Dort (knee) has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Trail Blazers. Dort will miss Friday's game against Portland, the fifth time he has been out of the Thunder's lineup this season. Along with his absence,

Dort was ejected at the 3:00 mark of the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Spurs, Andrew Schlecht of The Athletic reports. Dort received a technical foul for participating in an altercation late in the fourth quarter that also led to the ejections of Justin Champagnie and Kenrich Williams.

Since acquiring Doncic, the Lakers are ninth in 3-point percentage (36.2 percent), and that’s despite their shiny new star, who takes a majority of their 3-pointers, shooting 24.1 percent from deep in February.

But do you have individual goals? First team All-Defense? Defensive Player of the Year? Lugentz Dort: Honestly, the biggest goal is to go out there and perform every night for my teammates.

Simon placed Jalen Williams on his First-Team All-Defense list, and Lu Dort on the second team ... the Thunder's defense could carry the team to the NBA Finals this season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are in a position that many other NBA teams wish they were in. Not only are they the top team in the Western Conference but they possess the most future draft picks as well.

The Minnesota Timberwolves will travel to Salt Lake City to take on the Utah Jazz on Friday but without Anthony Edwards.

SI: You’re trying to win a championship. But do you have individual goals? First team All-Defense? Defensive Player of the Year? Lugentz Dort: Honestly, the biggest goal is to go out there and

his number was finally called for an NBA debut. “Billy was the head coach, but Mark was the first one that came and grabbed me on the bench,” Dort said. “He’s been real with me from the ...