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Dallas Mavericks vs. New Orleans Pelicans

November 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Mavericks 101-99 on 2025-11-05 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started D'Angelo Russell, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Pelicans started Kevon Looney, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 4 points (1/8) in his matchups, with D'Angelo Russell as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 14 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
P.J. Washington GS 38:04 15 11 1 1 2 4 0 5-13 1-3 4-7 -2
Cooper Flagg GS 35:02 20 9 2 3 2 2 1 8-19 1-5 3-3 +1
Max Christie GS 27:28 12 3 1 1 0 0 1 5-12 2-6 0-0 -3
Daniel Gafford GS 24:44 15 8 0 2 2 2 3 6-8 0-0 3-3 +8
D'Angelo Russell GS 20:42 9 0 3 0 1 2 3 3-10 2-4 1-1 -11
Naji Marshall 25:52 7 5 5 1 0 1 3 2-5 0-2 3-4 -10
Klay Thompson 21:25 11 4 3 1 0 3 0 4-7 3-6 0-0 +4
Brandon Williams 18:43 10 1 3 2 0 1 2 4-9 1-3 1-2 +6
Jaden Hardy 10:08 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-4 0-3 0-0 +5
Dwight Powell 10:07 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Caleb Martin 4:14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Moussa Cisse 3:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 99 44 18 11 7 15 15 37-89 10-32 15-20

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 38:09 11 9 5 2 1 3 2 3-12 1-6 4-4 +1
Herbert Jones GS 35:00 12 5 2 2 1 2 2 6-10 0-2 0-1 +10
Saddiq Bey GS 29:34 22 9 1 0 0 1 0 9-14 4-6 0-0 -1
Jeremiah Fears GS 25:25 13 5 3 1 0 3 3 5-15 1-6 2-2 -10
Kevon Looney GS 14:59 8 6 2 0 1 0 1 4-8 0-1 0-0 -1
Derik Queen 25:52 11 7 2 3 0 3 3 3-8 0-0 5-7 -3
Jose Alvarado 22:35 13 8 2 0 0 1 1 4-8 3-5 2-2 +12
Jordan Hawkins 19:52 9 2 1 2 0 0 1 4-13 1-4 0-0 0
Micah Peavy 18:18 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Karlo Matković 10:16 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 101 56 18 10 3 13 18 39-91 10-31 13-16

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
P.J. Washington Saddiq Bey: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Cooper Flagg Herbert Jones: 31 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Max Christie Trey Murphy III: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Daniel Gafford Kevon Looney: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derik Queen: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Naji Marshall Jose Alvarado: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Klay Thompson Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Herbert Jones: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
D'Angelo Russell Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Saddiq Bey: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams Jose Alvarado: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dwight Powell Derik Queen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevon Looney: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Jose Alvarado: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Cisse Karlo Matković: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevon Looney: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin Herbert Jones: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Max Christie: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · P.J. Washington: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Herbert Jones Cooper Flagg: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Max Christie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey P.J. Washington: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Derik Queen Daniel Gafford: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · P.J. Washington: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears D'Angelo Russell: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Max Christie: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jose Alvarado Brandon Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naji Marshall: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Klay Thompson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy Cooper Flagg: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney Daniel Gafford: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · P.J. Washington: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Karlo Matković Dwight Powell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)