Two of the most athletic and defensive teams in the western conference measure strength, in a duel that will be interesting on another stellar NBA night.
Game Summary
In this first episode the teams started with excellent energy and a balanced offensive and defensive performance, with attacks from the inside and from the perimeter with great effectiveness, ends the fourth winning Thunder to Trail Blazers by a single possession.
In the continuation of the duel in this particular quarter the teams would take more shots from the perimeter favoring the effectiveness of the Portland team in this triple war, ending the first half 58 - 61 up Portland.
Second Half
The teams were still attacking lethally from the perimeter with shots in front of their scoreboards, but in this case who would come out with a certain advantage on the scoreboard in the 3rd period would be Thunder's team who would win the partial by 2 possessions.
Thunder would continue attacking, but Trail Blazers followed closely in the scoreboard to their rivals, with the great game of its star Lillard, with few minutes to finish the last quarter the game remained extremely closed and would be tied at the end of the fourth, which would take us to an imminent extra time.
Extra Time
In the definition of this additional period, the encounter continued very closed, Thunder would take certain advantage in the last minutes of the extra time, they would make a better closing and they would obtain the victory 129 - 121 on the Trail Blazers.
Details and Personal Analysis
It was an extremely closed game, both teams showed excellent defenses but it would be imposed the best managed to close the game, all this performance led the teams to define the actions in extra time which would remain closed but where the Thunder made a better close and obtained a great victory over Portland.
Best Performances
Russell Westbrook 37 Pts. 7 Reb. 3 Ast.
Paul George 32 Pts. 14 Reb. 6 Ast.
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