{"id":939894,"date":"2026-07-16T23:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/939894\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:42:36","slug":"mavericks-beat-thunder-in-summer-league-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/939894\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks beat Thunder in Summer League action"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Sergio de Larrea delivers an impressive performance as the Mavericks defeat the Thunder, 97-87, at the 2026 NBA Summer League.<\/p>\n

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\"Dallas Mavericks 97, \"Oklahoma Thunder 87: <\/strong>Box Score<\/a> | Game Detail<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS<\/b> \u2013 The Dallas Mavericks held off an Oklahoma City Thunder comeback to win, 97-87<\/a>, in a 2026 NBA Summer League<\/a> matchup at Thomas and Mack Center on Thursday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mavericks rode a well-balanced offensive effort that included six double-digit point tallies, made partly possible by the No. 25 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft<\/a> Sergio de Larrea\u2019s game-high 14 assists. Dallas shot a solid 45.8% overall and enjoyed a massive 47-25 edge in second-unit scoring.<\/p>\n

It was a highly competitive first half that culminated with Dallas holding a 49-45 lead, but the Mavericks were dominant in the third quarter, outscoring OKC by a 28-18 margin. However, the Thunder battled back to get within six with 3:42 remaining before Dallas sealed the win with a game-ending 9-5 run.<\/p>\n

John Poulakidas led the Mavericks with 19 points. Darin Green Jr. finished 18 points and five rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brooks Barnhizer continued his productive summer by leading the Thunder with a 21-point, 12-rebound double-double.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are back in action Friday afternoon for a consolation game against the Knicks (8:30 ET, Prime Video<\/a>), as the Thunder\u2019s Summer League action ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sergio de Larrea delivers an impressive performance as the Mavericks defeat the Thunder, 97-87, at the 2026 NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":939895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[6650,1260,62,34306,6001,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-939894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-mavericks","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-summer-league","tag-thunder","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116932309652985360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}