10:40 pm
April 23

Thunder @ Trail Blazers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oklahoma City Thunder

@ Portland Trail Blazers

 

Current odds:

Oklahoma City Thunder: (+145)

Portland Trail Blazers: (-170)

 

• The spread for the game is Portland by 4 points.

• Westbrook was 5-of-21 from the floor in Game 4, including 0-of-10 in the second half, while George struggled to 8-of-21. “They just packed the paint,” George told reporters of the Portland defense. “That’s how every team tries to guard us, load up on us. We’ll get in the flow. We’ll get in the rhythm. The ball will find its way. We just have to keep at it.” Westbrook carried the load with 33 points on 11-of-22 shooting in Game 3 but is 18-of-58 from the floor, including 3-of-17 from 3-point range, in the three losses in the series.

• Portland got a boost from up front in Game 4 as Maurice Harkless delivered a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds and Al-Farouq Aminu turned in his best game of the series with 19 points, nine rebounds and four 3-pointers. “Sometimes (Aminu) scores, sometimes he doesn’t, but he gives a great effort every night,” Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts told reporters. “We ask him to do a lot of things at the defensive end, to rebound. He’s probably a better shooter than most people give him credit for, and he’s been an important part of our team since he’s been here.” Aminu averaged 8.3 points in the first three games of the series and 9.4 during the regular season.

• Oklahoma City C Steven Adams was held to six points on Sunday – his first single-digit effort of the series.

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