Graham draws the foul)

Period 3 | 01:22 | Mavericks | 71-59: Seth Lundy turnover (back court violation)

Period 3 | 01:39 | Pelicans | 71-59: Derik Queen turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 3 | 01:50 | Mavericks | 71-59: Jorge Diaz-Graham makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 01:50 | Pelicans | 71-58: Derik Queen personal foul (Jorge Diaz-Graham draws the foul)

Period 3 | 02:13 | Pelicans | 71-58: Zion Williamson makes two point driving floating jump shot

Period 3 | 02:52 | Mavericks | 69-58: John Poulakidas shooting foul (Zion Williamson draws the foul)

Period 3 | 03:08 | Mavericks | 69-58: Caleb Martin makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 03:08 | Mavericks | 69-57: Caleb Martin makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 03:08 | Pelicans | 69-56: Zion Williamson personal foul (Caleb Martin draws the foul)

Period 3 | 03:21 | Pelicans | 69-56: Herbert Jones makes two point running dunk

Period 3 | 03:23 | Mavericks | 67-56: Sergio de Larrea turnover (bad pass) (Herbert Jones steals)

Period 3 | 04:09 | Pelicans | 67-56: Zion Williamson makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 3 | 05:05 | Mavericks | 65-56: Tobi Lawal makes two point cutting dunk (Sergio de Larrea assists)

Period 3 | 05:14 | Pelicans | 65-54: Trey Murphy III makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 05:14 | Mavericks | 64-54: Caleb Martin personal foul (Trey Murphy III draws the foul)

Period 3 | 05:20 | Mavericks | 64-54: Zaccharie Risacher personal foul (Derik Queen draws the foul)

Period 3 | 05:46 | Mavericks | 64-54: Zaccharie Risacher makes two point cutting layup (Tarik Biberovic assists)

Period 3 | 06:07 | Pelicans | 64-52: Pelicans turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 3 | 07:03 | Mavericks | 64-52: P.J. Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 07:03 | Pelicans | 64-51: Karlo Matkovic shooting foul (P.J. Washington draws the foul)

Period 3 | 07:18 | Pelicans | 64-51: Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 07:18 | Pelicans | 63-51: Jeremiah Fears makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 07:18 | Mavericks | 62-51: Tobi Lawal shooting foul (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)

Period 3 | 08:02 | Mavericks | 62-51: Tobi Lawal makes two point cutting dunk (Sergio de Larrea assists)

Period 3 | 08:12 | Pelicans | 62-49: Yves Missi personal foul (Loose ball) (Max Christie draws the foul)

Period 3 | 09:03 | Pelicans | 62-49: Yves Missi makes two point running dunk

Period 3 | 09:06 | Mavericks | 60-49: Naji Marshall turnover (bad pass) (Yves Missi steals)

Period 3 | 09:18 | Pelicans | 60-49: Karlo Matkovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 09:18 | Pelicans | 59-49: Karlo Matkovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 09:18 | Mavericks | 58-49: Naji Marshall shooting foul (Karlo Matkovic draws the foul)

Period 3 | 09:27 | Pelicans | 58-49: Yves Missi personal foul (Loose ball) (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 3 | 10:16 | Mavericks | 58-49: Zaccharie Risacher makes two point running layup (Max Christie assists)

Period 3 | 10:20 | Pelicans | 58-47: Saddiq Bey turnover (bad pass) (Naji Marshall steals)

Period 3 | 10:43 | Pelicans | 58-47: Jeremiah Fears turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 3 | 10:48 | Mavericks | 58-47: P.J. Washington turnover (lost ball) (Jeremiah Fears steals)

Period 3 | 11:15 | Mavericks | 58-47: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 11:15 | Mavericks | 58-46: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 11:15 | Pelicans | 58-45: Yves Missi shooting foul (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 3 | 11:37 | Pelicans | 58-45: Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving layup

Period 3 | 11:46 | Mavericks | 56-45: Tobi Lawal personal foul (Yves Missi draws the foul)

Period 2 | 00:00 | 56-45: End of 1st Half.

Period 2 | 00:00 | Pelicans | 56-45: Bennedict Mathurin makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 00:00 | Mavericks | 55-45: Caleb Martin shooting foul (Bennedict Mathurin draws the foul)

Period 2 | 00:00 | Pelicans | 55-45: Bennedict Mathurin makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)

Period 2 | 00:18 | Mavericks | 53-45: Moussa Cisse turnover (offensive foul)

Period 2 | 00:18 | Mavericks | 53-45: Moussa Cisse offensive foul (Off the ball) (Jeremiah Fears draws the foul)

Period 2 | 00:32 | Pelicans | 53-45: Yves Missi makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)

Period 2 | 01:09 | Pelicans | 51-45: Saddiq Bey personal foul (Zaccharie Risacher draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:15 | Pelicans | 51-45: Bennedict Mathurin turnover (lost ball) (Zaccharie Risacher steals)

Period 2 | 01:37 | Mavericks | 51-45: Sergio de Larrea turnover (bad pass) (Saddiq Bey steals)

Period 2 | 01:47 | Mavericks | 51-45: Tarik Biberovic makes technical free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 01:47 | Pelicans | 51-44: Jeremiah Fears technical foul

Period 2 | 01:47 | Mavericks | 51-44: Tarik Biberovic shooting foul (Saddiq Bey draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:47 | Pelicans | 51-44: Saddiq Bey makes two point running layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)

Period 2 | 01:51 | Mavericks | 49-44: Caleb Martin turnover (bad pass) (Saddiq Bey steals)

Period 2 | 02:08 | Pelicans | 49-44: Zion Williamson makes two point driving dunk (Bennedict Mathurin assists)

Period 2 | 02:26 | Pelicans | 47-44: Jeremiah Fears turnover (bad pass) (Sergio de Larrea steals)

Period 2 | 02:42 | Mavericks | 47-44: Moussa Cisse makes two point cutting dunk (Sergio de Larrea assists)

Period 2 | 03:43 | Mavericks | 47-42: Sergio de Larrea makes two point running jump shot (P.J. Washington assists)

Period 2 | 04:06 | Mavericks | 47-40: Moussa Cisse makes two point dunk

Period 2 | 04:18 | Mavericks | 47-38: Seth Lundy makes two point putback layup

Period 2 | 04:50 | Mavericks | 47-36: John Poulakidas turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 2 | 05:01 | Pelicans | 47-36: Trendon Watford technical foul

Period 2 | 05:05 | Pelicans | 47-36: Jeremiah Fears makes three point stepback jump shot

Period 2 | 05:19 | Mavericks | 44-36: Seth Lundy makes three point jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)

Period 2 | 05:25 | Pelicans | 44-33: Derik Queen makes two point tip layup

Period 2 | 06:16 | Mavericks | 42-33: John Poulakidas makes three point pullup jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)

Period 2 | 06:29 | Pelicans | 42-30: Bennedict Mathurin makes three point jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)

Period 2 | 06:42 | Mavericks | 39-30: John Poulakidas makes three point jump shot (Max Christie assists)

Period 2 | 07:04 | Pelicans | 39-27: Karlo Matkovic makes three point jump shot (Trey Murphy III assists)

Period 2 | 07:35 | Mavericks | 34-27: Sergio de Larrea turnover (bad pass) (Jordan Poole steals)

Period 2 | 07:33 | Pelicans | 36-27: Jordan Poole makes two point running layup

Period 2 | 07:57 | Mavericks | 34-27: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 07:57 | Mavericks | 34-26: Tobi Lawal makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 07:57 | Pelicans | 34-25: Herbert Jones shooting foul (Tobi Lawal draws the foul)

Period 2 | 08:11 | Pelicans | 34-25: Jordan Poole makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 08:11 | Pelicans | 33-25: Jordan Poole makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 08:11 | Mavericks | 32-25: Sergio de Larrea shooting foul (Jordan Poole draws the foul)

Period 2 | 08:23 | Mavericks | 32-25: Tobi Lawal makes two point floating jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)

Period 2 | 08:43 | Pelicans | 32-23: Karlo Matkovic makes three point running jump shot (Trey Murphy III assists)

Period 2 | 08:57 | Pelicans | 29-23: Herbert Jones personal foul (John Poulakidas draws the foul)

Period 2 | 09:07 | Pelicans | 29-23: Jordan Poole personal foul (John Poulakidas draws the foul)

Period 2 | 09:33 | Pelicans | 29-23: Jordan Poole turnover (bad pass) (Tobi Lawal steals)

Period 2 | 09:49 | Mavericks | 29-23: Naji Marshall turnover (bad pass) (Trey Murphy III steals)

Period 2 | 10:14 | Mavericks | 29-23: Max Christie personal foul (Zion Williamson draws the foul)

Period 2 | 10:21 | Mavericks | 29-23: Tobi Lawal makes two point cutting dunk (Max Christie assists)

Period 2 | 10:36 | Pelicans | 29-21: Herbert Jones makes three point jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)

Period 2 | 10:50 | Mavericks | 26-21: John Poulakidas turnover (offensive foul)

Period 2 | 10:50 | Mavericks | 26-21: John Poulakidas offensive foul (Off the ball) (Trey Murphy III draws the foul)

Period 2 | 11:07 | Pelicans | 26-21: Herbert Jones turnover (bad pass) (Moussa Cisse steals)

Period 2 | 11:14 | Mavericks | 26-21: Max Christie personal foul (Zion Williamson draws the foul)

Period 2 | 11:23 | Mavericks | 26-21: John Poulakidas makes three point jump shot (Max Christie assists)

Period 2 | 11:49 | Pelicans | 26-18: Trey Murphy III makes two point cutting layup (Derik Queen assists)

Period 1 | 00:00 | 24-18: End of 1st Quarter.

Period 1 | 00:03 | Pelicans | 24-18: Herbert Jones turnover (lost ball) (Tarik Biberovic steals)

Period 1 | 00:28 | Mavericks | 24-18: Naji Marshall turnover (lost ball) (Derik Queen steals)

Period 1 | 00:39 | Pelicans | 24-18: Trey Murphy III turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 1 | 00:52 | Mavericks | 24-18: Naji Marshall makes two point driving floating bank jump shot (Caleb Martin assists)

Period 1 | 01:18 | Pelicans | 24-16: Zion Williamson makes two point layup (Jordan Poole assists)

Period 1 | 01:49 | Pelicans | 22-16: Herbert Jones makes two point running layup (Jordan Poole assists)

Period 1 | 02:08 | Pelicans | 20-16: Trey Murphy III makes two point driving finger roll layup (Derik Queen assists)

Period 1 | 02:17 | Mavericks | 18-16: Tarik Biberovic personal foul (Trey Murphy III draws the foul)

Period 1 | 02:27 | Mavericks | 18-16: Mavericks turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 1 | 02:51 | Pelicans | 18-16: Derik Queen makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 1 | 02:51 | Pelicans | 17-16: Derik Queen makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 1 | 02:51 | Mavericks | 16-16: Tarik Biberovic shooting foul (Derik Queen draws the foul)

Period 1 | 03:28 | Mavericks | 16-16: Tobi Lawal personal foul (Derik Queen draws the foul)

Period 1 | 03:40 | Mavericks | 16-16: Seth Lundy makes two point cutting dunk (Caleb Martin assists)

Period 1 | 04:24 | Pelicans | 16-14: Jeremiah Fears makes two point running layup (Trey Murphy III assists)

Period 1 | 05:04 | Mavericks | 14-14: Caleb Martin turnover (lost ball) (Jeremiah Fears steals)

Period 1 | 05:20 | Mavericks | 14-14: Sergio de Larrea shooting foul (Zion Williamson draws the foul)

Period 1 | 05:31 | Mavericks | 14-14: Sergio de Larrea turnover (traveling)

Period 1 | 05:40 | Pelicans | 14-14: Saddiq Bey makes two point cutting dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)

Period 1 | 06:11 | Pelicans | 12-14: Pelicans turnover (5-second violation)

Period 1 | 07:01 | Mavericks | 12-14: Naji Marshall makes three point pullup jump shot (Moussa Cisse assists)

Period 1 | 07:13 | Pelicans | 12-11: Yves Missi makes two point tip layup

Period 1 | 07:31 | Mavericks | 10-11: Moussa Cisse makes two point reverse layup (P.J. Washington assists)

Period 1 | 07:49 | Pelicans | 10-9: Karlo Matkovic makes three point jump shot (Bennedict Mathurin assists)

Period 1 | 08:12 | Mavericks | 7-9: Max Christie makes three point jump shot (Naji Marshall assists)

Period 1 | 08:35 | Mavericks | 7-6: Naji Marshall makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 1 | 08:35 | Mavericks | 7-5: Naji Marshall makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 1 | 08:35 | Pelicans | 7-4: Karlo Matkovic shooting foul (Naji Marshall draws the foul)

Period 1 | 08:44 | Pelicans | 7-4: Jeremiah Fears makes two point driving dunk

Period 1 | 09:00 | Mavericks | 5-4: Mavericks turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 1 | 09:30 | Pelicans | 5-4: Jeremiah Fears makes two point tip layup

Period 1 | 10:01 | Mavericks | 3-4: Max Christie makes two point tip layup

Period 1 | 10:32 | Mavericks | 3-2: P.J. Washington turnover (out of bounds step)

Period 1 | 10:40 | Mavericks | 3-2: P.J. Washington turnover (bad pass) (Jeremiah Fears steals)

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I’m a returning Mavs fan after 2 years of crying everyday over that one trade but anywho…where do i watch the Mavs game if i live in Dallas this season? I’m optimistic over our young core with a Kyrie…I have most streaming services including Youtube TV with league pass but i remember i couldn’t watch very many games there.

Saw this on New Era site? Is this an error? I think Warriors-Cavs played in the finals that season. Haha

I read that there were 3 teams over the 15 player limit that still had to make moves, the Lakers, the Grizzlies, and the Bucks. Are the mavericks theoretically one of these teams if they are trying to make room for Dwight?

Cousins knows that injury grind better than most. Good to hear someone talk about the mental side of it and not just the knee.

MACAU — Five years ago, Patrick Dumont came to the NBA with a pitch.

Dumont, then Las Vegas Sands Corp. chief operating officer, wanted the league to resume preseason games in China, whose relationship with the NBA was strained in October 2019 after former Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey publicly expressed support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

The social media post Morey sent — an image that read, “Fight For Freedom Stand With Hong Kong” — was so poorly received in China that players for the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets watched posters of their faces being torn down while they were in the country to play each other. Tencent, the NBA’s digital rights holder in China, yanked Rockets games off the air, and China Central Television, the state-run television broadcaster, refused to show games. Chinese officials were so furious that they called for Morey to be fired.

The NBA, which began regularly playing preseason games in China in 2004, released an initial response expressing regret for offending Chinese fans. U.S. lawmakers from both parties, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, crushed the NBA, saying the league had “caved to Chinese government demands for contrition.” LeBron James’ comments about freedom of speech and its “negative” ramifications were widely criticized. Commissioner Adam Silver said in February 2020 that the league would likely lose “hundreds of millions of dollars” because of the rift.

As bad as the relationship between the NBA and China seemed then, Dumont believed it wasn’t irreparable. He sat down with NBA officials only two years after the initial fallout and presented his idea for a way back in. He invited the NBA to Macau, a special administrative region of China where Sands owns five casinos and resorts.

Gambling has long been the backbone of Macau’s economy, but in the last half-decade, there has been a push to invest in other industries. Concessionaires — companies allowed to operate casinos in Macau, such as Sands — have agreed to invest heavily in outside entertainment, which is part of what motivated Dumont to approach the NBA about resuscitating the China Games. Executives from the company “met repeatedly with Chinese and Macau officials and hosted events celebrating ‘one country two systems,’ Beijing’s term for its governance of Hong Kong and Macau,” according to The New York Times.

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