On February 11, the second day of the Lunar New Year, at 4:00 a.m., Beijing time, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Dallas Mavericks are at home to face the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before this game, the Mavericks ranked 8th in the West with a record of 29 wins and 23 losses, although the ranking is still in the middle of the West, but the Mavericks have maintained a good record this season, and they have a much thicker roster depth than last season, especially with a top blue-collar rookie center like Lively, Lively can support the team's interior system when he first arrives. In addition, before the trade deadline, the Mavericks also completed a blockbuster operation, they sent away Gweis and Curry Jr. and a first-round pick, and got PJ Washington from the Hornets, and the roster strength continued to improve.
At the same time, Doncic has been on a hot slate this season, averaging 34 per game5 points 88 rebounds and 9With 4 assists, Irving can occasionally break out, and the Mavericks really have a chance to make new breakthroughs this season. On the other side, the Thunder, before this game, was in second place in the West with a 35-16 record. As one of the strongest dark horses this season, the Thunder are young and energetic, both offensive and defensive are among the top in the league, they have a number of young players with great talent and potential, in addition to Alexander, there are also Jalen Williams, Holmgren, Giddey and other players, Alexander is expected to compete for MVP this season. Recently, the Thunder have also strengthened through reinforcements in recent times, bringing in important rotation players such as Hayward and Biyombo.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Thunder sent Dort, Jalen Williams, Holmgren, Giddey and Alexander, and the Mavericks sent Josh Green, Derrick Jones, Kleber, Irving and Doncic. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks jumped the ball and won the ball, taking the lead in getting the ball, Kleber hit a three-point shot and scored the first goal of the game, Alexander made a straight layup for the Thunder team, Doncic stopped and pulled back, stepped back and made a decisive three-point shot into the center of the net, Jones and Doncic even soared two big three-pointers, at the beginning of the game, the Mavericks played a wave of 13-2 super offensive, Giddey shot back with a three-point shot in the empty position, and Jayway stepped back and pulled out a jumper to hit a solid shot.
The Mavericks felt full in the first quarter of the game, everyone could score three-pointers, and Doncic was unstoppable, shooting 6 of 7 in a single quarter and blasting 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and the difference between the two teams once reached more than 20 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Thunder by 17 points, 47-20. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Williams flew into the paint area and threw into the center of the net to help the Thunder take the lead, Washington Lightning broke through the layup to make a foul, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Hardy turned around and hit a layup smartly, Holmgren's dream foot inside shook off the defensive wipe board and scored two points, Wiggins shot with a bow outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, and walked through Yang in 100 steps. The Thunder suddenly launched a crazy counterattack in the first half of the second quarter, and a wave of counterattacks chased the disadvantage directly to within 5 points.
However, they did not further continue the momentum of the counterattack, and the difference between the two teams has been hovering around 5 points since then, Irving hit a solid shot with a difficult change of direction, and Alexander also scored a strong attack inside, and the Mavericks led the Thunder by 9 points at 71-62 at halftime. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Dort's mid-range dry pull-out jump shot hollow scored, opening the third quarter of the game, Irving's flank ultra-long three-point shot decisively shot through the heart, Doncic was unstoppable, continuous European step layups tore apart the Thunder defense, Giddey's frontal three-point shot also penetrated the basket, the Mavericks played another wave of offense in the third quarter, and re-expanded the difference to about 20 points, and the two new signings Gafford and Washington were full of firepower when they first arrived, maintaining a shooting rate of more than 6 percent.
And the Thunder's new signing, Hayward, is not expected to play until after the All-Star break. At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks led the Thunder by 21 points, 110-89. In the final quarter, the Mavericks were like a bamboo, directly blasting out a wave of 19-2, and the score difference once came to 35 points, and the game entered garbage time early, and the outcome completely lost suspense. In the end, the Mavericks upset the Western dark horse Thunder 146-111.
In terms of statistics, on the Thunder's side, Alexander had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; Carson Wallace 15 points; Chet Holmgren 13 points and 12 rebounds; Josh Giddey 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; Jalen Williams had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. On the Mavericks' side, Luka Doncic had 32 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists; Kyrie Irving 25 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists; Daniel Gafford 19 points and 9 rebounds; PJ - Washington 14 points and 5 rebounds; Maxi Kleber 12 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists; Jaden Hardy 11 points and 3 assists; Tim Hardaway Jr. 10 points; Derrick Jones Jr. had 8 points and 4 rebounds. Hundreds of spectators