Dallas Mavericks 114, New York Knicks 97 — Recap

January 19, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 114, New York Knicks 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 31-22 NYK; Q2 DAL 44-25 NYK; Q3 DAL 19-24 NYK; Q4 DAL 20-26 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Max Christie (DAL) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 22 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 22 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-24 shooting; Naji Marshall (DAL) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Cooper Flagg (DAL) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Max Christie

26 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 9-13 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

22 PTS, 18 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

22 PTS, 0 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 9-24 FG

Season highs

Max Christie · Season-high 26 pointsMax Christie · Season-high 8 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DAL 30 largest lead Q2 0:51 (DAL 75, NYK 45) · 13-0 run, Q2 9:02–Q2 6:41

NYK 0 largest lead Never led · 8-0 run, Q3 8:10–Q3 4:26

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Naji Marshall makes 24-foot three point jumper (Max Christie assists) (Q1 10:24, DAL 5, NYK 2).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	31	44	19	20		114
NYK	22	25	24	26		97

🧮 How They Scored

DALNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

46Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.9%Effective FG%44.7%

15.3%Turnover %14.1%

16.3%Offensive rebound %28.8%

0.341Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Max Christie G	35	26	6	2	0	0	1	9-13	8-10	0-0	+20
Naji Marshall F	33	19	8	4	1	0	1	7-18	1-6	4-4	+15
Cooper Flagg F	28	18	7	3	1	0	4	7-14	1-4	3-6	+21
Dwight Powell F-C	28	2	5	2	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	+19
Caleb Martin F	24	3	1	3	3	1	2	1-2	0-1	1-2	+19
Ryan Nembhard G	22	4	3	5	1	0	2	2-7	0-1	0-0	+10
Klay Thompson G	21	14	5	2	2	0	0	5-12	4-7	0-0	-8
Moussa Cisse C	20	15	9	1	1	4	3	5-6	0-0	5-8	-2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	14	4	3	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	+2
Brandon Williams G	11	6	1	1	0	0	2	2-4	0-0	2-4	-9
Jaden Hardy G	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Miles Kelly G	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	34	22	0	6	0	0	2	9-24	1-4	3-3	-15
Mikal Bridges F	33	7	3	3	2	1	1	3-10	1-4	0-0	-21
OG Anunoby F	31	9	6	2	3	1	3	3-8	1-4	2-2	-12
Karl-Anthony Towns C	30	22	18	4	1	1	5	9-19	2-5	2-4	-15
Josh Hart G	27	8	6	3	0	0	2	3-6	2-5	0-0	-16
Miles McBride G	27	5	3	2	2	0	2	1-8	1-4	2-2	+3
Landry Shamet G	23	6	1	1	1	0	0	2-5	1-4	1-3	-4
Mitchell Robinson C	19	12	14	0	0	2	1	6-8	0-0	0-2	-11
Tyler Kolek G	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+1
Mohamed Diawara F	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Ariel Hukporti C	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	+1
Guerschon Yabusele F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Pacome Dadiet F	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Jordan Clarkson G	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-1	1-2	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Max Christie	Starter	35	26	100.0	16.1	+26.0	22.7
Naji Marshall	Starter	33	19	48.1	25.0	+20.0	14.8
Cooper Flagg	Starter	28	18	54.1	30.9	+34.1	11.2
Caleb Martin	Starter	24	3	52.1	8.6	+35.8	4.7
Dwight Powell	Starter	28	2	53.2	4.3	+29.2	0.5
Moussa Cisse	Bench	20	15	78.8	28.3	-2.2	22.4
Klay Thompson	Bench	21	14	58.3	24.5	-15.6	22.0
Brandon Williams	Bench	11	6	52.1	32.0	-34.4	0.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	14	4	41.0	15.2	+10.6	7.4
Ryan Nembhard	Bench	22	4	28.6	17.6	+21.7	5.7
Jaden Hardy	Bench	02	3	150.0	25.0	-25.0	40.0
Miles Kelly	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-25.0	26.7

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	34	22	43.4	31.4	-18.8	5.9
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	30	22	53.0	32.9	-22.1	18.9
OG Anunoby	Starter	31	9	50.7	14.3	-19.3	7.0
Josh Hart	Starter	27	8	66.7	11.8	-21.1	5.7
Mikal Bridges	Starter	33	7	35.0	13.9	-27.6	6.1
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	19	12	67.6	18.5	-25.6	17.1
Landry Shamet	Bench	23	6	47.5	9.2	-11.4	2.4
Miles McBride	Bench	27	5	28.2	15.5	+1.8	1.7
Tyler Kolek	Bench	03	2	33.3	50.0	+20.0	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	03	2	100.0	16.7	+20.0	30.8
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	02	1	12.9	50.0	+25.0	-33.3
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	03	1	56.8	33.3	+20.0	0.0
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	15.4