Trail Blazers Outlast Short-Handed Spurs Behind Avdija’s Triple-Double
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The Portland Trail Blazers survived a back-and-forth battle, securing 115–110 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday (PH time) at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

 

With the win, the Blazers extended their winning streak to two games while snapping the Spurs' own two-game run. San Antonio was once again without star big man Victor Wembanyama due to injury.

Both teams traded blows in a tight second half until, with 49 seconds remaining, Blazers star Deni Avdija drilled a clutch three-pointer to give Portland a four-point cushion.

 After Caleb Love split a pair of free throws, the Blazers closed out the five-point win.

 

Avdija delivered a stellar all-around performance, finishing with a triple-double of 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Donovan Clingan had a career night, scoring a personal-best 24 points to go with 12 rebounds.

 

For the Spurs, center Luke Kornet led the team with 23 points, and Julian Champagnie added a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

 

The Blazers will host the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, while the Spurs will visit the Memphis Grizzlies the day after.

 

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Stephen B Smith
hot commentTrail Blazers: I heard the Spurs have overtaken the Thunder to become the No. 1 team in the league power rankings? Well, I'm going to take on the No. 1 team in the league!
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Juan Morilla
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Juan Morilla
Mga bulok
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Victor Wembanyaman
Please trade for shooters….sincerely EVERYONE!!
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Tracy McGravy
Blazers wanted the W more. Spurs looked tired.
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Anything Basketball
It’s gonna be extremely hard for the Spurs to beat teams that are shooting 40% from three against them. Spurs just need better perimeter defense.
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Illidan
Without Wemby attracting double-teams, the Spurs' perimeter shooters are too weak
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