2024 Playoffs- 2nd Round: Oklahoma City Thunder - Dallas Mavericks- MAVS WIN 4-2!

[DallasMaverick]

Eh, game 1 was culture shock. After fisticuffs all series long with the Clips, the league pulled the chair on em and whistled a regular season game. Mavs adjusted and killed it last night.

By my count, Thunder only have 6 playable dudes. Mavs have 8. Absent further injury, I like our spot a lot.

By my count, Dallas used their bench for 61 minutes of the game, OKC 78.

To be fair, Giddey was so ineffective that he only played 11 minutes. So it's almost like 30 or so bench minutes "should" have gone to him.  In that case, Dallas' bench would have had more PT.

The four bench guys that saw real PT (Jay Will, Wallace, Joe, and Wiggins) shot 12-22 and did a pretty good job, although plus-minus was negative.

Dallas bench (mostly Lively, Green & Hardaway) shot worse (11-25), but their plus-minus was outstandingly positive. 

So I'm not sure I can make a firm conclusion about who's bench is superior yet.