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Dallas Mavericks vs Oklahoma City Thunder Recap

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Last night, we got the first glance of the Oklahoma City Thunder playing against an NBA opponent, after their first two games against FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, two Euroleague teams.

Although the game took place in Dallas, away from Oklahoma City, we still saw the same old Thunder. Except, this time they have less offensive fire power.

Right now, the injury bug has hit the Thunder with both their backup point guard Cameron Payne and their starting power forward Steven Adams out.

The loss of Steven Adams really showed up during this game as the Thunder could not stop Dallas from attacking the paint. The Domantas Sabonis and Enes Kanter combination is just as bad as we thought defensively.

But, the lost of Adams seemed more noticeable on the offensive end. The movement on the offensive side for the Thunder stagnated quite a bit. It didn’t turn into the isolation ball of old but it was a lot of standing around.

The Thunder trailed most of the game until the bench played to finish out the fourth quarter.

Kanter was great again as we expect him to be this year he had 11 pts and 13 rebs in 22 minutes played.

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What was interesting was a rare 3-point hot streak by Kyle Singler going 4-6 from 3-point range. He has kind of fallen out of the mix recently for that back up small forward spot. But, if he can knock these shots down consistently then he can see more playing time this year. However, Alex Abrines has looked good at that spot too.

Also, we finally got a good glimpse of Joffrey Lauvergne who the Thunder traded for before the season started. He had 15 pts and shot 5-9 from the field. He flowed well in the offense. I don’t think he’ll be as good of a rebounder as Steven Adams or Enes Kanter. But, he could replace Ersan Ilyasova off the bench.

Lastly, Victor Oladipo had a subpar shooting night going 2-10 from the field and Westbrook took the most shots of any player, which is not a trend that we want to see continue this year. But, in fairness, once Steven Adams comes back we should see their rhythm begin to click more.

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