The Dallas Mavericks (2-5) will host the New Orleans Pelicans (0-6) Wednesday night in Dallas at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks are trying to claw their way to a .500 record, while the Pelicans just want a win, any win, anyway they can get it.

Dallas is coming off a loss to the Houston Rockets Monday night. New Orleans will be on the second night of a back-to-back. The schedule favors the Mavericks, but so far this season, nothing has come easy for them. They’ll need to take advantage of the weaker schedule while they can, because in the Western Conference, there are few easy games.

As of this writing, the Mavericks haven’t released their injury report for the game. On Friday, they announced Anthony Davis would miss the next two games and be re-evaluated, so his status is up

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