NBA PLAYOFFS, FIRST ROUND, GAME 4
Portland Trail Blazers at Oklahoma City Thunder
Location: At Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Time: Sunday, 6:30 p.m. PT
TV: TNT, NBC Sports Northwest
Radio: Rip City Radio 620 AM
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Odds: Thunder favored by 5.5 points, over/under set at 222.5
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Series schedule
All times Pacific
Portland leads series 2-1
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): Today, 6:30 p.m., TNT, NBC Sports Northwest
Game 5 (at POR): Tuesday, 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
x-if necessary
About the Thunder
Russell Westbrook was the star of the Thunder's win in Game 3. After he was outplayed by Damian Lillard in the first two games, Westbrook finished with 33 points, 11 assists and five rebounds. He also made half of his field goals (11 for 22) and four of his six 3-point attempts. ... Thunder star forward Paul George had 22 points in Game 3, but continues to struggle to make shots. After shooting 3 for 16 from the field in Game 3, he is shooting 36.7% for this series on field goals and 27.6% from the 3-point line. During the regular season, George shot 43.8% and 38.6%, respectively. ... Oklahoma City overcame its 3-point shooting woes in Game 3, making 15 of 29 (51.7%) after it missed 51 of its first 61 3-pointers in the first two games of the series. The Thunder got a big boost from their role players: Jerami Grant, Terrence Ferguson and Dennis Schroder combined to make 9 of 12 from the 3-point line in Game 3 after combining to hit 2 of 23 in Games 1 and 2.
About the Trail Blazers
Damian Lillard is the leading scorer in the playoffs with 30.3 points per game. Overall, Lillard is averaging 30.3 points, 5.3 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals and shooting 46% from the field and 42.9% from the 3-point line. ... CJ McCollum is the sixth-leading scorer in the playoffs at 26.0 points per game. McCollum is averaging 26.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and shooting 45.2% from the field and 50.0% from the 3-point line ... Going into Sunday's Game 4, Lillard and CJ McCollum are also the highest-scoring duo in the playoffs (56.3 per game). ... Through three games, the Thunder and Trail Blazers are averaging the same number of rebounds per game (44.3), steals per game (7.3), fouls per game (25.7), are shooting the same percentage from the free-throw line (77.8%) and are within 0.3 of each other in blocks (Blazers are averaging 5.3 to the Thunder's 5.0) and 0.6 of each other in turnovers (OKC is averaging 15.7 to Portland's 16.3).
Injury Report
Thunder: OUT: Andre Roberson (left patellar tendon), Hamidou Diallo (right elbow soreness)
Blazers: OUT: Jusuf Nurkic (left leg)
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Jared Cowley writes about the Trail Blazers and other topics for KGW.com. He's also the co-host of the 3-on-3 Blazers podcast (listen here). You can reach him on Twitter @jaredcowley.