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The young Oklahoma City Thunder hopes to avoid a 3-1 hole when they play host to the visiting veteran laden Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of their National Basketball Association Western Conference Finals match-up.The home-team Oklahoma City Thunder is picked as favorite to win the crucial Game 4 and tie their playoff series 2-2 against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday evening.Despite losing Game 3 at home, the Oklahoma City Thunder remains the favorite to win Game 4 since the team had not lost two straight playoff games in Oklahoma City.The Oklahoma City Thunder is also playing for the second time in-front of its fans which gave them the edge to prevail over the Dallas Mavericks in the all-important Game 4.

Having lost the home-court in this series after losing Game 3, the Thunder are very determined to win Game 4 to give some joy to their fans and the NBA franchise in general.To bring down the Mavericks, the Thunder need to start and end strong in this game against their equally determined visitor.

Thunder superstars NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant and high-flying point-guard Russell Westbrook need to elevate their game further and take charge in scoring for their team to win Game 4.Durant and Westbrook must explode in terms of scoring in this game after the two of them were silent in Game 3 against the Thunder.

The two young Thunder leaders must keep energy high in the entire game and not allow the Mavericks to control the pace of the ball game to win this game.The Thunder also need to tighten its defense in this game and not allow Mavericks superstar power-forward Dirk Nowitzki to have a good scoring night in this game.

The Thunder must also do their best not to allow the Mavericks to score big in this game by limiting their fast-break plays and inside penetration for them to win.The home-team must play good team basketball in this game by allowing everybody to score for them to win over the Mavericks and avoid a 3-1 hole in this series.

The odds of winning is on the side of the Thunder in this game all they need to do is play smart and not allow the visiting Mavericks to dominate this game.The visiting Mavericks on the other-side of the fence face a tough challenge against the home-team Thunder in Game 4.

To beat the Thunder and take a commanding 3-1 lead in their series, the Mavericks need to play solid defense in 48 minutes and not allow the home-team to dictate the pace of this game.The Mavericks need to once again not allow both Durant and Westbrook to have a scoring parade in this game for them to win.

Nowitzki and his veteran crew made up of Jason Kidd, Jason Terry and Shawn Marion must continue with their good scoring in Game 3 to defeat the Thunder in this game.The front-line of the Mavericks lead by Tyson Chandler and Brendan Haywood must also do their best to score and rebound big for their team to defeat the home-team Thunder.

The odds of winning might not be on their side but the Mavericks can still win this game if they can come up with a good game-plan and execute it well on game day.