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Dallas Mavericks at New Orleans Pelicans

FinalDAL 112 – NOP 114Page updated 14:07 UTC

Original picks and recorded results

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Check minutes · 8 availability alerts

Out II · right foot surgery (foot) · DAL

Out Christie · right hip soreness/tightness (hip) · DAL

May not play Aldama · right knee surgery (knee) · DAL

Out Larrea · right knee sprain (knee) · DAL

Out Biberović · right heel bursitis · DAL

Unlikely to play Jr. · two-way · NOP

Unlikely to play Dia · two-way · NOP

Out Missi · left knee contusion/bone bruise (knee) · NOP

No playing-time estimates are available.

We had no picks in this game.

How to read the prices

Over means more than the posted line; Under means fewer. Decimal odds show the total return per unit staked, including the stake. Row order follows lineup status and available prices, not a confidence ranking.

Getting a better price than most bookmakers offer is the only thing that made money in our past tests, measured on WNBA bets; NBA has not been measured yet. Player rates are context, not tips.

Availability to check

Out II · right foot surgery (foot) · DAL

Out Christie · right hip soreness/tightness (hip) · DAL

May not play Aldama · right knee surgery (knee) · DAL

Out Larrea · right knee sprain (knee) · DAL

Out Biberović · right heel bursitis · DAL

Unlikely to play Jr. · two-way · NOP

Unlikely to play Dia · two-way · NOP

Out Missi · left knee contusion/bone bruise (knee) · NOP

Players and minutes0 players in the available roster

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What could go wrong

updated 14:07 UTC

Who is out

Out II · right foot surgery (foot) · DAL

Out Christie · right hip soreness/tightness (hip) · DAL

May not play Aldama · right knee surgery (knee) · DAL

Out Larrea · right knee sprain (knee) · DAL

Out Biberović · right heel bursitis · DAL

Unlikely to play Jr. · two-way · NOP

Poole · likely to play · left ankle tendinopathy/tendinitis (ankle) · NOP

Reese · likely to play · two-way · NOP

Unlikely to play Dia · two-way · NOP

III · likely to play · bilateral knee tendinopathy · NOP

Out Missi · left knee contusion/bone bruise (knee) · NOP

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Lineups

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Playing time

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Rest

Both teams had at least two days between their last game and this one.

Bookmakers

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What happened

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Head to head

NOP vs DAL · last 27 games · DAL leads · NOP record 10–17 · average score 112.9–118.6 · NOP has lost by 5.7 on average

Team results are background only; they say nothing about any single player's line.

14 Oct · NOP 101 at DAL 97NOP won

16 Mar · DAL 111 at NOP 129NOP won

What each defense gives up per game

DAL gives up112.3 points · 43.3 rebounds · 26.7 assists · 32.2% from three-point range

NOP gives up120.1 points · 43.1 rebounds · 28.1 assists · 32.7% from three-point range

Defense by position

How much this is worth

Defense-by-position numbers are mostly random from season to season; shown for context only. We tested it: a team's defense-by-position numbers from one half of the season do not predict the other half, so treat them as noise.

DAL gives up 112.3 points a game · 14th of 30 · league average 113.5about league average

NOP gives up 120.1 points a game · 25th of 30 · league average 113.5+6.6 vs average

How the game odds moved

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Data log (technical)

Technical detail for auditing; the plain version is above. Internal ids and formula names print here only.

Line-shopping measurement: project_conditional_minutes_refuted

Defense-by-position measurement: split-half reliability r = -0.033 across 12 cells (7 of 12 negative) against a shuffle null of 0.000; a placebo using the wrong position family reproduced the effect to within 0.12pp · project_dvp_blowout_gate_refuted · 2026-08-26

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