The Oklahoma City Thunder made a statement last night at home as they soundly defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114. Now OKC has to turn around and travel down to Dallas to take on the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs are missing Luka Doncic and Derek Lively II, and they may also be without Kyrie Irving. Either way, the Thunder needs to play their game and take care of business. They cannot afford to let down against an injured team that they are clearly better than, so if they just play like they can play, this one shouldn’t even be close.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM CT
Location: American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas)
Television: Fanduel Sports TV
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC The Sports Animal
Twitter: Follow @ZacharyLowNBA for live tweets and discussion during the game
Game Notes: Oklahoma City Thunder Official Game Notes, Dallas Mavericks Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Cason Wallace
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Jaylin Williams
Mavericks
- PG: Kyrie Irving
- SG: Klay Thompson
- SF: Naji Marshall
- PF: P.J. Washington
- C: Daniel Gafford
Injury Report
Thunder
- Isaiah Hartenstein (strained left soleus) is OUT.
- Chet Holmgren (fractured right iliac wing) is OUT.
- Dillon Jones (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
- Ajay Mitchell (right great toe surgery) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (left knee surgery) is OUT.
Mavericks
- Luka Doncic (strained left calf) is OUT.
- Kessler Edwards (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Dante Exum (right wrist surgery) is OUT.
- Jazian Gortman (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Kyrie Irving (sprained lumbar back) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Derek Lively II (sprained right ankle) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 31-27 against the Mavericks in the regular season (18-12 at home, 13-15 on the road) and 11-9 in the playoffs (5-5 at home, 6-4 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder have won the season series against the Mavericks 6 times, lost 7 times, and tied 3 times.
- The Thunder went 3-1 against the Mavericks last season (2-0 at home, 1-1 on the road) in the regular season before losing to Dallas 4-2 in the Western Conference Semifinals (1-2 at home, 1-2 on the road).
- The Thunder is 1-1 against the Mavericks so far this season (1-1 at home, 0-0 on the road).