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Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

October 28, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Mavericks beat the Thunder 120-96 on 2026-10-28 at home. The Mavericks started Kyrie Irving, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kenrich Williams, Jared McCain, and Ajay Mitchell. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 14 points (5/10) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 9 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Kenrich Williams as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cooper Flagg GS 32:56 26 5 8 0 0 0 1 10-23 2-8 4-4 +12
Kyrie Irving GS 26:58 15 2 4 2 2 1 4 6-14 3-8 0-0 +25
Daniel Gafford GS 26:40 7 11 2 0 2 2 3 3-4 1-1 0-0 +14
P.J. Washington GS 24:32 18 9 0 0 1 1 1 7-16 2-7 2-2 +2
Max Christie GS 21:48 11 5 2 0 0 1 2 3-8 3-7 2-2 +14
Zaccharie Risacher 28:51 13 6 1 1 1 1 1 5-6 2-3 1-2 +16
Marcus Sasser 23:59 10 1 4 0 0 1 1 4-9 1-3 1-1 +13
Morez Johnson Jr. 17:46 10 6 3 0 0 1 3 4-6 0-0 2-2 +7
Walter Clayton Jr. 14:41 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 0-4 0-4 0-2 +11
Caleb Martin 13:49 10 2 0 1 0 1 1 4-6 2-4 0-0 +6
Moussa Cissé 2:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Jett Howard 2:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Tobi Lawal 2:40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 120 49 30 4 6 9 20 46-97 16-45 12-15

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 96

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jared McCain GS 29:24 10 4 4 0 0 3 2 3-13 0-6 4-5 -13
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 28:15 21 6 2 1 0 1 3 7-19 1-6 6-6 -21
Ajay Mitchell GS 27:44 29 4 3 2 1 2 1 12-20 2-5 3-3 +4
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 25:43 10 14 3 0 0 2 1 4-6 0-0 2-2 -12
Kenrich Williams GS 16:38 7 3 0 0 0 1 3 3-7 1-3 0-0 -19
Bennett Stirtz 28:22 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 3-5 1-3 1-2 -14
Josh Dix 24:03 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1-8 0-6 0-0 -20
Aday Mara 20:54 6 3 1 0 2 3 4 2-4 0-0 2-2 -8
Jaylin Williams 20:12 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 +3
Brooks Barnhizer 14:04 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1-3 0-1 1-3 -16
Micah Peavy 4:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 96 43 17 4 3 13 19 36-87 5-32 19-23

Lineups

DAL
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Mavericks defense

Defender Guarded most
Cooper Flagg Jaylin Williams: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Kenrich Williams: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Zaccharie Risacher Josh Dix: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bennett Stirtz: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Daniel Gafford Isaiah Hartenstein: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aday Mara: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
P.J. Washington Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jared McCain: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kyrie Irving Ajay Mitchell: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Max Christie Jared McCain: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bennett Stirtz: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser Jared McCain: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Morez Johnson Jr. Isaiah Hartenstein: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Aday Mara: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Walter Clayton Jr. Bennett Stirtz: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Dix: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin Bennett Stirtz: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Josh Dix: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tobi Lawal Brooks Barnhizer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennett Stirtz: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Cissé Aday Mara: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brooks Barnhizer: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard Bennett Stirtz: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brooks Barnhizer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Jared McCain Max Christie: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kyrie Irving: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander P.J. Washington: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Zaccharie Risacher: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Ajay Mitchell Zaccharie Risacher: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Max Christie: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bennett Stirtz Walter Clayton Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Zaccharie Risacher: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Hartenstein Daniel Gafford: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Morez Johnson Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Dix Cooper Flagg: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · P.J. Washington: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylin Williams Cooper Flagg: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aday Mara Daniel Gafford: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Morez Johnson Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kenrich Williams Cooper Flagg: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kyrie Irving: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brooks Barnhizer Cooper Flagg: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Sasser: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy Walter Clayton Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)