Dwight Powell made a dunk on a pass from Jalen Brunson with 21 seconds left, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 106-103.
Jerami Grant’s cutting layup had put the Thunder ahead 103-102 with 32 seconds left.
The Thunder had the ball down 3, but Russell Westbrook missed a 36-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Thunder outscored the Mavericks 12-11. Grant scored 7 of the Thunder’s 12 on 3 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Westbrook had 4 of his 11 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Grant that put the Thunder ahead.
Trey Burke had 25 points (10 in the third quarter) and 8 assists off the bench, and Powell added 11 points and 9 rebounds.
For the Thunder, Paul George had 27 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 11 rebounds, and Westbrook added 25 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, his 30th triple-double of the season. Steven Adams had 20 points and 15 rebounds. The Thunder had 3 20-point scorers.
The Mavericks shot 42.5% from the field and 36.4% from 3 to the Thunder’s 38.8% and 25.6%. They outscored the Thunder 57-14 off the bench. The Thunder outscored the Mavericks 28-18 in 9 minutes with Westbrook, George, Schröder, Adams and Grant on the floor together.