The Dallas Mavericks (16-26) head back out on the road after a four-game homestand. They face the New York Knicks (25-17) on a Martin Luther King Jr. day game showcase on Peacock and NBC. Dallas has won two in a row after playing the shamelessly tanking Utah Jazz. The Knicks are looking to stop a three-game slide, most recently falling to the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night
Heres the main things you need to know before tipoff.
- WHO: Dallas Mavericks at New York Knicks
- WHAT: Primetime MLK Day basketball
- WHERE: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
- WHEN: 4:00 pm CST
- HOW: Peacock, NBC, KFAA, MavsTV
The injury report for Dallas is absurd. Cooper Flagg is questionable still as of this writing. I hope he plays or this one is gonna be ugly. The Mavericks are without the following players for various legitmate reasons: Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively, Dante Exum, Daniel Gafford, D’Angelo Russell, and PJ Washington. That’s a big list. The Knicks are playing everyone, including the recently injured Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.
The Mavericks have their work cut out for them in this one. The Knicks play hard and have a variety of talented players. If Flagg does miss this one, I don’t see them having much of a chance. If Flagg does play, him exerting his will along with getting Klay Thompson going is the surest path to victory. Dallas simply isn’t big enough now and I worry the rebounding problems Dallas has every few games will rear it’s ugly head against a Knicks team that can crash well from every position. Stein seems to think Flagg is playing, but who knows.
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