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San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers

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32-46, 13-25 Away
Final
109 - 120

35-44, 21-18 Home

Blazers beat Spurs 120-109, but both teams are eliminated from play-in contention

Toumani Camara leads Blazers past Spurs

Both teams were mathematically alive for a play-in spot going into the game, but were eliminated by Sacramento's 120-113 victory over Cleveland.

Stephon Castle finished with 22 points for the Spurs.

The Spurs trailed for most of the game, but Chris Paul's layup and free throw got San Antonio within 108-102 before Camara made a 3-pointer to end the threat.

The possibility of making the playoffs after a three-year drought was enough to keep Portland going down the final stretch.

“Guys got up for the challenge every single game, I mean every game, got up for the challenge of it, chased that thing,” coach Chauncey Billups said. “I just love how we showed up. So many games that we didn’t play great, but man, we were scrapping our butts off understanding what was on the line.”

The Spurs were hurt in late February when Victor Wembanyama was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right shoulder and sidelined for the rest of the season.

The Blazers led by as many as 17 points early, but the Spurs went closed within 45-44 late in the first half. Portland led 54-45 at the break.

Takeaways Spurs: Won the first three games of the season against the Blazers.

Blazers: Portland was without Scoot Henderson (concussion), Deni Avdija (thumb), Duop Reath (right knee) and Anfernee Simons (right forearm).

Key moment The Spurs closed to within 97-88 in the fourth quarter, but Kris Murray’s bounce pass found Camara for the layup to extend Portland’s lead to double digits again.

Key stat Murray had a season-high 18 points for Portland.

Up next Spurs: Visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.

Trail Blazers: Visit the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.

Regular Season Series

SA wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 109 - 120
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 109 - 120
4th 23.1 Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2 109 - 120
4th 23.1 Spurs offensive team rebound 108 - 120
4th 23.1 Chris Paul misses free throw 1 of 2 108 - 120

Statistics

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41-95 FG 42-89
43.2 Field Goal % 47.2
11-34 3PT 15-41
32.4 Three Point % 36.6
16-21 FT 21-27
76.2 Free Throw % 77.8
45 Rebounds 44
13 Offensive Rebounds 8
32 Defensive Rebounds 36
26 Assists 25
9 Steals 10
4 Blocks 5
18 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 15
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 14
18 Fast Break Points 20
50 Points in Paint 52
21 Fouls 20
3 Largest Lead 17
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Yang Hansen, C Day-To-Day Jul 21
Damian Lillard, PG Out Jul 17
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Jul 3
Shaedon Sharpe, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Scoot Henderson, G Day-To-Day Jul 3
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jeremy Sochan, F Day-To-Day Aug 10
De'Aaron Fox, PG Day-To-Day Aug 4
Dylan Harper, G Day-To-Day Jul 21
Carter Bryant, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Kelly Olynyk, PF Day-To-Day Jul 8

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,928 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 52 30 .634 - L3
Memphis 48 34 .585 4 W1
Dallas 39 43 .476 13 L1
San Antonio 34 48 .415 18 W1
New Orleans 21 61 .256 31 L7

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City - 14 W4 0.8292683 68
Denver 18 32 W3 0.6097561 50
Minnesota 19 33 W3 0.597561 49
Portland 32 46 W1 0.4390244 36
Utah 51 65 L2 0.20731707 17
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