Sonics Give Blazers Tit for Tat

99-87 win comes on heels of hard-fought loss
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 23, 2008 5:26 AM CST
Sonics Give Blazers Tit for Tat
Seattle SuperSonics' Chris Wilcox, center, is fouled by Portland Trail Blazers' Joel Przybilla, left as he goes the basket between Pryzybilla and LaMarcus Aldridge, right, in a NBA basketball game during the second half Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, in Seattle. Wilcox scored 14 points in the SuperSonics 99-87...   (Associated Press)

The night after a close Trail Blazers victory over the SuperSonics in Portland, the two teams moved to Seattle to battle again, and everything changed. The Sonics had little trouble dispatching the Blazers 99-87, combining 17 points from Kevin Durant with five other double-digit contributions in an all-team effort, reports the Tacoma News Tribune.

For Portland, the scoring came almost entirely from Travis Outlaw (26 points), LaMarcus Aldridge (23), and Brandon Roy (19). Shooting 37% as a team and just 4-for-18 from three-point range, the Blazers seem to have met an infrequent visitor to Seattle games: the Sonics' defense. "I just think we’re defending better in general," says coach PJ Carlesimo. (More NBA stories.)

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