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NBA Recap: Oklahoma City Thunder Beats Dallas Mavericks for a 4-0 Season Sweep

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(Photo : gettyimages.com) The Thunder’s dynamic duo of All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook scored a team-high 24 points each to defeat the Mavericks.

Western Conference third leading and Northwest Division top team Oklahoma City Thunder finished off a season sweep of the Dallas Mavericks with a 116-103 victory at the American Airlines Center on Wednesday evening.

The Thunder's dynamic duo of All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook scored a team-high 24 points each, with Westbrook dishing out 13 assists for another double-double game performance to carry the 2012 NBA Finalist club to their 41st victory in 57 games played this season.

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"My job is to be able to find those guys when they're making shots, when they're contributing to our team," Westbrook, who is the NBA's second-best in assists with 10.2 assist per game, said. "They've been doing that all season, and that's what I try to do."

With the Thunder win, the Mavericks Dallas lost six of eight to fall into a group of four teams battling for the last three postseason berths. They are currently 30-28 and sit at the seventh spot of the West teams standings.

The Mavericks are just a half game behind the surging sixth placed Portland Trail Blazers  30-27, who have lost six games in a row and they are just two victories ahead of the eight placed Utah Jazz, 28-28.

"I don't look at the standings that much," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle stated."I'm looking at how we're playing. I didn't like the way we played in the first and fourth quarters tonight - and those are pretty important quarters."

Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 33 points  to go along with 6 boards and 2 steals to lead the Mavericks, but it was not enough. Wesley Matthews and Deron Williams finished the evening with 15 points and 14 points respectively.

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