Beating the Mark Cuban Mavs always feels good. Beating the Dennis Cousy Maravich Archibald Iverson Springfield Smith Jr. Mavs? Same. Getting that first road win of the season? Also always. The Knicks hit the trifecta, riding a dominant second-half to a fun and freeing 118-106 victory in Dallas.
The Knicks got off to a double-digit lead in the first thanks to seven quick points from Damyean Dotson; the Mavericks then found their footing thanks to 10 off the bench for Dorian Finney-Smith. Who ever dreamt of such a sentence? Meanwhile, Luka Doncic. Oh, Doncic...
An 8-0 Dallas run midway through the second saw them retake the lead, one they pushed as high as seven and which was three at the break.