For far too long, whenever the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans got together on the basketball court, the Mavericks were the Pelicans’ older brother putting New Orleans in a headlock and giving them noogies.
Dallas and New Orleans have played 56 regular season games and Dallas owns a 39-17 edge. More often than not, Dallas was the playoff contender and New Orleans was the lottery bound scrubs and that’s just how it’s been since the Pelicans switched to West in 2004.
That’s all changed this year.
The Pelicans are winners of three straight, averaging a 15-point margin of victory over the stretch.