Oklahoma City Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks Preview & Odds — October 28, 2026
OKCOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)DAL
OKCDefenseDALOKCTeamDALOKCLast 10 gamesDALInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
OKCRest & travelDALOKCKey injuriesDALAbout these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 28, 9:40 a.m. ET.
Matchup preview
The Thunder visit the Mavericks on Wednesday, October 28 at 9:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Thunder scored 119.2 points per game (5th of 30) and allowed 107.8 (2nd). The Mavericks scored 113.9 points per game (23rd of 30) and allowed 119.5 (23rd).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Thunder 117.0 (5th), Mavericks 108.7 (29th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Thunder 105.9 (1st), Mavericks 114.3 (19th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Thunder +11.1 (1st), Mavericks −5.7 (24th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Thunder are 6.5-point road favorites, with the Mavericks getting the points at home. The spread has not moved since it opened. The total is 228.5, down from 230.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the moneyline (Thunder -225, Mavericks +185) prices the Thunder at 66% and the Mavericks at 34%.
Built from public team and player data; ranks are league-wide and update daily until kickoff.
Market
Odds and line movement
Thunder -6.5 (-110)
Thunder -6.5 (-105)
Mavericks +185 34%
Mavericks +185 34%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. The Now column updates from our odds board. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Best available prices on Oct 28
- Thunder -6.5+108ProphetX
- Mavericks +6.5-110Hard Rock
- Over 228.5+100Novig
- Under 228.5-102Novig
- Thunder-199Novig
- Mavericks+200theScore Bet
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game31.12nd
- Rebounds per game4.3150th
- Assists per game6.617th
- Minutes per game33.2
- Points per game17.167th
- Rebounds per game8.916th
- Assists per game1.7226th
- Minutes per game28.9
- Points per game21.031st
- Rebounds per game6.757th
- Assists per game4.555th
- Minutes per game33.5
- Points per game15.289th
- Rebounds per game4.7134th
- Assists per game3.3103rd
- Minutes per game29.5
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 14 times since 2022: the Thunder won 9 and the Mavericks 5.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2026 | Thunder 100, Mavericks 87 Thunder won | ||
| Dec 5, 2025 | Mavericks 111, Thunder 132 Thunder won | ||
| Oct 27, 2025 | Thunder 101, Mavericks 94 Thunder won | ||
| Jan 23, 2025 | Mavericks 121, Thunder 115 Mavericks won | ||
| Jan 17, 2025 | Thunder 98, Mavericks 106 Mavericks won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Result
After the final: score vs the closing line, the box score vs the close and the graded official play, if there was one, appear here on this same page.
Teams
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Oklahoma City Thunder team stats
- Phoenix Suns 114, Oklahoma City Thunder 125 (Oct 26)
- Los Angeles Clippers 101, Oklahoma City Thunder 108 (Oct 25)
- Denver Nuggets 84, Oklahoma City Thunder 96 (Oct 22)
Dallas Mavericks
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