The Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder had a contentious relationship in the regular season. Thunder guard Russell Westbrook got into with several Blazers in one game back in January. For Portland, they know this series will be hard-fought. Joe Freeman of The Oregonian talked to the team Wednesday night as their series with OKC was locked in:
“I don’t think we dislike them,” Lillard said Wednesday night. “I can’t speak for them. But once you step on the court, we fought to get to the postseason and now somebody’s got to go.