Oklahoma City Thunder @ Dallas Mavericks
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX | Game ID: 22400583
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DAL 22 41 14 29 106OKC 26 17 33 22 98
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Mavericks beat Thunder 106-98 as OKC All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sits with wrist injury
DALLAS -- — Kyrie Irving scored 25 points, Spencer Dinwiddie and P.J. Washington Jr. added 16 apiece and the Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City 106-98 Friday night as Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed his first game of the season.
Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s leading scorer with a 31.6 average, was sidelined by a sprained wrist, one night after scoring 40 points in a dominating 134-114 victory over Cleveland in a matchup of the Western and Eastern Conference leaders.
The Mavericks (23-19) snapped a three-game losing streak.
Dallas outscored Oklahoma City 41-17 in the second period, including 16-3 in points off turnovers, and led 63-43 at halftime. The Thunder cut their deficit to a point (77-76) by outscoring the Mavericks 33-14 in the third. The Mavericks closed out the win by outscoring the Thunder 29-22 in the fourth.
Jalen Williams scored 19 points and Lu Dort added 18 for the Thunder (34-7).
Takeaways Thunder: It was the first time this season OKC hasn’t had a 20-point scorer.
Mavericks: Dereck Lively II missed his second straight game with a sprained ankle. Reserves Jaden Hardy and Dwight Powell joined the injury list. Hardy sprained an ankle, playing only 1:19 in the first half. Powell injured a hip in the third period.
Key moment After the Thunder successfully challenged to win possession trailing 98-93 with 1:20 left, Kyrie Irving rebounded Williams’ missed floater and Dinwiddie hit his second 3-pointer of the final three minutes for an eight-point lead.
Key stat The Mavericks became the first team to beat the Thunder twice this season. Both wins came without All-Star Luka Doncic , who has missed 20 games with multiple injuries and has been sidelined since Christmas with a calf strain.
Up next The Thunder begin a three-game homestand Sunday against Brooklyn. The Mavericks are at Charlotte on Monday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALDG D. Gafford
DP D. Powell
JH J. Hardy
KI K. Irving
KT K. Thompson
MK M. Kleber
NM N. Marshall
OP O. Prosper
PW P. Washington
QG Q. Grimes
SD S. Dinwiddie
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
CW C. Wallace
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
DAL/OKC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur