A wild Thursday night in Portland ended with a deflating 129-121 overtime loss to Oklahoma City (Box Score). After multiple altercations, Jusuf Nurkic was ejected, but not before being elbowed in the head. Damian Lillard scored 50, but it felt like a late-game afterthought. Let’s recap a few details until Nate has the full analysis ready in probably about 5 hours.
- Possible playoff preview. With both teams jockeying for position, they fought back and forth through constant lead changes all night. Every time a team got a lead of more than 6, the other team roared back.