The Oklahoma Thunder team won a convincing victory in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals. Mark Daigneault’s students in front of their fans 117:95 (23:23, 39:30, 27:26, 28:16) defeated the Dallas Mavericks and leads the series 1-0.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 29 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists for Oklahoma. Chet Holmgren scored 19 points.
In the loss, Kyrie Irving scored 20 points, Luka Doncic scored 19. The Slovenian made 6 of 19 shots.
After three quarters, the Oklahoma team led by 10 points and in the last quarter the home team began to crush the opponents.
The Thunder scored 13 unanswered points to extend their lead to 113-89. Later, the teams were separated by 25 points.
The second game of the series will also be played in Oklahoma.
“Thunder”: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 29 (6/15 doubles, 2/4 triples, 9 rebounds, 9 assists), Chet Holmgren 19 (6/11 doubles, 2/5 triples, 7 rebounds .), Jalen Williams 18 (4/10 doubles, 2/5 triples, 5 rebounds, 5 rebounds), Aaron Wiggins 16 (3/4 triples, 5 rebounds) , Jaylin Williams 11 (4/5 double, 9 rpg), Cason Wallace (2/4 tr) and Luguentz Dort (2/5 tr, 4 rpg) 7 each, Isaiah Joe 6, Ousmane Dieng and Josh Giddey (5 rpg) 2 each.
Mavericks: Kyrie Irving 20 (4/10 doubles, 3/4 triples, 4 fouls), Luka Dončić 19 (5/11 doubles, 1/8 triples, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 rpg.), Daniel Gafford 16 (5/12 doubles, 11 rpg, 5 blk), Josh Green 11 (3/8 trp, 4 rpg), PJ Washington 10 (6 rpg. Derrick Jones 7, Dante Exum 5, AJ Lawson 3, Dereck Lively (4 rpg) and Tim Hardaway (0/4 tr) 2 each.
