The Spurs won the glass, 49-39, suffocating Portland with 10 team blocks in an impressive showing by Thomas Bryant (4 blocks, 7 points). Murray finished with 22 points and two steals. Andre Drummond couldn't get a lot of easy shots to fall, but kept grinding away for 20 points as he ate up 15 rebounds with 3 blocks. Fred VanVleet dropped 18 points, hitting a trio of deep range bombs. Brandon Ingram glided his way 18 points & 7 rebounds with 2 steals. Kent Bazemore combined with Evan Fournier & rookie Jemayn Brakefield for 30 points.
Notably, the Trail Blazers did fight back in the 4th Quarter once the Spurs pulled its star power from the game, winning it 46-29 to only lose by ten points. C.J. McCollum had 16 points, as did Jusuf Nurkic (10 rebounds). Damian Lillard was hounded all game long, scoring just 14 points with 7 assists. Cam Reddish had 10 points and it appeared as if LaMarcus Aldridge's best days were behind him, scoring ten points with his old team.
