The Thunder swept four games against Portland this season, which is one of the reasons why this number is so low.


The Thunder finished out the season strong winning five in a row but ended up in the 6 seed thanks to a very disappointing post All-Star break stretch. Westbrook has been pretty solid against the Blazers and Damian Lillard and this is going to be the real test of which guard is dominant. Paul George has played great all season long and if he can look like the MVP candidate he was all season long this OKC team should be in a great spot. The X factor for the Thunder in these playoffs are going to be Jerami Grant and Steven Adams.

Portland will be without Nurkic and that is going to be a tough absence to overcome.

Take the Thunder and the points in this one as I believe they are the better team and fully capable of taking down the Blazers.