After receiving little national pre-playoff attention last season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are garnering plenty thus far in 2012.
Three of the next five Thunder matchups will be showcased on national TV. See schedule below:
March 27 @ Trailblazers 9:00pm Fox Sports Oklahoma
March 29 @ Lakers 9:30pm TNT
April 1 Bulls Noon ABC
April 2 Memphis 7:00pm Fox Sports Oklahoma
April 4 @ Heat 7:00pm ESPN
Tonight the Thunder will be facing a Gerald Wallace-less Trailblazers team but it still won’t be a walk in the park. Lamarcus Aldridge had 39 points the last time the Thunder were in Portland.
The Thunder do have a few things going their way though – namely Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden – as well as the fact that the Trailblazers (who won their last contest 90-87 over Golden State) haven’t won back-to-back games since late January.
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