Portland takes on Oklahoma City in conference matchup

Oklahoma City Thunder (8-3, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (7-3, eighth in the Western Conference)

Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST

LINE: Thunder -1.5; over/under is 226.5

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City visits Portland for a Western Conference matchup.

Portland finished 42-40 overall and 29-23 in Western Conference action last season. The Trail Blazers averaged 19.2 points off of turnovers, 18.5 second-chance points and 34.9 bench points last season.

Oklahoma City finished 64-18 overall, 12-4 in Northwest Division games and 30-10 on the road a season ago. The Thunder averaged 119.0 points per game while allowing opponents to score 107.9 last season.

The teams square off for the second time this season. The Trail Blazers won the last meeting 123-103 on Nov. 11. Damian Lillard scored 25 points to help lead the Trail Blazers to the win.

INJURIES: Trail Blazers: Shaedon Sharpe: out (meniscus), Vit Krejci: out (leg), Ja Morant: out (hamstring).

Thunder: Cason Wallace: out (shoulder), Nikola Topic: out (back), Thomas Sorber: out (knee), Chet Holmgren: out (knee), Jaylin Williams: out (back), Jalen Williams: out (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.