Mavericks Vs Knicks

Dallas Mavericks square off against the New York Knicks for the third time in four days and the team has been plagued with a sickness of some sort. Kyrie Irving was able to play it against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday and he did well to help his team won a game in the fourth quarter.

Dallas is now 3-1 in games that Luka Did not play this season, something that has changed dramatically from the past 4-8 record. With such a goal, they aim at achieving it against one of the few teams in the eastern conference with a better standings record than them – the New York Knicks.

Cavaliers’ new head coach has been consecutively thrashed after New York Knicks had a 27-point over Nuggets and had OG Anunoby who scored 40 points while Nikola Jokic produced 22 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. He has scored a significant number of points this season with two games in particular with 40 and over.

Their offence is one of the most potent in the NBA but the same cannot be said of their defence, they have been far from great on this end especially for a team coached by Tom Thibodeau. Their defensive efficiency rating statistic is ranked in the worst 10 NBA teams.

Every time these two teams meet, the focus must be on Jalen Brunson facing his former team again. This season he is scoring 24.9 PPG on average and does not have to do as much as he did last season.

The Mavericks arrive to the home game without their main shooter. Luka Dončić is injured and had a problem with his wrist, which means he cannot perform in the game anymore. However, Kyrie Irving is on fire, and his recent performance against Atlanta (129:119) gives hope: 32+7+6.

It can be expected that the scorer who already played in previous games will do well against New York. Still, without the Slovenian NT, their combined basketball will suffer. Still, with him on board, Dallas currently sits on 25.2 assists per game, which ranks 17th.

On Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Atlanta Hawks 129-119 on the road to record their fifth victory in their last six games.

With 32 points, seven rebounds, and six assists, Kyrie Irving had an incredible game as Dallas outscored Atlanta 68-52 in the second half.

In terms of points per game this season (116.9) and points per game against (111.2), the Mavericks are ranked eighth and twelve, respectively, in the league.