The Pelicans will show up in Dallas looking like a championship team until Zion's hamstring texts the group chat that it's headed to the locker room early.

The Pelicans are playing like a man who finally found his keys in the couch cushions and is sprinting out the door before the universe remembers to trip him.

The Mavericks are about to learn that even a 12-point fourth quarter deficit is nothing compared to what we've endured watching Zion's injury reports.

Look, Luka's gonna drop 38 on 55% shooting and we'll still find a way to lose by 4 in overtime because role players forgot how to shoot a basketball, mark it down.

Look, Luka's about to drop 40 in the fourth quarter and we're still gonna find a way to lose by three because somebody's gonna miss a wide open three with thirty seconds left.

Luka's about to drop 40 in the fourth while I age ten years and somehow this still feels like we're losing by three with two minutes left.