The broken record skipped some more Sunday night at the Moda Center.

There was another sidelined starter.

There was another “clutch-time” test.

And there was another loss for the Portland Trail Blazers.

The shorthanded Portland Trail Blazers pushed the Oklahoma City Thunder for three-and-a-half quarters, but didn’t have enough down the stretch to avoid the inevitable, falling 123-115 before 17,597.

Deni Avdija recorded his fourth-career triple-double, Toumani Camara had one of his best all-around games of the season and the Blazers matched the best team in the NBA blow-for-blow most of the night. But in the end, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander awoke from a slumber when it mattered most, Ajay Mitchell hit enough timely shots and the Thunder slithered away from the Moda Center with a

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