The Portland Trail Blazers (24-35) tip-off a busy March slate Thursday night when they host the Northwest Division rival Oklahoma City Thunder (35-25) as part of a nationally televised NBA doubleheader on TNT. The two sides have split the two previous meetings this season, with the home victorious on both occasions.
The point guard matchup features two of the NBA's top scorers as the Blazers' Damian Lillard goes head-to-head with Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook. Westbrook enters Thursday's game with a league-leading 31.2 points per game and 30 triple-doubles to his name this season. Lillard is seventh in the NBA with 26 points to go with 5.