The Oklahoma City Thunder fell to the Portland Trail Blazers in game 1 of their opening playoff series, 104-99. In a game where Portland led nearly throughout, they used a big offensive 1st quarter to put the Thunder on their heels (not the first time we’ve seen this from OKC), and were able to continuously keep OKC down by multiple possessions until the final buzzer.
Coming out of the gates hot, the Blazers raced out to a 39-25 lead after one quarter. On the shoulders of their backcourt duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, Portland shot 60% overall and 7-10 from three.