The Dallas Mavericks win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night featured a handful of Mavericks showing what they are capable of. Reggie Bullock had a much-needed 3-of-4 shooting performance, Spencer Dinwiddie flirted with a triple double, and Frank Ntilikina flashed his defensive ability (although his ball-handling was suspect). The most enticing of all, however, was Luka Doncic’s decisiveness to catch and shoot the ball on multiple occasions.
The first came during Dallas’ 12-0 run to open the game, after Doncic came off a double-stagger screen on the backside:
The second came with just under four minutes left in the first quarter, after Doncic gave the ball up to Dorian Finney-Smith, who took an attack dribble and kicked it right back:
The third was the result of an offensive rebound, where Finney-Smith once again found Doncic spotting up:
The Mavericks have needed some sort of change to their offense for the first two-plus months of the season.