Thunder Use Strong Second and Fourth Quarters to Beat Dallas in Game 1

The Oklahoma City Thunder outscored the Dallas Mavericks by 9 in the second quarter and by 12 in the fourth quarter and won Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series, 117-95 on Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.

The first half featured eight ties and 11 lead changes, before the Thunder used a late second quarter surge to build a 12-point lead and led 62-53 at halftime.

They never trailed again and in the fourth quarter built their lead to 25 on the way to their fifth straight playoff win...