The Oklahoma City Thunder were unable to overcome the hot outside shooting from the Dallas Mavericks in a 121-114 loss on Monday.
Despite the Thunder shooting better from the field, the 3-point shot was the difference for the Mavericks.
The Thunder went 42-of-88 (47.7%) from the field but 10-of-31 (32.3%) from 3. Meanwhile, the Mavericks went 39-of-93 (41.9%) from the field but 22-of-54 (40.7%) from 3.
The 36-point difference from outside was enough for the Mavericks to make up for shortcomings in other areas of the game against the Thunder.
The matchup between top-three scorers in Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander more than lived up to the hype.
Doncic finished with 38 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 42 points.
The 2018 NBA draft classmates continue to put up monster numbers on their respective teams.
Alas, Gilgeous-Alexander’s career night was not enough for the Thunder as their next leading scorer, Jalen Williams, had just 17 points.
Outside of Doncic, Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points and Spencer Dinwiddie finished with 20 points and 10 assists.
Let’s take a look at Thunder player grades.