DALLAS -- — Isaiah Hartenstein had 16 points and 12 points — and scored Oklahoma City’s only two field goals of the final 8:28 — as the Thunder withstood a furious Dallas rally to beat the Mavericks 101-94 on Monday night to improve to 4-0.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points to lead the defending NBA champions. Chet Holmgren had 18 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.

Anthony Davis had 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Mavericks (1-3), playing their fourth straight home game to open the season.

Oklahoma City led 93-74 before Dallas went on a 13-0 run before Hartenstein’s tip-in gave the Thunder a 95-89 lead with 2:52 to play. The Mavericks pulled within one point on a jumper by D’Angelo Russell with 54 seconds left, and Hartenstein answered with a left-handed layup with 33 seconds to play. Gilgeous-Alexander hit two free throws with 21.3 seconds left, and Holmgren added two more with 3.3 left.

Dallas’ Cooper Flagg, last summer’s No. 1 draft pick, had his lowest scoring game with two points on 1 of 9 shooting after suffering a contact injury to his left shoulder during the game’s first possession. Flagg held his shoulder multiple times during the first half and used a heat wrap when out of the game in the second half.

Gilgeous-Alexander went into play leading the NBA averaging 40.0 points, topped by a career-best 55 in a double-overtime win at Indiana last Thursday.

The Mavericks’ “jumbo” forecourt was downsized with center Dereck Lively II sidelined with a knee contusion. The Thunder outscored the Mavericks 68-36 in the paint and outrebounded Dallas 55-36.

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The Mavericks’ season-opening five-game homestand, the first in the NBA since the 1983-84 Kansas City Kings, will end Wednesday against Indiana.

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TIME	PLAY
12:00	Chet Holmgren vs. Anthony Davis (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Luguentz Dort makes 28-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)	0	3
11:24	Max Christie misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	3
11:21	Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound	0	3
11:13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot	0	5
11:02	P.J. Washington misses 23-foot pullup jump shot	0	5
11:00	Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound	0	5
10:49	Chet Holmgren makes 1-foot two point shot (Cason Wallace assists)	0	7
10:26	Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper	2	7
10:07	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 11-foot two point shot	2	7
10:06	Mavericks defensive team rebound	2	7
9:55	P.J. Washington out of bounds bad pass turnover	2	7
9:42	Isaiah Hartenstein misses layup	2	7
9:40	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	2	7
9:28	Max Christie misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	7
9:25	Chet Holmgren defensive rebound	2	7
9:11	Chet Holmgren makes driving layup	2	9
8:55	Cooper Flagg misses driving layup	2	9
8:50	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	2	9
8:41	Cason Wallace misses driving layup	2	9
8:40	Klay Thompson defensive rebound	2	9
8:26	Luguentz Dort personal foul	2	9
8:20	Isaiah Hartenstein shooting foul	2	9
8:20	P.J. Washington misses free throw 1 of 2	2	9
8:20	Mavericks offensive team rebound	2	9
8:20	P.J. Washington misses free throw 2 of 2	2	9
8:18	Chet Holmgren defensive rebound	2	9
8:08	Isaiah Hartenstein makes dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	2	11
8:08	Mavericks Full timeout	2	11
8:08	D'Angelo Russell enters the game for P.J. Washington	2	11
7:54	Klay Thompson makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	5	11
7:36	Anthony Davis blocks Isaiah Hartenstein 's 8-foot two point shot	5	11
7:34	Cooper Flagg defensive rebound	5	11
7:32	Klay Thompson misses 24-foot three point shot	5	11
7:29	Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound	5	11
7:13	Cason Wallace misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	11
7:11	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	5	11
7:06	Cason Wallace personal foul	5	11
6:55	Max Christie misses 22-foot three point jumper	5	11
6:53	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	5	11
6:46	Luguentz Dort misses two point shot	5	11
6:43	Chet Holmgren offensive rebound	5	11
6:40	Luguentz Dort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cason Wallace assists)	5	14
6:26	D'Angelo Russell makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot	7	14
6:09	Luguentz Dort misses driving layup	7	14
6:08	Max Christie defensive rebound	7	14
6:03	Max Christie makes 23-foot three point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)	10	14
5:45	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot pullup jump shot	10	16
5:23	Anthony Davis misses driving floating jump shot	10	16
5:22	Anthony Davis offensive rebound	10	16
5:22	Anthony Davis makes dunk	12	16
5:22	Thunder Full timeout	12	16
5:22	Naji Marshall enters the game for Klay Thompson	12	16
5:22	P.J. Washington enters the game for Cooper Flagg	12	16
5:22	Aaron Wiggins enters the game for Cason Wallace	12	16
4:59	Chet Holmgren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	12	19
4:43	D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three pointer (Anthony Davis assists)	15	19
4:32	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 15-foot step back jumpshot	15	19
4:28	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	15	19
4:25	Max Christie makes 25-foot three point shot (P.J. Washington assists)	18	19
3:59	Isaiah Hartenstein makes 4-foot two point shot (Aaron Wiggins assists)	18	21
3:30	shot clock turnover	18	21
3:30	Jaden Hardy enters the game for Max Christie	18	21
3:30	Caleb Martin enters the game for Anthony Davis	18	21
3:30	Ajay Mitchell enters the game for Luguentz Dort	18	21
3:30	Brooks Barnhizer enters the game for Chet Holmgren	18	21
3:30	Jaylin Williams enters the game for Isaiah Hartenstein	18	21
3:11	Aaron Wiggins misses driving floating jump shot	18	21
3:09	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	18	21
3:02	D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot	18	21
3:02	P.J. Washington offensive rebound	18	21
3:02	Brooks Barnhizer shooting foul	18	21
3:02	P.J. Washington makes free throw 1 of 2	19	21
3:02	P.J. Washington misses free throw 2 of 2	19	21
2:59	Ajay Mitchell defensive rebound	19	21
2:48	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander traveling	19	21
2:33	Naji Marshall makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)	21	21
2:24	Caleb Martin personal foul	21	21
2:12	Ajay Mitchell makes driving layup (Aaron Wiggins assists)	21	23
1:57	Cason Wallace enters the game for Brooks Barnhizer	21	23
1:47	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	21	23
1:45	Jaylin Williams defensive rebound	21	23
1:37	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lost ball turnover (Naji Marshall steals)	21	23
1:32	Aaron Wiggins personal foul	21	23
1:32	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2	22	23
1:32	D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 2 of 2	22	23
1:30	Jaylin Williams defensive rebound	22	23
1:18	Aaron Wiggins misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	23
1:14	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	22	23
1:00	Jaden Hardy misses driving floating jump shot	22	23
59.3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	22	23
54.3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot	22	25
47.8	P.J. Washington makes layup (Caleb Martin assists)	24	25
47.8	Jaylin Williams shooting foul	24	25
47.8	Cooper Flagg enters the game for Jaden Hardy	24	25
47.8	P.J. Washington misses free throw 1 of 1	24	25
47.1	Thunder defensive team rebound	24	25
47.1	Caleb Martin loose ball foul	24	25
29.1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	24	25
27.1	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	24	25
21.0	D'Angelo Russell out of bounds lost ball turnover	24	25
21.0	Max Christie enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	24	25
21.0	Chris Youngblood enters the game for Jaylin Williams	24	25
2.2	Aaron Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	24	28
0.3	P.J. Washington misses heave jump shot	24	28
0.1	Mavericks offensive team rebound	24	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	28

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American Airlines Center

Dallas, TX

Date & Time

12:30 AM, October 28, 2025

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Attendance

19,303

Referees

Eric Dalen, Marc Davis, Evan Scott

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Oklahoma City	40	13	.755	L2
Denver	34	19	.642	W1
Minnesota	32	22	.593	L2
Portland	25	28	.472	W2
Utah	16	37	.302	L2

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
San Antonio	36	16	.692	W4
Houston	32	19	.627	W1
Memphis	20	31	.392	L2
Dallas	19	33	.365	L7
New Orleans	14	40	.259	W1

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