The Portland Trail Blazers played a great second quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. Unfortunately, scoring 44 in a frame wasn’t enough to stop the Best in the West. Oklahoma City came out of the locker room to throttle the Blazers, forcing turnovers and running out with abandon. The result was a 137-114 victory for the Thunder.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 30 points on 12-18 shooting. Jerami Grant led the Blazers with 17.
Here are some of the factors that determined the outcome of the game.
Preliminary Objection
Before we even start, there should be some rule that the visiting team can’t choose uniforms that clash with the home team’s floor with the same effect as taking a cheese grater to your optical nerves for 48 minutes.