Looking back at the 4 matchups between the Thunder, Mavericks before playoff series

The Oklahoma City Thunder advanced to the second round of the 2024 NBA playoffs with a sweep over the New Orleans Pelicans. This afforded them another week-long break between contests. OKC has played just four games in the last three weeks.

The Thunder are led by their young trio of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren. All three had a great debut series against New Orleans. OKC held the Pelicans to below a 90-point average in four games.

The first-seeded Thunder found out their Round 2 opponent on Friday. The Dallas Mavericks clinched their first-round series with a Game 6 win over the LA Clippers. Star duo Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving had a monster series. Both averaged 26-plus points against LA.

Game 1 between the Thunder and Mavericks will happen on Tuesday, May 7 at Paycom Center.

In their season series, the Thunder took three of the four meetings against the Mavericks. Let’s look back at all four contests as they prepare to battle it out in the second round of the 2024 NBA playoffs.