Overview
- New Orleans handled Dallas 129-111 in New Orleans for its third victory in four games.
- A 13-0 first-quarter surge keyed by Saddiq Bey delivered the final lead change and put the Pelicans in command.
- Zion Williamson scored 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting, Bey added 23, Trey Murphy III and Jeremiah Fears had 17 each, and Karlo Matkovic posted 13 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
- Yves Missi returned to the starting lineup with 10 boards and a career-tying five blocks as Dejounte Murray sat out with an illness.
- Naji Marshall paced Dallas with 32 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, Cooper Flagg added 21-8-7 and P. J. Washington scored 18 as the Mavericks dropped their 10th in 12, trailing by as many as 19 and yielding 68 points in the paint.