Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks: Live Score, Analysis for Game 4

Enes Kanter scored 28 points, Russell Westbrook added 25 and the Oklahoma City Thunder topped the pesky Dallas Mavericks, 119-108, at the American Airlines Center on Saturday night to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series.

The Thunder came out of the gate quick, ending the first quarter on a 20-5 run to take a 33-18 lead.

From that point on, Oklahoma City remained in control.

The Mavericks made a bunch of small runs throughout the game, once trimming the deficit to seven early in the third quarter, but that was as close as they would get.

Kanter was absolutely enormous for the Thunder, constantly squelching Dallas runs with big buckets around the basket.

The center scored 16 points in the fourth quarter alone, flashing some nimble finishes at the rim and even getting out in transition.

Westbrook racked up 15 assists to compensate for his poor shooting night (7-of-19).

For Kevin Durant, well, let's just say it was a weird game.

He scored 19 points off 7-of-20 shooting and was ejected with the contest already essentially decided in the fourth quarter for smacking Justin Anderson on the side of the head during a shot attempt.

Durant also missed four of his eight free-throw tries.

Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks with 27 points and eight rebounds. He shot 12-of-21.

The Thunder can advance to the second round of the playoffs with a win in Game 5 on Monday. That game will take place at Chesapeake Energy Arena.