To the point that it felt like a rewind episode. "I thought Dallas outplayed us tonight. I thought they were the better team," Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault said. "We did a nice job keeping the game at a manageable spot as they kinda outplayed us.

Oklahoma City suffered its first loss since Chet Holmgren was sidelined to injury, and his absence was taken advantage of in the team's two-point defeat.

In their first matchup of the season, they suffered a close 121-119 loss. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had an efficient 36 points and Jalen Williams had an efficient 27 points. Lu Dort scored 18 points. The rest of the team struggled.

The Dallas Mavericks took down the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 Sunday night in an entertaining win in Oklahoma City. Dallas was without Luka Doncic, and the Thunder were without Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso,

The Dallas Mavericks picked up a 121-119 win over the OKC Thunder despite Luka Doncic missing the game with a knee injury.