Game 5 Preview: Thunder (1-3) vs. Blazers (2-2)

FINAL. Thunder lose another close one 102-99. After guarding Damian Lillard exceptionally well through the first 3 quarters, Dame Time struck again.

Paul 21p/5r/5a
Schröder 17p/4r/2a
Noel 15p/14r/2a
Gallinari 15p/6r
SGA 13p/8r/3a
Diallo 12p/10r

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

Thunder get a stop with Dennis Schroder coming dangerously close to fouling Dame.

Chris Paul with a key drive and dish to Nerlens Noel for a dunk.

97-95 Blazers, 45.9 s.

— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) October 31, 2019

Double-double for Nerlens Noel with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

Chris Paul starting to find some flow on offense (18 p, eight in the fourth) … just as Dame and CJ are heating up too.

— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) October 31, 2019

Hami's got hops, hops, hops, hops. @hamidoudiallo | #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/NU91KTAeEJ

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 31, 2019

Hamidou Diallo going from fun high flying dunk champ to legit rotation player is one of my favorite stories of this Thunder season so far.

— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) October 31, 2019

Thunder lead 69-68 behind a fantastic 3rd quarter from Gallinari! He's 5-11 from the field, 3-6 from 3, and has 6 rebounds. #ThunderUp

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

We got ourselves a tie game! https://t.co/sfs98NGxjF

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

Seemed appropriate for the 2nd half ⚡ #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/TvrzuFtnkJ

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

HALFTIME. Thunder cut the Blazers' lead to 5. Thunder are shooting 15.4% from behind the line (vs. the Blazers' 42.1%).

Gallo: 10p/3r
SGA: 8p/4r/2a
Noel: 7p/8r

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

Hassan Whiteside is headed to the locker room after appearing to injure his left knee. He fell awkwardly after fouling Chris Paul on a jumper. He stayed down for a minute, but seemed to be shaking it off as he walked off the floor.

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) October 31, 2019

Dennis disrupting. Diallo driving. #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/CViliwRyIu

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 31, 2019

Hocus pocus. ? It's a little Halloween magic (and hustle). pic.twitter.com/prxd5FuuyQ

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 31, 2019

Thunder trail 24-17 at the end of the first quarter. SGA is at it again ?

Gallinari 5p/3r
SGA 5p/1a
Schröder 5p

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

Dennis Schroder checks in and immediately picks up CJ McCollum. McCollum with a couple of turnovers in four possessions.

— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) October 31, 2019

Portland is only a 2-point favorite which can only mean Vegas thinks as highly of Bazley as we do ?

— Daily Thunder (@dailythunder) October 31, 2019

No tricks, just treats here @ChesapeakeArena #ThunderUp?
Minutes til Tip @FOXSportsOK pic.twitter.com/K5xItY5NpW

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 31, 2019

Tonight’s starting ?

Presented by @EnableMidstream pic.twitter.com/Yax9YoRrRk

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) October 30, 2019

Steven Adams (knee contusion) is out tonight against the Blazers.

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) October 30, 2019