Dallas Mavericks @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22400625
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 34 28 21 32 115DAL 33 27 31 30 121
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Dinwiddie, Washington lead Mavericks past Thunder 121-115
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-115 on Thursday night.
P.J. Washington had 22 points and 19 rebounds and Kyrie Irving added 24 points for the Mavericks, who have been without Luka Doncic for nearly a month because of a left calf strain. Dallas has won three of the four meetings this season against a Thunder team that leads the Western Conference and only has 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 his 31 points in the fourth quarter for the Thunder. Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points in a win over Utah on Wednesday , but made just 5 of his first 15 shots against Dallas before getting on track.
Gilgeous-Alexander did not play last time the teams met, when the Mavericks won 106-98 in Dallas on Jan. 17.
The Thunder led 62-60 at halftime, but Dallas took over in the third quarter and led by 13 at one point. Gilgeous-Alexander banked in a shot from the lane 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, still missing injured center Isaiah Hartenstein , got beat on the boards 52-42. Hartenstein leads the team with 12.2 rebounds per game.
Key moment Quentin Grimes made a 3-pointer with about 2 minutes remaining to give Dallas a 115-106 lead.
Key stat Oklahoma City forced 20 turnovers, but only scored 15 points off them.
Up next The Mavericks host Boston on Saturday. The Thunder visit Portland on Sunday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DALBW B. Williams
DG D. Gafford
KE K. Edwards
KI K. Irving
MK M. Kleber
MM M. Morris
OP O. Prosper
PW P. Washington
QG Q. Grimes
SD S. Dinwiddie
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
CW C. Wallace
DJ D. Jones
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
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