Portland Made 19 Threes to Oklahoma City's 8: Damian Lillard's 25 in 24 Minutes and a 38-21 Third Quarter Beat the Thunder 123-103

Portland Made 19 Threes to Oklahoma City's 8: Damian Lillard's 25 in 24 Minutes and a 38-21 Third Quarter Beat the Thunder 123-103

The Trail Blazers outscored the Thunder by 33 points from three. Damian Lillard scored 25 in 24 minutes, Deni Avdija added 24 and 8 assists, and Portland won 123-103.

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The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 123-103 at the Moda Center in front of 19,367, according to the ESPN box score. Portland is 7-3. Oklahoma City fell to 8-3.

Damian Lillard's 8 of 15 and a 38-21 Third Quarter

Lillard went 8 of 15 from the field, 4 of 10 from three and 5 of 5 at the line, with three rebounds, three assists and a steal. Portland was plus-20 while he played, and the Blazers won the third quarter 38-21 to turn a tie into a 17-point lead. Deni Avdija ran the offense with 24 points, eight assists and six rebounds on 8 of 15 shooting, a plus-21 night. Sidy Cissoko added 17, and Donovan Clingan had 13 rebounds and two blocks.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Went 0 for 4 From Three

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26, but 10 of those came at the free throw line. He shot 8 of 22 and 0 of 4 from three and was minus-17. Jared McCain had 21 on 6 of 12. The Thunder took 22 threes all night; Portland took 50. The Blazers also turned it over nine times to Oklahoma City's 12 and went 24 of 26 on free throws.