Mavericks 121-115 Thunder (January 23, 2025) Game Recap

Oklahoma City-Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points and Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City Thunder 121-115 Thursday night.

PJ Washington had 22 points and 19 rebounds and Kyrie Irving added 24 points for Mavericks who have been without Luka Doncic for almost a month due to a left calf strain. Dallas has won three of the four meetings this season against a Thunder team leading the Western conference and has only eight losses all season.

Jalen Williams led Oklahoma City with 33 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was named an All-Star starter earlier in the evening, scored 16 of its 31 points in the fourth quarter for Thunder. Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career high 54 points in a win over Utah WednesdayBut only made 5 of his first 15 shots against Dallas before getting on track.

Gilgeous-Alexander did not last the teams met when Mavericks won 106-98 in Dallas on January 17.

Thunder led 62-60 at the break, but Dallas took over in the third quarter and was led by 13 at one point. Gilgeous-Alexander knocked in a shot from the track at the buzzer to cut Dallas’ lead to 91-83 heading into the fourth.

Takeaways

Mavericks: Dallas made it work despite several injuries. Center Dereck Lively was out with a stress fracture in his right ankle and guard Klay Thompson missed the game with a sprained left ankle.

Thunder: Oklahoma City, who still lacks the wounded center Isaiah Hartenstein, got beaten on the boards 52-42. Hartenstein leads the team with 12.2 rebounds per year. Match.

Keying moment

Quentin Grimes made a 3-pointer with about 2 minutes left to give Dallas a 115-106 lead.

Key State

Oklahoma City forced 20 revenue, but scored only 15 points from them.

Up next

Mavericks hosts Boston on Saturday. Thunder visits Portland on Sunday.

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