Oklahoma City Thunder vs Portland Trail Blazers
PREVIEW: The Portland Trail Blazers invade the Paycom Center to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. The Oklahoma City Thunder have continued their terrific start to the season as they've won 16 of their first 17 games. The Trail Blazers have been doing it tough lately as they've lost six of their last eight games overall, but they will be looking to build some momentum after snapping a four-game losing streak with a 127-123 road win over the Warriors on Friday. The Thunder rank first in the league for opponent points per game this season at 106.3 and lead the association with a point differential per game of plus-16.4.
The Thunder are now aiming for a ninth straight victory after running past the Jazz in a 144-112 road win on Friday. The Trail Blazers are still missing Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson while keeping an eye on Robert Williams III who is questionable, meanwhile the Thunder are still banged up with Jalen Williams, Kenrich Williams, Nikola Topic, and Aaron Wiggins out. The Trail Blazers lost by just two points to the Thunder in their last meeting back on November 5. Neither team currently has available ShotQuality data for this matchup, leaving observers to rely on traditional shooting percentages and field goal efficiency metrics to evaluate their offensive weapons.