Pelicans 113-106 Mavericks (9 Mar, 2023) Play-by-Play

Dallas Mavericks

34-33, 12-20 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	24	19	22	41	106
NO	24	35	24	30	113

New Orleans Pelicans

32-34, 21-11 home

113

Herbert Jones misses 23-foot jumper
Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram makes 21-foot jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
Willy Hernangomez misses driving layup
Brandon Ingram makes 11-foot two point shot
Willy Hernangomez misses layup
Willy Hernangomez makes 1-foot dunk (CJ McCollum assists)
Trey Murphy III makes driving dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
CJ McCollum makes driving floating jump shot
Brandon Ingram makes pullup jump shot (Willy Hernangomez assists)
Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Herbert Jones makes two point shot
CJ McCollum misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Herbert Jones makes 22-foot jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
Trey Murphy III makes dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
Brandon Ingram misses running pullup jump shot
Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Herbert Jones misses layup
Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dyson Daniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
Dyson Daniels misses 15-foot two point shot
CJ McCollum misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
CJ McCollum makes 26-foot three pointer (Dyson Daniels assists)
Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop dunk shot (Dyson Daniels assists)
Josh Richardson misses 8-foot two point shot
CJ McCollum misses two point shot
Naji Marshall makes 26-foot jump bank shot (Jaxson Hayes assists)
Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
Josh Richardson misses dunk
Josh Richardson misses two point shot
Jaxson Hayes makes tip shot
Josh Richardson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)
Brandon Ingram misses driving layup
Brandon Ingram misses driving layup
Brandon Ingram makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Herbert Jones makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
Josh Richardson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson misses driving floating jump shot
Jaxson Hayes makes two point shot (Josh Richardson assists)
Herbert Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
CJ McCollum makes 30-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
CJ McCollum makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Dyson Daniels assists)
CJ McCollum makes 8-foot two point shot
Jaxson Hayes makes two point shot (Trey Murphy III assists)
CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Herbert Jones makes layup (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
Herbert Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trey Murphy III makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
Trey Murphy III misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
Trey Murphy III makes 27-foot three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trey Murphy III misses driving layup
Herbert Jones makes layup (Naji Marshall assists)
CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
Herbert Jones misses 23-foot jumper
CJ McCollum makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Willy Hernangomez makes driving layup (CJ McCollum assists)
Herbert Jones makes two point shot (Josh Richardson assists)
Josh Richardson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)
Willy Hernangomez makes layup (Dyson Daniels assists)
Dyson Daniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Richardson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
Josh Richardson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naji Marshall makes 5-foot two point shot
CJ McCollum misses two point shot
CJ McCollum misses 10-foot two point shot
Herbert Jones misses tip shot
CJ McCollum makes 27-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
Herbert Jones misses two point shot
CJ McCollum misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
CJ McCollum makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Herbert Jones assists)
CJ McCollum makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Naji Marshall assists)
CJ McCollum makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
Naji Marshall misses driving floating jump shot
CJ McCollum makes two point shot (Trey Murphy III assists)
Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Green makes 24-foot three point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot three pointer (Luka Doncic assists)
Luka Doncic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Dwight Powell makes 3-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Herbert Jones blocks Tim Hardaway Jr. 's 26-foot running pullup jump shot
Dwight Powell makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Trey Murphy III blocks Dwight Powell's layup
Dwight Powell makes layup (Kyrie Irving assists)
Luka Doncic makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Luka Doncic misses 9-foot two point shot
Markieff Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses driving layup
Trey Murphy III blocks Josh Green 's 2-foot driving layup
Josh Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 51-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Justin Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
Christian Wood makes dunk (Justin Holiday assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
Frank Ntilikina misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving makes 4-foot two point shot
Christian Wood makes 5-foot pullup jump shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Christian Wood makes driving layup (Kyrie Irving assists)
Christian Wood misses alley oop dunk shot
Christian Wood makes 12-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Luka Doncic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Justin Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luka Doncic misses driving layup
Christian Wood misses tip shot
Kyrie Irving makes 6-foot two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Josh Richardson blocks Kyrie Irving 's 8-foot layup
Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
Luka Doncic misses driving layup
Jaden Hardy makes driving layup
Kyrie Irving makes driving layup
Kyrie Irving misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
Jonas Valanciunas blocks Kyrie Irving 's 8-foot two point shot
Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Josh Green misses two point shot
Dwight Powell makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Josh Green misses three point jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot three pointer
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Kyrie Irving misses driving floating jump shot
Luka Doncic misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Justin Holiday misses three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Theo Pinson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Christian Wood misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving misses 50-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
Jaden Hardy makes 26-foot three pointer
Christian Wood makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaden Hardy assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving makes driving layup
Jaden Hardy makes driving dunk
Davis Bertans makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
Davis Bertans makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three pointer
Christian Wood makes 3-foot layup (Davis Bertans assists)
Davis Bertans misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving makes driving layup (Davis Bertans assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Kyrie Irving assists)
Jaden Hardy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaden Hardy makes 27-foot three pointer (Davis Bertans assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaden Hardy assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three pointer (Christian Wood assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaxson Hayes blocks Justin Holiday 's 23-foot three point jumper

MAVERICKS

PELICANS

TIME		DAL	NO
12:00	Dwight Powell vs. Jonas Valanciunas	0	0
12:00	Jonas Valanciunas loose ball foul	0	0
11:43	Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:39	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Herbert Jones misses 23-foot jumper	0	0
11:27	Dwight Powell defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Brandon Ingram personal foul	0	0
11:19	Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	0	0
11:14	Trey Murphy III defensive rebound	0	0
10:55	Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:53	Herbert Jones offensive rebound	0	0
10:53	Kyrie Irving personal foul	0	0
10:47	Brandon Ingram makes 21-foot jumper (CJ McCollum assists)	0	2
10:36	Kyrie Irving misses 9-foot pullup jump shot	0	2
10:32	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	0	2
10:25	Jonas Valanciunas lost ball turnover (Luka Doncic steals)	0	2
10:20	Jonas Valanciunas shooting foul	0	2
10:20	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2	1	2
10:20	Willy Hernangomez enters the game for Jonas Valanciunas	1	2
10:20	Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
9:55	Willy Hernangomez misses driving layup	2	2
9:50	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	2	2
9:45	Josh Green makes 24-foot three point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)	5	2
9:33	Brandon Ingram makes 11-foot two point shot	5	4
9:13	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot three pointer (Luka Doncic assists)	8	4
9:02	Willy Hernangomez misses layup	8	4
9:00	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	8	4
8:52	Luka Doncic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot	10	4
8:26	Willy Hernangomez makes 1-foot dunk (CJ McCollum assists)	10	6
8:08	Dwight Powell makes 3-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)	12	6
7:56	Willy Hernangomez offensive foul	12	6
7:56	Willy Hernangomez turnover	12	6
7:40	Willy Hernangomez personal foul	12	6
7:33	Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Luka Doncic assists)	14	6
7:33	Pelicans Full timeout	14	6
7:23	CJ McCollum lost ball turnover (Tim Hardaway Jr. steals)	14	6
7:19	Herbert Jones blocks Tim Hardaway Jr. 's 26-foot running pullup jump shot	14	6
7:15	Pelicans defensive team rebound	14	6
7:02	Trey Murphy III makes driving dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)	14	8
6:42	Dwight Powell makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists)	16	8
6:34	CJ McCollum makes driving floating jump shot	16	10
6:17	Trey Murphy III blocks Dwight Powell's layup	16	10
6:17	Mavericks offensive team rebound	16	10
6:17	Dwight Powell kicked ball turnover	16	10
6:06	Brandon Ingram makes pullup jump shot (Willy Hernangomez assists)	16	12
5:51	Dwight Powell makes layup (Kyrie Irving assists)	18	12
5:32	Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper	18	12
5:28	Dwight Powell defensive rebound	18	12
5:25	Josh Green offensive foul	18	12
5:25	Josh Green turnover	18	12
5:25	Frank Ntilikina enters the game for Kyrie Irving	18	12
5:25	Markieff Morris enters the game for Dwight Powell	18	12
5:25	Justin Holiday enters the game for Tim Hardaway Jr.	18	12
5:16	CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	18	12
5:11	Herbert Jones offensive rebound	18	12
5:09	Herbert Jones makes two point shot	18	14
4:52	Luka Doncic makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot	20	14
4:51	Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)	20	14
4:51	Trey Murphy III makes technical free throw	20	15
4:38	CJ McCollum misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	20	15
4:36	Justin Holiday defensive rebound	20	15
4:22	Luka Doncic misses 9-foot two point shot	20	15
4:20	Trey Murphy III defensive rebound	20	15
4:15	Herbert Jones makes 22-foot jumper (CJ McCollum assists)	20	17
3:56	Markieff Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper	20	18
3:53	Brandon Ingram defensive rebound	20	18
3:48	Trey Murphy III makes dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)	20	20
3:48	Mavericks Full timeout	20	20
3:48	Dyson Daniels enters the game for CJ McCollum	20	20
3:35	Markieff Morris bad pass (Herbert Jones steals)	20	20
3:27	Brandon Ingram misses running pullup jump shot	20	19
3:25	Markieff Morris defensive rebound	20	20
3:13	Luka Doncic misses driving layup	20	19
3:11	Dyson Daniels defensive rebound	20	20
3:07	Brandon Ingram bad pass (Frank Ntilikina steals)	20	19
2:50	Trey Murphy III blocks Josh Green 's 2-foot driving layup	20	19
2:47	Brandon Ingram defensive rebound	20	19
2:41	Brandon Ingram makes driving layup	20	22
2:31	Josh Green misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	22
2:30	Pelicans defensive team rebound	20	22
2:30	Josh Richardson enters the game for Willy Hernangomez	20	21
2:30	Naji Marshall enters the game for Trey Murphy III	20	21
2:30	Tim Hardaway Jr. enters the game for Josh Green	20	21
2:10	Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	21
2:07	Tim Hardaway Jr. defensive rebound	20	21
2:02	Dyson Daniels shooting foul	20	21
2:02	Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2	21	21
2:02	Christian Wood enters the game for Markieff Morris	21	21
2:02	Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2	21	21
2:00	Herbert Jones defensive rebound	21	21
1:44	Herbert Jones misses layup	21	21
1:41	Christian Wood defensive rebound	21	21
1:33	Luka Doncic makes 26-foot step back jumpshot	24	21
1:13	Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper	24	21
1:10	Luka Doncic defensive rebound	24	21
1:02	Luka Doncic misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	24	21
1:00	Dyson Daniels defensive rebound	24	21
57.1	Tim Hardaway Jr. personal foul	24	21
57.1	Jaxson Hayes enters the game for Herbert Jones	24	21
45.1	Dyson Daniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)	24	24
29.0	Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper	24	24
22.1	Brandon Ingram defensive rebound	24	24
2.0	Dyson Daniels misses 15-foot two point shot	24	24
2.0	Justin Holiday defensive rebound	24	24
0.0	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 51-foot three point pullup jump shot	24	24
0.0	Mavericks offensive team rebound	24	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	24

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Mavericks
111
Pelicans
113

Game 1

26/10

Pelicans
117
Mavericks
127

Game 2

8/1

Pelicans
106
Mavericks
111

Game 3

3/2

Mavericks
106
Pelicans
113

Game 4

9/3

Smoothie King Center

12:30 AM, 9 March 2023

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 17,473

Referees:
Scott Foster
Natalie Sago
Ashley Moyer-Gleich

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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