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Damian Lillard and Paul George , The Canadian Pressscored 30 points and the third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers opened their playoff series against the No. 6 Oklahoma City Thunder with a 104-99 victory on Sunday.added 20 points and a career playoff-high 18 rebounds for the Blazers, who were making their sixth straight post-season appearance. CJ McCollum added 24 points.had 24 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his ninth career post-season triple-double.
Oklahoma City got within 93-92 on George's 3-pointer, but Lillard answered with another long 3 to keep the Blazers ahead.George made a 3-pointer with 8.2 seconds remaining to get the Thunder within 100-97 but Portland hung on. The Thunder have been to the playoffs every season since moving from Seattle in 2008, but they haven't gotten past the opening round for the past two seasons.
McCollum missed 10 games down the stretch with a left knee strain and had only played in two games since returning. But he started and hit his first two 3-point attempts.was lost for the season with a broken left leg. Nurkic was averaging 15.6 points and 10.4 rebounds when he sustained the gruesome injury during a game against the Brooklyn Nets.
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