TrailBLAZERS 98 THUNDER 94...RIP City goes into THUNDER Alley and quiets all that Noise as L-TRAIN and LILLARD do what they do with BATUM and MATTHEWS on Stand By Ready Alert 5...@kdTREY5 goes H.A.M. but not enough...REGULATORS Report OKC "Forget the NEW YEAR's Eve Tilt...ASAP" Episode..REGULATORS...Mount Up!

The OKC Thunder had everything going until the 4th period when the Blazers tightened up on Thunder Mega-Star @kdTREY5 and start executing in the half court like no body's business. Behind their All-Star PF and PG All-Star to be the Blazers end to 2013 like they want to begin the "Fight for Larry" in Mid-April 2014...with a bang!

Behind a 25 pints and fourteen rebound performance from LaMarcus Aldridge aka L-Train and a 21-point and eleven assist game from Damian Lillard the Blazers show once again they are a Team not only in the West but the Logo to reckoned with as we get closer and closer to the All-Star Break. On a bad shooting night the Blazers do what you have to do coming out of the Motel...get Stops, execute in the Half Court offensively, and take care of business from the Charity Stripe and they put a check mark next to all three items. Robin Lopez (12 pts 5 rebs) keep rebounds, Nicolas Batum (15 pts) excellent "D" on KD late, and Wes Matthews (16 pts 7 rebs 7 assts) timely shooting closed out this one.

The Game was in OKC's favor and in the crunch they missed Uncle Russ at the point. PG Reggie Jackson is solid but his inability at times to get KD the Orange in KD's Comfort Zone hurried up their offense on a few possessions and late that cost OKC. KD ended with 37 points, fourteen boards, and three helpers but was  non-factor late when it counted. Ibaka had 17 points, Jackson 12 points, and Lamb 10 point as the only four Thunder Players in double figures. OKC shot just 3 of 14 from Arc and under 75% from the FT Line and in the end that played a role in the "L".

The Blazers move to  25-7 and the Thunder fall to 25-6 and get just their 2nd home loss in Thunder Alley. I have a feeling this might be a Western Semis Tilt in early to mid May.

Regulators...Mount Up!