The Trail Blazers didn't let the Supersonics, who had already been declared half-dead, struggle any longer. With a 119:110 victory in game four, they decisively defeated their opponents by 9 points and smoothly advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
Because the process was too smooth, the Portland side didn't even feel good about mocking anymore; the situation was too one-sided, and any further ridicule would have been pointless.
Compared to last season, the Trail Blazers were more mature and ruthless, showing not the slightest hesitation on their path forward.
Even though the Supersonics gave their best performance of the series in the fourth game, with Dale Ellis scoring 33 points, Tom Chambers 31 points, and Xavier McDaniel 24 points,
the 'three-headed monster' performed simultaneously, but the gap in sheer strength was an issue they could not solve, with Gan Guoyang's destructive power in the low post still unsolvable for them.