The Dallas Mavericks narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat, holding off the New Orleans Pelicans 111-106 Thursday night in Dallas.
It was a weird game for a multitude of reasons, first being due to inclement winter weather in Dallas this week, the Pelicans didn’t arrive in Dallas until Thursday afternoon. That surely played into the extremely slow start to the game for New Orleans, but they certainly closed as strong as they could have.
Luka Doncic led all scorers with 31 points before he injured his right heel in the third quarter and Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 26, almost completing a 31-point comeback.