Brandon Roy scored 22 points and Travis Outlaw came off the bench with 21, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 106-92 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.
Greg Oden had 16 points and 10 rebounds for his rookie-leading 16th double-double of the season.
Russell Westbrook had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder, while Kevin Durant had 20 points in another display of the top two picks in the 2007 NBA draft - this time with a very different result.
Oden was the top pick that year, while Durant was No. 2. But Oden wound up having microfracture surgery on his knee, and missed that season.
Durant went on to the league's Rookie of the Year award, leaving many to ponder whether the Blazers made a mistake.
In this season's first meeting between the teams last Friday, Oden got into foul trouble early and finished with four points and two rebounds. The Thunder won 102-93, led by Durant with 31 points.
It appeared Oden might be heading in the same direction Wednesday night when he was called for his first foul less than a minute into the game.
The Thunder kept it close until the very end of the first half. Durant put Oklahoma City ahead 46-44, but the Blazers closed with a 9-0 run capped by Outlaw's dunk as time ran out to make it 53-46.
The Thunder was coming off a 105-98 loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles the night before, and the fatigue started to show in the second half.
Durant was flagged for this fourth foul. Oden blocked Jeff Green's shot on one end, and rookie Jerryd Bayless made a fast-break dunk on the other to put Portland up 77-68. The Blazers broke it open from there, and Outlaw hit a 3-pointer that pushed the lead to 89-76.
Oden's reverse layup made it 98-78 midway through the fourth quarter.
Wednesday's game was the Thunder's first appearance in Portland since the team was moved from Seattle. There was a smattering of SuperSonics jerseys scattered through the crowd. One fan held a sign borrowing on the NBA's own ad campaign, reading "Where ripping out an entire city's heart happens."
The Blazers were coming off a victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday, a game won on Roy's scooped layup at the buzzer.
The last time the Blazers won in the series, back on Feb. 21 of last year, the Thunder were still the Sonics.
Portland was still without starting point guard Steve Blake, who is recovering from a right shoulder separation. Blake has started practicing with the team but will not return until after the All-Star break.
Notes:@ Portland's Rudy Fernandez has made a 3-pointer in 29 straight games, matching the rookie record held by Kirk Hinrich. Fernandez has hit a 3-pointer in 49 of his 50 games this year. The Blazers improved to 20-5 at the Rose Garden this season. ... Oklahoma City is 3-22 on the road. ... Former Oregon Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington was at the game.
