Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looked like an MVP.

The Oklahoma City Thunder played like the best team in the NBA.

And the Portland Trail Blazers offered little resistance to a laser-focused team chasing a second consecutive championship.

The Thunder bludgeoned the Blazers Sunday night at Paycom Center, building a 27-point first-half lead and cruising to a dominant 122-95 victory before 18,203 in Oklahoma City.

The Thunder avenged their only loss of the season , which came 121-119 against the Blazers on Nov. 5 at the Moda Center. After that memorable matchup, during which the Blazers fought back from a 22-point deficit to stun the Thunder, Deni Avdija proclaimed in the postgame locker room that the Blazers were building “ something special in Portland.”

But the only special Sunday n

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