PORTLAND -- While the Trail Blazers have generally played well this season, there have been a few area of concern. Their defense isn’t where it needs to be, they’ve had players in and out of the lineup due to injuries and they’ve struggled at times beating the better teams in the Western Conference. But even though there have been difficulties, one thing they’ve excelled at this season is beating the teams that they should beat.
And the current iteration of the Oklahoma City Thunder are absolutely a team the Trail Blazers should beat. And they did.