Halftime Report
Solely two extra quarters stand between the Thunder and the win they have been favored to gather coming into this night. After two quarters, neither squad has the matchup within the bag, however the Thunder lead 65-63 over the Mavericks. This contest is much nearer than the pair’s earlier matchup, which was determined by 35 factors.
The Thunder got here into the contest with some further motivation after the loss they have been dealt the final time these two groups confronted off. We’ll see in the event that they’re capable of flip the script or if it will simply be extra of the identical.
Who’s Taking part in
Dallas Mavericks @ Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
Present Information: Dallas 38-28, Oklahoma Metropolis 45-20
How To Watch
What to Know
The Mavericks have fairly the problem forward of them as they’re anticipated to be blown off the courtroom. Having simply performed yesterday, they’ll head out on the street to face off towards the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder at 10:00 p.m. ET on March 14th at Paycom Heart. The Mavericks can be seeking to lengthen their present four-game successful streak.
Profitable is just a bit bit simpler when you’re employed as a workforce to publish 11 extra assists than your opponent, a reality the Mavericks proved on Wednesday. They walked away with a 109-99 victory over Golden State.
Kyrie Irving was the offensive standout of the match as he dropped a double-double on 23 factors and ten assists. He did not assist the Mavericks’ trigger all that a lot towards the Bulls on Monday however the identical cannot be stated for this sport.
In the meantime, the purpose unfold could have favored the Thunder final Tuesday, however the ultimate end result didn’t. They fell 121-111 to Indiana. The Thunder’s loss signaled the tip of their three-game successful streak.
Dallas’ win bumped their document as much as 38-28. As for Oklahoma Metropolis, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at residence and dropped them to 45-20.
Whereas solely the Thunder took care of their followers the final time they performed, neither workforce managed to cowl. As for his or her sport on Thursday, the Thunder are the favourite on this one, because the specialists count on to see them win by ten factors. This contest can be their twenty fourth straight because the favorites (to this point over this stretch they’re 11-12 towards the unfold).
Some high-performance offense is probably going on the agenda as Dallas and the Thunder are a number of the highest scoring groups within the league. The Mavericks have not had any downside operating up the rating this season, having averaged 119 factors per sport. Nevertheless, it isn’t just like the Thunder (presently ranked third in scoring) wrestle in that division as they have been averaging 120.7 factors per sport. With each groups so simply capable of put up factors, the one query left is who can run the rating up larger.
Odds
Oklahoma Metropolis is an enormous 10-point favourite towards Dallas, based on the most recent NBA odds.
The road on this sport has moved fairly a bit because it opened, because it began out with the Thunder as a 6.5-point favourite.
The over/beneath is 236.5 factors.
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Sequence Historical past
Dallas has received 6 out of their final 10 video games towards Oklahoma Metropolis.
- Feb 10, 2024 – Dallas 146 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis 111
- Dec 02, 2023 – Oklahoma Metropolis 126 vs. Dallas 120
- Jan 08, 2023 – Oklahoma Metropolis 120 vs. Dallas 109
- Dec 12, 2022 – Dallas 121 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis 114
- Oct 29, 2022 – Oklahoma Metropolis 117 vs. Dallas 111
- Feb 02, 2022 – Oklahoma Metropolis 120 vs. Dallas 114
- Jan 17, 2022 – Dallas 104 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis 102
- Jan 02, 2022 – Dallas 95 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis 86
- Dec 12, 2021 – Dallas 103 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis 84
- Mar 29, 2021 – Dallas 127 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis 106