The Dallas Mavericks (50-32 record, 5th place in the West) will welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder (57-25 record, 1st place in the West) at the American Airlines Center, Dallas’ home field, at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. 5/12.
This is Game 3 of the series of round 2 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs in the Western region. Oklahoma City Thunder is the team with home field advantage due to higher seeding. The series score is currently 1-1 after Dallas won 119-110 in Game 2.
Odds: Dallas Mavericks -2.5 points
O/U ratio: 219.5 points
Match information: Oklahoma City Thunder has youth and a uniform team. But in front of them is a Dallas Mavericks with many experienced players in many big arenas.
The strength of experience spoke up in Game 2 when Dallas was more calm, winning right on the opponent’s field to equalize the series score 1-1. Entering Game 3 taking place in the early morning of May 12, Luka Doncic and his teammates will have home field advantage against Oklahoma City Thunder.
One notable piece of information is that Luka Doncic is having knee and ankle problems. He appears on the Dallas Mavericks’ injury list with an unknown ability to play in Game 3.
Notable stars : At the 2024 NBA Playoffs, Luka Doncic is the No. 1 star of the Dallas Mavericks with an average of 29.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game. Kyrie Irving is right behind with 26.5 points and 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
For Game 1 host Oklahoma City Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 27.3 points with 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Jalen Williams plays the role of “SGA”‘s powerful assistant, scoring 21.3 points with 5.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
Comment on the 2024 NBA Playoffs match – Oklahoma City Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks Game 3 on May 12, 2024
With the Oklahoma City Thunder, the young players of the new best coach of the year just had to receive a “real test” and brought about their first defeat in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The effects of the Game 2 loss could have an impact. greatly affects OKC, especially when this team is inexperienced in the postseason.
Considering that Luka Doncic is not in the best shape due to injury, Kyrie Irving will need to stand up and share the fire with his teammate.
In Game 2, although Kyrie did not have a good finishing feeling, he played great defense and silently contributed to bringing Dallas to victory. As predicted, Irving will be more aggressive in attacking in Game 3 when Luka’s situation is showing signs of worsening.
With this information, the Dallas Mavericks, with home field advantage and rising morale, are predicted to be the winning team in Game 3.
Experts say: Dallas Mavericks -2.5 and U/219.5 points
Injury situation:
– Dallas Mavericks is without Maxi Kleber (shoulder).
– Oklahoma City Thunder has the strongest squad.
