The Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight 108-96, failing to top 100 points behind a barrage of contested misses out of their isolation-heavy offense. Fouls, guard defense, and three-point shooting all failed Portland on a night when Oklahoma City didn’t play that well, but looked much better than the home team. With this loss, Portland drops to 9-15 on the season, 4-6 in the once-impregnable Moda Center.
The action was back-and-forth in the early going. Hassan Whiteside opened up the game with an inside two-pointer. An early foul from Kent Bazemore gave Oklahoma City its first scoring opportunity.