During Thunder coach Billy Donovan’s first timeout of the game, he pointed out to his team that the Mavericks were taking a lot of 3-point shots and getting a lot of good looks from the perimeter.
“I hope (Mavs coach) Rick (Carlisle) doesn’t mind me saying this,” Donovan said after OKC’s 106-103 loss to Dallas on Sunday, “they were throwing bricks up at the basket to start the game. We were, too. It wasn’t like we were making shots either, but they were throwing – I mean, it was hitting the backboard.”
But as Donovan correctly predicted, that wouldn’t last.