OKC Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks Game Player Stats and Box Score for Oct. 27 | 2025-26 NBA Season

The OKC Thunder remained perfect to start the season after beating the Dallas Mavericks, 101-94, at the American Airlines Center on Monday night. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way for the defending champs, finishing with 23 points, four rebounds and eight assists.

Chet Holmgren contributed 18 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, while Isaiah Hartenstein also dropped a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds. Ajay Mitchell continued to be brilliant off the bench, adding 17 points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes.

Meanwhile, Anthony Davis did all he could for the Mavericks, who are now 1-3 to start the season. Davis had 26 points and 11 rebounds, but he barely got any help. PJ Washington had 15 points and nine rebounds, while Max Christie put up 14 points in his first start of the season.

Cooper Flagg was a nonfactor, with the No. 1 pick scoring just two points on 1-for-9 shooting in 31 minutes.

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OKC Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks Game Player Stats and Box Score

Thunder

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaiah Hartenstein	16	12	0	1	0	1	5	30	8-11	0-0	0-0	-7
Chet Holmgren	18	11	2	0	4	3	4	32	6-10	2-5	4-6	15
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	23	4	8	1	0	4	0	35	10-22	1-3	2-2	7
Luguentz Dort	6	5	1	0	0	0	3	32	2-9	2-6	0-0	3
Cason Wallace	4	5	5	1	0	1	2	33	2-9	0-5	0-0	4
Jaylin Williams	4	7	1	1	1	1	2	17	1-2	0-1	2-2	7
Brooks Barnhizer	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	5
Aaron Wiggins	11	3	3	0	0	1	2	27	5-12	1-6	0-0	0
Chris Youngblood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	3
Ajay Mitchell	17	7	1	1	0	2	3	27	7-14	0-4	3-3	-2
Ousmane Dieng	DNP
TEAM	101	55	21	5	5	13	23	-	42-90	6-30	11-13	-

Mavericks

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis	26	11	3	0	1	1	4	38	10-16	1-2	5-5	3
P.J. Washington	15	9	3	1	1	1	0	38	5-10	2-5	3-7	-17
Cooper Flagg	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	1-9	0-3	0-0	-20
Klay Thompson	8	4	2	0	1	2	0	22	3-11	2-6	0-0	-12
Max Christie	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	31	5-10	4-8	0-0	10
Caleb Martin	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Naji Marshall	9	4	0	1	0	0	2	23	2-7	0-2	5-5	-15
D'Angelo Russell	9	2	10	0	1	2	1	30	3-14	1-8	2-4	7
Jaden Hardy	11	1	1	2	0	1	4	21	4-9	2-4	1-1	10
Dwight Powell	DNP
Moussa Cisse	DNP
Ryan Nembhard	DNP
Miles Kelly	DNP
TEAM	94	36	20	6	4	8	15	-	33-87	12-39	16-22	-

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OKC Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks Game Summary

The 2025-26 NBA season continued on Monday with 11 games on the schedule, including the OKC Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks matchup. The Mavericks welcomed the defending NBA champions at the American Airlines Center in hopes of becoming the first team to beat them this season.

The Thunder have won their first three games of the campaign on the shoulders of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They defeated the Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers in overtime before dominating the Atlanta Hawks.

On the other hand, the Mavericks are off to a rocky start with a record of 1-2 heading into Monday's game. They were bamboozled by Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs in their season opener and lost to the Washington Wizards the following game. They earned their first win of the season on Sunday against the Toronto Raptors.

The OKC Thunder were off to the races to start the game, building an 11-2 lead before the Dallas Mavericks came alive midway through the first quarter and kept things close. It was the same story in the second period, but the defending champs pulled away in the third quarter.

The Thunder went up by as much as 22 points, and things appeared to be over before the Mavericks staged a comeback in the fourth quarter. The Mavs managed to pull within a point with less than a minute left.

With the Thunder up 97-94, D'Angelo Russell missed a game-tying shot with 25.3 seconds left. It turned into a free-throw game, with the visitors escaping with the win.