{"id":548280,"date":"2026-01-20T05:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/548280\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:45:14","slug":"player-grades-recapping-the-dallas-mavericks-win-over-the-new-york-knicks-114-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/548280\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Grades \u2013 Recapping the Dallas Mavericks win over the New York Knicks, 114-97"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> defeated the New York Knicks<\/a> on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, winning 114-97 <\/a>. Both teams had players nursing injuries, but it was the Mavericks who ended up with the big win.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get to the grades!<\/p>\n

18 PTS \/ 7 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK – 28 MIN<\/p>\n

Flagg had a solid game, but it was somewhat muted by a minutes restriction and Max Christie providing a lot of scoring punch. His four turnovers were somewhat glaring, but he hit 50% of his 14 shot attempts and chipped in a bit of everything.<\/p>\n

26 PTS \/ 6 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK – 35 MIN<\/p>\n

Christie went absolutely out of his mind and it was a sight to behold. I\u2019ve recently written about how nice it is to see him do more than shoot threes, but Monday night it was plenty nice to see him hoisting the long ball. Christie was 9-for-13 including a mind-boggling 8-for-10 from deep. His second half play came down to earth a bit, but it hardly mattered with the Mavs taking a 20+ point lead into the final frame. He led all scorers and hit a career high in three-point field goals for top marks.<\/p>\n

3 PTS \/ 1 REB \/ 3 AST \/ 3 STL \/ 1 BLK – 24 MIN<\/p>\n

Most of Martin\u2019s contribution came in the form of stuff you won\u2019t see in a box score. He hounded the Knicks on defense, an effort highlighted by another three steals, but otherwise left the offense to others.<\/p>\n

19 PTS \/ 8 REB \/ 4 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK – 33 MIN<\/p>\n

Marshall couldn\u2019t be stopped in the first half, driving relentlessly to eviscerate the Knicks\u2019 defense. As the game went on, he took more three-pointers, but only hit 1-for-6, driving his shooting percentage down. His game was very similar to Flagg\u2019s, with his blemish being a lower shooting percentage rather than a high turnover total.<\/p>\n

2 PTS \/ 5 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 0 STL \/ 0 BLK – 28 MIN<\/p>\n

As ridiculous as it sounds, Powell is getting a bump for the absolute beating he took at the hands of Karl Anthony-Towns. Throughout his NBA career, Powell has been hit in the face more than a professional boxer, but Monday night was next level. Towns is known for his flailing knees, but Powell took a variety of groin shots and stayed professional, using it as motivation to play harder. In respect of his actual game, there isn\u2019t much to talk about. The Knicks\u2019 bigs decimated the Mavericks bigs, but Powell was a pro doing the dirty unsung work.<\/p>\n

14 PTS \/ 5 REB \/ 2 AST \/ 2 STL \/ 0 BLK – 21 MIN<\/p>\n

I\u2019m inclined to go a bit high on Thompson\u2019s grade, which seems counterintuitive relative to his recent play. That said, he did a nice job intangibly on defense, while grabbing boards, getting steals and even tossing a couple of assists to his teammates. In the limited time he played, it was a good game that looked better than even the box score may suggest.<\/p>\n

4 PTS \/ 3 REB \/ 5 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 0 BLK – 22 MIN<\/p>\n

Nembhard didn\u2019t have a huge impact on the stat line, struggling to find his shot (2-for-7) with a 5:2 assist-to-turnover ratio. Extra credit for checking in late in the third quarter to settle things down when the Mavericks were a bit out of sorts \u2013 it won\u2019t show up in any statistical category, but it was undoubtedly significant and allowed Dallas to enter the fourth quarter with a 23-point lead.<\/p>\n

15 PTS \/ 9 REB \/ 1 AST \/ 1 STL \/ 4 BLK – 20 MIN<\/p>\n

Cisse did his best to match the Knicks\u2019 size, and while his numbers may not have been as pretty at Karl-Anthony Towns\u2019 or Mitchell Robinson\u2019s numbers, he did work in just under 20 minutes of play. His four blocks were a menace to the Knicks, but his three turnovers and four fouls didn\u2019t help his cause. Stepping up and hitting two free throws when the Knicks decided to Hack-A-Cisse was bigger than the final score may indicate.<\/p>\n

Both teams were a bit beat up coming in, but Dallas was coming off two lopsided wins while New York has been struggling of late. The Mavericks came in like a wrecking crew, dropping the most first-half points the Knicks have given up all season. As expected, things got a bit closer here and there in the second half, frankly getting too close for comfort late in the fourth quarter before Dallas closed it out. The Mavericks have plenty of struggles right now with a lot of players out or having just returned, but you wouldn\u2019t have known it in what was basically a full on drubbing of the Knicks Monday night.<\/p>\n

I invite you to follow me @_80MPH<\/a> on X, and check back often at Mavs Moneyball<\/a> for all the latest on the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks defeated the New York Knicks on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, winning 114-97 . Both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,39459,52332,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-548280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-mavericks-game-coverage","14":"tag-mavericks-scores","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115925845533258513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}