The star Thunder sophomore has been touted as arguably one of the best second options in the league this season, but that hasn't seemed to be the case against Dallas.
It's been a series of stagnant offense, unreliable shooting and questionability for the Thunder's second option. Jalen Williams' play all season long has abruptly been supressed in this series against the Mavericks, and it's to the detriment of Oklahoma City's scoring production.
Statistically speaking, he's still putting up numbers relatively close to his regular season averages outside of efficiency, having 16.0 points. 6.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists throughout the series. But those numbers on 31.3% from three and 40.8% overall coupled with 1.4 turnovers a night, his mistakes have outweighed his efforts.
This isn't to say Williams hasn't had an impressive postseason. But in the second round, his efficiency woes and incapability of turning on the switch has really hindered the Thunder offensively. And in Game 5, that was very prevalent. Scoring just 92 points on the night, Dallas held the Thunder to under 100 points for the first time this series and took advantage of that, rallying in front of an Oklahoma City home crowd and claiming a pivotal win to take a 3-2 series lead.
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