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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 41 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 119 |
 Trail Blazers | 21 | 36 | 24 | 40 | 121 |
OKCTeam statsPOR| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 38-9141.8% | 15-3839.5% | 28-3190.3% | 50 | 24 | 14 |
| POR | 36-8840.9% | 19-4344.2% | 30-3293.8% | 49 | 24 | 15 |
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Portland Trail Blazers121| 37 | 16 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | −12 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 37 | 26 | 5-17 | 1-5 | 15-16 | +6 | +7.5 | ||||||||
| 35 | 22 | 7-16 | 6-10 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 25 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | +1 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 23 | 18 | 6-15 | 2-5 | 0 | 4-4 | −5 | +4.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 20 | 6-14 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 12 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +4.5 | ||
| 18 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6.7 | |||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.1 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.6 | ||
| Team | 121 | 36-8840.9% | 19-4344.2% | 49 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 30-3293.8% | 11 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 32 points on 10 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Rayan Rupert and Yang Hansen (coach’s decision); Scoot Henderson, Matisse Thybulle and Damian Lillard (injury/illness).
Oklahoma City Thunder119| 38 | 35 | 10-26 | 3-5 | 0 | 12-13 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +3.8 | |||||
| 36 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 21 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 10 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0 | −3 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 27 | 27 | 10-19 | 7-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +7.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 14 | 4-12 | 3-10 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −5.2 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −5.2 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.4 | |
| Team | 119 | 38-9141.8% | 15-3839.5% | 50 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 28-3190.3% | 13 | 9 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 6 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Chris Youngblood (coach’s decision); Luguentz Dort (injury/illness).
Trail Blazers121Thunder119ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Deni Avdija had 26 points (15 at the free-throw line) and 10 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from 22 points down in the first quarter to beat the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119.
The Trail Blazers trailed 38-16 with 1:51 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Thunder 105-81 the rest of the way.
Isaiah Joe missed a 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left, and Joe went 1 for 2 at the line to make it 121-119 with 0.6 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Thunder 15-11. Jrue Holiday scored 5 of the Trail Blazers’ 15 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Shaedon Sharpe had 2 of his 3 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Trail Blazers scored 3 points off them.
Holiday scored 22 points with 6 3-pointers, and Jerami Grant added 20 points off the bench. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 35 points and 9 rebounds, and Aaron Wiggins added 27 points (21 on 7 3-pointers) and 3 steals. Ajay Mitchell scored 21 points on 7 for 11 shooting. Mitchell scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. The Thunder had 3 20-point scorers.
The Trail Blazers’ starters were outscored 32-17 in 9 minutes together. Toumani Camara fouled out.
Portland Trail BlazersOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Trail Blazers’ chance bottomed out at 5.3% (2nd quarter, 10:37 left).
91 points from the field on 88 shots: 9.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-31 | 45.2% | 67% |
| In the paint | 2-8 | 25.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 1-6 | 16.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-12 | 58.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-31 | 38.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cason Wallace | 20 | 2 | 0-5 | −5 |
| Isaiah Joe | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 12 | 7 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 10 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 12 | 3-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Mitchell | 19 | 3 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Cason Wallace | 18 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 14 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Isaiah Joe | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cason Wallace | 17 | 3 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Ajay Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Jaylin Williams | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 15 | 4-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = POR leads, negative = OKC leads
POR Largest Lead
9
Q4 2:12
OKC Largest Lead
22
Q1 1:51
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
OKC 12-0 run
Q1 4:38 – Q1 1:51
-10 → -22
POR 9-0 run
Q2 4:43 – Q2 3:59
-15 → -6
POR 8-0 run
Q3 0:38 – Q4 11:30
-10 → -2
POR 9-0 run
Q4 4:28 – Q4 2:48
-1 → +8
