Final: Mavericks 120, Thunder 96
The Oklahoma City Thunder are no longer unbeaten. Cooper Flagg scored 26 points with 8 assists, and the Dallas Mavericks blew out a short-handed Thunder team on Wednesday night in Dallas.
Dallas led by as many as 27 in the fourth quarter. The Thunder fall to 4-1, and the Mavericks improve to 3-2.
Dallas couldn’t miss from three. OKC couldn’t make one.
The numbers tell the story:
| Mavericks | Thunder | |
|---|---|---|
| Three-pointers | 16 of 45 (season high) | 5 of 32 (15.6%) |
That was Oklahoma City’s lowest number of threes and worst three-point percentage of the season. Dallas made 11 threes in the first half alone and led by 12 at the break.
Top performers
| Player | Team | Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper Flagg | Mavericks | 26 points, 8 assists |
| P.J. Washington | Mavericks | 18 points |
| Kyrie Irving | Mavericks | 15 points (13 in the first half) |
| Ajay Mitchell | Thunder | 29 points |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Thunder | 21 points |
The Thunder were missing four key players
Oklahoma City played without a big part of its rotation, according to the Associated Press:
- Jalen Williams: broken leg and dislocated ankle
- Cason Wallace: torn labrum
- Chet Holmgren: patellar tendinitis in his right knee
- Alex Caruso: patellar tendinitis
Ajay Mitchell did his best to fill the gap with a team-high 29, but without Williams and Holmgren, the Thunder had no answer for Dallas’ shooting.
Good nights all around for Dallas
- Kyrie Irving played his first regular-season home game since tearing his ACL on March 3, 2025. He made three of his first four three-pointers.
- Center Daniel Gafford made the first three-pointer of his eight-year NBA career.
- Coach Dusty May got his first home win with the Mavericks.
- Dallas is above .500 for the first time since Flagg joined the team last fall.
What’s next
Both teams play the Houston Rockets next:
- Rockets at Mavericks: Friday
- Thunder at Rockets: Saturday
See all of Wednesday’s scores in our NBA scores roundup, and tonight’s schedule in NBA games tonight.
Sources: AP via KDH News, ESPN, Mavs Moneyball.
