Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers
· National Basketball AssociationGilgeous-Alexander scores 30 points and Thunder stay unbeaten with 137-114 win over Trail Blazers
Jalen Williams added 22 points for the Thunder and Cason Wallace and Aaron Wiggins each had 13 off the bench as Oklahoma City improved to 5-0.
Jerami Grant led Portland with 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Four of Portland’s five starters scored in double digits: Deandre Ayton had 14, Toumani Camara had 13 and Deni Avdija had 11.
Blazers: After a strong performance in Wednesday’s road win over the Los Angeles Clippers, Rayan Rupert followed it up with 14 points off the bench Friday, sinking a career-high four 3-pointers.
Regular Season Series
OKC leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 137 - 114 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 137 - 114 | |
4th 22.1 | Dalano Banton turnover | 137 - 114 | |
4th 22.1 | Dalano Banton offensive foul | 137 - 114 | |
4th 22.1 | Dillon Jones makes two point shot | 137 - 114 |
Statistics
OKC | POR | |
---|---|---|
51-95 | FG | 39-83 |
53.7 | Field Goal % | 47.0 |
19-49 | 3PT | 15-35 |
38.8 | Three Point % | 42.9 |
16-19 | FT | 21-31 |
84.2 | Free Throw % | 67.7 |
45 | Rebounds | 36 |
14 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
31 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
31 | Assists | 27 |
14 | Steals | 8 |
9 | Blocks | 5 |
13 | Turnovers | 19 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
13 | Total Turnovers | 19 |
2 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
2 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
17 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 27 |
18 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
48 | Points in Paint | 44 |
29 | Fouls | 17 |
28 | Largest Lead | 3 |
Game Information
Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,815 · Capacity:
2024-25 Northwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma City | 23 | 5 | .821 | - | W8 |
Denver | 16 | 11 | .593 | 6.5 | W2 |
Minnesota | 14 | 14 | .500 | 9 | L3 |
Portland | 9 | 20 | .310 | 14.5 | L2 |
Utah | 7 | 21 | .250 | 16 | L1 |
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