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Fantastic Finish: Trail Blazers hand Thunder their first loss of season
The Blazers come back from a 22-point deficit to hand OKC its first loss of the season.
‘Something special in Portland:’ Trail Blazers rally from 22-point deficit to stun Oklahoma City
You will no doubt remember Deni Avdija’s highlight-reel finishes and pretty passing.
You will surely recall Jrue Holiday’s clutch shooting and difference-making defense.
And you will probably reminisce about Duop Reath’s momentum-building three-pointers and Toumani Camara’s suffocating effort and Jerami Grant’s important shot-making.
But lost amid the myriad unforgettable performances in the Portland Trail Blazers’ thrilling 121-119 come-from-behind victory over the reigning-champion Oklahoma City Thunder was something more important to the big-picture outlook of the franchise.
The Blazers showed yet again they are no longer a bumbling, fumbling, punching bag the rest of the NBA beats up on. They had a chance to roll over Wednesday night. And when they couldn’t hit anything but the side of the backboard — well, actually, they managed to do that twice — and stunningly found themselves staring at a 22-point first-quarter deficit against the NBA’s final undefeated team, it sure seemed like they would.
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NBA: Last unbeaten record goes as Oklahoma City Thunder lose to Portland Trail Blazers
Jerami Grant (right) scored 20 points off the bench for Portland, with only Deni Avdija (26) and Jrue Holiday (22) scoring more
The Portland Trail Blazers fought back to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder and halt the NBA's last remaining unbeaten record.
The defending champions won their opening eight games of the new NBA season but their streak ended as Portland came back from 22 points down to win 121-119.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 35 points for Oklahoma City and last season's Most Valuable Player has now scored 20 or more in 81 consecutive games, extending the third-longest streak in NBA history.
Luka Doncic got the better of Victor Wembanyama as the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 118-116 win over the San Antonio Spurs.