10:40 pm
April 16

Thunder @ Blazers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oklahoma City Thunder

@ Portland Trail Blazers

 

Current odds:

Oklahoma City Thunder: (+110)

Portland Trail Blazers: (-130)

 

• The spread for the game is Portland by 2 points.

• Westbrook recorded his customary triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on Sunday and Paul George added 26 points and 10 boards but Oklahoma City went 5-of-33 from beyond the arc. “We were well-balanced on offense in terms of shots we got, we got downhill, we got to the front of the rim, we scored points in the paint and I thought we got really good open looks, but listen, we just didn’t shoot the ball particularly well from behind the 3-point line,” coach Billy Donovan told reporters. Westbrook and fellow point guard Dennis Schroder combined to go 0-of-11 from 3-point range while George was 4-of-15.

• Portland was counted out as a threat in the West when center Jusuf Nurkic went down with a season-ending broken leg late last month but Enes Kanter is stepping up in his absence, even on the defensive end. Known as a sub-par defender in the middle, Kanter, who finished with 20 points and 18 rebounds on Sunday, drew raves for his work on that end Sunday. “I think Enes has really been good for us defensively,” Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts told reporters. “He gives great effort. He wants to do what we want to do. One-on-one against Steven Adams, he can hold his own on the block. Pick-and-roll defense, he gives good effort, he’s communicating, so as a coach all you can ask for is that a player is giving effort, trying to do what you want him to do. Enes has been like that from Day One with us.”

• The Trail Blazers recorded nine blocks in Game 1, with SF Maurice Harkless and PF Al-Farouq Aminu recording three each.

4/10
Confidence
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