NBA PLAYOFFS, FIRST ROUND, GAME 5
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
Location: At Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
Time: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. PT
TV: TNT, NBC Sports Northwest
Radio: Rip City Radio 620 AM
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Odds: Blazers favored by 4 points, over/under set at 220.5
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Series schedule
All times Pacific
Portland leads series 3-1
Game 1 (at POR): Blazers 104, Thunder 99 (box score)
Game 2 (at POR): Blazers 114, Thunder 94 (box score)
Game 3 (at OKC): Thunder 120, Blazers 108 (box score)
Game 4 (at OKC): Blazers 111, Thunder 98 (box score)
Game 5 (at POR): Today, 7:30 p.m., TNT, NBC Sports Northwest
x-Game 6 (at OKC): Thursday, time TBD, TNT, NBC Sports Northwest
x-Game 7 (at POR): Saturday, time TBD, TNT, NBC Sports Northwest
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About the Thunder
Through the first four games, only three of Oklahoma City's rotation players have a positive net rating. Former Blazer Raymond Felton, apparently unmoved by the Moda Center boos, leads the way. In his 53 minutes in the series, the Thunder are outscoring the Blazers by 13.3 points per 100 possessions. Fellow reserves Markieff Morris (+9.1) and Nerlens Noel (+5.5) are the other two players with positive net ratings. ... Russell Westbrook has the worst plus-minus on the team in this series, with the Thunder being outscored by 9.8 points when he's on the court. Westbrook is averaging 21.3 points, 9.8 assists and 8.3 rebounds, but he's also turning the ball over 4.5 times per game and shooting 36.3% from the field and 30.4% from the 3-point line. ... After two miserable games in Portland, Thunder starting forward Jerami Grant and reserve guard Dennis Schroder bounced back in Oklahoma City. In Games 3 and 4, Grant averaged 14.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, while shooting 58.8% from the field and 70% from the 3-point line. Schroder averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds in Oklahoma City, while shooting 47.8% from the field and 44.4% from the 3-point line. ... Paul George is the leading scorer for the Thunder in the series at 26.8 points per game, but he's shooting just 37% from the field and 30.8% from the 3-point line. During the regular season, he averaged 38.0 points and shot 45.2% from the field and 45.9% from the 3-point line against the Blazers.
About the Trail Blazers
In addition to taking turns playing stifling defense against Paul George, starting forwards Maurice Harkless and Al-Farouq Aminu are contributing on offense as well. In the regular season, the two combined to average 13.0 points and shoot 32% from the field and 23% from the 3-point line against the Thunder. In the first four games of this series, though, Harkless and Aminu are averaging a combined 20.5 points and shooting 40% from the field and 34% from the 3-point line. ... Enes Kanter is averaging 13.3 points and 9.5 rebounds in 28.6 minutes per game for the Blazers. He's shooting 55.3% from the field and 78.6% from the free-throw line, and is also chipping in nearly one steal and one block per game. He's third on the team in plus-minus, behind Damian Lillard (+11.5) and CJ McCollum (+7.8), with the Blazers outscoring the Thunder by 7.5 points per game when Kanter is on the court. ... In 58 minutes, Zach Collins has made 9 of 13 field goals (69.2%), including his only 3-point attempt, and is the leading scorer off the bench for the Blazers at 5.5 points per game. ... Portland's bench ranks last in scoring among the 16 NBA playoff teams at 20.5 points per game. The Blazers also rank 13th in minutes per game, at just 15.1. The Thunder's bench hasn't been much better, ranking 13th with 26.5 points per game and last in average minutes per game at 14.4. ... One area Portland's bench is performing well is 3-point shooting. They rank sixth among bench units at 36% shooting from the 3-point line. ... Lillard is still the leading scorer in the playoffs, tied with Golden State's Kevin Durant at 28.8 points per game. Lillard and McCollum are the highest-scoring duo in the playoffs at 55.1. Durant and Steph Curry are second, at 53.8 points per game.
Injury Report
Thunder: OUT: Andre Roberson (left patellar tendon), Hamidou Diallo (right elbow soreness)
Blazers: OUT: Jusuf Nurkic (left leg)
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