The Oklahoma City Thunder (29-5) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (14-20), 124-95.

95 - 124

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Paycom Center

Officials: Leon Wood, Kevin Scott, and Jacyn Goble

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Portland Trail Blazers	30	25	21	19	95
Oklahoma City Thunder	38	35	26	25	124

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Portland Trail Blazers	95	34-87	39.1%	14-35	40.0%	13-17	76.5%	13	60	20	21	9	24	3
Oklahoma City Thunder	124	44-90	48.9%	16-49	32.7%	20-26	76.9%	5	51	29	18	15	13	10

PLAYER STATS


Portland Trail Blazers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sidy Cissoko^SF	27:10	19	7-10	5-7	0-0	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	3	-21
Toumani Camara^PF	33:30	6	2-7	2-6	0-2	2	5	7	4	0	0	5	3	-24
Donovan Clingan^C	17:21	6	2-5	1-2	1-2	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	-29
Deni Avdija^SG	31:56	17	5-14	1-4	6-7	0	7	7	7	2	1	7	1	-22
Shaedon Sharpe^PG	28:27	14	5-17	0-2	4-4	0	4	4	1	3	0	3	2	-22
Caleb Love	30:07	10	4-12	2-7	0-0	0	5	5	4	3	0	3	3	-11
Kris Murray	25:45	10	3-5	2-3	2-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	-4
Robert Williams III	16:14	8	4-4	0-0	0-0	4	4	8	0	1	1	0	2	5
Rayan Rupert	12:06	2	1-6	0-1	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	-9
Yang Hansen	10:49	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	-5
Duop Reath	06:30	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-3
Jerami Grant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jrue Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matisse Thybulle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wesley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javonte Cooke	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scoot Henderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Lillard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma City Thunder	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Luguentz Dort^SF	24:45	12	4-10	4-10	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	11
Jalen Williams^PF	25:42	13	6-13	0-2	1-1	0	7	7	7	3	0	2	2	11
Chet Holmgren^C	24:43	12	5-10	1-3	1-2	2	8	10	1	2	6	4	3	29
Cason Wallace^SG	26:32	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	13
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG	28:35	30	11-15	1-2	7-7	0	2	2	6	4	0	0	3	22
Alex Caruso	08:35	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
Branden Carlson	19:39	12	5-9	2-6	0-2	1	6	7	1	0	1	2	1	4
Aaron Wiggins	21:58	2	0-5	0-4	2-4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	18
Ajay Mitchell	23:10	17	4-4	1-1	8-8	1	4	5	3	1	1	1	1	16
Isaiah Joe	19:24	15	5-10	5-10	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	7
Kenrich Williams	11:57	3	1-5	0-3	1-2	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	0	11
Chris Youngblood	04:54	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Brooks Barnhizer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ousmane Dieng	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Hartenstein	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Sorber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Topić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

rumblegod | Thunder

78 | 5 hours ago

Shout out to Portland for that first game tho

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

18 | 4 hours ago

We have been terrible for a month and a half lol

NastyPlays | OKC

72 | 5 hours ago

Chet 6 blocks and 2 steals, Shai 4 steals, JDub 3 steals…

Vizwieklz | Thunder

30 | 4 hours ago

The starting 5 had 17 STOCKS😂

Honor_Bound

21 | 4 hours ago

6 blocks is amazing

sunsetpolar

11 | 4 hours ago

Chet a monster as long as he doesn’t have to play wemby

here_for_the_lols | Thunder

7 | 4 hours ago

10 stocks from my skinny king

ftbfm5

58 | 5 hours ago

If you didn’t watch they thought Shai was Luka on defense.

malganis12 | Thunder

47 | 5 hours ago

Acted like going straight at the MVP would work, lmao

VersionCool588 | Thunder

43 | 5 hours ago

I think they were just trying to gas him out but that clearly didn’t work

iuselect | Thunder

29 | 4 hours ago

Let’s be real, nobody but thunder fans really watch our games.

Humble_Acanthaceae21 | Spurs

10 | 4 hours ago

I like watching your games :)

OKC2023champs | Thunder

19 | 3 hours ago

Wait a second

lethalizered | Thunder

5 | 3 hours ago

I like watching Spurs games too!

dahliasinfelle

7 | 4 hours ago

Fans of the teams playing us?

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

20 | 4 hours ago

First three quarters at most

dahliasinfelle

6 | 4 hours ago

Fair

jumpman0035 | OKC

8 | 4 hours ago

To be fair, when your other options are Chet, Cason, Dort, etc… SGA might be the weakest link technically haha

lockett1234 | Thunder

5 | 4 hours ago

Sat in a chair

i_like_thingstoo

45 | 5 hours ago

Bro, Ajay a MF HOOOOPER

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

42 | 5 hours ago

The Thunder guard Deni so well. There was a stat last week of Deni and Jerami Grant being two of the top 5 most doubled players in the league, and the Thunder have such great personnel to send two guys to smother him knowing the blazers don’t have a healthy ball handler or shooter on the roster.

Both the past two Thunder games have been Deni’s worst of the season imo. More teams should double him like the Thunder, but probably don’t have the defenders for it.

xzadetechnoHD | Thunder

28 | 5 hours ago

Also helped he didn’t shoot 12 million free throws tonight.

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

4 | 5 hours ago

Yeah, that’s what happens when a team takes away your ability to drive.

xzadetechnoHD | Thunder

11 | 4 hours ago

He usually just barrels into people if he can’t drive though

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

4 | 4 hours ago

He’s a very skilled player! Got good paint finesse for his size/speed.

Psycho188 | Australia

20 | 4 hours ago

Thunder defence is so good at shutting down star guards, especially if they aren’t great passers or don’t have other offensive options around them. Thunder overload a bunch and rely on help defence and speed to cover the gaps they create. A big part of that is Dort’s immunity to being screened, blown by or out muscled which buys time for rotations, and the only other defenders who I think are on Dort’s level are either on the Thunder or Andrew Nembhard.

hollowpants

4 | 5 hours ago

He picks the ball up at very weird times it seems like, even if the double isn’t a particularly aggressive one.

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

6 | 5 hours ago

This is the first time in his career he’s getting doubled like this. Going to take probably a whole season as the primary ball handler before he’s comfortable beatimg the double with the right anticipation.

I remember it took 2017-2019 for Dame to really start to become a double killer. Used to be his kryptonite.

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

3 | 5 hours ago

Blazers lack shooting in general and the problem is amplified with Grant/Jrue/Scoot out. Sharpe and Love are very Jekyll and Hyde with the stroke. When it’s not dropping against the best team in the league, well…

Zeeron1 | Thunder

5 | 4 hours ago

The final possession of the first half where you could see him trying his best to find literally anything to attack in the defense before giving up and chucking a 3 made me laugh out loud lol

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

2 | 4 hours ago

Yeah no offense to our G league guys, but having Deni uplevel his playmaking this much this year and seeing so many beautiful possessions end in a brick is disappointing. He’s top 3-4 in potential assists this year, will be a welcome sight to see some of our wing bro’s back.

Thasauce7777

1 | 3 hours ago

This is the first game this year against Portland that felt like Deni didn’t have a big scoring surge in the 4th. He just couldn’t get the penetration he wanted tonight. Chet was also just an absolute monster protecting the rim tonight.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

32 | 5 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell we damnn

Sga gearing up for another mvp

xzadetechnoHD | Thunder

25 | 5 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell> deni

Vitex1988 | Thunder

27 | 5 hours ago

Branden Carlson is basically Ihart

Thick_Duck | Thunder

20 | 4 hours ago

BC Carlson anniversary sale

Financial-Park-7616

3 | an hour ago

“He’s the backup you know wont fail”

iuselect | Thunder

9 | 4 hours ago

Goat Carlson has been so good when called up this season. What a gem

queezuswalks | Thunder

9 | 4 hours ago

I think it’s time with dump Dieng and throw a real deal at Carlson. He’s solid

butterbeancd | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

I don’t think the Thunder will have the roster space to give Carlson a full contract long-term, but he absolutely deserves to get one for the rest of this season after Dieng is traded. He’s really helped with all the time JWill and Hartenstein have missed.

Wolf_ZBB_2005 | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

After a slow start, Dieng’s been really solid most of this season when called upon. Our biggest weakness has been length on the wings. I’m not confident he can fix that, but I don’t think it’s out there.

ChetsBurner | Thunder

2 | 3 hours ago

You just know Dieng is going to be a decent player on another team.

AcceptableHamster419

1 | 2 hours ago

I think we will do that before the trade deadline

Big_Advertising1632 | Thunder

26 | 5 hours ago

they really tried to treat Es Gee Ay like Luka Don on defense

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

21 | 5 hours ago

Okc still the bogeyman of the league

OUEngineer17 | Nuggets

13 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, just because the Spurs can beat them, doesn’t mean everyone else can.

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

17 | 5 hours ago

Could’ve been an e-mail.

Get well soon, Jrue and Scoot.

ESMoriarty

15 | 5 hours ago

That one loss to Portland haunts them

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

9 | 4 hours ago

Their strategy of giving us unlimited wide open threes only works on road games and/or B2Bs.

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

9 | 4 hours ago

Giving up wide open three’s is our specialty baby

Sports-guy02 | Thunder

7 | 4 hours ago

That makes us Twins!

bromosabeach | Thunder

14 | 5 hours ago

This spread was like 18 points which seemed absurd.

SoldatJ | OKC

4 | 4 hours ago

Absurdly low

revantes | Trail Blazers

14 | 5 hours ago

SGA ruined my new year

Iron_Maniac | Thunder

14 | 5 hours ago

Ajay Mitchell. That is all.

VersionCool588 | Thunder

9 | 5 hours ago

And with that our series comes to and end Happy New Years!

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

5 | 4 hours ago

Any timeline on Jrue or Scoot? I can’t see the Blazers being a serious threat for the play-in unless they can get better point guard play.

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

3 | 4 hours ago

Nope team has been weirdly quiet on both. Right now it would be good to get at least Grant and Thybulle back so they could stop giving such heavy minutes to G Leage guys. Avdija/Toumani/Sharpe/Clingan seem exhausted.

Burgerkiller69 | Spurs

5 | 4 hours ago

Thunder is just too reliable. Spurs and the rest of the west will most likely not catch them in the number 1 spot of the standing.

DomBrownTheFuture | Clippers

2 | 4 hours ago

Did Alex Caruso get hurt? Draftkings didn’t put an early exit label on him

xzadetechnoHD | Thunder

9 | 4 hours ago

Ac gets wrapped in bubble wrap where possible he plays way less minutes than he really should just so that he is healthy for the playoffs

Unisaul | Thunder

7 | 4 hours ago

Nah, they were up 20+ halfway through the 3rd, no need for him to come back

DomBrownTheFuture | Clippers

-5 | 4 hours ago

Damnnnnnnn 9 minutes but Shai played in the third and 4th lol

Unisaul | Thunder

13 | 4 hours ago

I’m pretty sure he sat the 4th. Probably could’ve sat him sooner in the 3rd, but it is what it is

lethalizered | Thunder

6 | 3 hours ago

Shai sat the 4th.