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

The Thunder (36-38) had a rough two nights in LA, losing to the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers on Thursday and Friday. Those two defeats put a major damper on this club's playoff hopes, dropping them to 10th in the west. While that is still a play-in spot. Oklahoma City is tied with the Dallas Mavericks and is just 0,5 games up on the Utah Jazz behind them. Most people would bet on Dallas finishing ahead of Oklahoma City, but people have been counting this team out all season. The youngsters have come in and made them one of the biggest surprises in the NBA, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey and Jalen Williams all performing brilliantly at times this year.

The Trail Blazers (32-41) come into this matchup losing 11 of their last 15 games. The horrific stretch has ended all of the playoff hopes for this club, throwing in the white flag in their most recent outing. They decided to sit Damian Lillard, Jerami Grant, Jusuf Nurkic and Anfernee Simons on Friday, leading to one of their worst defeats of the year. The Chicago Bulls handed them that 124-96 beatdown, and it's unclear if any of those starters will return anytime soon. That means it's time for the youngsters to take over, with Shaedon Sharpe, Nassir Little and Trendon Watford looking like the best prospects on this dismantled roster.

This is the fourth and final meeting between these teams, with Oklahoma City looking for the season sweep. They now have seven straight wins over Portland in total.