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Sometimes it feels good to put a team in their place.
The Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City Thunder squad has been getting a ton of praise this year for a great season and a playoff birth. They're ahead of schedule and eerily similar to the Portland Trail Blazers of a year ago.
Fortunately for them, they've had no injuries, no adversity, and continue to catch teams by surprise.
Portland had to put a stop to that, at least for tonight and the end of this season. This crucial victory over Oklahoma City has sealed the deal for Portland, guaranteeing they will not play the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.
This game was about as up and down as they come for Portland.
Without Brandon Roy, who was out with a knee injury for the entire game, a different plan of attack was needed to take down the Thunder. Everything started out fine as Andre Miller attacked Oklahoma City's interior defense and Marcus Camby stretched everyone out by hitting jumper after jumper.
It felt pretty good for about eight minutes but then Oklahoma City started exploiting Portla ...
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