The Oklahoma City Thunder’s hot start to the season continued on Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs as they had no trouble shutting down Victor Wembanyama on the way to a 105-93 victory. Luguentz Dort led OKC with 20 points to go with his 6 rebounds, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander struggled to shoot the ball well on his way to 18 points, but he did finish with 5 assists and 4 rebounds. Notably, Chet Holmgren scored an easy 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting while tallying 5 rebounds, 2, assists, 2 blocks, and 2 steals.
18 steals on the night.
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 31, 2024
Enjoy two minutes of Thunder steals 🎥 pic.twitter.com/1Gvjh2gAc5
Tonight the Thunder takes on the Trail Blazers in Portland in the first game of a back-to-back on the road. The Blazers are 2-3 on the season so far and are coming off a 106-105 road win against the Los Angeles Clippers. OKC is once again a heavy favorite, and with good reason. The Thunder forces a league-high 21 turnovers while committing just 11.5 per game, 3rd-best in the NBA; and the Blazers turn it over 17 times per game, which is 7th-worst in the NBA.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 9 PM CT
Location: Moda Center (Portland, Oregon)
Television: FanDuel TV – Oklahoma
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC The Sports Animal
Twitter: Follow @ZacharyLowNBA for live tweets and discussion during the game
Game Notes: Oklahoma City Thunder Official Game Notes, Portland Trail Blazers Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Cason Wallace
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Chet Holmgren
Blazers
- PG: Anfernee Simons
- SG: Toumani Camara
- SF: Deni Avdija
- PF: Jerami Grant
- C: Deandre Ayton
Injury Report
Thunder
- Alex Ducas (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Adam Flagler (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Isaiah Hartenstein (fractured left hand) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (left ACL surgery recovery) is OUT.
- Jaylin Williams (strained right hamstring) is OUT.
- Kenrich Williams (assigned to G League) is OUT.
Blazers
- Shaedon Sharpe (labral tear in left shoulder) is OUT.
- Matisse Thybulle (right knee injury maintenance) is OUT.
- Robert Williams III (strained right hamstring) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 37-26 (20-11 at home, 17-15 on the road) against the Trail Blazers in the regular season and 1-4 (1-1 at home, 0-3 on the road) in the playoffs.
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the season series against the Trail Blazers 7 times, lost it 6 times, and tied 3 times.
- The Thunder went 4-0 (2-0 at home, 2-0 on the road) against the Blazers last season.
- The Thunder has won 12 straight against the Blazers including 6 straight in Portland.