Overview
- Dallas shot 58.5% and piled up a season-high 76 first‑half points to lock in a second straight victory after a 10‑game skid.
- Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points with Naji Marshall adding 21, Brandon Williams posting 19 and 10 assists, and Klay Thompson contributing 17 as Cooper Flagg missed a fourth game with a left midfoot sprain.
- Michael Porter Jr. led Brooklyn with 26 points, Noah Clowney had 22, and the Nets’ slide reached five losses with their draft‑lottery standing unchanged.
- Head coaches Jason Kidd and Jordi Fernández dismissed travel as an excuse, noting both teams arrived under the same constraints.
- The nor’easter dropped about 19 inches in Central Park and more than 24 on Long Island, and scheduling flexibility remains tight with Dallas already set for a March 31 makeup at Milwaukee.