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Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers

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Final
137 - 114

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 30 points and Thunder stay unbeaten with 137-114 win over Trail Blazers

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Portland Trail Blazers: Game Highlights

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.

Takeaways Thunder: Oklahoma City poured it on despite Chet Holmgren largely being a non-factor, picking up four fouls in 18 minutes and scoring just six points.

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.

Key moment After the Blazers came back from down 17 to tie the game at 68 at the half, Oklahoma City outscored the Blazers 38-17 in the third quarter and Portland was never able to get back in it.

Key stat Oklahoma City scored 19 points off the Blazers’ 12 turnovers in the third quarter alone as they blew the game open.

Up next The Thunder travel to Los Angeles to face the Clippers on Saturday night, while the Blazers will be in Phoenix the same night.

Regular Season Series

OKC leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Trail Blazers: 29.1%
Thunder: 70.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

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

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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

Moda Center

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
Full Standings

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