The Dallas Mavericks (4-12) host the New Orleans Pelicans (2-13) at home Friday night. Dallas is on a short losing streak while the Pelicans haven’t won a game since they last beat the Mavericks in American
Airlines Center. This is one of the few games recently where the Mavericks are actually favored. We’ll see how THAT goes.
Here’s the main things you need to know before the game kicks off.
- WHO: Dallas Mavericks vs New Orleans Pelicans
- WHAT: A division match up
- WHERE: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
- WHEN: 7:30 p.m. CST
- HOW: KFAA Channel 29, MavsTV streaming, NBA League Pass, and also Playback with Kirk
The injury report is as clear for Dallas as it has been in a long time. Of course Kyrie Irving is on it. Dante Exum will be on it for the rest of the regular season so I will stop writing him in here eventually. Anthony Davis is but a memory at this point. D’Angelo Russell is a midday add to the report with an illness. Cooper Flagg is on it but listed as available, he’s had some thumb issues. Jordan Poole is the main guy of note on the report for the Pelicans.
This has been a long week. Dallas winning another one would be nice, and they should win, but you just never know with how the offense dies at times. Cooper Flagg playing his high school teammate in Derek Queen is fun, largely because Queen looks very special in his own right.
As you can tell below, you can join me in a room on Playback (embed below) during the game (though I may not be able to start it until halftime). Also consider joining Josh and I on Pod Maverick live after the game on YouTube, we should start around 10:15 pm. Thanks so much for spending time with us here at Mavs Moneyball. Let’s go Mavs!
