Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: Oklahoma City 55-27, Dallas 42-40
Game 1 on Saturday, 16 April: Dallas loses at Oklahoma City, 108-pts-70
Game 2 on Monday, 18 April: Dallas wins at Oklahoma City, 85-pts-84
Game 3 on Thursday, 21 April: Oklahoma City wins at Dallas, 131-pts-102
Game 4 on Saturday, 23 April: Oklahoma City wins at Dallas, 119-pts-108
Game 5 on Monday, 25 April: Dallas loses at Oklahoma City, 118-pts-104

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 118-pts-104 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1308 victory. With the series 1308 win, the Oklahoma City Thunder improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 9-5 overall and 5-1 (with an active five-series winning streak) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1308 loss, the Dallas Mavericks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-17 (with an active four-series losing streak) overall and 5-8 (with an active four-series losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Oklahoma City Thunder in series 1308 was WLWWW: Series 1308 thus becomes the third NBA Preliminary-round series, the 26th NBA series (all rounds), and the 80th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Oklahoma City Thunder visited and bested the Dallas Mavericks 119-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1308 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 5 record of 2-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 0-10 and a Game 5 record of 3-7.

After Game 3: The Oklahoma City Thunder visited and bested the Dallas Mavericks 131-pts-102 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1308 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 3-10 and a Game 4 record of 6-7.

After Game 2: The Dallas Mavericks visited and outscored the Oklahoma City Thunder 85-pts-84 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1308 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 3 record of 1-5, while the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 7-6 and a Game 3 record of 6-7. Dallas trailed in Oklahoma City by three points after three quarters, but prevailed in series 1308 Game 2: In the history of best-of-7 format NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2015, inclusive, road teams down three points after three quarters had a game record of only 27-71 (.276).

After Game 1: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 108-pts-70 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1308 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 2 record of 4-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 6-13 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 9-10. The 38-point series 1308 Game 1 victory by Oklahoma City over Dallas is the largest victory margin ever in a best-of-7 format NBA Preliminary-round Game 1 (breaking the previous record of 34 points, set in series 976 by the San Antonio Spurs over the visiting Sacramento Kings in 2006). The 38-point series 1308 Game 1 victory by Oklahoma City over Dallas is the largest victory margin in any best-of-7 format NBA Preliminary-round game since series 1271 Game 6, in which the Chicago Bulls visited and trounced the Milwaukee Bucks 120-pts-66 in 2015.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NBA regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder finished 13 games ahead of the Dallas Mavericks. From 1947 through the 2015 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 13 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-2 (.857) with an active ten-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1308 is the 14th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the 29th for the Dallas Mavericks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have an all-rounds series record of 8-5, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-1 (with an active four-series winning streak), and a Game 1 record of 7-6, while the Dallas Mavericks have an all-rounds series record of 12-16 (with an active three-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 5-7 (with an active three-series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 9-19 (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1308 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas defeated Oklahoma City in the 2011 NBA Semifinals but the Thunder prevailed in the 2012 NBA Preliminary round.