OKC Thunder player grades: Josh Giddey’s first quarter highlights 98-96 preseason loss to Mavs

Josh Giddey took 10 shots in his 17 first-half minutes.

The Oklahoma City Thunder fell to the Dallas Mavericks in their second preseason in Tulsa, OK, 98-96.

The Thunder and Mavericks both struggled to generate points on offense as the former shot 42.7 percent from the field and the latter shot 40 percent from the field.

A last-second mishap led to the Thunder not getting a chance to tie or win the game.

It was an evenly distributed scoring game for the Thunder as the leading scorer was Josh Giddey’s 13 points, who only played in the first half. All 14 Thunder players scored at least two points.

For the Mavericks, rookie Jaden Hardy led the way with 21 points off the bench. Backup big Christian Wood tallied up a 16-point and 13-rebound double double off the bench.

Let’s take a look at player grades for the Thunder in this preseason two-point loss.