The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 98-96 to begin the preseason. Generally, I would tell you preseason does not matter, but since the Mavericks won with Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, Tim Hardaway Jr, Javale McGee and Davis Bertans, clearly the Mavericks are a juggernaut that no one in the league will be able to contend with.
The Mavericks shot a lot of threes, few free throws and played pretty solid defense. That plus a healthy portion of Doncic led the Mavericks to the Western Conference Finals last season. Here are the stats to know.