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New York Knicks at Dallas Mavericks

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10-8, 5-6 Away
Final
114 - 129

11-8, 7-3 Home

Irving scores 23 as Mavs beat Knicks 129-114, improve to 4-1 without Doncic

Kyrie Irving buries a long triple for Dallas

Jalen Brunson tied his season high with 37 points for New York in his second game in Dallas against his former team. Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 14 rebounds, but OG Anunoby was limited to eight points on 3-of-15 shooting two nights after getting a career-high 40.

Doncic missed his fourth consecutive game with a sprained right wrist, and the defending Western Conference champions were without two other starters in Klay Thompson (plantar fascia) and Daniel Gafford (illness).

Dallas' Naji Marshall scored 24 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 21 and P.J. Washington had 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Takeaways Knicks: Towns was facing the Mavs for the first time since the West finals with Minnesota. He shot 28% through the first three games as the Timberwolves fell behind 3-0 and lost the series in five. Towns came to New York in the blockbuster trade that sent Julius Randle to Minnesota.

Mavericks: Doncic and Brunson, drafted together in 2018, have faced each other just once in five opportunities since Brunson signed with the Knicks as a free agent in 2022. Dallas won the only meeting in December 2022 in New York, six months after the pair went to the West finals together.

Key moment Tom Brady had the courtside crowd buzzing when he walked in during the first quarter. The NFL analyst was in town for Thursday's Dallas-New York Giants Thanksgiving game.

Key stat The Knicks had their season low for any quarter with 15 points in the first two nights after setting the NBA high this season in a 145-118 victory at Denver.

Up next The Knicks are at Charlotte on Friday. The Mavericks play at Utah on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

DAL leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Mavericks: 36.3%
Knicks: 63.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 114 - 129
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 114 - 129
4th 18.1 Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three pointer (Josh Hart assists) 114 - 129
4th 27.0 Jaden Hardy makes 24-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists) 111 - 129
4th 37.1 Jalen Brunson makes driving layup 111 - 126

Statistics

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40-86 FG 48-85
46.5 Field Goal % 56.5
7-29 3PT 17-33
24.1 Three Point % 51.5
27-30 FT 16-21
90.0 Free Throw % 76.2
33 Rebounds 43
7 Offensive Rebounds 10
26 Defensive Rebounds 33
20 Assists 27
9 Steals 6
3 Blocks 4
8 Turnovers 13
1 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 19
16 Fast Break Points 18
58 Points in Paint 54
19 Fouls 25
2 Largest Lead 24

Game Information

American Airlines Center

Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 20,413 · Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 22 7 .759 - L1
New York 19 10 .655 3 W4
Brooklyn 11 18 .379 11 L2
Philadelphia 10 17 .370 11 W1
Toronto 7 23 .233 15.5 L8

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7
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