Thunder vs. Mavericks: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs

There wasn’t much defense on display at American Airlines Center on Saturday night, but the Oklahoma City Thunder were able to capture a 3-1 series lead over the Dallas Mavericks with a 119-108 win thanks to the contributions of six double-figure scorers.

Russell Westbrook led the way for the Western Conference’s No. 3 seed with 25 points, 15 assists and five rebounds while shooting 7-of-19 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range. The effort represented the third 20-point, 15-assist game of Westbrook’s playoff career, and his brilliance in the open floor allowed Oklahoma City to pull away down the stretch, as Mavs.com’s Bobby Karalla observed: 

Westbrook is a LeBron-lite freight train in the open floor. He’s beaten everyone down the floor so many times even after made baskets.

— Bobby Karalla (@bobbykaralla) April 24, 2016

Westbrook also became the first player since Kevin Johnson in 1992 to post back-to-back games in the playoffs with at least 20 points and 15 dimes, per ESPN Stats & Info. 

Kevin Durant added 19 points on 7-of-20 shooting (1-of-4 from three) before officials ejected him for a flagrant-2 foul on Justin Anderson late in the fourth quarter, but Oklahoma City’s supplementary scorers made up for his woes in a big way. 

Serge Ibaka was sensational again with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and Enes Kanter continued to bully Dallas down low with a game-high 28 points (12-of-13 shooting) and six rebounds as he went ballistic in the fourth quarter to ice the game, per ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: 

Kanter with some pretty ridiculous finishes around the rim tonight. Spread PNR has killed Dallas all …

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