Dallas Mavericks 113, New Orleans Pelicans 119 — Recap

December 22, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 113, New Orleans Pelicans 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 34-36 NOP; Q2 DAL 29-21 NOP; Q3 DAL 24-22 NOP; Q4 DAL 26-40 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Davis (DAL) 35 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 16-of-28 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists on 10-of-14 shooting; Klay Thompson (DAL) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Derik Queen (NOP) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Anthony Davis

35 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 16-28 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 10-14 FG

Scoring · DAL

Klay Thompson

20 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 7-17 FG

Season highs

Anthony Davis · Season-high 35 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	34	29	24	26		113
NOP	36	21	22	40		119

🧮 How They Scored

DALNOP

66Points in the paint72

28Fast-break points11

19Second-chance points23

14Points off turnovers22

35Bench points49

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.0%Effective FG%49.5%

12.4%Turnover %9.9%

32.7%Offensive rebound %26.4%

0.202Free-throw rate0.278

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis F-C	35	35	17	2	1	1	4	16-28	1-3	2-3	-11
Cooper Flagg F	35	16	6	6	1	1	2	5-11	1-1	5-10	-9
Klay Thompson G	31	20	5	1	1	0	1	7-17	5-12	1-3	-1
Naji Marshall F	29	15	5	6	0	0	1	7-10	1-2	0-0	-6
P.J. Washington F	28	8	8	0	1	2	3	3-7	2-3	0-0	-10
Ryan Nembhard G	25	4	4	8	1	0	5	2-13	0-4	0-0	-10
Caleb Martin F	17	4	2	3	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-1	+9
Brandon Williams G	15	4	3	2	2	0	0	2-8	0-4	0-0	+7
Daniel Gafford F	14	3	5	0	2	0	0	1-3	0-0	1-2	+1
Jaden Hardy G	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-4	2-2	0

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	38	11	5	4	4	0	1	4-12	1-4	2-2	+10
Saddiq Bey F	35	19	7	1	0	0	1	7-17	0-6	5-5	+12
Derik Queen C	34	19	10	6	2	1	3	7-12	0-2	5-6	+13
Jordan Poole G	27	14	2	1	0	0	2	4-12	2-8	4-4	-1
Zion Williamson F	25	24	9	3	0	0	1	10-14	0-0	4-4	+2
Jeremiah Fears G	24	12	5	4	1	0	1	4-14	1-4	3-4	+7
Herbert Jones F	22	9	2	4	1	0	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-4
Jose Alvarado G	16	6	2	3	1	0	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	-3
Karlo Matkovic F-C	14	5	6	1	0	1	1	2-4	1-3	0-2	-7
Micah Peavy G-F	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Davis	Starter	35	35	59.7	33.7	-13.8	19.3
Cooper Flagg	Starter	35	16	51.9	18.8	-10.0	8.9
Naji Marshall	Starter	29	15	75.0	13.8	-7.3	13.6
P.J. Washington	Starter	28	8	57.1	12.7	-15.2	4.7
Ryan Nembhard	Starter	25	4	15.4	28.6	-17.1	-3.7
Klay Thompson	Bench	31	20	54.6	20.9	-4.1	9.2
Caleb Martin	Bench	17	4	82.0	7.0	+32.6	9.4
Brandon Williams	Bench	15	4	25.0	17.4	+16.4	4.9
Jaden Hardy	Bench	11	4	34.0	22.2	+4.5	5.4
Daniel Gafford	Bench	14	3	38.7	10.3	+5.7	10.4
Dwight Powell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Miles Kelly	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Saddiq Bey	Starter	35	19	49.5	20.9	+16.4	8.9
Derik Queen	Starter	34	19	64.9	20.5	+18.5	16.4
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	24	12	38.1	27.4	+13.0	7.0
Trey Murphy III	Starter	38	11	42.7	13.7	+11.5	8.1
Herbert Jones	Starter	22	9	64.3	14.5	-3.7	10.3
Zion Williamson	Bench	25	24	76.1	25.8	+5.3	24.5
Jordan Poole	Bench	27	14	50.9	22.5	-1.6	3.5
Jose Alvarado	Bench	16	6	75.0	12.2	-14.0	10.4
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	14	5	51.2	16.7	-21.9	6.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Yves Missi	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Peavy	Bench	5	0	0.0	7.1	+8.3	14.7