Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trail Blazers 3/28/22 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Oklahoma City Thunder look to bounce back from a loss on Monday when hosting the Portland Trail Blazers. Oklahoma City is last in the Northwest division at 21-53 and 24 games behind the first-place Utah Jazz.  Oklahoma City has been eliminated from postseason contention as the Thunder are 14th in the Western Conference standings. Oklahoma City was defeated by the Denver Nuggets 113-107 on Saturday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the leading scorer for Oklahoma City with an average of 24.5 points per game and is also the leader in assists with an average of 5.9 assists per game. Darius Bazley is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.3 rebounds per game. Injuries have hurt Oklahoma City as rookie Josh Giddey, who is the leading rebounder and leader in assists continues to miss as does Derrick Favors, while Gilgeous-Alexander is questionable.

Portland looks to snap a three-game losing streak when hosting Oklahoma City on Monday. The Trail Blazers are fourth in the Northwest division at 27-47 and 18 games behind the first-place Utah Jazz. Portland is 12th in the Western Conference standings and trails the tenth place New Orleans Pelicans by four games with just eight games remaining. The Trail Blazers were defeated by the Houston Rock 115-98 on Saturday for their third consecutive loss and seventh out of the last eight.

Josh Hart is leading Portland in scoring and assists with averages of 19.9 points and 4.3 assists per game, while the leading rebounder is Drew Eubanks with an average of 8.5 rebounds per game. Because of injuries and trades, Portland is without its leading scorer Damian Lillard and its second leading scorer CJ McCollum. Portland is scoring an average of 107.1 points per game.