The Blazers are playing the Oklahoma City Thunder in Round 1 of the NBA playoffs, and all the signs are that it will be a very tight, competitive series. Tons of information and analysis will be flowing over the next few days, but here are five simple stats to watch for in this series, most of them focusing on OKC:
Stat 1: 28.9
28.9 is the percentage that Russell Westbrook shot on his threes this year. No, that’s not a typo. 28.9%. Not only is that Russ’ worst shooting mark from deep since the first two seasons of his career, but he also took them at the second-highest rate of his career, behind only his MVP season in 2016-2017.