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Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers

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37-8, 17-5 Away
Final
118 - 108

17-29, 9-13 Home

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 33 points, NBA-leading Thunder beat Trail Blazers 118-108

SGA's 35-point night fuels Thunder to victory

Jalen Williams added 24 points and eight assists, and Isaiah Hartenstein had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the Thunder rebound from a home loss to Dallas on Thursday night. Oklahoma City is 37-8 overall and 17-5 on the road.

Deni Avdija had 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for Portland.

Portland made things interesting in the final period, cutting it to 93-88 on Anfernee Simons' free throws. The Thunder countered with a banked 3-pointer from Williams to make it 96-88. A 3-pointer from Alex Caruso made it 105-90.

Takeaways Thunder: Oklahoma City leads the league in steals for the second straight season. According to coach Mark Daigenault, the biggest reason is the defensive prowess of their best players, not anything he is coaching. “On our level, it’s the quality of defensive personnel," he said.

Trail Blazers: Rookie center Donovan Clingan has been in and out of the lineup this season with injuries. He returned Friday night in a win over Charlotte, finishing with 13 rebounds and four blocks. “I’m happy to have him back out there,” coach Chauncey Billups said.

Key moment The Thunder outscored the Trail Blazers 39-27 in the second quarter.

Up next The Thunder are at Golden State on Wednesday night. The Trail Blazers host Milwaukee on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

OKC leads series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 118 - 108
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 118 - 108
4th 0.0 shot clock turnover 118 - 108
4th 22.2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound 118 - 108
4th 24.1 Toumani Camara misses 3-foot two point shot 118 - 108

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originOKC https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR
42-89 FG 33-81
47 Field Goal % 41
10-30 3PT 18-40
33 Three Point % 45
24-29 FT 24-28
83 Free Throw % 86
43 Rebounds 44
14 Offensive Rebounds 13
29 Defensive Rebounds 31
24 Assists 21
7 Steals 2
3 Blocks 6
7 Turnovers 15
2 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 21
8 Fast Break Points 8
52 Points in Paint 22
19 Fouls 27
19 Largest Lead 10
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Damian Lillard, G Out Feb 14
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jalen Williams, G Out May 6
Thomas Sorber, C Out Sep 5

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,619 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 64 18 .780 - L2
Denver 54 28 .659 10 W12
Minnesota 49 33 .598 15 W2
Portland 42 40 .512 22 W2
Utah 22 60 .268 42 L1
Full Standings

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