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Mavs WATCH: Daniel Gafford, P.J. Washington Electric Alley-Oops from Luka Doncic

The Dallas Mavericks' Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington era got off to an electric start on Saturday against the Oklahoma City Thunder with alley-oops from Luka Doncic.

Dalton Trigg

Mavs WATCH: Daniel Gafford, P.J. Washington Electric Alley-Oops from Luka Doncic
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As far as first impressions go, Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington made the most of theirs in the first quarter of the Dallas Mavericks' Saturday afternoon game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Both big men were brought in before Thursday's trade deadline buzzer, and they didn't disappoint a raucous American Airlines Center crowd in their first action with the team.

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A little more than halfway through the first quarter, Gafford got his first Mavs basket on the receiving end of an alley-oop from Luka Doncic. Less than one minute of game time passed before Washington found himself on the receiving end of an electrifying alley-oop from Doncic as well.

The Mavs took a 71-62 lead over the Thunder into halftime. Doncic led the way with 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Gafford put up eight points on 4-6 shooting to go with four rebounds and a block. Washington had five points on just 2-5 shooting to go with two rebounds and one steal.

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Tune back into DallasBasketball.com following the conclusion of Mavs-Thunder for extensive coverage.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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