Portland Trail Blazers Hopes For 4th Straight Win Dashed By Oklahoma City Thunder – Game Highlights

By Evan D. Brooks On Nov 21, 2024

Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder - November 20 2024

Last night in Oklahoma City, a late burst from Oklahoma City Thunder’s Jalen Williams sealed a 109-99 win against the Portland Trail Blazers (who started at (6-8, 13th in the Western Conference after three straight wins), despite neither team leading by more than six points throughout the game.

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Game Highlights

Deandre Ayton missed his fourth consecutive game following a right finger sprain, and Anfernee Simons missed his third consecutive game following an undisclosed illness.

Portland point guard Scoot Henderson also suffered a quad contusion in the third quarter and did not return. In a tight match, Portland ended a three-game winning streak while the Thunder ended a two-game skid. Highlights of the game included:

After cutting Oklahoma’s lead to one with just over five minutes remaining, Portland couldn’t contain Jalen Williams, who controlled the game during the decisive late fourth-quarter stretch. In a 10-1 run, Williams scored eight points to put his team ahead by 10 with 3:45 left and hit back-to-back 3-pointers. He hit five of Thunder’s nine 3-pointers, scoring 30 points and adding eight assists, seven rebounds, two steals, and two blocks.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 for the Thunder, while Isaiah Hartenstein returned after missing the first 15 games with a broken hand and scored an alley-oop dunk. Hartenstein finished with 13 points, 14 rebounds, and four blocks. Gilgeous-Alexander was 7 of 19 but hit all 14 of his free throws.
In the first quarter, Portland jumped to a 23-13 lead but went 0 for 5 with four turnovers in the final four minutes of the quarter.
Shaedon Sharpe led the Blazers with 21 points, going 6 of 16 from the floor.
Portland’s bench play was pivotal to its winning streak going into the game, but Oklahoma’s bench outscored them in this outing 44-31.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Portland Trail Blazers Full Game Highlights

Dating back to January 2022, this was the Thunder’s 14th consecutive win over the Blazers. Portland faces the Houston Rockets on Friday, November 22, at 8 p.m.