The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 in an entertaining win in Oklahoma City on Sunday night. Dallas was without Luka Doncic, and the Thunder were without Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso, but the Mavericks still managed to pull out the victory with short hands.

It was a team-wide effort without Doncic, and Dallas exerted its advantage in a positive way. Here are the numbers to know.

18, 24: Mavericks offensive rebounds, second-chance points

The Thunder were without Chet Holmgren, who broke his hip a week ago and will be out indefinitely, and are still without Isaiah Hartenstein, who broke his hand in the preseason. OKC was also missing Jaylin Williams, who suffered a hamstring injury. Those are all the true bigs on the Thunder roster, so they make up for it with an ultra-small ball lineup, with no player taller than 6-foot-1 in the rotation.

This left Dallas to take advantage of its massive frontcourt compared to centers Dereck Lively, Daniel Gafford and forwards PJ Washington and Maxi Kleber. The Mavericks did just that, grabbing 18 offensive rebounds and scoring 24 second-chance points.

The Mavericks outscored the Thunder in second-chance points 24-7, so that advantage was crucial in what ended up being a three-point victory. PJ Washington had seventeen rebounds on his own, six of which were offensive. Dallas never played OKC’s small ball and bullied the Thunder on the glass all night.

7: Mavericks players score in double figures

Without Luka Doncic, who was officially out with a bruised right knee but apparently has several lower-body ailments, the Mavericks needed role players to fill in the gaps for Doncic’s missing points, and boy did those players ever do that with seven Mavericks score in double figures.

PJ Washington led the way with 27 and used his size to score near the basket and ultimately make a number of threes. Kyrie Irving had 23 points and looked like his usual efficient self, although he did most of his damage on two points (6 of 12 from two). The biggest surprises were Jaden Hardy’s thirteen points and Spencer Dinwiddie’s ten. Both bench guards have struggled shooting the ball of late, and Hardy did all his damage without making a single three-pointer, attacking well off the bounce. Dinwiddie, on the other hand, did most of his work behind the arc, with six big points in the fourth quarter on consecutive 3-pointers.

36: Mavericks free throw attempts

The Mavericks aren’t hitting a ton for a team that has two stars in Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but they were able to hit a ton against the Thunder, using some good old-fashioned bully to get the Thunder. in big trouble. Dallas went 30-of-36 at the free-throw line, compared to the Thunder’s 19-of-25.

While Dallas picked up a few extra trips thanks to the Thunder’s intentional foul to extend the game in the final minute, the Mavericks still had an advantage at the free throw line for most of the night thanks to the team’s determination to stay in the paint to come. and the Mavericks’ bigger lineup forced the Thunder to foul during loose ball and rebound situations — PJ Washington had 10 attempts and Gafford had seven. It’s one of the few times in the Doncic era that a player other than Doncic reached double-digit free throw attempts.