The Oklahoma City Thunder are looking to make it out of the Western Conference but have they done enough to overcome the Dallas Mavericks?
As streamers rained from the sky in the American Airline Center back in May, the Dallas Mavericks punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals by topping the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games - as the Thunder walked off the floor in sorrow, the overwhelming feeling was that this marked the beginning, not the end, in Bricktown.
A year ago, the Mavericks punished the Thunder for having Giddey on the floor being the team that exposed the former No. 6 overall pick's flaws within the construct of the OKC system back in a forgettable February tilt that was a nightmare-ish outcome for all parties involved in Bricktown. While Jaylin Williams represents a quality basketball player who made strides, he was never accused of being a rim protector, in fact, it is his glaring weakness. Anytime rising star Chet Holmgren was off the floor the rim was less protected than a Morkie posing as a guard dog.
Still, Dallas only lost Derrick Jones Jr. who they are banking on Nnaji Marshall replacing in production with a similar bump by playing alongside Doncic - and Tim Hardaway Jr who at times last year couldn't play dead in a Western. Still, Oklahoma City has done more than enough to once again lap the Mavericks in the regular season - this a combination of talent and effort, if you are betting on who will take the 82-game campaign more scenarios everyone would line up to put money on OKC especially after the Dallas leaders just saw what they could do as a No. 5 seed to add to their laissez-faire attitude.
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