Memory lane: The Thunder and Mavericks last met in the NBA playoffs in a spicy 2016 series

By Anthony Slater 12s ago OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks last met in the NBA playoffs back in 2016, the first round of what would be Kevin Durant’s final season with his first franchise. That playoff run is most remembered in OKC for the seven-game conference finals collision with the 73-win Golden State Warriors, which included a 3-1 Thunder lead, the legendary Klay Thompson Game 6 and the ramifications that followed the Thunder’s elimination, leading to Durant’s departure. The second-round series that preceded it also felt weighty. The Thunder beat a 67-win San Antonio Spurs...