Kendrick Perkins said the Thunder struggled with trust issues in its Game 3 loss to the Mavericks.

“Tonight, we didn't trust each other,” said Perkins. “We just got to have trust in each other. That's the bottom line.”

But Perkins continued.

“When we get down, I don't like our body language,” Perkins said. “We got to do a better job of holding our heads up and continuing to keep pushing.”

Oklahoma City's 15-point first-quarter deficit grew to 23 in the first two minutes of the second period.