The Dallas Mavericks are experiencing success against the best team in the NBA in the Oklahoma City Thunder. This past week, the Mavs won their third meeting ag

OKC had won 13 straight home games since a 121-119 defeat on Nov. 17 to the Mavericks, who also played without Doncic that night. This was the fourth and last meeting of the season between these teams that met in last season’s Western Conference semifinals.

The Thunder sit pretty at the top of the West with a 36-8 record. But the depleted Mavericks are responsible for three of their eight losses. Paired with last year's playoff exit,