QGrimes & Mavs Blast Knicks. Dallas 129 NY 114

November 28, 2024 LouV 2024-25 0

It was the Quentin Grimes revenge game.

QGrimes scored 21 points on 7-13 shooting (3-6 from 3), had 7 rebounds, and was a big part of a frenetic Dallas defense that stifled the Knicks as the Mavs blasted NY from start to finish, 129-114 on a Wednesday night in Dallas. The night before Thanksgiving weekend.

Grimes kept looking over at the Knick bench in a ‘see what you missed’ statement.

Dallas was without Luka Doncic and Klay Thompson but they are well coached by Jason Kidd and have a deep, athletic team.

“The way we started, we got in such a big hole,” said coach Tom Thibodeau afterwards. “By the time we got a rhythm offensively in the 2nd half we were in too big of a hole. Our rebounding wasn’t very good. Tough game.”

The Knicks only scored 15 points in the 1st quarter, and 38 in the 1st half.

1. Dallas Smoked Knicks from the Start

The Knicks came out missing shots, and Dallas kept making shots. Some of the Knick misses were just misses — others were due to a harassing Dallas defense.

As hot as OG Anunoby was the prior game, when he scored 40 points on efficient shooting — he was the opposite this game. He missed his first 10 shots, before finally scoring a field goal early in the 2nd half. Anunoby finished 3-15 (0-8 from 3) for 8 points. He slipped and fell a couple of times on defense — several Knicks fans on Twitter thought he was drunk.

Meanwhile Spencer Dinwiddie was having a game — everything he threw up seemed to go in; he was hitting 3’s from the parking lot and shrugging his shoulders at everyone afterwards. Dinwiddie finished with 21 pts on 8-11 shooting (3-5 from 3).

QGrimes was scoring and looking over at the Knick bench, and Kyrie Irving was doing Kyrie Irving things — penetrating with amazing ballhandling and scoring. Irving had 23 pts on 10-23 shooting.

Naji Marshall, the Mavs’ 6’6 small forward was attacking the rim — he finished with 24 pts on 10-17 shooting; and P.J. Washington had a game with 19 points on 7-12 shooting and 3-3 from 3, with 10 rebounds.

Dereck Lively gave the Knicks a hard time inside defensively, and was 4-5 for 12 pts with 9 rebounds as well.

Jalen Brunson put the Knicks on his back in the 2nd quarter. Brunson would finish with 37 pts on 14-21 shooting (0-3 from 3, 9-10 in free throws) and 7 assists.

Even so, Dallas took a 22 point lead — 60-38 — into the half.

2. Knicks Pull Within 13 in 3rd Quarter

Karl-Anthony Towns (25 pts on 7-16 shooting, 2-4 from 3, with 14 rebounds and 4 assists) started attacking the rim in the 3rd quarter, and Mikal Bridges (20 pts on 8-19 shooting, 4-10 from 3) was chipping away with jumpers, and soon the Knicks finally found their offensive rhythm.

Towns made back-to-back 3’s midway thru the quarter to pull NY within 18, Josh Hart followed with a 3 and a drive-and-1 and NY was within 16 and 69-53.

A Brunson drive-and-1 and a Hart drive off a Brunson assist pulled NY within 13, at 73-60.

But there was Spencer Dinwiddie again — with a drive, and then a 17 footer and Dallas pushed back.

Dinwiddie hit a shrug-your-shoulders 3 from the parking lot with 2 minutes left, and QGrimes followed with a 3 and Dallas was up by 19 again.

3. Knicks Pull Within 14 in 4th Quarter

Mikal Bridges started the 4th with a 3 for NY — but Dinwiddie answered again with a 3 and then QGrimes hit a 3 and was fouled for a 4-pt play.

Down by 23, NY made one final run.

Miles McBride made 3 free throws after being fouled on a 3 attempt, and Karl-Anthony Towns scored consecutive buckets inside.

Anunoby hit a drive, Cameron Payne made consecutive buckets, Josh Hart dunked inside, and Brunson hit a floater to pull NY within 14 at 107-93 with 5:40 left.

But that was as close as the Knicks could get. Brunson went on a scoring spree at the end, but Kyrie Irving and Naji Marshall and the Mavs had answers.

QGrimes hit a 3 with 45 seconds left to up the Dallas lead to 17 and put a final dagger in the Knicks.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401704858

 

 

 

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