On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Trail Blazers and Spurs staged back-to-back rematches.
Wembanyama is out for this game, and the Trail Blazers Ayton, Sharpe, and Anfernee Simons continue to be sidelined.
The Spurs played more reasonably in the first quarter of the game, although there were no key players with the ball, but everyone could score some points, the Trail Blazers played Grant and Brogdon, and Henderson also scored some points, and the two teams were tied 29-29 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Spurs had a slight advantage in the first four minutes of the game, but then the Trail Blazers used excellent outside pressing to make the Spurs ball-handler make a series of mistakes, and after 40-38, the Spurs were beaten by the Trail Blazers 18-3, and the Trail Blazers took a 56-43 lead. The Trail Blazers seized the opportunity to score consistently, beating the Spurs in the first quarter to make it 42-27, and the Trail Blazers took a 71-56 lead at the end of the first half.
In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers continued their excellent performance in the second quarter, and the Spurs made matters worse after starting center Collins returned to the locker room unwell, and Henderson on the Trail Blazers' side could score and pass assists, and the Trail Blazers had a 90-24 lead of 26 points after the third quarter and a half of the game.
In the second half of the third quarter, the Spurs chased some points under the leadership of Keldon Johnson and McDermott, and after 100-80, the Spurs beat the Trail Blazers 14-4 in the last three minutes, but the Trail Blazers had a big lead after all, and the Trail Blazers still led by 10 points at 104-94 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Spurs once had a good momentum of chasing points, 100-108 chased the difference to within 10 points, the Trail Blazers played 8-0 after a timeout and stabilized the situation, the two teams continued to tug of war on the difference of about 10 points, Vassell continued to score in the last three points at the end of the quarter, and the Spurs stopped the Trail Blazers 115-124, the Trail Blazers then took the initiative to control the rhythm, the Spurs were unable to recover, and finally scored a season-high Trail Blazers defeated the Spurs 134-128.
Player data
Trail Blazers: Henderson 22 points and 11 assists, Brogdon 27 points, Kamara 13 points and 11 rebounds, Grant 27 points, Walker points, Mays 11 points.
Spurs: Branham 11 points, Vassell 22 points, Champagnie 5 points, Sochan 2 points, Collins 17 points, Keldon Johnson 29 points, Jones 14 points, McDermott 18 points.