DALLAS — The Knicks entered Texas a train wreck. They will leave the Lone Star State bagging their season's two biggest wins and come home with one newly resuscitated player in Iman Shumpert.
For all their off-court finger-pointing after the Houston heartbreaker, they didn't carry any of it onto the court in Dallas and the Knicks wound up just one 3-pointer from J.R. Smith away from sweeping the Texas Triangle.
Instead, the Knicks went 2-1 after their big victory in Dallas as the Iman Shumpert Texas Revival tour arrived late, but right on time to save the Knicks in a 92-80 victory as they were poised to blow a 14-point fourth-quarter lead.
In 14 tries, it was only the fifth time the Knicks have posted a winning record on the trip which also included a win over the Spurs in San Antonio.
With the Knicks going cold and Carmelo Anthony not in rhythm since the first quarter, Shumpert entered late in the fourth quarter after Amar'e Stoudemire hurt his hip. With Anthony double- and triple-teamed, Shumpert scored the two biggest baskets after Dallas had cut the Knicks' lead to six — a reverse layup and 3-pointer that drove the lead back to nine points with 1:13 left.
After storming San Antonio and Houston with 27 and 26 points, respectively, Shumpert saved his best for last and wound up with nine points. Anthony had 19 points on 6-of-16 shooting as five Knicks hit double figures.
The Knicks took a commanding 52-35 halftime lead, even with Tyson Chandler leaving the game for good in the first quarter with an upper respiratory infection.
Anthony had five field goals in the first quarter but none in the second and third periods as Mavericks paid closer attention.
Dallas native Kenyon Martin, after taking the night off in Houston, was a huge energy piece off the bench and scored 14 points on 7 of 8 from the field.
The Knicks also got a boost from Tim Hardaway Jr. (10 points) in the second half. He raced up from the backcourt, made a runner in the lane and drew the foul. After three free throws, the Knicks led 74-62 with 8:46 left.
Hardaway drained 3-pointer putting the Knicks up 78-64 with 7:45 left.
Hardaway was yanked with 6:10 left for Anthony as Smith stayed in the game. Stoudemire twisted his right hip with 3:00 left and came out. Jose Calderon's 3-pointer brought the Mavs within 82-76 with 2:17 left.
Shumpert came in when Stoudemire went out and scored a huge basket to break their freeze, dribbling down the right baseline for a reverse layup with 1:37 left to make it 84-76 with 1:37 left.
The Knicks took a commanding 52-35 halftime lead, even with Tyson Chandler leaving the game for good in the first quarter with an upper respiratory infection.
Anthony had a big first quarter and had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists at halftime. He had lots of help — Bargnani drilling five shots for 11 points and Smith nailing 2 of 3. Udrih ran the show and notched 5 assists and 2 steals.
The Mavericks looked lethargic in shooting 36.1 percent and getting out-rebounded 28-19.
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