Broadcast Information
- Tip-off: 9:30 p.m. CT
- Television: TNT
PORTLAND – The Northwest Division is the best in basketball with a total of 186 wins, 14 more than the next closest division and 26 more wins than the average for each division across the league. In an age of small ball across the league, some in NBA circles assert that the reason for that dynamic is because the Northwest also has the best collection of big men in the game.
Two nights after clashing with All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves, 10 days after battling the Denver Nuggets and All-Star Nikola Jokic and four days ahead of a clash with last year’s Defensive Player of the Year in Rudy Gobert, the Thunder and Steven Adams have to clash with center Jusuf Nurkic and the rest of the Portland Trail Blazers’ highly talented roster.