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New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray (5) makes an exclamation slam dunk in the final seconds of the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. The Pelicans won 119-116. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Dejounte Murray scored 30 points, Trey Murphy III added 24 and a game-saving blocked shot and the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Dallas Mavericks 119-116 in the NBA on Wednesday night.
Javonte Green scored 13, Yves Missi and Jordan Hawkins added 12 points each, CJ McCollum scored 11 and Murphy added 10 rebounds, four assists and three blocks for the Pelicans.
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Gafford’s field goal started the second-half scoring and tied the score before the Pelicans went on a 14-4 run to take a 77-67 lead.
Article continues after this advertisementNew Orleans Pelicans guard Trey Murphy III blocks a shot by Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie in the final four seconds of the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. The Pelicans won 119-116. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Dinwiddie scored eight straight to start a Dallas surge. The Mavericks took a three-point lead on consecutive baskets by Grimes and Washington’s 3-pointer pushed the lead to 91-87 at the end of the third quarter.
Article continues after this advertisementMurphy scored five straight points to help the Pelicans pull even before Dallas took a five-point lead.
Article continues after this advertisementMurray made a 3-pointer and another jumper to give New Orleans a 109-107 lead, but Thompson scored five to give the Mavericks a 112-109 lead.
The Pelicans regained the lead 116-114 on Green’s 3-pointer with 45.1 seconds left. After Murray made one of two free throws, Washington made two with 15.8 seconds left.
Article continues after this advertisementNew Orleans turned the ball over and Dinwiddie drove to the basket, but Murphy blocked his shot and made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left.
Missi scored six points and Murphy, Murray, Javonte Green and McCollum each made a 3-pointer as New Orleans took a 22-12 lead. Dallas got within two before Brandon Boston Jr. and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl made consecutive field goals to give the Pelicans a 33-27 lead at the end of the first quarter.
New Orleans took its largest lead of the half at 45-34 before the Mavericks pulled even at 53.
Ajay Banga spoke to Agence France-Presse at the development lender’s headquarters in Washington ahead of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, which begin on Monday, October 21.
This was the remark of Kristalina Georgieva, who has just started her second five-year term as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday, before the IMF and the World Bank’s annual gathering of financial leaders in Washington next week.
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Dalla tied the score again on a 3-pointer by Hardy before McCollum beat the buzzer with a layup that gave New Orleans a 63-61 halftime lead. –Field Level Mediaextreme gaming 88
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