New Orleans Pelicans vs Dallas Mavericks — Win Probability
FINAL
New Orleans Pelicans
13-42
103
VS
Dallas Mavericks
30-25
111
Model expected score: New Orleans Pelicans 110.9 – Dallas Mavericks 121.9 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
NO
Trendon WatfordDay-To-Day
Trey Murphy IIIDay-To-Day
Zion WilliamsonDay-To-Day
Yves MissiOut
DAL
Morez Johnson Jr.Day-To-Day
Sergio de LarreaOut
Tarik BiberovicOut
Dereck Lively IIOut
Prediction vs. Result
We keep every prediction permanently so we can always show our work.
PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Mavericks 83%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Mavericks won by 8
COMBINED SCORE
214
Margin of Victory — Dallas Mavericks (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
22%
Won by 1-3
7%
Won by 4-7
10%
Won by 8-14 ← actual result
20%
Won by 15-21
18%
Won by 21+
24%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 214.
O/U LINE 210
88% over ✓12% under
O/U LINE 220
75% over25% under ✓
O/U LINE 230 MODEL'S PICK
56% over44% under ✓
O/U LINE 240
35% over65% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
18% over82% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
8% over92% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
NO
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Zion WilliamsonPF
24.6
Brandon IngramSF
22.2
Trey Murphy IIISF
21.2
CJ McCollumPG
21.1
Dejounte MurrayPG
17.5
DAL
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).