During this time, Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum took advantage of a missed floater by Irving and led a transition opportunity to find Trey Murphy III for a windmill alley-oop. Less than 10 seconds later, McCollum remixed the play and threw another lob to Murphy to give the Pelicans a six-point lead going into the half.

The Dallas Mavericks have an important three-game stretch against winnable teams coming up, which started with Monday's home contest against the lowly Washington Wizards. Nine players were missing combined between both teams, including Luka Doncic, Dereck Lively II, Naji Marshall, and Malcolm Brogdon.

Jonas Valanciunas and the Washington Wizards (6-38) will visit the Dallas Mavericks (24-22) at American Airlines Center on Monday,. The opening tip is at 8:30 PM ET.The Mavericks are

The Wizards bring their league-low six wins into Dallas. Minus Luka Doncic, Dallas sits in ninth in the Western Conference. The Mavericks lost Saturday to the Celtics in Dallas, 122-107, but knocked off the Thunder in Oklahoma City, 121-115, this past Thursday.

Kylor Kelley spoke to reporters before the Dallas Mavericks' game on Monday night against the Washington Wizards.

Washington drops to 6-40 and is one loss away from tying the franchise mark for futility — a mark the Wizards have matched in each of the past two seasons.

It was good to see Dallas beat a bad team, something they hadn't done a great job of since Luka Doncic went down on Christmas Day with his calf strain, as they've suffered losses to teams like the New Orleans Pelicans (who Dallas plays Wednesday) and the Charlotte Hornets recently. Here are three takeaways from this blowout win.

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P.J. Washington scored 25 points, making all four of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter, and Kyrie Irving added 25 points and six assists.

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