Dallas Mavericks @ Charlotte Hornets

6-4, 4-3 Away

104

6-4, 4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mavericks DAL	32	28	27	17	104
Hornets CHA	16	27	29	21	93

Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA

6-6, 3-3 Home

Dallas Mavericks

starters
Wes IwunduW. Iwundu#25
Willie Cauley-SteinW. Cauley-Stein#33
Kristaps PorzingisK. Porzingis#6
Tim Hardaway Jr.T. Hardaway Jr.#11
Luka DoncicL. Doncic#77
bench
James JohnsonJ. Johnson#16
Tyler BeyT. Bey#2
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Trey BurkeT. Burke#3
Tyrell TerryT. Terry#1
Nate HintonN. Hinton#14
Josh GreenJ. Green#8
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	4	1-7	0-3	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	-10
30	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	14	2	2	1	3	3	11	1	+7
21	16	6-16	4-9	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	+1
33	18	7-16	3-10	1-1	2	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	+8
35	34	14-25	5-9	1-2	13	9	4	2	4	2	11	3	+14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	7	3-7	1-5	0-2	5	2	0	2	3	1	4	0	+7
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
15	8	3-6	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	+13
32	8	2-12	2-8	2-3	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	2	+13
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-5
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
18	5	2-4	0-2	1-4	5	1	2	0	0	3	2	3	+17
	104	40-96	15-46	9-16	54	22	10	8	12	13	41	15
		42%	33%	56%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#8
Devonte' GrahamD. Graham#4
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
bench
Caleb MartinCa. Martin#10
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
Cody MartinCo. Martin#11
Vernon Carey Jr.V. Carey Jr.#22
Malik MonkM. Monk#1
LaMelo BallL. Ball#2
Nick RichardsN. Richards#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	16	6-17	2-7	2-2	10	6	2	1	0	3	7	4	-15
27	16	5-15	3-6	3-4	4	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	-5
25	5	2-2	0-0	1-4	9	0	0	0	4	1	8	1	-3
36	12	5-14	2-6	0-0	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	2	-16
36	18	8-18	2-5	0-0	6	0	1	1	0	0	6	3	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	6	3-9	0-5	0-0	5	1	1	1	2	1	4	1	-2
29	4	2-9	0-3	0-0	6	5	4	1	0	4	2	3	-14
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5
11	9	4-5	1-1	0-1	4	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	+8
1	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	+5
1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5
25	4	2-8	0-4	0-1	7	5	2	0	0	0	7	3	-15
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	93	38-100	10-38	7-14	53	26	11	8	7	15	38	17
		38%	26%	50%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DAL

Season tied

1-1

CHA

Game 1@ DAL

Final

118

104

Game 2@ CHA

Final

Game Information

Charlotte, NC

Referee:Dedric Taylor

Referee:Phenizee Ransom

Referee:Kevin Scott

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

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