Turkeys.

The Knicks served up a dud in Big D. Is it worth fretting over?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Wish we had a better game to talk about.

Game 18: Mavs 129, Knicks 114

• The Mavericks’ switching defense stifled the Knicks out of the gate, and along with some ice-cold 3-point shooting, helped limit New York to 38 first half points.

• Dallas, meanwhile, put on a shotmaking show all night long. They ending up hitting 51.5 percent from deep and 56.5 percent overall.

• The Knicks’ offense found its stride in the second half, but a 24-point deficit was too much to overcome.

• OG Anunoby came back down to earth in a big way, missing his first 12 shots from the field.

• Mikal Bridges hit two above-the-break threes and was 4-of-9 if you take away an end of quarter heave.

After the the Denver game, Nuggets coach Mike Malone angrily shut down a reporter who had the audacity to ask whether he would flush his team’s poor performance down the toilet.

His rationale was simple: when you get your ass kicked, you examine the reasons why you got your ass kicked all the more closely, as opposed to pretending like it didn’t happen.

Well on Wednesday night, the Knicks kinda got their asses kicked. They fell down by 16 points before the end of the first, were down 24 midway through the second, and never cut the deficit below 13 points at any point during the second half. On paper, it’s a distressing loss given New York’s season-long inconsistency and the fact that it happened at the hands of team missing three rotation players, including superstar Luka Doncic.

And it is distressing to some extent, especially if you’re someone who thought the Denver game cured all of the Knicks’ ills. Unfortunately, that’s just not consistent with reality.