The Mavericks and Pelicans are even at 4-4 in 8 meetings since 2024-25, with the public bets, money and spread for each game.
| Date | Matchup | Dallas Mavericks result | Dallas Mavericks spread | Against the spread | Dallas Mavericks bet % | Dallas Mavericks money % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | Dallas Mavericks @ New Orleans Pelicans | L 111-129 | +8.5 | Didn't cover | 69% | 67% |
| 2025-12-22 | Dallas Mavericks @ New Orleans Pelicans | L 113-119 | -1 | Didn't cover | 57% | 54% |
| 2025-11-21 | New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks | W 118-115 | -3.5 | Didn't cover | 75% | 68% |
| 2025-11-05 | New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks | L 99-101 | -7.5 | Didn't cover | 51% | 46% |
| 2025-02-21 | New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks | W 111-103 | -5.5 | Covered | 30% | 30% |
| 2025-01-29 | Dallas Mavericks @ New Orleans Pelicans | W 137-136 | -1 | Push | 81% | 77% |
| 2025-01-15 | Dallas Mavericks @ New Orleans Pelicans | L 116-119 | +1 | Didn't cover | 65% | 69% |
| 2024-11-19 | New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks | W 132-91 | -13 | Covered | 54% | 68% |
Closing splits and closing spread for each game, on the Dallas Mavericks' side.
The Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans are even at 4-4 across 8 meetings since 2024-25, as Southwest Division rivals who meet three or four times a season. Against the closing spread the Dallas Mavericks are 2-5-1. On average the Dallas Mavericks drew 60% of the spread bets in these games and the New Orleans Pelicans 40%.
The public backed one side clearly (60% or more of spread bets) in 5 of them. The Dallas Mavericks went 0-3-1 against the spread in the games where the crowd backed them. The New Orleans Pelicans went 0-1 against the spread in the games where the crowd backed them.
None of this is a pick. Across the league over the last two seasons, the side with 60% or more of spread bets covered about half the time, not enough to beat the bookmaker's margin by backing it or fading it. The next meeting will show its live split on the NBA page on game day.
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The Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans are even at 4-4 across 8 meetings since 2024-25, playoffs included. Against the closing spread the Dallas Mavericks are 2-5-1 in those games.
On average the Dallas Mavericks drew 60% of the spread bets in their meetings since 2024-25. The public put 60% or more of spread bets on the Dallas Mavericks 4 times and on the New Orleans Pelicans once.
As Southwest Division rivals they meet three or four times in a regular season, plus any playoff series. Every meeting since 2024-25 is in the table on this page.
Not on its own. Rosters and rotations change from season to season, and the spread already prices both teams' current form. The record and the splits are context: how the crowd has seen this matchup and how those games went.
On the NBA page on game day, which shows bets and money on the spread, moneyline and total for every game, updated through the day until tip-off.
The spread, bet and money columns are always the Dallas Mavericks' side, whoever was home; a minus spread means they were favored. The rest of the bets went to the New Orleans Pelicans. When money runs well ahead of bets, the larger tickets were on that side; when it trails, the crowd was. See our methodology →
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Last updated: October 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM UTC
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