Last December, it was somewhat shocking to watch the Portland Trail Blazers lose two consecutive games at the Oklahoma City Thunder.
At the time, the Blazers appeared to be a postseason team while the Thunder had draft lottery written all over them.
In many ways, those two games changed the trajectory for both franchises and now, the Blazers have given up on reaching the postseason while the Thunder are in the running to continue playing in April after the regular season comes to an end.
For that reason, expect the Thunder to be hungry to complete their season sweep of the Trail Blazers. Oklahoma City leads the season series 3-0 and have very much been a bad matchup for the Blazers. And that was when their regulars were in action.
Out Sunday will be Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, Jerami Grant and Jusuf Nurkic, making winning for the Blazers appear to be virtually impossible.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS VS. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
What: Trail Blazers (32-41) vs. Thunder (36-38), 4 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Moda Center.
Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM).
TV channel: Root Sports (in Portland: Comcast 734; DirecTV: 687).
Watch the game live online: You can watch this game live for FREE with fuboTV (free trial). You can also get this game on DirecTV Stream’s “CHOICE” package (promotional offers), if you are out of fuboTV trials, or simply prefer that platform and their pricing plans. If you already have a cable or satellite provider that carries Root Sports and want to watch online, you can watch this game live on Root Sports Live.
ODDS: Not available.
INJURIES
Blazers: Damian Lillard (right calf tightness), Jusuf Nurkic (right knee soreness), Anfernee Simons (right foot soreness), Jerami Grant (left quad contusion), Justise Winslow (left ankle sprain) and Ibou Badji (left knee soreness) are out.
Thunder: Kenrich Williams (left wrist ligament surgery) and Chet Holmgren (right foot surgery) are out.
NEXT UP
The Blazers host the New Orleans Pelicans at 7 p.m. Monday.
— Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook). Subscribe to Oregonian/OregonLive newsletters and podcasts
