Double-doubles in win

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 on Wednesday night.

New Orleans takes on the Memphis Grizzlies after CJ McCollum scored 45 points in the Pelicans' 123-119 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz

Dejounte Murray scored 30 points ... minutes to put New Orleans up 116-114 with 43.9 seconds left. Soon after, CJ McCollum, who scored 11 points, caused Klay Thompson to loose the ball out ...

CJ McCollum scored 38 points to lead a New Orleans Pelicans team playing without the suspended Zion Williamson past the 76ers 123-115 on Friday night.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 38 points to lead ... Jordan Hawkins helped the cause with 21 points and Dejounte Murray had 17 points and 10 rebounds. 76ers: Yes, the 76ers are Embiid ...

The Grizzlies added their star point guard to the injury report on Friday morning due to an illness. Santi Aldama, who left Wednes

The Grizzlies (29-15) are entering this matchup winners of four straight. Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. are leading the play, and Luke Kennard is having his best stretch of the season over the past five games. Kennard finished with 23 points and made seven 3-pointers on Wednesday.

The Pelicans overcame a 24-point second-half deficit on Monday to defeat the Utah Jazz 123-119 in overtime. They held a 61-41 advantage in the second half and held the Jazz to 27.7% shooting from the field to pull out their fourth straight victory, their longest winning streak of the season.

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McCollum has shouldered more of the scoring load in games the Pelicans have been without Zion Williamson. He is averaging 30.6 points in January in the seven games Williamson has missed. McCollum is averaging just 13 points in the four games Williamson also played.