The New York Knicks scored 36 points in the first half. That’s bad. Then they scored 31 points in the third quarter. That’s good. Add it all up, stir in a bunch of fourth-quarter garbage time, and you get a wild, possibly illuminating 93-77 victory over an admittedly short-handed Dallas Mavericks club.
As P&T’er StraightOutofComptonandSelfEsteem noted, the win did wonders for New York’s league-worst defensive rating. It’s still worst in the league, though ... sigh.
Let’s begin with the standard Dumb Knicks Controversy™ — yes, Jeff Hornacek sat Joakim Noah for the entire second half; yes, it succeeded brilliantly.