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Thunder hold off Blazers to avenge lone defeat of season

 Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers controls the ball against Ryan Dunn of the Phoenix Suns in the second half at Crypto.com Arena on December 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. [AFP]

The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder avenged their only defeat of the season, using a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-115 and improve to 20-1.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26 points to lead six Thunder players in double figures.

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