The Dallas Mavericks (7-2) visit the New Orleans Pelicans (4-5) for a divisional matchup on Sunday. This will be the first of two straight games for the Mavericks in New Orleans.
The Pelicans started the season strong, going 4-1 in their first five games, but they are currently on a four-game losing streak and are pretty banged up. Veteran guard C.J. McCollum has been out with a small pneumothorax (collapsed lung) since the Pelicans’ loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Nov. 4, and he will miss this game as well. Jose Alvarado and Trey Murphy have also been ruled out, and Naji Marshall and Herb Jones are both listed as questionable as of the Pelicans’ Saturday afternoon injury report.