New York Knicks @ Dallas Mavericks
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22400292
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 28 32 30 39 129NYK 15 23 33 43 114
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Irving scores 23 as Mavs beat Knicks 129-114, improve to 4-1 without Doncic
DALLAS -- — Kyrie Irving scored 23 points and the Dallas Mavericks improved to 4-1 this season without superstar Luka Doncic , beating the New York Knicks 129-114 on Wednesday night.
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.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALDL D. Lively II
DP D. Powell
JG J. Gortman
JH J. Hardy
KI K. Irving
MK M. Kleber
NM N. Marshall
PW P. Washington
QG Q. Grimes
SD S. Dinwiddie
NYKCP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sims
KT K. Towns
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
OA O. Anunoby
DAL/NYK the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur