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New York Knicks vs. Dallas Mavericks

January 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Mavericks beat the Knicks 114-97 on 2026-01-19 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Mavericks started Dwight Powell, Caleb Martin, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 10 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 29 points (10/17) in his matchups, with Caleb Martin as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 97

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 33:41 22 0 6 0 0 2 4 9-24 1-4 3-3 -15
Mikal Bridges GS 33:07 7 3 3 2 1 1 0 3-10 1-4 0-0 -21
OG Anunoby GS 31:25 9 6 2 3 1 3 3 3-8 1-4 2-2 -12
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 30:17 22 18 4 1 1 5 5 9-19 2-5 2-4 -15
Josh Hart GS 27:38 8 6 3 0 0 2 5 3-6 2-5 0-0 -16
Miles McBride 26:46 5 3 2 2 0 2 1 1-8 1-4 2-2 +3
Landry Shamet 23:11 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 2-5 1-4 1-3 -4
Mitchell Robinson 18:48 12 14 0 0 2 1 4 6-8 0-0 0-2 -11
Ariel Hukporti 2:41 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 +1
Pacôme Dadiet 2:41 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Mohamed Diawara 2:41 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Tyler Kolek 2:41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 +1
Guerschon Yabusele 2:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Jordan Clarkson 1:42 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-3 0-1 1-2 +1
Totals 97 53 22 10 5 17 25 38-95 9-31 12-20

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Max Christie GS 35:19 26 6 2 0 0 1 1 9-13 8-10 0-0 +20
Naji Marshall GS 33:29 19 8 4 1 0 1 1 7-18 1-6 4-4 +15
Dwight Powell GS 28:11 2 5 2 0 0 2 5 0-1 0-0 2-2 +19
Cooper Flagg GS 27:46 18 7 3 1 0 4 2 7-14 1-4 3-6 +21
Caleb Martin GS 23:50 3 1 3 3 1 2 2 1-2 0-1 1-2 +19
Ryan Nembhard 21:30 4 3 5 1 0 2 1 2-7 0-1 0-0 +10
Klay Thompson 21:07 14 5 2 2 0 0 2 5-12 4-7 0-0 -8
Moussa Cisse 19:49 15 9 1 1 4 3 4 5-6 0-0 5-8 -2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 14:13 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1-4 0-2 2-2 +2
Brandon Williams 10:38 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 2-4 0-0 2-4 -9
Miles Kelly 2:04 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Jaden Hardy 2:04 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 114 49 25 9 5 17 21 40-82 15-32 19-28

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Caleb Martin: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Max Christie: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/8)
Mikal Bridges Max Christie: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Klay Thompson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns Naji Marshall: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Dwight Powell: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/8)
OG Anunoby Dwight Powell: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Hart Cooper Flagg: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Caleb Martin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride Ryan Nembhard: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet Klay Thompson: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Mitchell Robinson Moussa Cisse: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Dwight Powell: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Ariel Hukporti Moussa Cisse: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek Miles Kelly: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Cisse: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Mohamed Diawara Miles Kelly: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Hardy: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Cisse: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson Caleb Martin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Williams: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/1)

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Max Christie Mikal Bridges: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Brunson: 19 poss., 12 pts (4/4)
Naji Marshall Josh Hart: 19 poss., 12 pts (4/6) · Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Dwight Powell Karl-Anthony Towns: 32 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cooper Flagg OG Anunoby: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Josh Hart: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Caleb Martin Jalen Brunson: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Nembhard Miles McBride: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Landry Shamet: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Klay Thompson Landry Shamet: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Moussa Cisse Mitchell Robinson: 24 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl OG Anunoby: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Miles McBride: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams Miles McBride: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Miles Kelly Pacôme Dadiet: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Hardy Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Pacôme Dadiet: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)