• Oklahoma City Thunder (8-3, 6th in the West) @ Portland Trailblazers (7-3, 8th in the West)
• When: Wednesday, 11 November 2026 at 9:00pm CST
• Where: Moda Center in Portland, OR
• TV: Thunder+/KSBI
• Offensive Rating: POR: 118.5 (4th) / OKC: 112.7 (17th)
• Defensive Rating: POR: 111.5 (12th) / OKC: 107.4 (6th)
• Net Rating: POR: 7.0 (9th) / OKC: 5.3 (11th)

The Tip-Off

There are going to be nights like last night this season. The Oklahoma City Thunder played a good Portland team on the road and were able to hold on for a half. But if you allow a good team to get it going, and you aren’t doing the things to keep up with their pace, they are going to eventually get run out of the gym, which is what happened last night. The margin of error OKC plays with now is razor thin with the lack of depth and the injuries to key players. It’s going to be a season-long seesaw between “Wow, can you believe this team!” and “Ufff, can you believe this team?”.

Looking Back

Portland beat OKC 123-103 yesterday, in a game that was tied at 59 at halftime. Portland used a hot third quarter to take over the game and never looked back.

Betting Info, presented by FanDuel

• Line: OKC +2.5
• O/U: 224.5

Injury Report

OKC

• Chet Holmgren – OUT (knee)
• Ajay Mitchell – OUT (ankle)
• Thomas Sorber – OUT (knee)
• Nikola Topic – OUT (G-League Assignment)
• Cason Wallace – OUT (shoulder)
• Jalen Williams – OUT (ankle)
• Jaylin Williams – OUT (back)

POR

• Vit Krejci – OUT (ankle)
• Ja Morant – OUT (hamstring)
• Shaedon Sharpe – OUT (knee)
• Chris Youngblood – OUT (foot)

Three Big Things

1. Bennett Stirtz – Among the negatives in the game last night, one of the positives was the play of Bennett Stirtz. In his 18 minutes, Stirtz scored 13 points on 5-8 shooting from the field and 2-3 shooting from deep. He was aggressive offensively and held his own on the defensive end. In a 20-point loss, he was the only rotational piece with a plus in the raw plus/minus column (+3). His ability to play point guard and provide SGA with a shooter off-ball may garner Stirtz his first start of the season with Ajay Mitchell being out with a bum ankle.
2. Gotta get them up – Oklahoma City attempted 22 three-pointers last night. Portland made 19 3-pointers. That math isn’t going to hold up in today’s NBA. While OKC has never been a prolific 3-point shot attempting team, not taking them stunts their offense and tells the defense to go ahead and stay in the paint. Even the threat of taking 3’s causes the defense to come out a little further from the basket, which opens up driving lanes. Gotta hoist them to give yourself a chance.
3. Aday Mara – The other rookie on OKC team is starting to show the aggressive “a-hole” side of him and totally here for it. There were times during the summer where the moniker of “Big Goof” was on display (and it wasn’t for positive reasons). But now, Mara is showing a different side of himself. One that is more in line with him being a 7’3″ behemoth out there that can eventually start to intimidate opponents with his play. As the great Bill Walton would say on calls, “Throw it down, big man. Throw it down!”