Dallas Mavericks

Mavericks beat Knicks to tie for 8th in West

Published Mar. 30, 2016 11:11 p.m. ET

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DALLAS (AP) -- J.J. Barea scored 26 points and made the go-ahead layup with 49.9 seconds left as the Dallas Mavericks rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Knicks 91-89 on Wednesday night.

The Mavericks tied the Houston Rockets for eighth place in the Western Conference.

Barea's basket put Dallas ahead 90-89 after the Mavericks trailed by seven points with 8 minutes left.

Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points for New York and Derrick Williams added 15 in his third start of the season with Kristaps Porzingis out with a shoulder injury.

Anthony lost the ball out of bounds with the Knicks trailing by one. Raymond Felton made one free throw with 8.7 seconds left and the Knicks' Langston Galloway missed a long 3-point attempt on the final possession.

Wesley Matthews had 16 points and Dirk Nowitzki 11, hitting only 5 of 23 from the floor.

Porzingis re-injured his right shoulder during Monday's game at New Orleans making a block. He is scheduled to have an MRI later this week.

New York lost starting point guard Jose Calderon to a leg injury late in the first half.

Dallas' Deron Williams missed his fourth straight game with abdominal and groin strains. The Mavericks lost Chandler Parsons for the rest of the regular season to knee surgery two weeks ago.

The Knicks burst to an 8-0 lead while the Mavericks missed their first six field-goal attempts and led for the entire period. Williams scored eight in the opening quarter, hitting all four shots.

Barea led the Mavericks' charge late in the half with 14 points, 12 in the second quarter, and seven assists. The final assist came when he was unable to get off a shot while guarded by Anthony and passed to Nowitzki, who hit a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to give Dallas a 51-48 lead at intermission. It was Nowitzki's only 3-point basket of the game in eight attempts.

New York followed 71 percent shooting the first period by shooting 31 percent in the second. The Knicks then held the Mavericks to 17 percent shooting in the third quarter (4 for 23).

TIP-INS

Knicks: Coach Kurt Rambis said he and benched guard Arron Afflalo had an "extensive conversation" Tuesday, a few days after Afflalo told reporters he wasn't told about losing his starting position before it happened.

Mavericks: Owner Mark Cuban said he has had conversations with the NBA office about his Twitter criticisms of game officials during last Friday's game at Golden State but wouldn't say if he has been fined.

UP NEXT

Knicks: Host Brooklyn on Friday.

Mavericks: At Detroit on Friday.