Elite Scoring Matchup

We live in a world of who can score and who can't, and of the NBA's per game isolation scoring leaders, four of this season's top five names are guys who have lived atop that leaderboard for years. However, one name on that list might surprise you 👀

• Luka Doncic: 9.3 PPG

• James Harden: 7.9 PPG

• Joel Embiid: 7.4 PPG

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6.4 PGG

• Damian Lillard: 6.0 PGG

Through 31 games, SGA has crept into the NBA's inner-circle of unstoppable bucket-getters, ranking just a single spot ahead of his matchup tonight, Damian Lillard (who he just took down on Monday) 👇

Despite his team doing its best job to stay in the mix for Victor Wembenyama, SGA and company have been considerably better than they were last year ⛈

• At 13-18, the Thunder have won 41.9% of their games this season, up from 29.3% last year

• SGA is averaging 31.3 PPG, third-best in the NBA behind Luka and Embiid

• He's the odds-on favorite to win the league's Most Improved Player award at -175

Meanwhile, a healthy Damian Lillard has helped the 17-14 Blazers return to their winning ways. With Lillard and SGA both active and set to start tonight's game, we should be in for an electric shootout. Dame even chimed in on the "Free Shai" narrative that's started to pick up steam 🗣

Blazers vs. Thunder Betting Preview (subject to change)

• Spread: Blazers -4

• Moneyline: Blazers -170 (bet $170, win $100), Thunder +145 (bet $100, $145)

• Total: 234.5

King of the Clutch

This season, the league is set to award the season's greatest clutch performer with his own award for the first time. Named for "Mr. Clutch" himself, the Clutch Player of the Year will earn the Jerry West Award at season's end. Although Lillard has the unimpeachable track record of clutch performances, it's SGA who has been better down the stretch this season 👑

Shai has scored more clutch points (79) than any other player in the league this season, eight more than last year's leader DeMar DeRozan. And if that wasn't enough, Shai's got a couple of game-winners so far, including the buzzer-beater from Monday against the Blazers, spoiling the night Dame became the franchise's all-time leading scorer 🏹

If the NBA were to give out the award today, it'd almost certainly go to SGA. And if the league had given out the award over the past decade, Dame would probably already have won it at least twice (full list of predictions). If tonight's game is close, each team has the firepower to steal a win down the stretch 💔

For My Parlay Gurus

After the kid from Canada took down Portland on Monday night, I think Lillard goes Dame Time to get his revenge. Considering both teams' high-octane backcourts, I've got the two teams hitting the over on the point total too. Take a look 👇

• Blazers -4 @ Thunder: -110

• Over 234.5 Total Points Scored: -110

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