Portland and Oklahoma City face off for conference matchup

Oklahoma City Thunder (4-0, first in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1-3, 11th in the Western Conference)

Portland, Oregon; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City faces Portland in Western Conference action Friday.

Portland went 21-61 overall and 1-15 in Northwest Division play last season. The Trail Blazers averaged 15.8 points off of turnovers, 16.1 second-chance points and 32.4 bench points last season.

Oklahoma City went 57-25 overall and 36-16 in Western Conference play during the 2023-24 season. The Thunder shot 49.9% from the field and 38.9% from 3-point range last season.

INJURIES: Trail Blazers: Matisse Thybulle: out (knee), Robert Williams III: out (hamstring), Shaedon Sharpe: out (shoulder).

Thunder: Kenrich Williams: out (knee), Isaiah Hartenstein: out (hand), Jaylin Williams: out (hamstring), Nikola Topic: out for season (acl).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.