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00:00:00Couldn't have done much more than that. He fully extended but Bridges has that great length and a very high release point
00:00:06Plus he leaned back to get that off Williams alley up a group behind lively lively somehow
00:00:11gathers it back
00:00:14Christie left open that three-pointer won't go tipped in by lively
00:00:21Maverick Center with a lively play to get the two points
00:00:23Bronson spins turns shoots comes up short
00:00:35Washington goes right at Towns
00:00:38Williams is gonna try another three and boy that's got to feel good for the young man
00:00:42He has struggled mightily and that causes Mike Brown to call timeout
00:00:4710 threes now for Dallas
00:00:49Yeah, Brandon Williams could get it going in a hurry
00:00:52He didn't have great rhythm to start the game, but he gets a wide open one right there Babs in the lead
00:00:59Bear down
00:01:03Has had a nightmare start three-point shooting again
00:01:06He's so quick with a good young player an exciting young player, but when you finally get one to go
00:01:12Oh, how does it feel good?
00:01:14Because the start of the season from three-point range is five of 31, but he shot that with confidence
00:01:19Well, you have to shoot a bit confidence because just like we see those don't burn numbers
00:01:23So do other teams, so they're gonna leave them open so knocking down that shot
00:01:27That's not a surprise that a timeout was called after his first shot because they do not want him to get going from three
00:01:33He was a great high school player that went and played two years at Arizona actually played one year because he had a knee injury
00:01:39But just like most of those Arizona Wildcats just great fortitude. Oh, just amazing for two best of the business out there
00:01:45Let's know some I don't
00:01:48Know a lot that you don't that happens gets inside try to go back
00:01:53Ball knocked loose towns comes up with it Brunson the other silly tries the corner three that won't go
00:01:59Knicks now three for 23 an enormous part of their offense
00:02:03We talked about it so much third in the league in attempts second it makes and they can't buy one tonight
00:02:09downs
00:02:11Through it ahead beautifully to Brunson stop trying to draw some contact lays it up and in lively did a good job not valid
00:02:20Josh Hart dives for it and is now hugging the fan making sure he's okay
00:02:29Hearts taking some peanut M&Ms problem
00:02:33That's why you pay for those seats do not blame him
00:02:37His favorite he's a Mike and Ike addict. Oh loves Mike at night. Now. He's got some M&Ms
00:02:46Mixed down one Thompson searching
00:02:54The defense from Shannon help force that turnover
00:02:59Downs inside the heart heart brings it back out
00:03:03Downs looks up at the shot clock bad pass through it behind all right mix with their seventh turnover
00:03:17Christie kicks it out wins. It's gonna try again
00:03:23Josh Hart with his seventh rebound towns tries a three that's good
00:03:27First three-pointer of the game for towns. He was all for four two for nine overall
00:03:33They knew that was a matter of time. He's too good a shooter. His release is too quick and he's been getting good looks
00:03:39It's not like they've been forced so you knew he was gonna take the lid off for himself at some point now
00:03:43Let's see if he can string some together. Dixon missed 12 consecutive threes as lively as fouled
00:03:50Believe it's gonna be on towns. That should be his second. I mean, this is tough for any big in the league
00:03:55Your inclination is to always run back to protect the paint early in a team's possession
00:04:00That's what Derek lively wants to do
00:04:03Then you've got a long recovery to get out to Karl Anthony towns because he loves that trail three
00:04:08He's not a good three-point shooter. He's a great three-point shooter, but he's only a thirty three percent on the season from downtown
00:04:15And it's much less on the road so far this year
00:04:19Well, I'm that's the thing when you get 15 games into the season when you get it's we have so much more basketball to play
00:04:27There's gonna be guys that have a tough month a tough month and a half, but he is such
00:04:32So important to what they do and how they play those trail threes and most of them are open because bigs naturally gravitate towards the paint
00:04:42Fively knocks down the second free throw
00:04:45It's only lively six game. He missed ten games and dealing with that right knee issue
00:04:50Did not play Monday
00:04:54Inside shot blocked by lively that's his third rejection
00:04:58Washington comes the other way
00:05:02And an offensive foul Shanna draws a charge
00:05:07Man you talk about somebody seeing this the entire time lively knew from the time Josh Hart turned the corner
00:05:14He was gonna go meet him on the other side of the rim. Oh
00:05:17I was perfect time time time perfect time just shy of hitting the backboard
00:05:23Remember he's only 21 years old gonna be 22 in February
00:05:28Brunson pulls up chop shots good 21 for Brunson
00:05:36Mixed back up by two
00:05:43Gafford
00:05:45It's lively sits down
00:05:49Thompson find some room lets it fly nails the three-pointer and his third three I
00:05:55Think the hardest part for clay thompson's he signed here to play with Luca Luca's gone
00:06:00Then you get ad you got cut and now those players are injured so people are looking at clay Thompson, and he doesn't have the same
00:06:07Quickness, but he still has that same jump shot
00:06:10Making a good same jump shot Jalen Brunson missed the last two games, but it's played 24 minutes
00:06:15He has 23 points and those last couple of buckets for Brunson
00:06:18He just has not seen enough resistance when he's coming off the screen
00:06:21He's got too much space in front of him people eat you alive if you get that deep in the paint
00:06:25Run some good hands deflected it from Washington last touched by Gafford
00:06:34DJ Washington he's got seven rebounds four assists of great defense, but he's just one of nine from the field Brunson
00:06:40Yeah, the celly open can't hit the three towns the offensive rebound
00:06:45Spins gets inside trying to draw a foul
00:06:48And that time gets the foul Mads upset they thought towns pushed off on the initial offensive board
00:06:54Instead he'll shoot free throws now
00:06:58First foul on Washington
00:07:00Again, you got to do your work early
00:07:03Yes, was there a little push-off, but you got a battle down there and then even here that could have been a foul the first opportunity
00:07:09And then obviously they got it on the third try
00:07:15No towns eight points 11 boards. He's got five assists just has not shot it well
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00:07:38You know the interesting thing we talk so much about three-point shooting
00:07:43And the importance of today's NBA the Rockets are number one
00:07:48In scoring number one offensive team and their 30th in three-point field goals attempt
00:07:54And a big part of that with them they absolutely destroy you on the offensive glass
00:08:01They get so many additional opportunities because of all that athleticism
00:08:06Pounding the glass to give them second chance opportunities around the rim
00:08:10Thompson misses that one
00:08:13Angelo Russell
00:08:14Checks back in Clarkson comes back in for the Knicks Jaden party
00:08:20For Dallas
00:08:28Runson nine of 18
00:08:31He's leaving here. This is obviously three years now. This is his fourth year
00:08:36Playing as an opponent in this building as Brunson knocks down the shot one year
00:08:40He didn't play and he lost the other two games despite playing well
00:08:43He would like to get a victory against his former team and he put them up five
00:08:48This equals the largest lead of the game for the Knicks
00:08:51Well, New York Knicks welcoming him back in a big way 25 for Jalen Brunson
00:08:58We want to hear you top this right
00:09:00There he is he can
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00:09:18Approaching five minutes left
00:09:19Left third quarter here in Dallas D'Angelo Russell Jaden Hardy
00:09:233.1 go Hart gets a running start
00:09:26Two on one nice speed perfect timing Brunson finishes. He's got 27 and the largest lead of the game for the Knicks
00:09:34That was Josh Hart in a nutshell right there
00:09:37There's Russell lines up a shot nails that his third field goal
00:09:43The thing that I liked about that two on one is Jalen Brunson could have easily slid out and tried to shoot a three go get an easy bucket
00:09:50That's not what they do in the NBA tonight. Yeah, well Jalen Brunson does and he knows how to score bunches
00:09:56Josh Hart gets inside little push shot
00:10:00All right now six point seven rebounds couple of assists
00:10:08Russell against Clarkson
00:10:11Pulls up
00:10:12That line shot is good
00:10:14He's been getting buckets in this league for a while and if you give him the entire middle of the floor
00:10:19He's clever enough with his handle to get what he wants
00:10:23Bridges heart corner three is good. Josh Hart his second three-pointer a rare three for the Knicks
00:10:29This is a crucial four minutes for the Dallas Mavericks
00:10:33Right the New York Knicks are starting to shoot the ball. They're starting to feel good
00:10:36You got to keep this thing within reach
00:10:38Marshall on the drive
00:10:39Marshall at 19 in the first half his first points here on the third
00:10:46Blackson
00:10:48Artie bodies him up Mitchell Robinson has it
00:10:52Robinson's gonna go up draws the foul shot won't go
00:10:56He didn't want to shoot it now. He'll shoot free throws
00:10:59And watch this transition. This is what we're talking about you get a two-on-one this should be automatic
00:11:06Brunson with the offhand and then goes looks directly into Jason kid should have paid me my money should have paid me my money
00:11:15Having a little bit of fun such respect between those two
00:11:18Jason kid by the way his last year in the NBA
00:11:23Was with the Knicks
00:11:25And I was back in 2012 2013 had it had a
00:11:29His usual impact mix went to the second round of the playoffs as Robinson misses
00:11:33The first free throw, but then he struggled in the playoffs
00:11:37And decided that's it. I'm done and he retired in June
00:11:40Well, it was year what 19 for him as a point guard 18 19. That's very very difficult to pull off
00:11:46Chris Paul is one of the guys that I think just hit the 20-year bond
00:11:49Yep, by the way in those 19 years, Jason kid played 80 games or more
00:11:5410 times
00:11:56And he averaged 36 minutes or more 13 times
00:12:00Ah, that's that's the old NBA legs. One of the big regrets of my career richard. I missed him by a year in dallas
00:12:07And you oh, you missed so much legs. I feel bad legs. You missed so much
00:12:13Gafford beautiful move couldn't finish it, but he gets his own rebound heart trying to take it away gafford surrounded party a three
00:12:21And Robinson the rebound
00:12:26All right coast to coast layup won't go
00:12:29little whistle and a foul
00:12:32Gafford doesn't like to call hart will shoot two
00:12:34Three on gafford actually surprised that gafford missed this ball because he again
00:12:41He's looks up right here and he knows he's got an opportunity to get there in time
00:12:45He's timing it up little shove in the back. That's really where they got him contact on the wrist as well
00:12:51Josh hart clever took it all the way
00:12:54To the rim before floating up something soft that would have been blocked
00:12:58All right now two for three from the line deuce mcbride and carl anthony towns will check back in for the knicks
00:13:10Brunson's gonna get a rest brunson strong
00:13:14Third quarter 12 of his 27 also has four assists
00:13:28Eight point lead just over three to play third quarter here in dallas they're trying to win their first road game of the season their own four
00:13:43Mavericks trying to win without their prized rookie cooper flag sitting out tonight with an illness
00:13:48Deangelo Russell
00:13:50Deangelo Russell gets inside floats it up and in
00:13:55He's got double figures 11 points five assists
00:14:06Hart to bridges mcbride with 10 to shoot
00:14:11Towns and offensive foul on towns gafford
00:14:15Scott foster and said he's grabbing me by the arm he stopped playing and looked at him
00:14:21I've ever seen a guy just stop in the middle of a play and stare at the ref and just
00:14:25Bleed with him to make a call knowing that if they don't blow it carl anthony towns has a dunk
00:14:31They just clamped on his arm and that's his third foul
00:14:37Russell fires away and hits the three and a timeout
00:14:41Call by mike brown it's back to a three-point game russell's got nine of his 14 here in the third
00:14:48And right here there's a timeout called because if my opinion
00:14:52I imagine carl anthony towns needs to get to the level if you're back
00:14:56That's an easy shot for deangelo russell right now picks up by three
00:15:00Gafford was complaining about right there
00:15:05He reaches in to try to make a play on the ball and carl anthony towns just clamps down
00:15:11Gafford stayed with that eye contact on the official as long as he needed to to finally get the whistle
00:15:18But he just he was content to stop and hope that scott foster made the call which he did foster spent that last time out
00:15:25Explaining the towns what he did towns nice fake inside contact there
00:15:31Well, he goes crashing to the floor again
00:15:34Multiple times every game
00:15:37Well, there's not many bigs with that type of body
00:15:39They're also going to drive as much as carl anthony towns does and he's not one of those. I see an open lane
00:15:45He drives into traffic most of the time with that hard right hand
00:15:48So he's trying to finish and sometimes you end up on the floor mike gafford with his fourth foul
00:16:00Shooting numbers
00:16:01For the knicks 44 percent five of 26 from three and for the mavericks 42 percent 12 of 32 from three towns misses his third free throw
00:16:12He came into this game
00:16:14He had taken 86 free throws on the season and only missed eight for 91 percent
00:16:20And now tonight he's three for six and talking to himself right now about it because he's been so good at the line all year
00:16:26He's even surprised right now can't quite understand why these aren't going in
00:16:31Knicks of his nine free throws
00:16:33Coming up on two minutes to go here in the third
00:16:43Been a close game throughout
00:16:46Been some rough patches, but they're both getting after it
00:16:51Marshall Gardner by Clarkson
00:16:54Towns trying to help marshall shot off the mark rebound lively
00:16:59Towns and lively come up with it lively rolls over and gets the outlet pass
00:17:04Russell now falling away shot blocked by mcbride and towns the rebound
00:17:09Great effort for both teams
00:17:12bridges corner three too strong
00:17:17Here comes jayden hardy drives inside counted and a foul
00:17:22Josh hart picked up his fourth and hardy now with eight points and it's a two-point game
00:17:27What you got legs that's what we've been talking about you mostly is this put pressure on the defense particularly
00:17:34Guys like hardy heart and hardy and will you when you get an advantage and you have that kind of athletic ability
00:17:40Particularly against a retreating defender take the angle get the advantage get something easier at the rim for yourself
00:17:47And one of the things you talk about is the guard
00:17:49You know tony parker there's guys like shake you'll just out guys that live in the paint
00:17:54You can make a living getting in the paint for floaters jump shots and also kicking out to your teammate
00:17:59You don't have to shoot a high volume of three
00:18:03After the vicks went up by eight mavs battling back now within one
00:18:11Clarkson against christie the spin the drive stripped of the ball
00:18:14Last touched by hardy nicks have nine to shoot
00:18:21Nice job by hardy that time he was right in clarkson's lap as he came out of that spin
00:18:25He didn't know hardy would be there hardy knew he could still recover out to the three-point line
00:18:30But he gave some help and got a deflection
00:18:32On the inbound bridges spins back to mcbride corner three it's good mcbride was oh for six from three before that one and then it's back up four
00:18:48Under a minute to play in the third what has been a hard-fought good competitive game
00:18:53Russell the drive continues flips it up shot is good a soft touch from russell
00:19:03And that's where they need to go right now with their offense because he is cooking with these high ball screens
00:19:07Doing a great job holding off the defender towns inside banks it in got a running start
00:19:14Towns now with 13 russell by the way has 11 points in the third 16 for the game
00:19:20Remember russell twice in his career average over 20 a game
00:19:24Beautiful move from hardy, but he couldn't finish it. They get the rebound russell tries a three and puts it in
00:19:31Russell now 19 points 14 here on the third and it's a one-point game and love that decision by marshall
00:19:37He had no hesitation when that kick out. He knew the hot hand was one pass away
00:19:41He can be explosive he's got a 36-point game this year. He's got a 28-point game
00:19:52Mcbride gets it back four on the 24 step back launches his three-pointer back to back three he's produced mcbride
00:19:59Six point two remaining no fouls to give back door to christie up and banks at home. What a gorgeous pass
00:20:10Clarkson will heave it that will kind of a go but off the mark
00:20:15Now we head to the fourth quarter with a two-point game
00:20:18Talk about a beautiful bounce pass
00:20:30And christie with a nice finish we head to the fourth here in dallas texas nixon two-point lead
00:20:35It's a team effort
00:20:49Got a limited one shot and running transition and I think we should be good
00:20:52And then of course defensively, how do you limit brunson and cats effectiveness in the pick and roll like I said
00:20:59It's just a team effort
00:21:01You got to be in the paint uh, make them make other players win the game man. I got to hold in one shot
00:21:05That's a good luck. Thank you. Mike
00:21:08All right, george marshall 21 points and so on meanwhile getting the agility of carl anthony towns
00:21:14Taking it to the rim now with 15 points
00:21:18Harden goes inside running shot no good nick bride
00:21:22Picks up his second and hardy will shoot two
00:21:25You see the versatility of carl anthony towns
00:21:31This is why this is just such a difficult cover because you know he can take that shot right there
00:21:36But now he has an opportunity right there fakes the dribble handoff and then just turns a corner
00:21:41And he's just so big and so difficult to get back in front of once he makes up his mind to get downhill
00:21:48Pleasant conversation going on between
00:21:50Lively and towns
00:21:52He's gonna have pretty good lively with three block shots towns of 15 and 12 game
00:22:01If you're chasing kid right now, you're thinking this way look the next shot almost 60 percent from the field in the third quarter
00:22:08They finally made some threes and yet. It was still a two-point game. So now
00:22:13He thinks hey listen our effort might be enough to get it done tonight against this team
00:22:17It's a strange game in terms of the numbers as towns again puts his head down drives back shot in and out lively the rebound
00:22:27Russell to marshall
00:22:29All right try and harass russell at a great third quarter russell sidestep three-pointer and it's got
00:22:40His fourth three-pointer he's got 22 and the mavericks lead by one
00:22:44He's got 21
00:22:47Nine of 13 from the field the bride tries to answer and cannot let's see if they get it back to d'angelo
00:22:54Oh towns good anticipation
00:23:00Landry shaman yeah the selling his three-pointer well short
00:23:04Trying to keep it alive. Let's see if they get it to d'angelo
00:23:13Russell calling for lively to come up and set a pick towns comes to help
00:23:18Inside the lively kicks it out in the corner wide open as christie
00:23:24Fight for the rebound
00:23:26Shannon comes away, but I like that possession because
00:23:30Russell gets so much attention. He makes the right play to get a good look a great wide open look clarkson gets inside
00:23:37And foul
00:23:39So jordan clarkson will go to the line
00:23:44Russell picks up his second
00:23:46First team
00:23:56Dallas with 60 of their 90 points from their bench
00:24:04And clarkson this is the free throw third annual nba cup rolls on thanksgiving eve
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00:24:23Who will make it to the knockout round who will make it to vegas
00:24:26Who's going to win this game a one-point game two minutes gone by bridges comes in you have a silly will sit
00:24:35Yeah, the silly gave mike brown some good minutes, but really struggled with a shot from outside
00:24:400 for 5 from 3
00:24:42That's what we're going to do
00:24:46Clarkson goes one for two and dallas doesn't have to over complicate things right now
00:24:51I'm getting the ball to d'angelo russell in the middle of the floor and let let him go
00:24:55And if they're going to commit an extra defender, he'll get the ball moving
00:24:58You got to trust teammates at that point to make plays but he is rolling right now
00:25:02Picks it out in the corner christie another good luck this one goes down
00:25:06Christie's second three-pointer in dallas by three
00:25:13Mcbride dangerous pass to towns who saves it nicely
00:25:17There's bridges corner three shanit won't go
00:25:29There comes hardy
00:25:36Russell playing with a lot of confidence right now he's got towns on him step back three-pointer
00:25:42They're ball
00:25:49But I don't mind that because the last couple of possessions yes, he's been hot he's been scoring
00:25:53But he's also created great opportunities and he's the only person on the court that can do both currently for the match
00:25:59Towns the fake towns the drive
00:26:02And draws the foul
00:26:06Listen and this is what happens it starts with the shot making and now
00:26:10You're going to get that sort of commitment from the knicks four white jerseys flood to the lane
00:26:15D'angelo russell the entire time knew where that outlet pass was in the opposite corner to one of their best shooters
00:26:21That's his seventh assist
00:26:23As towns goes to the line
00:26:25Mavericks again, they're four and 11 but they lost two games by two points
00:26:29They all also lost a game in double overtime
00:26:33Not being able to close
00:26:35And right now with a three-point lead with nine minutes ago so much time left towns misses another free throw
00:26:43four of eight
00:26:49He's talking to himself right now
00:26:52Yeah, he's knowing that that percentage is going to go
00:26:55Down and it's hard when you're trying to shoot 90 percent from the free throw line that level you miss a couple
00:27:01He's got to miss make about 30 40 in a row
00:27:04Towns was the number one pick in the 2015 nba draft the number two pick
00:27:09d'angelo russell
00:27:13Here we go
00:27:19Brandon williams back in with clay thompson with daniel gafford naji marshall and christie
00:27:25Gafford to williams williams uses the screen nice pass to christie a contested three
00:27:34that's good
00:27:35christie with back-to-back threes and it's a five-point dallas lead what a shot
00:27:40i mean you couldn't have contested that any better christie unfazed
00:27:45oh towns again goes to the basket and gets
00:27:49the fortunate roll
00:27:50let's go back
00:27:53see jalen brunson off the bench he'll come back in his normal time out early in the fourth pass
00:27:58inside to thompson thompson jump shot is carried
00:28:03that's the prettiest jump shot in nba history no offense legs
00:28:11poxson lost the dribble towns right there to pick it up
00:28:14bounds wants a screen he wants to go to the goal again this time gets mcbride
00:28:19his three-pointer got it mcbride all of a sudden he was 0 for 6
00:28:25and now he's hit his last three
00:28:290 for 6 from three-point range and now three straight from downtown
00:28:38shabbat trying to steal it knocked out of bounds yep excellent hands from shabbat knocking off
00:28:44off the leg of clay thompson and a different stretch right now for dallas you had to give
00:28:48d'angelo russell a blow and now they put the ball in the hands of brandon williams he's not a natural
00:28:52point guard so if he's not trying to think about scoring and he just wants to do this organize them and
00:28:58get them into a set you see the ball is tipped great job by shammett to get into that lane he saw
00:29:03the ball was floated and knocks it off clay's leg so that's the tough decision right now for jason kidd
00:29:08how do they run their offense with russell on the bench 14 turnovers for dallas knicks have eight
00:29:14timeout jason kidd mavs a two-point lead seven and a half to play
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00:29:38hey we got to string some stats together string some stats yeah that's what it's all about
00:29:43okay we've got to box out too box out and again we got to keep finding d-low
00:29:51d-low right now on the bench but boys he had an impact 22 points in 22 minutes he's had his ups and
00:29:57downs in his first year with dallas had some big games came in only shooting 23 percent from three
00:30:03point range but he's four of seven tonight and the mavericks lead by two mitchell robinson
00:30:08back in for the knicks towns currently on the bench
00:30:13brunson
00:30:19kickball so put out of bounds musa cc the rookie from france back in or from guinea excuse me
00:30:25he started the other night he's played three minutes tonight
00:30:30lively and gaffer's back
00:30:37brunson nine to shoot finds heart heart up top bridges bridges
00:30:42loves that elbow can't get that one and the rebound goes to pj washington
00:30:46mavericks it out rebounded the knicks not an easy task next one of the better rebounding teams
00:30:57brandon williams gets in the paint whips it out christie up top tops and clean luck
00:31:02can't get it cc deflects it out should be nick's ball nope they say last hit by the knicks
00:31:0914 seconds on the top top let's get right next to him
00:31:12play thompson tonight three of eight from three
00:31:16mike brown was an assistant coach for some of those warrior championship teams with clay thompson
00:31:22williams a crossover another crossover the foul ridges blocked the shot but brunson will pick up his
00:31:31second that is when he is so tough and jason kidd talked about that beforehand just elite speed he is
00:31:37so quick when he changes directions and right here he's sort of in a stand-up position and then that
00:31:43double crossover right there he gets into the chest of jalen brunson mitchell robinson not really
00:31:49in a great position right there to make a play on that
00:31:53you know jason kidd says when he when he gets it going with his speed and handle
00:31:58he's unguardable as he knocks down the free throw you know you look at these these mavericks anthony
00:32:03davis comes back cooper flag develops when kyrie irving if all three of those guys if they were healthy
00:32:10this is a great this is a great it's a great team look look at the compete there look at the
00:32:15wealth of bigs that they have gafford they've got lively they've got depth at big on top of anthony
00:32:21davis they have defenders and max christie you got shooters like late thompson kyrie they have all of
00:32:27the pieces to be a very good team in this western conference
00:32:30mavericks by four six and a half to play brunson bridges oh side on the backboard offensive rebound and
00:32:40put back from josh hart
00:32:45all right now 13 points eight boards two-point game
00:32:49williams goes right to brunson again kicks it out christie chased off the three-point mark goes inside
00:32:55bow by robinson what a great decision i thought christie was going to shoot it he could have shot it he
00:33:00could have gotten that off it would have been highly contested but when you see a defender with that
00:33:06sort of effort coming at you with the three-point line attack that he very patient saw the gap in the
00:33:12lane and then he didn't shoot that before he wanted to he made sure that mitchell robinson fouled him
00:33:17known as the other guy in that trade but christie farfa anything but just the other guy when he first
00:33:23came over after the dungeon trade he played well tail end of the season he starts tonight he was number
00:33:30one in the nba in corner three he's averaging 12 points per game 46 from three he said he's not
00:33:36passing up opportunities like he's done i'm hunting my shot more and you can see the confidence what we
00:33:41had jj reddick and he talked so highly of christie before the trade he was one of those players that when
00:33:47you get him jason kidd realized all of the pieces that they were able to get in a young player like
00:33:52christie all right wide open three-pointer it's good josh hard big buckets and it's back to a one-point
00:33:59game at that time dallas decided for the first time to run a second defender at jalen brunson and out
00:34:04near mid-court the nicks just make two passes for an open three williams fouled on the initials he says
00:34:10final won't count boy brandon williams this lightning speed getting to the rim
00:34:18robinson's second foul and and like jalen brunson has dealt with this a lot since he's been in new
00:34:23york and this is the first time you've really seen this out of dallas tonight jalen brunson makes the
00:34:28pass to the wing then it's an easy decision for mikhail bridges if you come off the corner at me
00:34:32there's one more pass to an open three two shots brandon williams now two shots williams once again
00:34:41getting the start tonight
00:34:45and i think these moments right now are i would say for a guy like brandon williams it's easy for
00:34:50you to go out there and you're going to get your 25 30 minutes because the team is so depleted
00:34:54how are you able to contribute as the team gets healthy are you able to adjust your game and create
00:35:00shots for anthony davis create shots for cooper flag well it's usually the last thing talked about in
00:35:07terms of who wins or loses a game but dallas is 20 for 22 from the free throw line the knicks 18 for 29
00:35:19brunson being guarded by washington searching searching pulls up jump shot won't go robinson
00:35:25checks it up and in another offensive board from mitchell robinson
00:35:31that's four of those and it's back to a one-point game
00:35:38brandon williams marshall picks it out washington to christie christie along the baseline
00:35:44back in the left corner williams shot clock at six goes inside ball not close still loose
00:35:50and washington picks it up he has to heat it up shot clock expiring and a 24 second violation
00:35:57a lot of contact on that drive by brandon williams he still
00:36:01has words for the officials there's no doubt that there was a lot of contact when he tries to split
00:36:05hard to tell really from that angle because the first initial contact was on the ball but it looked
00:36:12like to me his arm got pulled as he tried to get that shot up jalen brunson there's the double
00:36:17swings to bridges bridges stops dangerous pass stolen by williams williams shuffles it off marshall
00:36:27a costly turnover for the nation the mavericks go up by three marshall now with 23.
00:36:35and right now the knicks trying to get their system back but brandon williams using that defense
00:36:44and being a good point guard beat the young fella
00:36:53this year eight and one on their home floor of the most wins in the nba but still searching for
00:37:01that first road win now they've only played four games this is the second game of a five-game road
00:37:05trip started in miami monday they lost that one and one of the games on the road neither brunson or
00:37:11ananobi played but they have certainly not shot the ball as well they're averaging about 10 points
00:37:16per game less on the road and they've shot just 31 percent from three on the road
00:37:23brunson picked up by washington
00:37:27mcbride corner three that won't go towns trying to fight for it gafford throws it off and picked up by
00:37:32marshall good play from daniel gafford and right now the knicks all the pressure is on that you got
00:37:39no ad no kyrie no cooper flag you got a team that's just playing hard you got your full roster for the
00:37:46most part minus og you got to come out of here with a victory marshall on the drive gets in the paint
00:37:53jump shot off the bar towns with his 13th rebound as we're under four to play
00:38:02harkin towns play catch
00:38:06corner three that's good mikhail bridges now at 16. loves that shot tied for third in the nba
00:38:13and corner threes made coming into this game actually tied with og and anobi and he ran from one side of the
00:38:18floor to the other to hunt that shot down and they found him all tied up with three and a half to play
00:38:24brandon williams floats it over marshall in stride and a foul is going to go against towns towns and
00:38:31gafford been grappling fourth foul on carl anthony towns
00:38:3632 carl anthony towns this is for personal we see legs haven't seen it yet oh there you go
00:38:46elbow got up kind of high on that but according to your theory gafford's face committed that
00:38:53well i look look in my opinion gafford he fouled carl anthony towns with his neck that's what
00:39:01it was that's what was going on gafford has been dealing with a right ankle injury
00:39:06and he did not play monday misses that free throw shammott comes back in mcbride sits down
00:39:14you remember a couple years ago the mavericks obtained gafford and pj washington two trades that
00:39:21worked out really well gafford has not been 100 yet this year's had an impact tonight
00:39:32one for two
00:39:36christy
00:39:41guarding brunson brunson gets it back
00:39:45facing pj washington struggle with the dribble there
00:39:49crossover step back three-pointer won't go rebound gafford
00:39:55and jason kidd wants timeout
00:39:57mavericks a one-point lead with the ball and 306 to play here in dallas
00:40:02we'll talk with one of the stars of tonight's action from dallas plus kevin doran donovan mitchell fun
00:40:14matchup in cleveland tonight and a top five battle in college hoops in stores connecticut sports center ryan smith david lloyd
00:40:20on espn all right 306 remaining here in the fourth quarter nicks trying to get that first road win but trail by one
00:40:30jay washington dj washington d'angelo russell naji marshall max christie and daniel gafford out for
00:40:37dallas russell just had about a six minute stretch there on the bench
00:40:41and that's able to stay within two points during that stretch and now he's going to be back in here
00:40:48to close it out because it really has been his night offensively almost turned it over that time russell
00:40:53and an offensive foul moving screen it's gafford
00:41:00five fouls on gafford in 22 minutes
00:41:04and this whole thing got really out of sync when that ball got deflected out near half court you see
00:41:08the elbow come out on the part of gafford that's really first of all there's no reason to do that
00:41:13and it's so obvious that that one's not going to be missed by an official
00:41:16that's what's going to be done brunson bridges hart towns and sham it on the floor for the knicks
00:41:25brunson drives on russell gets inside floats it up shot no good hart the rebound falls to the floor
00:41:33and they call a kickball on josh hart where i said he gathered it with his legs the ball was down and i
00:41:39think what they're trying to say is he gathered it with his legs and you're not allowed to do that mike
00:41:44rules are rules
00:41:47got the rebound initially they fell to the floor let's take a look
00:41:55yeah you're not allowed to do that he's cradling it with his legs there's russell
00:42:00trying to draw a foul there shot way off hart the rebound
00:42:05shammott will bring it up
00:42:06shammott up top towns three-pointer won't go rebound christy wow dallas dodged a bullet right there
00:42:17they were not matched up with carl anthony towns early in that set entry pass washington misses the
00:42:23shot but drew the foul good heads up play from russell to see the mismatch and pj washington will shoot two
00:42:30three fouls on brunson and that's what i think teams should do more legs is that you can get an
00:42:39early run look at this there's a mismatch just throw it up to the big pj washington does a good job
00:42:44it's a jump ball and now you force the defense to collapse now if he kicks it out those threes you got
00:42:49two three more feet of separation when you do kick it out in those spots washington 66 from the line this
00:42:56season he has not taken a free throw tonight
00:43:012 06 left
00:43:05each team with multiple timeouts nicks are in the penalty mavericks are not
00:43:19washington just one of 11 from the field but
00:43:22he has played hard defensively has eight rebounds four assists and a missed free throw there
00:43:30the lead is two with two to play
00:43:36brunson to hart right back to brunson
00:43:39russell comes to help there's a double team heart passes up the shot bridges three-pointer
00:43:45won't go towns wrestling lost it got it back and the mavericks come out with it gafford with another
00:43:51hustle play washington russell thought about it brings it back out
00:44:01gafford calling for he's got a mismatch marshall crossover spins in the paint back up top washington
00:44:08three-pointer gafford tips it out russell fakes the three and they get a new 14 on the clock
00:44:17marshall has brunson on him goes right at him lost the handle gets it back poked away again
00:44:21heart the ball three on one break shammott kicks it out brunson
00:44:26brunson back to shammott corner three bang and the knicks take a one-point lead with 102 to play
00:44:40landry shammott with his first three-pointer of the night
00:44:44he's been waiting and for shooters sometimes you go a long time between shots but landry shammott was ready
00:44:50by jalen brunson i thought naji marshall had a chance to get him on his back but he played with
00:44:58the ball and brunson great hands and then great awareness right here shammott never stopped moving
00:45:04found the open spot big shot
00:45:10washington looking finds russell a minute remaining
00:45:13nicks clinging to a one-point lead
00:45:17russell on the drive goes at brunson pulls up leans in short shot and a foul called
00:45:26that's going to be four on brunson and russell's had a terrific game 22 points in 24 minutes
00:45:35for two shots but it's a little hesitation right there listen jalen brunson knows something
00:45:39about getting that call right there he loves that little up fake and you can see his body did lean
00:45:45forward just enough and basically took up that space that d'angelo russell created first free throw
00:45:51of the night for russell who's at 70 percent for the season 79 for his career
00:46:00and misses a free throw those the knicks missing free throws all night all of a sudden
00:46:05the mavericks have missed three of their last five
00:46:18russell had that huge third quarter
00:46:22goes one for two we're tied with 53 seconds remaining
00:46:29i wonder if they're gonna go another high screen with josh hart to see if they can get a double there we go
00:46:35harsh hart coming up christie fights over the screen does it again brunson nice pass inside the heart
00:46:41couple of fakes left the layup won't go gets his rebound back to shabba tries another three puts it in
00:46:47back to back threes for landry shabba off another offensive rebound and the knicks lead by three
00:46:54the reason why they've been doing that because josh hart is the best playmaker if you're gonna send two
00:47:05players at jalen brunson then you want to be able to drop it off to josh hart now you have a guy that can
00:47:10play make doesn't do the best job right there in that space but look gets the offensive rebound kicks it
00:47:16out to the open shooter shannon knocks down another one shannon who had that 36 point game the other
00:47:22night a career high he was the last player to make the roster coming out of preseason and he has provided
00:47:29a huge impact both off the bench and starting tonight with two huge buckets
00:47:35mike brown really likes him he's almost doubled his scoring average from a year ago with the knicks playing
00:47:40time also up you know what's interesting about that play if if josh hart doesn't miss that exactly
00:47:46the way he did which he basically hit the bottom of the rim it allowed him to get that ball back if
00:47:51he gets that thing up on top of the rim gafford's got a much better chance to grab that rebound as it
00:47:56was it's just an unfortunate bounce comes right back to heart who makes the aware kick out there you see
00:48:01the mavericks now out of timeouts knicks still have two knicks also have a challenge mavericks have a foul to give
00:48:10up again so gafford comes out with russell washington christie and clay thompson and you go with mitchell
00:48:17robinson here defensively on this he's gonna play ball screens a little bit better but more importantly
00:48:23if dallas tries to get something quick downhill mitchell robinson is back there to protect they got to get
00:48:28it in no timeouts washington to inbound bridges trying to deny russell thompson comes off the screen
00:48:38Thought about a three now fires up a three rebound Robinson rush the shot
00:48:44And a whistle and a foul
00:48:48They immediately foul I believe they immediately found mitchell robinson
00:48:55They call it on the foul to give
00:49:04So the foul goes against pj washington
00:49:08And the knicks it's funny here the knicks are begging they were begging say you know
00:49:12We call time out before they found him. I think josh hart was worried mitchell robinson was in the penalty right there
00:49:17That worked out for the knicks that they had a foul to give because it would have sent mitchell robinson to the free throw line
00:49:25Brandon will come in
00:49:2826.9 remaining
00:49:33Execution on these inbound passes now critical
00:49:37Brunson trying to get free
00:49:39Shamit has it
00:49:42Shamit gets it across the timeline throws it to bridges and a whistle and a foul now they're in the penalty
00:49:51Thompson picks up his third
00:49:53The knicks hit their free throws they're gonna wrap this game up
00:50:00But they have not hit their free throws tonight. They've missed 11
00:50:03Shamit the season though has been an excellent free throw shooter 84
00:50:07He's one for one here tonight
00:50:14And misses the first
00:50:18He hit the two big threes that have the knicks in this position knicks are shooting 60 percent from the line
00:50:26Mcbride comes in for defensive purposes
00:50:28Towns and Brunson sit down huge free throw right here game downless out of timeouts
00:50:36Shabbat misses both marshall the rebound
00:50:45Will the knicks foul here?
00:50:47Let's go
00:50:48And not allow even a three-point attempt
00:50:51Brandon williams has it williams looking for an opening puts up a three
00:50:56Long goal robinson the rebound and he's immediately fouled with 6.6 left
00:51:00And again robinson a poor free throw shooter this one's far from over
00:51:08Yeah, and I think the knicks elected not to foul just because there was so much time still on the clock
00:51:14Where dallas makes two free throws you have a one-point game with a lot of time left to play
00:51:18So they rode out the possession brandon williams. I guess a decent look in that situation
00:51:23Doesn't get it to go all right. So we might have the same situation if robinson misses both
00:51:28Mavericks have to rush it up the floor. They don't have timeouts then at that point
00:51:33Should they foul?
00:51:34I think so in my opinion because you want to take some time off of the clock because going
00:51:40The full distance of the court with six seconds. That's a little bit easier to do
00:51:44If you can get it to three two and a half seconds and then commit a foul
00:51:48Now because they don't have timeouts to advance it that puts them in a tough position to try and go the full length of the court
00:51:54Robinson now one for five from the line tonight six point six seconds remaining
00:52:04Second one no good
00:52:06Washington immediately fouled with 5.9 left
00:52:11So now pj washington will shoot two
00:52:15Here's the question now does he hit the first and miss the second again?
00:52:18They don't have any timeouts remaining no timeouts that makes that scenario more likely
00:52:23But this is the best case really for jason kitt knowing that they were going to foul
00:52:28They only took off point seven seconds right there the foul took place so quickly
00:52:33That now the game actually has a chance to be extended a little bit more
00:52:36So an interesting decision again without the timeouts you'd think that washington might try that
00:52:48The key though of course he has to hit the first one
00:52:50Washington hits the first there was a game here where luka donchich was at the free throw line at the end
00:53:07And the hit one missed a second and he missed the second wound up getting his own rebound putting it in dallas went on to win the game
00:53:13I don't think the babs want you to talk about that
00:53:18They don't want you to talk about that one
00:53:19You know, it's interesting right here
00:53:20They left mitchell robinson in the game with towns because they want to secure this rebound if there's a miss
00:53:25But here's the thing if you're good enough to miss the mitchell robinson's side and he grabs the rebound
00:53:30You could take a quick foul if you're dallas now, washington obviously has to hit the rim. Otherwise, it's a violation. It's not so easy to miss
00:53:37deliberately
00:53:40Washington knocks it down
00:53:43And mike brown will take a timeout with 5.9. He can advance the ball now on the front court
00:53:50With the knicks leading by one
00:53:53They're still gonna have to hit a free throw still much to be determined what a wild finish
00:53:59Free throw shooting knicks have missed 15
00:54:02Mavericks
00:54:03They've missed a couple of key ones here late in the fourth quarter
00:54:08I think he might have been trying to miss that
00:54:11It looked like because it was the high arc the high contentionally short
00:54:15Yeah, not the normal arc. He takes on a free exactly. He looked like he was frustrated
00:54:19And jason kid was a little but this is a good situation that you're in
00:54:28Let's check it with george
00:54:29Guys, I saw he didn't try to miss it on purpose. He was immediately shaking his head talking to his teammates walking back to the bench
00:54:37So, he definitely tried to miss it. Yeah, there's a complete difference
00:54:41Shot that he normally takes from the line
00:54:46It's harder when you're paid to make shots
00:54:48You have never practiced the miss before in your life baby legs, but I have never practiced the miss before in my life
00:54:54Because again, you have to make sure you hit the rim
00:54:58And I think that was the goal to try and shoot it with a little bit higher arc
00:55:01Have it bounce up high and then and create that opportunity
00:55:04So now the Knicks can advance the ball in the front court
00:55:08They still have a timeout remaining
00:55:10And they could also still throw it in the backcourt
00:55:18Oh mcbryde brunson towns bridges and heart out there
00:55:24All good free throw shooters for the Knicks
00:55:27But they've got to get it in bounds
00:55:31Hart will inbound they're not guarding the inbound passer thompson will look to double team jalen brunson
00:55:36Mark looking looking and he calls the timeouts and now they're out of timeouts
00:55:43Here's what I didn't understand about that at all you you had three versus two defensively for the mavericks
00:55:49They had the advantage up here carl anthony towns and mcbride were so far away from the play
00:55:54They couldn't even sprint up in time as an additional outlet, but right away. I could see that was going to be problematic
00:56:01You got three blue jerseys two white and look how far away mcbride and towns are
00:56:06So they ran into trouble pretty much immediately josh hart has to burn that timeout
00:56:13Excellent defense here we've seen some terrific defense from the mavericks all night long
00:56:18And terrific ball for banal there
00:56:20It's a matter of executing on those screens and getting the ball in bounds now
00:56:25They have to because there's no timeouts remaining by either team and look there's still plenty of time right
00:56:30Dallas fouls right away. Let's say there's five seconds left
00:56:34They make both free throws you still get to go to length to the court to try and tie five seconds is plenty of time
00:56:39You miss one you got five seconds go down there to try and get the opportunity to win
00:56:44So there is plenty of time
00:56:45I think i think nicks got to knock down their free throws the dallas have a good spot
00:56:49Yeah, the key is the free throw right so if they could just get one miss
00:56:53That takes intentional fouling off the table for the knicks. That's what jason kid is going to be counting on
00:56:58Let's see what if they give a different alignment right here. So now you got the same alignment just different personnel involved
00:57:05Now it's towns and brunson up here
00:57:07With three blue jerseys to defend two guys and again, they do not guard
00:57:14Wade thompson backing off
00:57:17Downs trying to set a screen brunson trying to get free they get it brunson dribbles along the baseline and style with
00:57:223.8 remaining good execution there that was threading the needle on that pass talk about no margin for error
00:57:30Where josh hart just threw that basketball brunson came up and I think I think hart knew
00:57:35It probably communicated it where he was going to break because there was not much of a passing lane right there up that sideline
00:57:43To brunson near the corner knicks have missed their last five free throws
00:57:47That even if brunson
00:57:50Hits both of these
00:57:52The game is not over remember dallas no timeouts
00:57:59The first one is no good
00:58:02Unbelievable this game coming down a free throw shooting
00:58:11Knicks have missed 16 free throws in this game
00:58:13And now it completely changes now you can't foul
00:58:18If it's a one or two point game and with 3.8 seconds if you can get this ball outlet it up the floor
00:58:24You've got three dribbles in 3.8 seconds before you have to get a shot up
00:58:30Brunson 27 points he's missed a couple of free throws
00:58:34Second one good two point lead no timeouts remaining no fouls to give
00:58:45Dallas with a chance to tie or win it
00:58:47Let's go back
00:58:49B.J. Washington to inbound
00:58:52Looking for grand and williams lobs it up top to lively lively to williams williams on the drive goes underneath
00:58:57He puts it in now they wave it off they wave it off
00:59:06An offensive foul called on williams
00:59:08What a call here at the end williams had a clear path going in using his speed
00:59:21And because there are no timeouts they can't challenge
00:59:26Seven tenths of a second remaining nicks still have to get it in
00:59:29They're throwing long you just throw it long you don't want any mistakes there you go lob it in washington can't handle it and that's it nicks survive
00:59:40In a wild finish here in dallas to get their first road win of the season
00:59:47Brandon williams looked like he was going to tie the game and force overtime
00:59:52But an offensive foul
00:59:54And the nicks get the victory despite missing all those free throws
00:59:58But an offensive foul is a terrific play
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