Knicks Falter at Garden, Lose 114-97 Against Mavericks

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00:00Well, let's head over to the Garden, Joe.

00:01And we just talked about a game that had a fourth quarter between the Thunder

00:04and the Cavaliers at 45-25, absolute blowout.

00:07What if I would have told you there was a 44-25 quarter in the Garden yesterday?

00:12Yeah, the Knicks were at home on MLK Day.

00:13They absolutely smoked the Mavericks.

00:14Not the case.

00:15The Mavericks hit their fifth win on the road this year, 114-97.

00:20And here's Mike Brown talking about what the heck happened in the first half.

00:23Bottom line is we got to lock in.

00:26We got to do our job for 48 minutes.

00:27They scored 75 points in the first half.

00:35And at halftime, you know, we usually do the clips

00:39and talk about technical X's and O's and all that, you know,

00:43crap that coaches do and teams do.

00:46There was nothing to be said at halftime except for lock in and do your –

00:50excuse me on that, do your job.

00:54Smoked.

00:55Knicks smoked at the Garden, 114-97.

00:58Cooper Flagg came back after missing a couple games with that ankle,

01:00dropped 18 points here.

01:02Towns did have 22-18.

01:03But come on, Knicks, 25-18 on the season?

01:06It's supposed to be better than that, no, Joe?

01:08Oh, no.

01:09And that's why the boos were raining down big time in the Garden there.

01:14Listen, you're giving up 26 to Max Christie.

01:17And you met – Cooper Flagg, by the way, his first pro game at the Garden.

01:20And it turned out to be in a winning effort.

01:23But they were down in the – what, by 30 at one point in this game.

01:28It's their fourth straight loss.

01:30They've lost nine of their last 11.

01:33Even – they had Jalen Brunchen and Josh Hart back in the lineup there,

01:37and they were at full strength, and they still got smoked.

01:40So, yeah, not going well for the Knicks right now.