It was a heartbreaking loss for the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Up for most of the game, the team succumbed to a late Oklahoma City Thunder rally that now results in a deadlocked series (2-2).
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 of his game-high 34 points in the second half as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 100-96 on Monday to even their Western Conference semifinal series at two wins apiece.
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks lead the Western Conference Semifinals over the Oklahoma City Thunder 2-1. It has been a physical series. The officiating in the series has drawn mixed reactions, and both Luka Doncic and Chet Holmgren believe there is a difference in how the game is being called now as compared to the regular season.
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On Saturday afternoon, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder had an opportunity to go up two games to one in their Western Conference semifinals series vs the Dallas Mavericks with a huge Game 3 in Dallas.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off an impressive 56-26 regular season. That helped earn them the top overall seed in the Western Conference Playoffs.
In a humorous turn of events during the fourth quarter of the Dallas Mavericks' Game 3 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Thunder's head coach, Mark Daigneault, employed the 'Hack-a-Shaq' strategy against Mavericks center Dereck Lively II.
Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault didn't figure his team would run through the NBA playoffs without facing adversity. But now that it's arrived, Daigneault is looking forward to seeing how the Thunder respond.
The Oklahoma City Thunder came to the Western Conference Playoffs as the No.1 seed. Recently, ESPN named their biggest strength. With the NBA Playoffs well underway, the Oklahoma City Thunder look like their time is now.
Even though they’re the second-youngest team in the NBA right now, the Oklahoma City Thunder just dominated the regular season and lookin impressive in the playoffs.
Juan Guerra II, the Thunder fan who tossed the ball away from Luka Doncic during Game 1 between the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder, has
NBA Players have one of the best jobs in the world. It’s not easy work at all, but playing a sport –any sport actually – while getting paid handsomely is a dream the rest of us can only dream of.
There are plenty of moving pieces behind the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 117-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1. From the defensive schemes Mike Daigneault placed on Luka Doncic to the role players who stepped up to help the Thunder win, every member of the roster deserves credit for their impressive playoff performances so far.
Stephen A. Smith, on ESPN's 'First Take,' found himself in an awkward situation when he fell for a fake Twitter post regarding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. "When Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, my MVP for this season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a young star for the Oklahoma City Thunder, the brother put up this tweet.