Which team gives OKC first defeat

[Chuck Everett]

Portland has given them multiple tough games in the last 2-3 years.

We have a winner ! Although crazy stat is that until tonight the Blazers hadn't beaten Them in 4 years.

Seen enough of The Blazers to suggest they can aim for the 6th seed and or very worst play in spot in the West.

Exciting buzz around RIP City I haven't seen since thr Prime Dame years.

No one shojld underestimate these Blazers lightly.

The Thunder basically stopped tanking during the 2022-23 season. Since then the Blazers as you said had lost to them every single time. However, some of the scores are interesting:

123-121 (in OKC)
101-98 (in OKC)
138-129 (in PDX)
118-112 (in PDX)
111-109 ((in OKC): I remember this game vividly. The Blazers were robbed by the refs in the last 30 seconds of the game.
128-120 (in PDX)

So out of 12 possible games with the Thunder over the three seasons (not including this one), at least half of them went down to clutch time. And one team had a first team-All-NBA as the difference maker. The Blazers really seem to get up for their matchups with OKC.

[mkot]

I could see them lose the game in Portland. Second night a back-to-back, Portland with some good wins so far, Jrue playing like a 28-year old in his prime.

But 10-0 is very possible.

You called it!