The New Orleans Pelicans lost their eighth straight game Friday night, falling 118-115 to the Dallas Mavericks.

Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 29 points, Naji Marshall hit the go-ahead 3-pointer against his former team with 30.7 seconds left and the Dallas Mavericks beat the New Orleans Pelicans 118-115 on Friday night in NBA Cup play.

Cooper Flagg missed the first game of his career on Wednesday with an illness, but it seems like he's slated to be back on Friday. This is the first night of a back-to-back, as they'll play the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow night, so some guys may be on minutes restrictions in preparation for that game.

The showdown between two of the NBA’s statistically worse teams went down to the wire in Dallas Friday night, with the Mavericks defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 118-115 in an NBA-cup tournament game.

The Dallas Mavericks continued the homestand with a home game, also an NBA Cup match, against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday. The Mavericks defeated the Pelicans 118-115 at the American Airlines Center.

The Dallas Mavericks face the New Orleans Pelicans in a 2025 NBA Cup game Friday night amid injury challenges.

The Dallas Mavericks (4-12) host the New Orleans Pelicans (2-13) at home Friday night. Dallas is on a short losing streak while the Pelicans haven’t won a game since they last beat the Mavericks in American Airlines Center. This is one of the few games recently where the Mavericks are actually favored. We’ll see how THAT goes.

Cooper Flagg scores 29 points and Naji Marshall hits the decisive 3 as Dallas edges New Orleans in NBA Cup play.

It isn’t a clash of the Titans, but it is a matchup between two teams trying to climb out of early-season trouble. On Friday, the struggling New Orleans Pelicans travel to Dallas for their first NBA Cup points against the Dallas Mavericks.

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson was given an injury status ahead of Saturday's contest vs. the Atlanta Hawks.