The Portland Trail Blazers play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Moda Center on Sunday.

The Thunder (9-12) just pulled off one of the most miraculous wins on Friday night. They actually faced a T'Wolves team who missed three free-throws in the final 15 seconds of that game and then committed a technical foul for a player not tucking in his shirt. They then proceeded to make a free-throw with 1.1 seconds left and OKC with no timeouts, which allowed Steven Adams to throw a full-court outlet pass to Dennis Schroeder to tie the game on a banked floater. The Thunder then outscored the Timberwolves, 17-5 in a dominating overtime, proving to be one of the wildest finishes of the season. Thunder fans are just hopeful that a win like that is the kickstart of something special, as this team has plenty of talent to compete with anyone.

The Trail Blazers (9-14) come into this matchup winning three of their last five games, with the only losses coming against the two Los Angeles teams. That's certainly nothing to be ashamed by either, with the Clippers and Lakers posing as two of the best teams in the NBA. What is worrisome is the fact that Rodney Hood just tore his Achilles in the loss on Friday. That is a guy who's regularly been playing 30 minutes a game and it's scary that this team lost yet another wing. Losing Zach Collins to injury was obviously a detriment but it's hard to imagine what they'll do without Hood too. That means it's time for Kent Bazemore and Mario Hezonja to take on a bigger role, as Carmelo Anthony has been doing all he can to take on some of that workload too. As long as Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum remain healthy though, this team will always compete.

Portland has won the two meetings between these teams this season which extends a recent trend. In fact, Oklahoma City swept the four-game season series last year after the Blazers swept the previous season series in 2017-18.