PJ Washington is totally capable scoring this much in consecutive games. Charlotte is my homestate's team, and he's been their best draft pick outside of Lamelo for the last half decade or so. Dude is athletic, can D up, and score if he likes his matchup. I always envisioned if he was on a competent team, he'd be the perfect terteriary player. The Michael Jordan of Tobias Harris.
For this particular game along with Lively and Jones, they are playing incredibly well defensively on their switches and guarding Thunder's drives to the paint. They're still winning the glass as well.
Even with Luka offensively struggling, it's more important that he has 15 boards. Luka understands at this point Kyrie is scoring better than him, so Kyrie handled the clutch baskets and Luka actually did the superstar thing and contribute in other areas like that key steal and the rebounds.
I say Mavs fans should be more optimistic about after game 3. I'm finally seeing the length and strength around the paint necessary to stymie Thunder's offense. Doing it twice in two games is a great sign.
OKC may make the potential adjustment of having Holmgren roll more to the rim or post. Shai could still have a breakout game too.