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NEW ORLEANS — 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 as the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 137-136 on Wednesday night.

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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 as the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 137-136 on Wednesday night.

The Dallas Mavericks were on the wrong end of a bad call in their last trip to the Big Easy exactly two weeks ago. That wasn’t the case this time around. Dallas started their longest road trip of the season on a positive note and succeeded by gutting out a 137-136 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.