Game 43 Live Thread: Thunder (23-19) vs. Blazers (18-25)

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Tip-off:

8pm @ Chesapeake Energy Arena, ? Fox Sports Oklahoma

Projected starting lineups:

Oklahoma City	Portland
PG: Chris Paul	PG: Damian Lillard
SG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	SG: CJ McCollum
SF: Terrance Ferguson	SF: Kent Bazemore
PF: Danilo Gallinari	PF: Carmelo Anthony
C: Steven Adams	C: Hassan Whiteside

Game poll:

Updates:

Halftime: Thunder 64, Blazers 57

Paul 21 (7-of-9 FGs, 3-of-4 3's), 3 r, 4 a
SGA 12-2-5
Noel 10-2-1
Bazley 6 p, 6 r

Dame 24 p (7-of-12)

Thunder already with as many points in the paint (34) as last night against the Heat.
— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) January 19, 2020

End of the first quarter: Thunder 32, Blazers 24. Much better start for the Thunder after some ugly first quarters the last week.

Paul 12-2-2
SGA 8-1-2
Bazley 4 p, 3 r (4-of-4 FTs)
Dort 4 p (1-of-2 3's)
— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) January 19, 2020

Chris Paul with 10 points in the first 5 minutes. 4 for 4 shooting. He's on FIRE!! #NBAJam
— Cliff Brunt (@CliffBruntAP) January 19, 2020

Steven Adams is available to play tonight against the Blazers. Terrance Ferguson (illness), Abdel Nader (ankle) and Danilo Gallinari (rest) are all out.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) January 19, 2020

Starters v Blazers
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— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) January 19, 2020