Oklahoma City Thunder @ Portland Trail Blazers
Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 9:00 PM ET
Moda Center, Portland, OR | Game ID: 22300215
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
POR 21 22 23 25 91OKC 33 43 25 33 134
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Gilgeous-Alexander has 28 points and OKC Thunder routs Blazers 134-91 for 5th straight win
PORTLAND, Ore. -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 28 points before heading to the bench in the third quarter and the Oklahoma City Thunder won their fifth straight game with a 134-91 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.
Rookie Chet Holmgren added 16 points and six rebounds for the Thunder, who led by as many as 47 points. Isaiah Joe had 15 points, all on 3-pointers.
Thunder coach Mark Daigneault started sending his starters to the bench with about five minutes left in the third quarter and they did not return.
The Thunder shot 60.5% (49 of 81) from the floor, 61.1% (22 of 36) from 3-point range and 100% (14 of 14) from the free throw line. Eleven different players hit at least one 3.
Jerami Grant had 14 points to lead the short-handed Blazers (3-10), who have lost seven straight games.
“They just beat us in every way that you could in this game,” Portland coach Chauncey Billups said.
The Thunder (10-4) were playing the second of a back-to-back after a 130-123 overtime victory over the Warriors in San Francisco. Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points in that game.
“I think it just showed our mental fortitude to be able to come off a tough overtime game and be able to focus to execute our game plan for today's game,” Joe said. “We had a good game plan coming in and everyone took it upon themselves to be a pro and just get ready.”
The Thunder played without starter Jalen Williams , who hurt his left hip during the game against the Warriors and was sore on Sunday morning. Cason Wallace started in his place.
Portland has struggled with key injuries to starting guard Anfernee Simons (thumb), rookie Scoot Henderson (ankle) and Malcolm Brogdon (hamstring). The injuries have made it tough as the team tries to move on after All-Star Damian Lillard 's departure in the offseason.
Portland ranked last in the NBA with an average of 103.9 points per game.
“Truth of the matter is we're dealing with a lot of things offensively. And anybody that knows, if you don't have playmakers, you're going to struggle. You're going to struggle,” Billups said. “We know that and we understand that. We don't make any excuses about that.”
Billups said that Brogdon was the closest to returning.
The Thunder showed no sign of fatigue in the early going, building a 33-18 lead in the first quarter. By midway through the second, Oklahoma City had stretched the lead to 51-29, and the team went into halftime ahead 76-43.
Holmgren, who scored all his points in the first half, was 6 for 6 from the field. Oklahoma City shot 71.8% from the floor in the half.
The 43-point margin of victory was the largest for the Thunder in the history of the series with Portland.
“I thought we played to our identity, regardless the circumstance and regardless of who was on the floor,” Daigneault said. "It was a testament to the guys, and also to the guys that kept themselves sharp."
UP NEXT
Thunder: Host the Bulls on Wednesday night.
Trail Blazers: Visit the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night in an In-Season Tournament game.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PORDA D. Ayton
DR D. Reath
JB J. Bouyea
JG J. Grant
JM J. Minaya
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
MB M. Brown
MT M. Thybulle
RR R. Rupert
SM S. Mays
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
OKCAP A. Pokusevski
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
DB D. Bertans
IJ I. Joe
JG J. Giddey
JW J. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
LW L. Waters III
MI Micic
OS O. Sarr
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
TM T. Mann
VM V. Micić
POR/OKC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur