As elimination draws nearer, more urgent adjustments are expected from the Thunder. Here's what stood out in Game 3.
The most deadly possession Saturday afternoon in Dallas might have been their briefest. It came with just over two minutes left in a three-point game, a massive swing sequence in this second-round series. , the Thunder’s ace shooter off the bench, reached out to stab a slick steal, doubling and recovering in time to grab Irving’s pocket bounce pass with his left hand and redirect it into a behind-the-back fast break the other direction.
“He’s hooping,” Gilgeous-Alexander said of Washington after Game 3. “We gotta turn that water off if we want to win this series, for sure.” The Thunder had a 10-point third quarter lead on Saturday, but the Mavericks went on a 16-0 run that included this sequence at an emotional point of the game. Dončić pump-faked and shouldered Dort, asking for a flopping technical after. But because of the collapsing defense, including Gilgeous-Alexander, Washington was wide open in the corner for 3.
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