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Recap: Dallas Mavericks at OKC Thunder

The Oklahoman's Darnell Mayberry, John Rohde, Jenni Carlson and Anthony Slater are providing live coverage via Twitter of the Thunder's game Monday night against Dallas. Can't be at the game? Follow here.

Published: February 4, 2013 Comment on this article

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@JenniCarlson_OK 6:48 p.m. Random observation: the Mavs' warmup shirts look like they got put through the wash too many times. #aretheysupposedtolooklikethat

@JenniCarlson_OK 6:55 p.m. My second-favorite NBA ref is in the house tonight. Ken Mauer! He's second only to Dick Bavetta in my book. #Thunder

@JenniCarlson_OK 6:56 p.m. Mauer is the guy who threw out Perk and Zach Randolph earlier this season. "You, you get out! You, you get out!" he said as he tossed both.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:02 p.m. Fast approaching tipoff for #Thunder-Mavs. I want to hear some predictions.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:06 p.m. A completely ROUSING national anthem tonight by Maddie Manning Mims, a former Olympian and jazz hall of famer. #bringherback

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:07 p.m. RT @BFOutlaw: @JenniCarlson_OK Thunder 105-94

@anthonyVslater 7:07 p.m. Mavs-Thunder always play tight, but recent series is lopsided. Including playoffs, OKC has won eight consecutive games against Dallas.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:07 p.m. A wisenheimer ;) RT @beercanregatta: @JenniCarlson_OK The team with the most points will win the game. :)

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:08 p.m. RT @MikeBarr63: @JenniCarlson_OK dirk leads the mavs to an upset win over the thunder 103-99

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:08 p.m. RT @Shane_Magness91: @JenniCarlson_OK 101-97 OKC

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:09 p.m. Wowza. RT @Garytwarren: @JenniCarlson_OK Westbrook with a triple double, serge with a double double and thunder win by 20.

@okcthunder 7:09 p.m. #ThunderUP. Game vs #Mavs about to tip on @FSOklahoma. TV Companion at thunder.nba.com pic.twitter.com/lMvzoGpS

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:10 p.m. Another wowza. RT @letsgoBoling: @JenniCarlson_OK OKC wins big. Russell with 40

@anthonyVslater 7:12 p.m. Thunder: 14-1 at home against Western Conference teams this season. Mavs: 8-18 on the road.

@RohdeOK 7:14 p.m. Mavs with three blocked shot in first 95 seconds against #Thunder.

@anthonyVslater 7:17 p.m. Kendrick Perkins is 21/31 (67%) shooting the past eight games. Actually in a nice groove offensively, when called upon.

@RohdeOK 7:19 p.m. Who's shot is more "unique"? -- Kevin Martin or Shawn Marion?

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:20 p.m. RT @RohdeOK: Who's shot is more "unique"? -- Kevin Martin or Shawn Marion?

@anthonyVslater 7:20 p.m. Dirk, Shawn Marion, Elton Brand, Vince Carter. This Mavs would have been STACKED if it was the early 2000s.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:28 p.m. After fouling KD hard, Elton Brand turned and apologized to the #Thunder bench. Don't know if I've ever seen that.

@RohdeOK 7:31 p.m. Kevin Durant finally misses FT against Mavs this season -- 10/10 on Dec. 27; 21/21 on Jan. 18; hit first four tonight.

@DarnellMayberry 7:33 p.m. Kevin Martin just caught an alley-oop!

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:33 p.m. RT @RohdeOK: Kevin Durant finally misses FT against Mavs this season -- 10/10 on Dec. 27; 21/21 on Jan. 18; hit first four tonight.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:34 p.m. Mavs are shooting 68.8 percent. Thought the #Thunder would be better after the Cleveland loss.

@anthonyVslater 7:36 p.m. Thunder up 29-22 on Dallas after one. Starting to get the feeling this one will be over early. OKC starting to roll.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:36 p.m. At the end of the first quarter, #Thunder leads the Mavs 29-22. KD and RW both have six points, Martin and Sefolosha with 5 each.

@DarnellMayberry 7:36 p.m. After one, the Thunder leads the Mavs 29-22.

@okcthunder 7:37 p.m. #DefenseToOffense. Hasheem Thabeet blocks leads to Reggie Jackson jumper. #Thunder takes 29-22 lead over #DallasMavericks headed to Q2.

@RohdeOK 7:40 p.m. #Thunder closed first quarter on 7-0 run as Mavs missed last six shots from field.

@RohdeOK 7:44 p.m. Before Nowitzki' shot there, Mavs had missed nine straight to go from 73.3% FG to 45.8%.

@anthonyVslater 7:44 p.m. Kevin Durant has scored 101 points in 10 quarters against the Dallas Mavericks this year. Scorching them.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:45 p.m. Doesn't feel like the #Thunder is playin' all that great, but OKC is up 37-26 with 8:48 left in the second.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:46 p.m. RT @RohdeOK: Before Nowitzki' shot there, Mavs had missed nine straight to go from 73.3% FG to 45.8%.

@RohdeOK 7:47 p.m. Dallas 13/22 2FG; 0/5 3FG; 0/2 FT. OKC 9/20 2FG; 3/7 3FG; 10/12 FT. #Thunder's biggest lead right now at 37-26 (8:48 2nd).

@anthonyVslater 7:49 p.m. Can't hate on Shawn Marion's shooting form because it looks a lot like mine. Sadly.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:49 p.m. RT @anthonyVslater: Can't hate on Shawn Marion's shooting form because it looks a lot like mine. Sadly.

@RohdeOK 7:49 p.m. Not a peep out of Westbrook tonight. Has yet to scream at ref or teammate. Stared down official once, and Collison blew by him.

@JenniCarlson_OK 7:51 p.m. Rick Carlisle is using all of his timeouts tonight. Dallas trying to stop the bleeding, but it ain't workin'. #Thunder 48, Mavs 30.

@RohdeOK 7:53 p.m. Mavs bench: 31 total minutes and four points (Brand). Thunder bench: 33 minutes and 16 points.

@RohdeOK 7:56 p.m. Mavs: 9 turnovers (for 17 OKC points); Thunder: 3 turnovers (4 points).

@RohdeOK 7:57 p.m. #Thunder leads fast-break points 21-2 to lead 57-34. This is how OKC should have treated Cleveland on Saturday.

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:00 p.m. Crowder talkin' trash to Perk, Perk talkin' trash back, both talkin' trash to each other. Ah, I love the NBA.

@anthonyVslater 8:00 p.m. Some on-court barking between O.J. Mayo and Kendrick Perkins. No way? Those two? Couldn't be.

@DarnellMayberry 8:01 p.m. O.J. Mayo still talking tough, huh? Figured Tony Allen put an end to that a while back.

@anthonyVslater 8:02 p.m. Thunder up 61-36 in the second quarter. Mavs may go with preseason energy and rotation in the second half. Rest some old legs.

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:02 p.m. Officials reviewing something just now. I'm sure they're trying to figure out if there are technicals to be doled out. #Thunder

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:03 p.m. Players hanging at the scorer's table just now. If ya didn't know, Perk is one sweaty dude. Like twice as sweaty as anyone else.

@DarnellMayberry 8:03 p.m. Technical foul on Kendrick Perkins for the exchange.

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:04 p.m. Perk gets a T, but I gotta tell ya, Crowder started it. #Thunder

@RohdeOK 8:04 p.m. If Kendrick Perkins got a technical foul, Jae Crowder also should have gotten one since his mouth started the whole altercation.

@anthonyVslater 8:06 p.m. Nice battle going for Thunder team-lead in technicals: KD leads with eight, Perkins and Westbrook both with seven. Smart money on Perk.

@RohdeOK 8:09 p.m. Absolutely love Westbrook's game so far tonight -- a tight-lipped, well-mannered 15 points, six assists, zero negativity.

@DarnellMayberry 8:11 p.m. At halftime, the Thunder leads the Mavs 68-44. OKC turns it over just four times in the first half. Westbrook scored 17. Durant has 15.

@DarnellMayberry 8:11 p.m. Nowitzki has seven points on seven shots.

@RohdeOK 8:11 p.m. Season-high 68 points for #Thunder in first half.

@okcthunder 8:11 p.m. Russell Westbrook 17 points, Kevin Durant 15, Kevin Martin 11 as #Thunder builds 68-44 lead on #Mavericks at halftime.

@anthonyVslater 8:13 p.m. OKC has won eight straight games against Dallas. Might as well mark it down as nine. Thunder up 68-44 at half.

@anthonyVslater 8:13 p.m. This feels slightly more competitive than the Charlotte game earlier this year. You know, the one where OKC went on a 75-19 run mid-game.

@DarnellMayberry 8:15 p.m. RT @LifeofJuanTwo @DarnellMayberry 76ers beat the Magic tonight 78-61. The Thunder have 66 at halftime.

@okcthunder 8:20 p.m. Nice halftime show, @BealeStFlippers vine.co/v/bnawKrlwhY5

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:20 p.m. RT @RohdeOK: Season-high 68 points for #Thunder in first half.

@DarnellMayberry 8:28 p.m. Guess Carlisle didn't too much care for Bernard James. He's gone with Elton Brand to start the second half.

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:33 p.m. How does anything Shawn Marion shoots ever go in? I don't understand the physics ...

@anthonyVslater 8:35 p.m. Kevin Durant vs the Mavs this year: 32 field goals and 111 points. Dirk Nowitski vs the Thunder: 11 field goals and 36 points.

@DarnellMayberry 8:36 p.m. Kevin Durant just picked up another technical. He ninth of the season.

@RohdeOK 8:36 p.m. Nowitzki took a swipe at Ibaka last time down court and did the same at other end against Durant. No call either time.

@anthonyVslater 8:36 p.m. There's Kevin Durant's ninth technical of the season. Tied with Kobe, Carmelo, Blake Griffin and Matt Barnes for second in the NBA.

@anthonyVslater 8:37 p.m. Who leads the league in technicals you ask? Well, DeMarcus Cousins of course. He's got 10. KD closing hard.

@DarnellMayberry 8:40 p.m. I'm not sure what Durant did or said. But he disputed it as if he didn't say or do anything derogatory.

@RohdeOK 8:45 p.m. Jae Crowder hits a 3 and with his team down 26, turns and stares down the Thunder bench. Rook needs attitude adjustment.

@anthonyVslater 8:46 p.m. In the first five years of his career, Kevin Durant had 12 technicals total. This year, he's got nine before the All-Star break.

@RohdeOK 8:47 p.m. Serge Ibaka's block on Shawn Marion couldn't have been any cleaner. Call made by former ORU great Haywoode Workman.

@RohdeOK 8:49 p.m. Question becomes: Will any Thunder starters play in the fourth quarter?

@DarnellMayberry 8:52 p.m. After three quarters, the Thunder leads the Mavs 92-67.

@JenniCarlson_OK 8:52 p.m. End of the third quarter, and the #Thunder is rollin'. 92-67. Total domination.

@okcthunder 8:52 p.m. Headed to Q4, #Thunder has 25-point lead on @dallasmavs 92-67. Box score and more at thunder.nba.com

@DarnellMayberry 8:54 p.m. You'd think the Thunder starters won't have to play this fourth quarter...You'd think.

@DarnellMayberry 8:57 p.m. DeAndre Liggins with a gorgeous pass into Hasheem Thabeet.

@RohdeOK 8:57 p.m. If @russwest44 is done, he finished with 24 points (8 for 16), 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 turns and a perfect attitude. Recipe for title.

@DarnellMayberry 9:00 p.m. Now into the game for the Thunder, No. 6, Eric Maynor.

@anthonyVslater 9:01 p.m. Haven't seen Dirk break out of a light jog in the second half. Thunder up 101-71 on Dallas with nine minutes left.

@DarnellMayberry 9:03 p.m. Technical on Thabeet. This team is not nice.

@RohdeOK 9:03 p.m. Hasheem Thabeet leads the free world (and Tanzania) in dumb fouls.

@anthonyVslater 9:04 p.m. Dirk Nowitski tonight: 3/11 shooting, 10 points, 3 rebounds and a plus/minus of -24.

@RohdeOK 9:07 p.m. Eric Maynor's first points since Dec. 20 at Minnesota.

@anthonyVslater 9:08 p.m. Dirk Nowitski is 11/41 shooting (26 percent) in three games against OKC this year. Averaging 12.3 points. He's been brutal.

@anthonyVslater 9:17 p.m. Kevin Durant (19 pts / 10 rebs) has recorded two straight double-doubles for the first time since early November.

@RohdeOK 9:18 p.m. A rare blowout in this series, which OKC now leads 10-7. Counting postseason, this is #Thunder's 9th straight win vs. Mavs.

@DarnellMayberry 9:20 p.m. Final score: Thunder 112, Mavs 91.

@okcthunder 9:20 p.m. #Thunder wins! 112-91 over #Mavs. #FoxSportsOklahoma now for postgame #ThunderLive!

@anthonyVslater 9:21 p.m. Nine straight wins for OKC over Dallas. The Thunder is now 15-1 against Western Conference teams at home this season.

@okcthunder 9:22 p.m. Reggie Jackson on the radio with Matt Pinto after the game: Key was "defense, getting the stops."

@anthonyVslater 9:23 p.m. Kevin Durant is averaging 37 points per game against Dallas this year. Dirk has 37 total in those three games.

@anthonyVslater 9:28 p.m. Russell Westbrook (8/16 tonight) has shot 50% or better in three consecutive games. That's his longest streak of the season.

@okcthunder 9:31 p.m. Hasheem Thabeet (3 blocks) after the game w/Lesley McCaslin: "We trust in each other and play hard together." pic.twitter.com/MceAwkjF

@anthonyVslater 9:31 p.m. DeMarcus Cousins felt Kevin Durant creeping up on his technical title, so he went and got ejected tonight. Two T's, now has 12 this year.