OKC Thunder Big Men DELIVER WIN Over Dallas | Offense STRUGGLES in 4th
Thunder survive Mavericks with clutch fourth-quarter performance. Is Oklahoma City’s playoff push gaining momentum?
Ryland Stiles breaks down the Oklahoma City Thunder’s hard-fought victory over Dallas, highlighting Isaiah Hartenstein’s season-best game and Chet Holmgren’s impact on both ends. The analysis covers Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s efficient 23-point outing, Ajay Mitchell’s consistent scoring, and how Mark Daigneault’s tactics are reshaping OKC’s offensive strategy. Key topics include the Thunder’s paint dominance, three-point shooting struggles, and upcoming challenges against the Sacramento Kings.
Don’t miss this in-depth look at Oklahoma City’s path to success and how their young core is evolving into a formidable NBA force.
0:00 Intro: Thunder win over Mavericks, messy ending
5:04 Thunder’s third quarter dominance in the paint
10:10 Isaiah Hartenstein’s best game of the season
14:48 Chet Holmgren’s impressive performance and growth
21:28 SGA’s tale of two halves performance
29:39 Ajay Mitchell’s electrifying and consistent play
33:15 Jaylin Williams and Aaron Wiggins’ bench minutes
36:48 Outro: Upcoming content and subscription info
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I been watching you since you had 600 subscribers love you bro
Ajay is either the future of the Thunder or eventually he’s going to be a big problem on another team. I really think he will take wiggs spot on the bench this year
The Barn Animals are going crazy
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The lack of calls was disturbing
Also a natural tendency to relax when you get a big lead. I think they’ll be okay😊
Just have to stack wins until we get injured players back.
14 points in the 4th is crazy. They got dog tired and lazy in the 4th. Shai needs to get better in these situations when a team is making a come back.
He’s got to set the tone that they aren’t just going to settle for jump shots.
And what’s up with Dort thinking he’s going to be a 17ppg scorer again? I can’t stand when he does anything but shoot open 3’s. Nothing ever good come out of Dort attacking a close out or going 1 on 1. It’s infuriating
Heck yeah Elvis fan!
Missing jdub a lot. Next the league seems to have anti okc calls. Touch calls against us and no calls for us. Thx to Ajay we are 4-0.
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I Hart is so important to this team & I think it goes un or at least less noticed than the rest of the team. But tonight, he was undeniable. My only issue is that he is not looking for his own shot enough IMO. Especially on offensive rebounds. I Hart should be putting those second chance shots up more, while staying true to who he is.
Mitchell is coming for Dort's starting spot. It has to happen eventually. The rotations and minutes played are going to be different than what they were last year for a few players, most notably Dort, Wallace and Joe. Once Topic starts playing he will be taking some of their minutes as well. It's a good problem to have adding in better players to a championship team. We got up 20 in this one and took their foot off the gas too soon. Did that in the playoffs against Denver and Indy in those game one fluke losses. Gotta clean that up.
OKC still needs to work on closing out games because they may not be as fortunate as last season come playoff time.
We still need Dort (especially), Wiggins and Wallace to take and make more midrange jumpers instead of settling for 3's that still aren't falling like they were early last season.
Ajay has officially made the leap. Chet looks good. I hope he gets up to that 20-25ppg mark.
Mavs fans Cant even cry about “foul merchant”….😂 shai had 1 foul. The mavericks just arent gonna be good
I dont think I've seen a more one sided ref job in a really long time. Dallas had three total personal fouls called on them at halftime, our bigs and Shai were recieving a ton of physicality inside and got zero calls, while Dallas got a pretty normal whistle on offense. Legit spotted them 15 points.
2 for 5 from three. Sounds like 40% from three to me.
A lot of times I hear how Cason Wallace should be a starter. Cason Wallace is definitely not a starter at this point in his career. He's not effective at all as a starter. He's more explosive coming off the bench. He doesn't even look to shoot as a starter. He wasn't effective in the Finals when he started and he's not effective now. Wiggins should start over Wallace. Mitchell and Wiggins are balling.
2:49 Foot completely off the gas
I know its only 4 games but the confidence this team is playing with is impressive
You can tell they are the defending champs they have seen and experienced everything the opponents throw at them
How do you feel about our even worse start to 3 point shooting
Chet, Chet, Chet, Chet!!!!!!
Yes, we are definitely not getting the calls.
OKC done everything they could to lose this game