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Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder

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7-7, 2-4 Away
Final
121 - 119

11-3, 7-2 Home

Washington's 27 points, 17 rebounds help Mavericks edge Thunder 121-119 without injured Luka Doncic

Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: Game Highlights

Washington averaged just over eight points and seven rebounds per game entering Sunday's game but stepped up in the absence of Doncic, who was out with a bruised right knee.

The Mavericks' offense purred anyway. Kyrie Irving scored 23 points and helped Dallas shoot 48% from the field.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points and Jalen Williams added 27 for the Thunder, who entered the night with a Western Conference-best 11-2 record. The Thunder are now 3-1 without Chet Holmgren.

After trailing 112-98 with just over six minutes remaining, Oklahoma City rallied and got it to 121-118. Gilgeous-Alexander tied up Irving with 8 seconds remaining and forced a jump ball, which Gilgeous-Alexander won, and Oklahoma City called timeout with 6.6 seconds left.

The Mavericks fouled Gilgeous-Alexander with 4.3 seconds remaining. He made the first free throw but missed the second, and Lu Dort missed an off-balance contested 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Takeaways Mavericks: Dallas made the most of its size advantage, outrebounding the Thunder 53-29.

Thunder: Oklahoma City had been able to get away with playing small because it could generate extra shot opportunities by forcing turnovers. Dallas, with Irving at the controls, committed 16 turnovers, far fewer than the Thunder had been forcing.

Key moment Gilgeous-Alexander faked Naji Marshall to the ground, then stepped back and hit a 3-pointer to cut the Dallas lead to 121-118 with 25.2 seconds remaining.

Key stat Dallas made 30 of 36 free throws while the Thunder made 19 of 25.

Up next The Mavericks host New Orleans on Tuesday, the same day the Thunder visit San Antonio.

Regular Season Series

DAL leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Thunder: 74.0%
Mavericks: 26.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 121 - 119
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 121 - 119
4th 0.0 Thunder offensive team rebound 121 - 119
4th 0.1 Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper 121 - 119
4th 2.1 Luguentz Dort offensive rebound 121 - 119

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/dal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDAL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originOKC
40-84 FG 43-87
47.6 Field Goal % 49.4
11-27 3PT 14-42
40.7 Three Point % 33.3
30-36 FT 19-25
83.3 Free Throw % 76.0
53 Rebounds 29
18 Offensive Rebounds 7
35 Defensive Rebounds 22
18 Assists 29
4 Steals 11
5 Blocks 5
16 Turnovers 6
0 Team Turnovers 2
16 Total Turnovers 8
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 8
6 Fast Break Points 6
52 Points in Paint 54
20 Fouls 25
14 Largest Lead 3

Game Information

Paycom Center

Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Attendance: 18,203 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 23 5 .821 - W8
Denver 16 11 .593 6.5 W2
Minnesota 14 14 .500 9 L3
Portland 9 20 .310 14.5 L2
Utah 7 21 .250 16 L1
Full Standings

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