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BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City visits Portland aiming to prolong its three-game road winning streak.
Portland finished 36-46 overall and 19-33 in Western Conference games a season ago. The Trail Blazers allowed opponents to score 113.9 points per game and shoot 47.1% from the field last season.
Oklahoma City finished 68-14 overall and 39-13 in Western Conference play during the 2024-25 season. The Thunder averaged 26.9 assists per game on 44.6 made field goals last season.
INJURIES: Trail Blazers: Scoot Henderson: out (hamstring), Matisse Thybulle: out (thumb), Blake Wesley: out (foot), Shaedon Sharpe: day to day (calf), Damian Lillard: out for season (achilles).
Thunder: Nikola Topic: out (groin), Jalen Williams: out (wrist), Kenrich Williams: out (knee), Thomas Sorber: out for season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
