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Anfernee Simons scored 23 points and Damian Lillard added 22
points and 11 assists as Portland won for the 10th time in 14
games to start the season. Shaedon Sharpe scored 13 points off
the bench as the Trail Blazers snapped a four-game skid against
San Antonio.
Jakob Poeltl scored a career-best 31 points and collected 14
rebounds for the Spurs, who lost for the seventh time in the
past eight games.
Devin Vassell had 21 points and Keldon Johnson added 20 for San
Antonio.
Portland shot 51.9 percent from the field and made 15 of 32 from
3-point range. Grant knocked down six 3-pointers and Simons made
five.
Keita Bates-Diop added 10 points for the Spurs, who hit 51.8
percent of their shots and were 9 of 29 from behind the arc.
Johnson and Vassell each made four 3-pointers.
San Antonio took its first lead of the second half when Poeltl
scored in the interior for a 94-93 edge with 10:55 remaining.
A short time later, Poeltl and Johnson each scored four points
during an 8-0 run as the Spurs took a 104-98 lead with 7:31 to
play.
San Antonio again led by six before Portland rattled off 10
straight points to take a 110-106 lead. Drew Eubanks converted a
three-point play to put the Trail Blazers ahead and Lillard
followed with a 3-pointer to conclude it.
Josh Hart's steal and dunk gave Portland a 115-110 lead with
1:21 left and Simons later sealed it with two free throws with
28.7 seconds to play.
Grant had 19 first-half points as Portland led 62-56 at the
break. Vassell scored 16 in the half for San Antonio.
The Spurs started fast with Poeltl scoring seven straight points
for a 16-4 lead. Portland later used a 16-5 burst to move ahead
by one and was up 30-29 at the conclusion of the quarter.
San Antonio began the second quarter with an 11-2 run to take a
40-32 lead. But the Trail Blazers controlled the rest of the
quarter to take the six-point halftime advantage.
Portland led 81-73 after Lillard made a jumper with 6:27 left in
the third quarter and eventually took a 93-89 edge into the
final stanza.
--Field Level Media
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