The Dallas Mavericks lost their third consecutive game on Wednesday night to the last-place team in the NBA’s Western Conference New Orleans Pelicans 119-116. The nature of the defeat is what drew attention, however.

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The Dallas Mavericks head to Smoothie King Center to face the New Orleans Pelicans in a Western Conference matchup. The Mavs are 22-17, which puts them in fifth place. The Pelicans are 8-32, which puts them in dead last (15th).