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BREAKING: Doncic & Porzingis Both OUT - Mavs at Pels GAMEDAY

The Dallas Mavericks didn’t have long to think about their blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, as they hopped on a plane soon after to make their way to New Orleans for a second night of a back-to-back matchup with the Pelicans.
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BREAKING: Doncic & Porzingis Both OUT - Mavs at Pels GAMEDAY
BREAKING: Doncic & Porzingis Both OUT - Mavs at Pels GAMEDAY

The Dallas Mavericks didn’t have long to think about their blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, as they hopped on a plane soon after to make their way to New Orleans for a second night of a back-to-back matchup with the Pelicans.

The Mavs won't get superstar Luka Doncic (back) back for this one. Doncic missed last night’s game due to back stiffness. The team will also be without Kristaps Porzingis (knee), as he played a team-high 38 minutes last night. KP gets the load management treatment, and Luka was apparently sent back to the hotel from the arena to rest his back,

Newcomer J.J. Redick (heel) won't be able to go yet. But Nicolo Melli, who came over in the deadline trade from New Orleans, is available.

The last time the Mavs and Pelicans met, Dallas won a high-scoring affair, 143-130, as the two stars on both teams dueled. Doncic had a career-high 46 points in that game, and Porzingis added in 36 points as well. Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram combined for 66 points for New Orleans.

The Pelicans might also be without one of their key players in Lonzo Ball. Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com throughout as we update with each injury report that is released. ... and for the game report and more, of course.

ODDS: The Mavs entered the day as 1.5-point favorites over the Pelicans, and the total over/under is 228 points.

RECORDS: DALLAS MAVERICKS (23-20) VS. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS (19-25)

WHEN: Saturday, March 28, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. CT

LOCATION: Smoothie King Center (New Orleans)

TV/RADIO: Fox Sports Southwest, NBA Leaguepass, ESPN 103.3 FM, Univision 1270 AM

FINAL WORD: ”He’s an MVP candidate, so you’re going to miss a guy like that in a lot of ways. ... Hopefully Luka (Doncic) will be able to play tomorrow night — we’ll see. If not, it’s going to be next man up again.”

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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