Overview
- Portland improved to 5-3 and snapped Oklahoma City's 8-0 start by overcoming a 22-point first-quarter deficit.
- Deni Avdija posted 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, Jrue Holiday hit six threes and the deciding free throws, and Jerami Grant added 20 off the bench.
- Officials ruled on replay that Isaiah Joe’s toe was on the 3-point line, turning a potential three-shot foul into two in the final second.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points and pushed his 20-plus streak to 81 games as the shorthanded Thunder were without Chet Holmgren, Lu Dort, Alex Caruso and Jalen Williams.
- Portland announced before the game that guard Blake Wesley had surgery on a fractured fifth metatarsal and is expected to miss 8–12 weeks.