OKLAHOMA CITY — It was 85 degrees and partly cloudy Sunday in Jamaica, where 40 acres of land is waiting to be plowed, seeded and turned into a sustainable farm.



Amid clear waters and blue skies, the vision is that vegetables will grow and livestock will roam. But there’s one problem. The owner who recently purchased the land has yet to put shovel to dirt. In fact, he isn’t even on the island.



The owner on Sunday was instead in wind-whipped Oklahoma City, inside the turbine of noise known as the Chesapeake Energy Arena, showing the basketball world why he and the Trail Blazers have become such a force.



He is Al-Farouq Aminu, but inside the Blazers’ locker room he is known simply as “Chief” — a play on the translation of his Nigerian name, which means “The Chief has arrived.”



And on Sunday, Chief arrived in this best-of-seven series in grand fashion, with a 19-point, 9-rebound performance that...