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Interactive: Two nights, two wins, 38 threes — how the Trail Blazers swept the Thunder in Portland, step by step
Portland beat Oklahoma City 123-103 and 118-108 at Moda Center in 24 hours. The 27-9 third-quarter run, the Cissoko lineup change, the 23-10 finish, Avdija against Hartenstein and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 0-for-11 from three.
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Deni Avdija celebrates late in the 118-108 win over the Thunder at Moda Center, Nov. 11, 2026. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Interactive · Portland Trail Blazers
Two nights, two wins, 38 threes: how the Trail Blazers swept the Thunder in Portland, step by step
A 27-9 run in Tuesday’s third quarter, a lineup change that worked, a 23-10 finish on Wednesday and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander going 0 for 11 from three. Portland beat Oklahoma City 123-103 and 118-108 in 24 hours and moved to 8-3.
The Trail Blazers’ final-score graphic after the second win, 118-108. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 1
Two games, one building
The schedule sent Oklahoma City to Portland for two straight games at Moda Center on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 10 and 11. The Trail Blazers won both: 123-103, then 118-108.
Portland came in at 6-3 after its first back-to-back losses of the season, to the Lakers and the Spurs. It left at 8-3. The Thunder, who had won four in a row, left at 8-4.
0wins in 24 hours
+0combined margin, 241-211
0Portland threes, to 19 for OKC
0%Portland free throws, 49 of 52
Points from three-pointers, both games
“Credit Portland, they made more plays down the stretch. We want to go 82-0, but that’s not going to happen.”— Mark Daigneault, Thunder coach
Damian Lillard during the 123-103 win over the Thunder, Nov. 10, 2026. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 2
Tuesday: the 27-9 third quarter
The first game was even for a half. Neither team led by more than seven, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 12 in the first quarter, and Aday Mara’s dunk with 21.8 seconds left tied it 59-59 at halftime.
Jared McCain’s running three gave the Thunder a 69-67 lead with 8:14 left in the third quarter, and Ajay Mitchell’s floater put them back in front at 71-70. Then Portland outscored Oklahoma City 27-9 the rest of the quarter.
- 59-59 after Mara’s dunk with 21.8 seconds left.
- McCain’s running three: Thunder 69-67.
- Mitchell’s floater: Thunder 71-70. Portland’s 27-9 run starts here.
- Lillard hits from 28 feet: Blazers 79-71.
- Lillard from about 30 feet, near the logo: 97-80.
- Cissoko’s second straight three: 116-96. Portland leads by as many as 22.
- Portland 123, Oklahoma City 103.
Third quarter, Tuesday
Damian Lillard scored 13 of his 25 points in that quarter, which tied his season high, on 8-of-15 shooting. Gilgeous-Alexander did not return in the fourth. “They weren’t able to close the lead enough where Shai came back in the basketball game,” Portland coach Micah Nori said.
“He’s one of the best shooters to ever touch a basketball, and that doesn’t leave you.”— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Damian Lillard
Sidy Cissoko (91) after his first start of the season, Nov. 10, 2026. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 3
The lineup change
Before Tuesday’s game, Nori moved Scoot Henderson to the bench and started Sidy Cissoko for the first time this season. Henderson had started the previous five games after Ja Morant went out with a hamstring injury, averaging 9.2 points on 34% shooting and 21% from three.
Cissoko and Toumani Camara took turns on Gilgeous-Alexander in both games. Cissoko also scored.
0Cissoko points Tuesday, 3 of 10 from three
0Cissoko points Wednesday, 4 of 7 from three
0Henderson’s points per game in his five starts
“I think Sidy was phenomenal.”— Micah Nori, Trail Blazers coach
“Scoot’s going to help us win a lot of basketball games this year. I believe in Scoot Henderson. I honestly do.”— Micah Nori
The Trail Blazers’ halftime graphic in the second game: Portland 56, Oklahoma City 50. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 4
Wednesday: Oklahoma City pushes back
The second game was nothing like the first. Oklahoma City led 23-14 in the first quarter and 32-28 after one, and was still up 41-36 midway through the second.
Portland answered with an 18-4 run, with Donovan Clingan hitting a step-back three and Jrue Holiday making two threes in the last two minutes of the half. The Blazers led 56-50 at halftime and went up 64-52 on Cissoko’s dunk early in the third, their biggest lead of the night.
Wednesday, quarter by quarter (Portland vs. OKC)
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 16 points in the third quarter, and Oklahoma City won it 35-32. Portland led only 88-85 going into the fourth.
The Trail Blazers’ graphic after three quarters of the second game: Portland 88, Oklahoma City 85. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 5
The last 5:57
Nique Clifford’s step-back three tied it 88-88 with 11:11 left, and Kenrich Williams put the Thunder ahead 90-88, their first lead since the second quarter. With 5:57 to go, Gilgeous-Alexander’s two free throws made it 98-95, Oklahoma City.
Portland scored 23 of the last 33 points.
- Lillard from 29 feet: 96-95, Thunder.
- Gilgeous-Alexander makes two free throws: 98-95, Thunder.
- Avdija makes two free throws: 99-98, Blazers.
- Cissoko makes two free throws: 101-99. Portland never trails again.
- Avdija’s step-back three: 106-100.
- Lillard’s floater and a driving basket: 110-102.
- McCain’s three: 110-105.
- Lillard free throws, then dunks by Clingan and Avdija: 118-108.
0Portland points after trailing 98-95
0Oklahoma City points in the same stretch
0of Portland’s 30 fourth-quarter points by Avdija and Lillard
Deni Avdija (8) and Damian Lillard embrace in a Trail Blazers graphic, Nov. 2026. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 6
Avdija against a 7-footer
With Ajay Mitchell out with an ankle sprain on Wednesday, Daigneault put his center, Isaiah Hartenstein, on Deni Avdija for long stretches. Avdija scored 28, matching his season high, with 6 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, and 11 of his points came in the fourth quarter. He shot 9 of 20 and 4 of 13 from three.
“If you have smaller guys on him, he just runs you over, and it’s free throws, it’s layups.”— Mark Daigneault on Deni Avdija
“He made the important three at the end, but it’s kind of like what you want to live with.”— Isaiah Hartenstein
Avdija over the two games
“He makes everybody better. I benefit off of it, and everyone else benefits off of it … It’s very nice to have him.”— Deni Avdija on Damian Lillard
Jrue Holiday (5) and Donovan Clingan (23) contest a shot at the rim, Nov. 10, 2026. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 7
57 points, zero threes
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26 on Tuesday and 31 on Wednesday, 23 of them after halftime. He did it almost entirely inside the arc and at the line. Over the two games he missed all 11 of his three-point attempts.
0points in two games
0 of 11from three-point range
0 of 25free throws
0%shooting, 17 of 42
“I don’t think it was anything necessarily that he specifically did. I think I was just missing things that I usually make.”— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Toumani Camara’s defense
Oklahoma City played both nights without Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace. Portland played both without Morant and Shaedon Sharpe.
The Trail Blazers’ scoring graphic from the 118-108 win: six players in double figures. Photo by Portland Trail Blazers, resized.Chapter 8
Where it leaves both teams
Portland is 8-3, two games behind the 11-2 Lakers in the West and level in the loss column with Minnesota and Houston, both 9-3. The Blazers average 119.5 points per game, second in the league behind the Lakers, and have won five of their six road games.
Portland’s margin, game by game
- Portland at Sacramento; Oklahoma City at the LA Clippers.
- Oklahoma City at Sacramento.
- Portland plays another two-game set on the road, both at Minnesota.
- Portland at Milwaukee.
- Portland’s next game against the Thunder, in Oklahoma City.
Two games, 24 hours, 38 threes. Portland won the first with one quarter and the second with the last six minutes. The Thunder lost twice in a row to the same team and head to Los Angeles at 8-4. The Blazers have another two-night set waiting in Minneapolis next week.
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