National Basketball Association
New York 107, Dallas 77
When: 8:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #49 Tom Washington, #35 Jason Goldenberg
Attendance: 20182

Julius Randle scored 26 points Wednesday night for the visiting New York Knicks, who extended their winning streak to three games by leading wire-to-wire in a 107-77 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Alec Burks (15 points, 11 rebounds) and Mitchell Robinson (11 points, 11 rebounds) had double-doubles for the Knicks, who pulled within 3 1/2 games of the Atlanta Hawks in the race for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and the final spot in the play-in tournament. The Hawks fell to the Milwaukee Bucks 124-115 earlier Wednesday night.

RJ Barrett (18 points), Taj Gibson (11) and Evan Fournier (10) also scored in double figures for the Knicks, whose winning streak is their longest since a three-game run from Jan. 10-15.

Luka Doncic scored 17 of his 31 points in the third quarter for the Mavericks, who struggled badly from outside as their five-game winning streak was snapped. Dallas missed its first 19 3-point attempts and finished 6-for-44 (13.6 percent) from beyond the arc.

Doncic also picked up his 14th technical foul of the season in the fourth quarter, which leaves him two shy of earning a one-game suspension.

Spencer Dinwiddie (13 points) was the only other player to reach double figures for the Mavericks.

Robinson scored six points as the Knicks immediately took control with a game-opening 13-2 run. The Mavericks closed within seven points four times, the last at 19-12, before New York mounted a quarter-spanning 22-5 run that included 10 unanswered points to open the second.

The Knicks led by as many as 28 points and entered the half with a 61-34 lead. New York held a pair of 28-point leads in the third before the Mavericks mounted their surge. Doncic score seven straight points to cut the deficit to 67-46 and later ended a 9-0 run with a 3-pointer that pulled Dallas within 74-60 with 2:54 left.

But Randle hit a layup out of a timeout to snap an 0-for-7 stretch by the Knicks, who scored eight of the final 13 points of the quarter. New York led by at least 17 points throughout the fourth and extended its advantage to 32 points three times.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
New York   Dallas
Julius Randle 26 Scoring Luka Doncic 31
Immanuel Quickley 6 Assists Luka Doncic 4
Alec Burks 11 Rebounds Reggie Bullock 7
Julius Randle 7 Free Throws Made Spencer Dinwiddie 5
Mitchell Robinson 2 Steals Jalen Brunson 1
Mitchell Robinson 3 Blocks Sterling Brown 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
New York 107 42.9 9-34 26-33 20 55 3 3 13
Dallas 77 31.4 6-44 17-25 11 37 4 3 8
Upcoming Games
  • Dallas will play their next game on the road against Houston. The Mavericks have a W/L % of .561 after a win and .680 after a loss.
  • New York will play their next game on the road against Memphis. The Knicks have a W/L % of .393 after a win and .447 after a loss.