Betting Results:
Head to Head: Thunder, odds 1.533
Line: Thunder (-4.5), odds 1.909
Total Points: Under (230), odds 1.896

Pre-game Prediction:
Thunder, 63.1%
Mavericks, 36.9%

It's been a successful game for the Jump Hub team. We tipped Thunder under the line at -4.5 and Hartenstein to have Over 11.5 rebounds, only to watch him get 13 over the course of the game.

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 39 as Thunder beat Mavericks 118-104, advance to NBA Cup semifinals

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 118-104 on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup quarterfinal.

Jalen Williams scored 18 points and Isaiah Hartenstein added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder, who will play Wednesday's Golden State-Houston winner in a semifinal on Saturday in Las Vegas.

Oklahoma City's largest lead was 20 points in a rematch of last season's Western Conference semifinals series that Dallas won 4-2.

The Thunder and their collection of elite perimeter defenders held Luka Doncic to 16 points on 5-for-15 shooting. Lu Dort led the effort, with Alex Caruso and Cason Wallace among the primary helpers.

Naji Marshall and Klay Thompson each scored 19 points and Kyrie Irving added 17 for the Mavericks.

P.J. Washington, a thorn in Oklahoma City's side during the playoffs last season and in Dallas' victory last month, missed the game with an illness.

Oklahoma City led 57-54 at halftime behind 18 points from Gilgeous-Alexander. Doncic had two points on 1-for-7 shooting at the break.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting in the third quarter to help the Thunder take control. Isaiah Joe's deep 3-pointer at the buzzer gave Oklahoma City a 90-73 lead heading into the fourth.

Takeaways

Mavericks: Dallas made too many mistakes to have a chance. The Thunder scored 36 points off the Mavericks' 19 turnovers.

Thunder: Oklahoma City brought in the 7-foot, 255-pound Hartenstein as a free agent in the offseason to provide bulk and rebounding. It paid off — the Thunder outrebounded the Mavericks 52-44.

Key moment

Oklahoma City opened the second half on a 13-2 run. Gilgeous-Alexander scored nine points during that stretch to help the Thunder take a 70-56 lead.

Key stat

The Mavericks made just 6 of 19 field goals in the third quarter after shooting 50% from the field in the first half.

This is how we previewed this game....

We're 5 from 6 in our last 3 games, recently delivering a 12% profit on the day with our Knicks at Raptors tips.

We're tipping both games in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals, our Bucks v Magic betting tips are here

Dimers - forecasting a 118-113 win for OKC and an Under 230.5 total points bet.
Clutch Points - tbc
Pickswise - Mavericks +4.5 is the headline pick here
Sportskeeda - similar to Clutch Points, feel a Bucks -7.5 is a bet worth having
Betting Odds - predicting an upset and advising a Mavericks win bet on the moneyline, and an Over 321.5 bet.
Sportsline - 121-110 in favor of OKC is the expected outcome according to Sportsline, so they are tipping a moderately strong bet on OKC -4.5, at odds of around 1.90.

Our Tip for Mavericks at Thunder

A 2-point bet on Thunder -4.5 our tip - odds 1.95
Returns $39.00 for a $20 bet

This was another winning tip for the Jump Hub team, with Thunder winning 118 to 104.

Our Player Prop bet tip is further down this page