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|[](/DAL) **104 – 92** [](/OKC)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/DAL-vs-OKC-0042300225/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Paycom Center (18203), **Clock:** Final|
|**Officials:** James Capers, Courtney Kirkland, and Kevin Scott|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Dallas Mavericks|24|30|25|25|104|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|22|22|23|25|92|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Dallas Mavericks|104|40-76|52.6%|14-35|40.0%|10-13|76.9%|9|51|27|17|5|14|5|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|92|37-87|42.5%|10-40|25.0%|8-10|80.0%|8|40|20|15|8|6|2|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/DAL) Dallas Mavericks**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Derrick Jones Jr.^SF|28:20|19|7-9|3-5|2-2|0|1|1|1|1|1|0|2|7|
|P.J. Washington^PF|37:05|10|4-9|2-7|0-0|2|8|10|4|1|0|3|3|11|
|Daniel Gafford^C|24:48|9|4-4|0-0|1-2|1|6|7|1|0|1|1|3|-10|
|Kyrie Irving^SG|39:07|12|5-11|2-2|0-0|2|0|2|4|1|0|1|2|12|
|Luka Doncic^PG|41:23|31|12-22|5-11|2-3|0|10|10|11|0|1|3|3|13|
|Dereck Lively II|23:12|11|3-4|0-0|5-6|3|7|10|1|1|1|3|3|22|
|Josh Green|18:16|5|2-6|1-5|0-0|1|1|2|3|1|0|1|0|2|
|Jaden Hardy|14:38|2|1-5|0-2|0-0|0|3|3|2|0|0|1|1|-2|
|Tim Hardaway Jr.|12:11|5|2-6|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|5|
|Dwight Powell|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Dante Exum|00:28|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|A.J. Lawson|00:28|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|
|Markieff Morris|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Maxi Kleber|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Olivier-Maxence Prosper|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/OKC) Oklahoma City Thunder**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Luguentz Dort^SF|38:19|12|4-11|2-8|2-2|1|5|6|4|2|0|1|4|-12|
|Jalen Williams^PF|38:59|12|6-13|0-3|0-0|1|5|6|3|3|0|0|3|-12|
|Chet Holmgren^C|38:37|13|5-11|1-5|2-2|1|3|4|1|0|1|1|0|-10|
|Isaiah Joe^SG|21:44|6|2-9|2-8|0-0|1|2|3|0|0|0|0|2|-9|
|Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG|42:35|30|12-22|2-4|4-6|0|6|6|8|2|1|3|3|-3|
|Jaylin Williams|10:12|3|1-3|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|
|Aaron Wiggins|10:37|2|1-2|0-0|0-0|3|1|4|1|1|0|1|0|-2|
|Josh Giddey|11:31|11|5-8|1-3|0-0|1|2|3|2|0|0|0|0|-3|
|Cason Wallace|26:52|3|1-7|1-5|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-9|
|Ousmane Dieng|00:28|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Bismack Biyombo|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Gordon Hayward|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Mike Muscala|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Lindy Waters III|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Kenrich Williams|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
by edgykitty
31 Comments
Luka had arguably his best game of his post season. Triple double at 31/10/11, shooting 12/22 field and the field and 5/11 from three. Efficient as fuck.
Dallas’ defense those final 5 minutes or so was fantastic.
Excellent close outs, rotations & communication, stifling 3 plays I was sure was gonna result in an open look but they just covered each other so well. All capped off with a big Luka block on Shai in transition just under the 1 minute mark.
can’t lose twice in three home games as the #1 seed. can’t miss wide-open looks all game as the most efficient three-point shooting team in the league. you just can’t.
sigh, now OKC must win two in a row against a team that has not lost two consecutive games since the beginning of March to save their season.
Whole team can’t shoot while SGA is singlehandidly trying to drag this team to a win?
This is definitely like watching old OKC again
Luka is insane though
Coach of the year deploying the hack-a-Lively gimmick defense and he sinks every FT…simply hilarious to watch 🤣
Genuine question, why does Luka jumps on every Lu Dort Pump fake like he’s prime Reggie Miller. Legit the one time he didn’t (late in 4th quarter) Dort had an air ball.
Comparatively PJ, in same situation doesn’t bite on those kinda pump fakes cause he knows Dort unlikely to make one over him.
Also that Luka block on Shai in last minute might the lowest I’ve ever seen a defender jump to block off the board 😂😂
Lively is cold af in clutch FTs situation lol.
With the way last game’s 4th quarter went, Mavs fans had to breathe a huge sigh of relief at the sequence starting with the hack-a-Lively.
Instead of a free possession, Lively makes both, then DJJ comes up with a crazy athletic block on what looked like a wide open 3 for Chet, which falls to Luka -> DJJ for the high flying dunk.
Could spin that as a 7 point swing.
serious luka is a problem 31/10/11 and a cruicial block on sga
My god OKC’s offense is really shit outside of Shai. Pump fake > drive > kick out > brick open three > repeat.
now that okc lost this game, shai was a fraud the whole time
if okc wins next game, luka was the fraud all along
am i doing this right
Mavs fans, just don’t bother watching games 1 and 4 from now on
This was exactly the response we needed tonight. If we had hit our FTs this would be the end of the series but still need one more so can’t afford to rest. Come out with this same intensity next game and finish this up at home. Let’s go Mavs!!!!
If only these mfs could’ve hit 2 more fts the other night
Luka stopped playing Overwatch and started playing Farming Simulator. No more toxicity : )
BLOCKED BY DONCIC
i am dead inside 💀
That’s just a good win is what that is. A narrative-changing win (until Game 6 and then it’ll change again).
PAY THAT MAN DJJ! What a great fit for this Dallas team he has been
Still can’t believe OKC’s biggest move at the deadline was helping the Mavs gets Gafford
I would be sweating bullets as a Mavs fan. I thought for sure the comeback was in the works halfway through the 4th.
Role players have been incredible in this series. DJJ was on fire on both ends.
It’s so interesting at how Kyrie is playing
Even tho he didn’t have a huge night, PJ Washington again was the reason Dallas won this game. He’s been a certified thunder killer the whole series
GG mavs. Y’all outplayed us start to finish. Luka was just straight up unguardable tonight
Listen man Jalen Williams is a nice player but there were people on this sub and on Twitter putting him in top 25 player talks…
Luka stood on business tonight.
Luka chatting it up with refs while being a stone cold killer I love it
Good on Kidd for playing hardy. Did not expect good minutes from him.
“ahhhh shit, oohhh”
-Luka on TV lmao
Whatever they injected Luka with tonight is the real MVP
I could be wrong but in my observation, the Thunder have always been fighting up hill for most of the game. The Mavs have a 5+ pt lead for most of the game. Game 4 seemed like an anomaly. The Mavs failed to close while SGA closed like a mfer.
Long rest for Luka before game 6. Home game for the Mavs. Looks like this might be over on Saturday or whenever that game 6 will be.
DJJ will not show up as the best of the game on the box score, but he was the biggest difference today. You’d know if you watched the game.