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Bullets

Game:

• Mavs lose to the Thunder 107.90 to 109.00 PP100, give up second most points on a per possession bases this season against OKC
• Both teams combine for 108.45 Efficiency, the most at the first day of playoff basketball
• For the first time in the series (including reg season), Mavs attempt more FTs (+5.51 PP100) and outrebound Thunder (53.85%)
• Both teams set series-highs in Transition Points P100, Mavs 20.92, Thunder 38.54
• Mavs ball movement wasn't sharp, AST% (44.12) and AST/TOV (1.00) were series-lows
• In the decisive 4th quarter, Thunder scored 111.08 of their 128.17 PP100 in the paint or at the line. That's a lot!
• Mavs ball-movement also stopped in 4Q, assisting on only 28.57% of their FGs (0.50 AST/TOV-ratio)
• Within 180 seconds in 4th & OT outside garbage time, Mavs rank 10th in the league in D (allow 107.81 PP100). Last night: 198.16. Led to 14-6 Thunder run to end the game
• Dallas attempted more FGA in the paint (38-34), but made fewer (16-21)
• Thunder took 46 shots from outside 10 feet, only 33 within. Mavs 41-37
• Oklahoma City went 3-for-3 on corner threes. The Mavs took only four long 2FG (16+ feet), that's uncharacteristic.

Lineups:

• The starting unit got outscored by 12.91 PP100 on 107.57 and scored only 25.82 in the paint
• But they outrebounded Thunder (58.33% - 38.46% ORB)
• Both teams combined for 46.15% from three with the Mavs starting unit on the floor
• Bench units were more successful, outscored OKC by 31.94 PP100 on 83.53 Def, set a series-high in Transition PP100 (29.48)
• They outscored the Thunder by 19.65 in transition and also by 14.75 in the paint and at the line
• Bench units also shot a series-high 62.83% TS and kept rebounding edge (52.78%)
• Both teams turned the ball over on 18.43% of the possessions, the most in any game vs. Thunder when the Mavs played a bench unit
• Best unit was Kidd-Terry-Carter-Marion-Ian (+63.48 PP100 on 46.16 Def). They outscored Thunder 19-8
• 46.16 Defensive Efficiency is actually the best value for a lineups this season vs. Thunder (min 10 possessions in a game)
• Terry had to play in the backcourt for the Mavs to be effective. The Jasons were a +16.19 PP100, Terry/West +4.71. Kidd and West were outscored 23-32 (-34.33 PP100)
• Lineups with Kidd/West in the backcourt also only scored 26.71 PP100 in the paint and shot 40.15% TS. Both series-lows for any backcourt with at least 20 possessions in a game
• Lineups /w Wood & Mahinmi worked, but with Wright Mavs got outscored by -59.80 PP100, allowed 162.31 on D, 111.06 in the paint and grabbed only 37.50% of the rebounds...
• Unadj. +/- to Terry (+46.72 PP100). Effs with him: 116.15 Off & 103.76 Def. Not loved: Wright, West, Dirk (rare sighting!), Kidd

Players:

• Terry also ended up leading advanced stuff: 27.9 PER, 0.410 WS48, 0.481 WP48.
• Good games from Mahinmi, Kidd, Marion, Haywood. Delonte mediocre and Carter / Dirk contributed to the loss
• Best rebounder was Haywood at 19.4%, Terry leads team in TS% (100.0) and also assisted on 19.2% of Mavs FGs (Kidd leads that cat with 20.0%)
• Ian, Dirk and Wood were only 3-for-10 at the rim, but overall Dirk gets closer to the basket than usual, took 9 shots from 10-16 (made 6)
• Counterpart adjusted advanced metrics:
  

  PlayerName		oAdjPER	oAdjWS48	oAdjWP48	oDiffPER	oDiffWS48	oDiffWP48
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  Ian Mahinmi		41.34	0.474	0.804	22.05	0.219	0.512
  Shawn Marion		13.44	0.248	0.412	-2.65		0.119	0.291
  Jason Kidd			9.72		0.163	0.384	-8.87		0.049	0.009
  Jason Terry		35.25	0.539	0.343	7.39		0.129	-0.138
  Delonte West		12.60	0.035	-0.053	5.00		0.029	-0.147
  Vince Carter		4.35		-0.080	-0.073	0.15		0.079	0.240
  Brendan Haywood	19.88	0.231	-0.121	5.45		0.109	-0.334
  Dirk Nowitzki		1.72		-0.110	-0.496	-14.22	-0.111	-0.324

Stuff:

• Gameflow chart