OKC ThunderCast #85: Debunk the Dunk
A single loss to the Clippers made doubters of the Thunder faithful. But was the Clippers matchup really a preview of the Western Conference Finals?
| Final - 2.1.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 21 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 95 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 29 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 86 |
A single loss to the Clippers made doubters of the Thunder faithful. But was the Clippers matchup really a preview of the Western Conference Finals?
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban blasted the officiating crew after Wednesdays loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. So are the Mavericks generally disrespected by the referees?
The Dallas Mavericks got out to a halftime lead, but the Oklahoma City Thunder came back behind Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and held off a hard charging Jason Terry in the fourth quarter to close with a 10-1 run and a 95-86 win in Dallas Wednesday night.
Dirk with Duncanesque shooting, gets called human. SSB
MMB's recap of tonights game between the Thunder and the Mavericks
An auto-generated statistical overview of todays opponent of the Dallas Mavericks. The data is only presented for your review and apart from the glossary it features no additional comments.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 21 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 95 |
| Dallas | 29 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 86 |
| Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 42 | 7-19 | 1-5 | 8-12 | 13-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | 23 |
| Serge Ibaka | 39 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 28 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Daequan Cook | 25 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Russell Westbrook | 36 | 11-24 | 2-4 | 9-10 | 6-1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4-0 | 33 |
| James Harden | 35 | 3-11 | 0-5 | 4-7 | 7-1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Nick Collison | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Reggie Jackson | 11 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Nazr Mohammed | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Royal Ivey | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Thabo Sefolosha | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Cole Aldrich | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ryan Reid | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Lazar Hayward | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Eric Maynor | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-81 | 5-20 | 24-33 | 55-15 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 20-0 | 95 | |
| .407 | .250 | .727 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 2 (15 pts) | |||||||
| Dallas | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Marion | 32 | 6-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 10-6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 12 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 37 | 2-15 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 8-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Ian Mahinmi | 22 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Vince Carter | 28 | 3-10 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Rodrigue Beaubois | 32 | 3-13 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Yi Jianlian | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Jason Terry | 35 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 9-9 | 1-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 25 |
| Brandan Wright | 25 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-0 | 12 |
| Delonte West | 15 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Brendan Haywood | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Lamar Odom | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Cardinal | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Kidd | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Sean Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Dominique Jones | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-84 | 4-19 | 22-25 | 44-10 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18-4 | 86 | |
| .357 | .211 | .880 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (12 pts) | |||||||