Mavericks vs. Knicks: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

The Dallas Mavericks (22-19) play against the New York Knicks (21-21) at Madison Square Garden

Game Time: 7:30 PM EST on Wednesday January 12, 2022

Dallas Mavericks 85, New York Knicks 108 (Final)

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
RJ stars, Julius breaks out of his shell and #Knicks rip #Mavericks to reach .500 on near-perfect Garden night #NBA nypost.com/2022/01/12/kni… – 12:35 AM Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Barrett with a second straight 30-point night, Robinson with a season-high 19 and Knicks beat Mavericks in what Thibodeau says may have been the best night of the season for the starters.(from @AP) apnews.com/article/74343f… – 12:11 AM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Mavs acting coach Sean Sweeney says Kristaps Porzingis return before Friday is uncertain dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 11:44 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Dallas Mavericks’ shooting goes cold as New York Knicks snap six-game win streak dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 11:43 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Together. Always. pic.twitter.com/2y8ky5VS0a – 11:10 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
In case you missed it, or I messed up the link the first time, here’s what Tom Thibodeau had to say about Jalen Brunson, plus the Mavericks’ COVID-19 update and a nugget about their defense in our briefs package.
mavs.com/mavs-knicks-br… – 11:09 PM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Knicks blow out Mavericks and Thibodeau ends presser pounding on table while saying:
“If you’re prepared well, you’ll play well. If you practice well, you’ll play well. Practice creates the reality of the game. If you practice well, you’re going to play well. Practice well” LOL – 11:05 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Keon Johnson started tonight’s Agua Caliente Clippers game vs Sioux Falls Skyforce along with Moses Wright (training camp with Clippers, 1 game as a hardship with Clippers) and George King (training camp with Clippers, 4 hardship games with Mavericks).
Kris Dunn is inactive. – 10:41 PM Evan Fournier @EvanFourmizz
Good win tonight !
Let’s go Knicks !! – 10:41 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Can’t say I’ve been a huge RJ Barrett guy. But he was brilliant tonight. Played bully ball with that big body and shot it great from all 3 levels. And his physicality on defense with Luka was excellent as well – 10:38 PM Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
Fournier: “It was our best win in a while. We had purpose.” – #Knicks rip #Mavericks to reach .500 on near-perfect Garden night nypost.com/2022/01/12/kni… – 10:35 PM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
The setup Wednesday was an interesting snapshot into the Knicks rollercoaster the last five years. The result was all about the continued ascension of RJ Barrett. nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 10:28 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Five straight Ws at home type feeling. pic.twitter.com/RnJondlcYi – 10:25 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Tonight was the fifth time this season, and sixth time in his career, that RJ Barrett scored 30+ points in a game.
Knicks are 6-0 when Barrett scores 30.
Barrett’s six 30-point games before before turning 22 is a franchise record. In fact, no Knick had more than half as many. – 10:19 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Luka reacts. pic.twitter.com/B0GnHwDpb7 – 10:18 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
All love 🧡💙 pic.twitter.com/AVoHJ5aK11 – 10:10 PM Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
Knicks 21-21. Thoughts. @UnderdogFantasy pic.twitter.com/N5LdCJj2nq – 10:08 PM Brian Geltzeiler @BGeltzNBA
There’s an important transition in process for the Knicks right now. Barrett is becoming the guy it all revolves around instead of Randle. Even if this is somewhat neutral in the short term (I think it’s a plus), it’s a big time positive in the long term – 10:05 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
We here. #NewYorkForever pic.twitter.com/DN8xarB5FN – 10:05 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Some highlights of RJ Barrett and Mitch Robinson vs. the Mavs tonight: pic.twitter.com/ffV85qtqYV – 10:02 PM Jeff Eisenband @JeffEisenband
Knicks’ last 5 home games: 93.4 ppg allowed.
That’s the type of defense most people expected the Knicks to play this season. – 10:01 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Back-to-back 30 point games for RJ 😁 pic.twitter.com/pWPtXkv4gw – 10:00 PM Jeff Eisenband @JeffEisenband
Madison Square Garden when Frank Ntilikina hits a garbage time 3 for the Mavs pic.twitter.com/GSpVPXmQMF – 9:58 PM StatMuse @statmuse
RJ Barrett first career back-to-back 30-point games:
31 PTS, 4 AST, 3 3PT, 60 FG%
32 PTS, 7 REB, 4 3PT, 59 FG% pic.twitter.com/b1SayQFPvP – 9:58 PM Payal Doshi @PayalDoshiTV
RJ Barrett becomes the youngest @New York Knicks player to score back-to-back 30+ pt games.
#CanadianWatch – 9:58 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
With Boston and New York winning tonight, 11 of the 15 Eastern Conference teams are now .500 or better.
It’s going to be quite the battle to just get in the Play-In Tournament in the East. – 9:57 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
That’s a really good win for the Knicks. The Mavs had been playing great and New York kicked their asses. – 9:57 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Final.
@chime | #MFFL pic.twitter.com/egpIVQneNd – 9:56 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Final: Knicks 108, Mavericks 85.
Knicks improve to 21-21, back to .500 for the first time since they were 11-11.
• Barrett 32 & 7, 13-22 FGs, 4-7 3Ps
• Randle 17-12-8
• Robinson 19 & 10, 2 blks
• Fournier 13-5-3
• Docic 21-11-5 – 9:56 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Mavericks’ six-game win streak ends with 108-85 loss at New York. New streak starts Friday in Memphis, but they’ll have to beat the red-hot Grizzlies to do it. – 9:56 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Game, blouses. KNICKS WIN. pic.twitter.com/ovaeOmuPxX – 9:55 PM Jeff Eisenband @JeffEisenband
RJ Barrett: 30 points in 3 of his last 5 games pic.twitter.com/SmB8LaABAR – 9:55 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Final: Knicks 108, Mavericks 85. RJ Barrett goes for 30 points, as the Knicks get themselves back to .500 on the season and keep pace with the Celtics, who won tonight in Indiana. – 9:55 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
RJ Barrett with a long hug for Ntilikina as the game ends. – 9:55 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Loudest cheer of the night during what will become a 20-something point win?
A garbage-time 3 from Mavericks guard Franky Smokes. – 9:55 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
BANG. pic.twitter.com/Adl6d5WBwz – 9:55 PM Ian Begley @IanBegley
Knicks note that RJ Barrett (21) is youngest player in franchise history to score at least 30 points in consecutive games. He has 32 tonight in a blowout win over Dallas. – 9:54 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Knicks say Barrett is the youngest player in franchise history with consecutive 30-point games – removing Porzingis from the record book. – 9:53 PM Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
RJ Barrett with a little dose of Luka’s own medicine. pic.twitter.com/zPQ6BfDUzO – 9:53 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Problem-free Knicks fans can now return to one of life’s finest luxuries: wondering why the starters are still in a 20-point games with 2 minutes remaining. – 9:53 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
There are kids that were born this week that weren’t alive when RJ Barrett played a basketball game and did not score 30 points – 9:53 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Pinson and Ntilikina in for Dallas with just over a minute left. – 9:53 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
RJ Barrett is the youngest Knicks player in franchise history with consecutive 30-point games, the Knicks say. Kristaps Porzingis was previously the youngest. And Barrett does it against Porzingis’ team. – 9:52 PM New York Knicks PR @NY_KnicksPR
RJ Barrett is the youngest player in franchise history to record consecutive games with at least 30 points. Kristaps Porzingis had held the record. – 9:51 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
RJ Barrett has 30-plus points in consecutive games. Third time in six games he’s had 30. – 9:51 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
30 PIECE FOR RJ BARRETT 🔥 – 9:51 PM Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
Wait… I thought this group had quit on Thibs … guess not… housing a Dallas team that just dismantled you know who… not… dead… yet! pic.twitter.com/L7iBZtT0x5 – 9:49 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Get the feeling that when Luka Doncic retires – and folks are debating where he ranks all-time – have to assume he’s gonna look back with major regret at not getting in top-notch shape early in his career. And that’s a damn shame – 9:48 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Good argument this is the Knicks’ best two-game stretch this season. They haven’t won consecutive games by double-digit points all year.
They beat the Spurs by 15 Monday and lead the Mavericks by 20 with under four minutes to go. – 9:47 PM Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Mitchell Robinson now with a season-high 19 points. Five straight after the Mavs had flirted with making it a game by cutting it to 14. – 9:45 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
🔨🔨🔨 @Tim Hardaway Jr 🔨🔨🔨 pic.twitter.com/vuLq41kRu1 – 9:42 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
GET UP THEN, @RjBarrett6! pic.twitter.com/7nZnKNbc9D – 9:36 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
SHOWTIME. pic.twitter.com/rIbuwAa6wh – 9:35 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Oop there it is!
@AcmeBrick | @Jalen Brunson | @Marquese Chriss pic.twitter.com/9RJzMh8YIL – 9:31 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
RJ Barrett with a double-pump reverse dunk on the break, and the Knicks now lead by 22 with 10 minutes to go. Really impressive performance by New York against what had been, coming into tonight, one of the hottest teams in the league in Dallas. – 9:30 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Not sure the “What happened to the Knicks defense?” conversation that’s been going on all season mentions Nerlens Noel enough. He was so huge for the Knicks last year. Started 41 games. Was one of the league’s best rim protectors. And he’s basically been gone all year. – 9:30 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
🚨 RJ SLAM ALERT 🚨 – 9:30 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
RJ Barrett’s dunk contest against @Marc Berman has upped the degree of difficulty – from the windmill Monday to a double-pump reverse dunk tonight. – 9:29 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Through three quarters, the Knicks lead the Mavericks 84-66.
• Barrett 22 & 6
• Randle 14-9-6
• Robinson 14 & 8, 2 blks
• Fournier 13 & 4
• Doncic 17-6-2 – 9:25 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Smooth, Evan. Very smooth. pic.twitter.com/baQbgqUeba – 9:22 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Jalen gets what he wants. pic.twitter.com/iCEek8AgKO – 9:18 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
RJ. BARRETT. pic.twitter.com/tAt0vvITQa – 9:13 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Before that Doncic 3 on that next to last possession, New York had scored 25 of the last 35 points. – 9:11 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Luka doesn’t look right. Grabbed his lower back several plays ago. Maybe something to keep an eye on. – 9:10 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
All five starters for the Knicks are now into double figures, as New York is putting together one of its better performances of the season. After another Julius Randle and-one – he’s up to 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists – New York is up 69-51 early in the third. – 9:08 PM Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
He’s from Clifton Park, New York @EReidMiamiHeat … come on man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – 9:07 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
That pull-up is so tough 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DqQ934y4M1 – 9:07 PM Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Mavericks can’t make a 3 and they can’t keep Mitchell Robinson off the boards. Put Boban in, deal with both problems. – 9:04 PM Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Season is in January, how is luka not in shape yet? Even Harden is in shape by this point – 9:03 PM Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Starting the third quarter of what’s been an ugly one at MSG. Knicks up 56-45 on the Mavericks, who are 3 for 17 from 3-point range. – 8:57 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Over his last ten quarters, Evan Fournier is 16-of-24 (66.7%) from three-point range – 8:57 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Everybody eats. Stay locked in. pic.twitter.com/zoxtRE4TtU – 8:56 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Wednesday night at The World’s Most Famous Arena 📸 pic.twitter.com/c49iPZSCtJ – 8:55 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Let’s pick it up in the next 24.
#Lexus | #MFFL pic.twitter.com/7E5X4MkQXu – 8:55 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Knicks up 56-45 at the half.
Four, yes four, of the Knicks five starters already in double-digits.
Credit where it’s due: Randle is a game-high +15 thus far – 8:54 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Timmy brings the 🔋
@AcmeBrick | #MFFL pic.twitter.com/wQRiBjgn0U – 8:54 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
L to the OG
Dude be the OG
A-N he playing
Playing like a pro
📹 @DouglasElliman Celebrity Row pic.twitter.com/QbkT92WoXp – 8:50 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs down 56-45 at halftime. Difference right now Knicks 8-18 from 3pt. Mavs 3-17. 4 w/10+ for NY Barrett and Randle w/11. Doncic 14 for Mavs. 2nd half soon @theeagledallas – 8:49 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Better defense from Mavs in 2nd quarter, limited Knicks to 38% shooting overall. But NY still made 4 of its 9 3-point attempts and the 3-point disparity is the difference so far.
Dallas 3-17 on 3-pointers; Knicks 8-18. That 15-point disparity largely accounts to 11-point lead. – 8:49 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Mavericks have yet to crank up the defense. Or the offense. They are down 56-45 at halftime. Luka is 5-of-11 and has 14 points. Knicks have four players with 10 or 11 points. – 8:46 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
At the half. pic.twitter.com/JGpn37Ws6e – 8:46 PM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Running out of time for the Frank Ntilikina video tribute. – 8:46 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Halftime. Knicks lead the Mavericks 56-45.
• Barrett 11 & 5
• Randle 11-4-3
• Burks 10-2-5
• Fournier 10-5-2
• Doncic 14 & 5
Knicks shooting 44-44-89. – 8:44 PM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Good start for the Knicks, who lead at the break, 56-45. But they can’t count on Dallas shooting 17.6 percent on 3s again in the second half.
Four Knicks in double-digits: RJ Barrett (11 points), Julius Randle (11), Alec Burks (10) and Evan Fournier (10). – 8:44 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Good to have you back, @Nerlens Noel! pic.twitter.com/AYuMYzGPqM – 8:41 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Feels like everyone in this building, including the Mavericks, are waiting for Doncic to start cooking offensively. Ho-hum 12 points for him thus far. – 8:41 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
LET’S GO JULIUS 😤 pic.twitter.com/xBVpnm4gAe – 8:36 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Quentin Grimes. Straight up bucket. pic.twitter.com/YnnGAqD15t – 8:34 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Julius Randle gets a standing ovation after a nice and-one bucket. He’s a game-best plus-11 and has nine points, three rebounds and two assists. The Knicks lead the Mavericks 49-42 late in the second quarter. – 8:33 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Luka gonna Luka.
@Luka Doncic x #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/wFx9U6Eh9n – 8:31 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Dallas’ improved defense isn’t making much of an impression on the big stage tonight: Knicks 50% shooting and Dallas has had some back-end breakdowns. – 8:30 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
🗣 BALL MOVEMENT pic.twitter.com/RaEr5SYoyb – 8:29 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Doncic is 4-8 from the field, but 0-4 on 3-pointers. – 8:28 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
“You’re too small!” Doncic probably thought, but from what I could tell didn’t say. – 8:23 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Spark plug 🔌
@Tim Hardaway Jr | #MFFL pic.twitter.com/f2Q7WQHUVz – 8:20 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Hardaway Jr. has scored Dallas’ last 6 points. – 8:18 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Rising majestically. pic.twitter.com/O9raOkDzCB – 8:18 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Not a good offensive 1st quarter for Mavs, 35% shooting, but bigger reason they trail 30-21 is their defense isn’t measuring up to recent efforts. Knicks are shooting 50%.
Mavs will need to follow script of win over Bulls, when they allowed 32 in the first and 67 rest of way. – 8:12 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
WITH AUTHORITY.
@RjBarrett6 | #NewYorkForever pic.twitter.com/8HICJ2xuJc – 8:12 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Through one quarter, the Knicks lead the Mavericks 30-21.
• Barrett 8 pts
• Randle 7 & 2
• Fournier 5-4-2
• Brunson, Doncic 7 pts each – 8:11 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
RJ got ’em 😬 pic.twitter.com/2MDwYNFoBi – 8:11 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Knicks scored only 80 points in OKC two weeks ago, but that was the first night of an RJ Barrett awakening. Started attacking the rim that night and comparatively to what he was doing previously, he hasn’t stopped. Playing with so much more verve now. It’s hard not to notice. – 8:10 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Early Moses Brown appearance. – 8:07 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
🚫 REJECTED 🚫
@Maxi Kleber pic.twitter.com/W4bbN22Yta – 8:06 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Randle started off with a couple of nice assists, then twice took Finney-Smith in for short jumpers, then hit a 3. Just missed an understandable heat check 3. – 8:03 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Little contact, no problem. pic.twitter.com/So6bj0aN5f – 8:03 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Dallas native Julius Randle scored just 2 points in the Knicks’ win over Spurs here 2 nights ago. You figured he would bounce back tonight because he almost always plays great against his hometown team.
He has 7 of NY’s 24 points. – 8:03 PM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Julius Randle has seven points in the first quarter and has some of his juice back. Great to see.
Knicks 24, Mavericks 14. – 8:02 PM Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
Reggie Bullock gets a nice hand from crowd as he checks into game for Dallas. – 8:00 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Ex-Knick Reggie Bullock gets a nice round of applause as he enters the game for the first time. – 8:00 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
New York Tough (Bucket)
@Luka Doncic x #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/yPZUDtTGoo – 8:00 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Knicks’ Kemba Walker is out again — and the Knicks need him newsday.com/sports/basketb… via @Newsday – 7:56 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Way way way up. pic.twitter.com/jmxYYc5zJ4 – 7:55 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Randle doing a good job anticipating the Dallas double-teams and getting rid of it quickly tonight. Thibodeau always says he doesn’t want Randle to “fight pressure with pressure.” Has led to good offense early. – 7:54 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Jalen Brunson has been playing very well for the Mavs over the last month, averaging 19.3 points (on 51% shooting), 7.1 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 made treys. – 7:53 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Mitchell Robinson just double-hitched on a lob before even catching it. Not your everyday finish… – 7:51 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Jalen Brunson gets mild cheers – couldn’t tell if it was the Knicks front office I heard. – 7:42 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Oh okay, Ju 👀 pic.twitter.com/kvvCSLynCL – 7:36 PM Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Mavericks are playing their second straight game in Madison Square Garden with an acting head coach. Last season, it was Jamahl Mosley for Rick Carlisle. This time, Sean Sweeney for Jason Kidd. – 7:31 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
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MORE pic.twitter.com/IR1vMrwk5t – 7:22 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Knicks starting Burks, Fournier, Barrett, Randle and Robinson. – 7:21 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
The five. pic.twitter.com/mdR0LNsgAG – 7:20 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Fan love 💙 pic.twitter.com/2WT9DBFPqH – 7:15 PM Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
New pod with the legend @JonathanTjarks. Talked all things Dallas Mavericks, what the Pacers should do with Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis, which teams should go for them, and much more: – 7:14 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Your first five on the floor tonight.
@ModeloUSA | #FightingSpirit pic.twitter.com/Qpms8SnfFI – 7:06 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Always good seeing old friends. pic.twitter.com/7VwdhVUTF7 – 7:05 PM The Ringer @ringernba
🗣 The Mavs’ improvement on defense
🗣 How Jason Kidd uses Luka differently on offense
🗣 The truth about Kristaps Porzingis
🗣 Draymond Green’s resurgence
‘The Void’ with @Kevin O’Connor and @JonathanTjarks: open.spotify.com/episode/3oGXjI… – 7:02 PM Mark Followill @MFollowill
Mavs and Knicks on BSSW tonight at 6:30. Dallas has won 6 straight for the first time since late March-early April of 2016. The last time the Mavs had a longer winning streak than 6 was during the title season. During this win streak, the Mavs are limiting opponents to 93 ppg. – 7:01 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Look at the flick of the wrist. pic.twitter.com/Yi0R0Dj9fr – 6:55 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs starters: DFS, Kleber, Powell, Brunson, Doncic
NY starters: Barrett, Randle, Robinson, Burks, Fournier
6:45 tip @theeagledallas – 6:55 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
NY coach Tom Thibodeau was an assistant with the Knicks in the early 2000s when Rick Brunson was with them. Thibs said then-6-year-old Jalen could do a pretty spot-on imitation of Latrell Sprewell and Allen Houston, the NY stars of the time. – 6:44 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
Pregame work 🔒 pic.twitter.com/hTTs0is4td – 6:26 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
The fellas are here.
#UltraDrip x #NewYorkForever pic.twitter.com/7MfwaS6zEf – 6:15 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Sean Sweeney says he isn’t sure whether Porzingis will join the Mavs in Memphis. Tomorrow marks 10 days since Porzingis entered the health and safety protocols. – 6:05 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Kristaps Porzingis and Willie Cauley-Stein are out for tonight’s game against the Knicks, per Mavs interim coach Sean Sweeney. Jason Kidd also remains out due to the health and safety protocols. – 6:04 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Per Thibs: Kemba Walker is out. Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson are available for Knicks vs Mavs 6:45 tip @theeagledallas – 5:53 PM Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
No Kemba but Noel returns. – 5:50 PM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Kemba Walker is out for the Knicks. Nerlens Noel is playing, per Thibodeau. – 5:50 PM Fred Katz @FredKatz
Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson are both available tonight against the Mavericks, Tom Thibodeau says. Kemba Walker is out. – 5:50 PM Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Tom Thibodeau says Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson will play tonight and Kemba Walker will once again be out for the Knicks against Dallas. – 5:50 PM Steve Popper @StevePopper
Kemba, Noel and Taj were all questionable for tonight versus Dallas. Kemba is out, Noel and Taj are in. – 5:49 PM Chris Herring @Herring_NBA
A former Knicks staffer from those 90s years, @sammysteinlight, just sent me a picture from the Barnes and Noble in Freehold, NJ, which is apparently selling some copies of the book early, too, in case anyone in that area’s been looking pic.twitter.com/LI6AIncJsO – 5:28 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
As I noted in today’s story about Josh Green’s significant performance uptick, the coach with whom he works most closely also happens to be the acting head coach: Sean Sweeney. Both are having a nice run of late as Dallas has won 6 straight games. pic.twitter.com/rn0MmbWhUg – 5:23 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Welcome to the world’s loudest, I mean, most famous, arena, where a bunch of ex-Knicks-turned Mavericks will suit up — including warming-up Frank Ntilikina. pic.twitter.com/gOyOTlVWAn – 5:16 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
The second installment in the Knicks Trade Deadline Primer is now live.
If NY doesn’t view Mitch Rob as part of the team’s long-term plan, it would be wise to trade before the deadline instead of seeing him leave via free agency and get nothing in return
tommybeer.substack.com/p/knicks-trade… – 4:30 PM Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
Knicks face their past point-guard-of-the-future in Frank Ntilikina and maybe face their actual point guard of the future. Leon Rose still has interest in Jalen Brunson #Knicks #Mavericks #NBA nypost.com/2022/01/12/kni… – 2:24 PM Mike Mazzeo @MazzNYC
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Thanks to everyone who voted and weighed in playny.com/poll-ny-sports… – 2:24 PM New York Knicks @nyknicks
RJ’s last six games: 23.3 PPG | 5.2 RPG | 3.5 APG
9⃣ heatin’ up. pic.twitter.com/HvwgnEM20T – 2:00 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Approximately halfway through the 2021-22 season, list of NBA players averaging a minimum of 22.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 5.0 APG:
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokic
Luka Doncic
Paul George
Brandon Ingram
James Harden – 1:59 PM