Game Thread 2022-23 Game #31 - BLAZERS @ THUNDER - DECEMBER 19, 2022 - MONDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

[Chris Craig]

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STARTERS


Damian Lillard Anfernee Simons

Josh Hart Jerami Grant

Drew Eubanks



Luguentz Dort Shai G Alexander

Jalen Williams Eugene Omoruyi

Aleksej Pokusevski

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WHEN: DECEMBER 19, 2022 - MONDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT)

WHERE: PAYCOM CENTER, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK



TV BROADCAST



RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCH


Gary Payton II Nassir Little

Justice Winslow

Trendon Watford Shaedon Sharpe

Keon Johnson Jabari Walker

Greg Brown III John Butler Jr

Ibou Badji

Jusuf Nurkic



Josh Giddey Chet Holmgren

Mike Muscala Darius Bazley

Aaron Wiggins Jaylin Williams

Kenrick Williams Ousmane Dieng

Isaiah Joe Tre Mann

Lindy Waters Jeremiah R-Earl

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COACHES



Chauncey Billups


Mark Daigneault


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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Gary Payton II - Cond. - Out
Nassir Little - Hip - Out
Josh Hart - Ankle - Probable
Jerami Grant - Back - Questionable
Jusuf Nurkic - Calf - Out

THUNDER

Shai Gilgeous Alexander - Back - Ques.
Darius Bazley - Illness - Out
Josh Giddey - Illness - Out
Jeremiah Robinson Earl - Ankle - Out
Chet Holmgren - Foot - Out
Ousmane Dieng - Wrist - Out


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NOTES
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• This is the first of four games this season between the Blazers and Thunder
• This is the first of a back to back in Oklahoma City.
• The Blazers will play the Thunder again 2/10 and 3/26 in Portland
• Jerami Grant played for the Thunder from 2016 -19

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[blazerkor]

We are going to kick these guys' asses!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Too bad Chet is injured.

 

[BlazerBeav]

No excuse not to come out of OKC without two wins.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Looking forward to some history being made. The only chance we’ll see Dame’s record being broken May rest with Ant or Sharpe many many years down the line.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Gotta get the first one if you want to win two.
One game at a time.

 

[THE HCP]

No excuse not to come out of OKC without two wins.

Well at least you aren’t setting yourself up for a letdown.

 

[THE HCP]

Checking in from beautiful OKC this holiday season.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

No excuse not to come out of OKC without two wins.

That sentence doesn’t mean what you think it does.

 

[Shogun X]

Checking in from beautiful OKC this holiday season.

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Haunted hotel?

 

[THE HCP]

Haunted hotel?

Not anymore. That hotel was dope man! Wish that’s where we were staying.

 

[wizenheimer]

Not anymore. That hotel was dope man! Wish that’s where we were staying.

I stayed in a hotel that had a dope man. It was a dorm at the UofO in 1970

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Checking in from beautiful OKC this holiday season.

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Wow stunningly gorgeous scenery!

 

[wizenheimer]

Wow stunningly gorgeous scenery!

yeah...for a George Orwell novel

 

[Strenuus]

No excuse not to come out of OKC without two wins.

The games haven't been played. So much can happen to make us lose one of them. So silly to expect us to just win games because we are the "better team"

Thankfully its just December though.

 

[riverman]

Checking in from beautiful OKC this holiday season.

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Apparently, it's tough to grow trees in sand, oil and tumbleweeds Hey, I'll bet that's where they shot the moon landing!

 

[SIeepwalker]

Checking in from beautiful OKC this holiday season.

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What the hell is that

 

[Fairly-Hard]

What the hell is that

Not Blurry.

 

[Irish Trader]

Portland Trail Blazers
17-13 (19-10-1) -7.5 -305 67.2%
Oklahoma City Thunder
12-18 (18-12-0) 227.5 +240 32.8%

Heavy favorites tonight to win on the road

 

[stampedehero]

This dude does not look like an NBA basketball player.

 

[wizenheimer]

OKC going full throttle into the Wemby sweepstakes?

 

[DDolla]

Just to remind the Blazers that the Thunder beat the Bucks and Celtics.

 

[illmatic99]

Now Giddey out too?

Would be inexcusable to lose this when we are being handed the game.

 

[DDolla]

Blazers lost that Nets, Denver, Clippers and Jazz game at home. Need to win this 2 against the Thunder

 

[BlazerBeav]

There is no way we lose this one - the Letter O is going to be aggressive about taking the scoring title.

 

[e_blazer]

Checking in from beautiful OKC this holiday season.

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Apocalypse OKC.

 

[DDolla]

Dame going foe 60

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Dame going foe 60

I would rather a solid 30 in three quarters and sitting the 4th.

 

[B-Roy]

 

[KSF-ERIC]

The games haven't been played. So much can happen to make us lose one of them. So silly to expect us to just win games because we are the "better team.”

No excuse not to come out of OKC without two wins.

should be

No excuse to come out of OKC without two wins.