NBA DFS Matchup: Pelicans-Mavericks (2024-01-15)

The NBA DFS game scheduled for today (Monday, January 15th at 2:30 PM EST) will feature a face-off between the first-placed New Orleans Pelicans and second-placed Dallas Mavericks of the Southwest Division. Set to take place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX, the Pelicans sport a 12-8 away record and a solid 24-16 overall performance. On the other hand, Mavericks boast a 12-9 home record and are only slightly behind with a 23-17 overall record. Led by coaches Willie Green and Jason Kidd respectively, the Pelicans and Mavericks both have 5 players benched for this game.

The following are the current season averages.

Pelicans-Mavericks NBA DFS Matchup

Entering the game, the Pelicans have amassed 4,656 points, grabbed 1,773 rebounds, made 1,076 assists, and maintain a shooting average of 48.7%. In comparison, the Mavericks have scored 4,741 points, secured 1,675 rebounds, delivered 1,010 assists, and have a field goal percentage of 47.2%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
77	Luka Doncic	Dallas Mavericks	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Leg)
2	Dereck Lively II	Dallas Mavericks	Out	Sprain (Leg)
42	Maxi Kleber	Dallas Mavericks	Day-To-Day	Soreness (Leg)
55	Derrick Jones Jr.	Dallas Mavericks	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
0	Dante Exum	Dallas Mavericks	Out	Sprain (Leg)
1	Zion Williamson	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
14	Brandon Ingram	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Soreness (Leg)
3	CJ McCollum	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Leg)
25	Trey Murphy III	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Tendinitis (Leg)
37	Matt Ryan	New Orleans Pelicans	Out	Soreness (Arm)

New Orleans Pelicans Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Zion Williamson
		Power Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		40.04
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.7	0.2	3.8	0.5	9.6	5.5	25.0	6.7	0.9	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Brandon Ingram
		Small Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		32.92
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.0	1.3	4.2	0.5	7.1	3.9	19.4	5.1	0.7	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	CJ McCollum
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		31.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		32.0	2.4	3.8	0.4	7.4	2.2	19.4	3.6	0.9	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Jonas Valanciunas
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		29.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	5.4	2.5	13.5	9.5	0.4	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Herbert Jones
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		23.63
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.6	0.9	2.3	0.8	3.6	1.8	9.9	3.9	1.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Larry Nance Jr.
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		22.16
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.4	0.4	1.8	0.5	3.2	1.0	7.8	6.3	1.2	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
40	Cody Zeller
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		19.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.3	0.1	1.4	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.1	5.8	0.6	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Trey Murphy III
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		19.42
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	3.6	1.6	10.8	3.1	0.8	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Jose Alvarado
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		17.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.4	1.1	2.8	0.2	2.8	0.9	7.6	2.1	1.2	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Naji Marshall
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		16.65
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.6	0.7	2.1	0.2	2.7	1.6	7.7	3.5	0.7	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Jordan Hawkins
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		16.61
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.0	2.1	1.5	0.1	3.5	1.5	10.7	2.8	0.3	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Dyson Daniels
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		15.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.8	0.5	2.5	0.2	1.8	0.6	4.8	3.5	1.0	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
50	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		15.27
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	2.5	0.7	6.7	4.6	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	Kira Lewis Jr.
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		10.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.8	0.6	1.8	0.1	2.1	0.7	5.4	1.3	0.5	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
37	Matt Ryan
		Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		7.54
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.8	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	0.5	5.1	1.2	0.2	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Dereon Seabron
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		4.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
32	E.J. Liddell
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		2.2
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		2.8	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.3

Dallas Mavericks Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
77	Luka Doncic
		Point Guard		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		51.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.5	2.9	8.1	0.4	9.6	6.1	28.1	8.5	1.1	4.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Kyrie Irving
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		39.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.3	2.3	5.7	0.4	8.6	3.9	23.5	4.0	1.3	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Dereck Lively II
		Center		Out		N/A		N/A		24.77
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.2	0.0	1.3	1.4	4.0	0.8	8.7	7.6	0.6	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
00	Brandon Williams
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		21.81
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.8	1.1	3.5	0.4	3.9	2.5	11.4	2.8	0.9	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Tim Hardaway Jr.
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		21.53
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.5	2.3	1.9	0.1	4.9	2.0	14.2	2.9	0.6	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
88	Markieff Morris
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		21.2
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.8	0.8	1.6	0.5	4.0	1.6	10.4	5.0	0.8	1.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Richaun Holmes
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		19.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.4	0.1	1.0	0.9	3.6	1.4	8.7	5.3	0.5	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Seth Curry
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		17.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.7	1.8	2.0	0.1	3.9	1.0	10.5	2.1	0.7	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
42	Maxi Kleber
		Power Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		17.29
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.8	1.2	1.1	0.9	2.4	0.8	6.9	4.7	0.4	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Dwight Powell
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		16.95
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.9	0.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	1.7	7.4	4.5	0.6	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
55	Derrick Jones Jr.
		Small Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		15.11
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.4	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.5	1.2	6.7	3.3	0.6	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Grant Williams
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		14.5
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.8	1.1	1.2	0.5	2.2	0.9	6.4	3.5	0.5	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Jaden Hardy
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		13.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.2	1.3	1.5	0.1	3.0	1.1	8.4	2.0	0.3	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Josh Green
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		12.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.2	0.7	1.4	0.1	2.3	0.7	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Dante Exum
		Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		12.38
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.7	0.7	2.2	0.2	2.3	0.9	6.1	1.9	0.4	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
38	Dexter Dennis
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.96
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		7.5	0.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	0.3	5.5	2.3	0.0	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	Greg Brown III
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		9.56
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.0	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.8	2.3	0.4	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
18	Olivier-Maxence Prosper
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		7.46
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		9.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	1.0	0.8	3.1	2.3	0.1	0.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	A.J. Lawson
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.98
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.8	0.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	0.4	4.2	1.4	0.3	0.4

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