According to an unwritten basketball rule, it has often been said a series does not begin until the road team wins a game. Unfortunately, the OKC Thunder could not capture that elusive first victory in Rip City as they fell 114-94 inside the Moda Center.
With the series shifting to Oklahoma City, the Thunder are becoming desperate to get on the scoreboard. However, thus far the Blazers have been the better, hungrier, and more poised team in the series.
After dropping 37-points in the third period, which was the eighth highest scoring quarter of the entire 2019 first-round; Portland improved their record when leading heading into the fourth to an astounding 50-4.