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Mavericks at Pelicans · Mon, Jan 4 · 8:00 PM ET

Dallas at New Orleans. Here is where each team has the edge.

DallasNew Orleans

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Mavericks edges

No clear mismatch in Dallas' favor.

Pelicans edges

No clear mismatch in New Orleans' favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
DALRankStatRankNOP
111.927thOffensive rating20th115.4
117.320thDefensive rating25th119.9
-5.423rdNet rating21st-4.5
101.14thPace11th99.5
52.727thEffective FG %27th52.7
12.114thTurnover %9th11.7
23.226thOffensive rebound %8th27.0
21.79thFree throw rate6th22.2
54.618thOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
10.928thForced turnover %19th11.8
74.115thDefensive rebound %28th71.4
18.32ndOpponent FT rate13th19.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Mavericks3-7 in the last 10

  1. W
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. W
  10. L

Pelicans1-9 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. L

2025-26 series: Wed, Nov 5 NOP 101, DAL 99 · Fri, Nov 21 NOP 115, DAL 118 · Mon, Dec 22 DAL 113, NOP 119 · Mon, Mar 16 DAL 111, NOP 129

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers