New Orleans Hornets @ Dallas Mavericks

8-25, 5-12 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Hornets NO	25	15	23	26	10	99
Mavericks DAL	23	24	20	22	7	96

Dallas MavericksMavericksDAL

13-21, 8-7 Home

Matchups

NO leads season

1-0

DAL

Game 1@ DAL

Final/OT

100

Game 2@ NO

Final

104

Game 3@ NO

Final

107

Game 4@ DAL

Final

Western Conference

Southwest	PCT	GB	STRK
New Orleans	.000	-	-
Dallas	.000	-	-
Houston	.000	-	-
San Antonio	.000	-	-
Memphis	.000	-	-

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