Mar 27, 2017 - Oklahoma City Thunder 92 at Dallas Mavericks 91

The Warriors' Dynastic Ethos Is Back In Place

The reason the Warriors collect into a boulder capable of knocking all else over is because they have what other teams do not, to house all these wonders: a concept. An idea, a philosophy, an ethos.

What Chris Paul Can't Do

by John Wilmes

Whether you're one of Chris Paul's eager critics, or someone with enough of a tolerance for sorrow to keep riding the roller coaster with him more hopefully, there's no questioning that, even if this sadly mythical loss isn't a proper send-off, it could act as a fitting, sourly poetic bookend to his career.

Luka Doncic And His Indistinct Supporting Cast

by Micah Wimmer

Watching the Mavericks, everything seems to come down to one question: Will their role players make enough 3's to make up for the fact that they are a top heavy team lacking in stylistic diversity or flexibility?

James Harden Can No Longer Build His Own World

by Micah Wimmer

James Harden has long been the cosmos itself; what will it look like for him to be just another individual residing in a world he cannot fully shape?

	1	2	3	4	Final
OKC (42-31)	25	10	22	35	92
DAL (31-42)	26	24	19	22	91

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
OKC	93	98.5	97.4
DAL	93	97.4	98.5

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
OKC	.471	0.182	0.229	0.141
DAL	.475	0.150	0.205	0.188

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
12	Steven Adams	Starter	C	29:09	4-6	0-0	0-0	9.2	3	3	6	1	3	2	2	3	8
22	Taj Gibson	Starter	PF	24:12	6-10	0-0	1-1	10.6	4	2	6	1	2	0	1	1	13
5	Victor Oladipo	Starter	SG	36:47	6-15	3-6	0-0	12.0	1	9	10	2	3	1	1	2	15
21	Andre Roberson	Starter	SF	35:55	1-5	0-2	0-0	5.0	0	3	3	2	3	3	1	0	2
0	Russell Westbrook	Starter	PG	36:21	15-30	2-9	5-5	28.4	0	13	13	10	0	2	0	6	37
8	Alex Abrines	Bench	SG	06:51	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2.0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
6	Semaj Christon	Bench	PG	20:02	0-5	0-1	2-2	-2.0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	2
4	Nick Collison	Bench	PF	06:11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1.2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
9	Jerami Grant	Bench	SF	14:35	1-3	0-2	2-2	3.8	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
11	Enes Freedom	Bench	C	17:15	2-6	0-0	2-4	-3.0	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	6
25	Doug McDermott	Bench	SF	12:42	2-3	1-2	0-0	5.0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
	Team										8					1
				240	37-85	6-23	12-14	88.2	11	37	56	17	21	10	7	18	92
					43.5%	26.1%	85.7%

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
40	Harrison Barnes	Starter	SF	36:33	4-14	1-4	1-2	0.0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	10
11	Yogi Ferrell	Starter	PG	31:59	5-10	3-4	0-0	12.8	1	3	4	5	2	3	0	3	13
23	Wesley Matthews	Starter	SG	37:27	5-13	2-9	3-3	9.1	0	4	4	4	2	1	0	2	15
3	Nerlens Noel	Starter	C	27:32	6-12	0-0	3-4	15.5	4	4	8	1	4	4	2	1	15
41	Dirk Nowitzki	Starter	PF	25:18	3-9	1-3	1-2	5.0	0	8	8	2	3	0	1	3	8
5	J.J. Barea	Bench	PG	28:34	3-9	2-4	2-2	11.2	0	1	1	8	0	1	0	1	10
10	Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	SF	14:25	0-2	0-2	0-0	-0.2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
34	Devin Harris	Bench	SG	21:01	4-7	1-3	3-3	11.4	1	5	6	1	0	2	1	3	12
50	Salah Mejri	Bench	C	17:12	3-4	0-0	2-3	7.4	1	4	5	1	3	0	0	0	8
	Team										6					1
				240	33-80	10-29	15-19	92.1	8	31	45	23	16	12	4	15	91
					41.3%	34.5%	78.9%

Oklahoma City 92, Dallas 91

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Today's Games

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Russell Westbrook 31.4p, 10.5r, 10.4a	Victor Oladipo 16.4p, 4.4r, 2.5a	Andre Roberson 6.7p, 5.1r, 1a	Taj Gibson 11.1p, 6.4r, 1a	Steven Adams 11.7p, 7.6r, 1.1a
Rotation	Semaj Christon 2.8p, 1.3r, 2.1a		Jerami Grant 5.5p, 2.5r, 0.6a		Enes Freedom 14.5p, 6.8r, 1a
Rotation			Doug McDermott 9.3p, 2.7r, 0.9a
Lim PT		Alex Abrines 5.9p, 1.2r, 0.6a		Nick Collison 1.4p, 1.3r, 0.6a

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Yogi Ferrell 9.8p, 2.4r, 3.7a	Wesley Matthews 13.9p, 3.6r, 2.7a	Harrison Barnes 19.5p, 5.1r, 1.5a	Dirk Nowitzki 14.2p, 6.6r, 1.5a	Nerlens Noel 9p, 5.8r, 1a
Rotation	J.J. Barea 10.7p, 2.4r, 5.3a	Devin Harris 6.5p, 2r, 2.1a	Dorian Finney-Smith 4.3p, 2.6r, 0.8a		Salah Mejri 2.6p, 4.3r, 0.2a

MPG	Russell Westbrook	34.7
FG%	Josh Huestis	.750
3P%	Taj Gibson	1.000
FT%	Cameron Payne	1.000
ORPG	Steven Adams	3.4
DRPG	Russell Westbrook	8.9
RPG	Russell Westbrook	10.5
SPG	Russell Westbrook	1.6
APG	Russell Westbrook	10.4
BPG	Steven Adams	1.0
PPG	Russell Westbrook	31.4

MPG	Harrison Barnes	35.8
FG%	Salah Mejri	.632
3P%	A.J. Hammons	.667
FT%	Yogi Ferrell	.909
ORPG	Nerlens Noel	2.7
DRPG	Andrew Bogut	6.2
RPG	Andrew Bogut	8.4
SPG	Yogi Ferrell	1.2
APG	Deron Williams	6.9
BPG	Nerlens Noel	1.2
PPG	Harrison Barnes	19.5

New York Knicks	109
Detroit Pistons	95
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Sacramento Kings	91
Memphis Grizzlies	90
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San Antonio Spurs	103
Cleveland Cavaliers	74
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Toronto Raptors	131
Orlando Magic	112
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