The Portland Trail Blazers (13-18) welcome the San Antonio Spurs (23-6) to Moda Center Friday night for the second of a four-game homestand as they hope to snap a run of four consecutive losses. Friday's matchup is the first of four meetings between the two sides in 2016-17.
Blazers guard Damian Lillard enters Friday's contest as the NBA's sixth-leading scorer with 27.4 points per game while shooting 45.7% from the field and 35.7% from three-point range. Not far behind, Portland's CJ McCollum is averaging a career-best 22.2 points per game, shooting 43.8% from deep.
The Spurs visit Portland on short rest following a 106-101 loss in Los Angeles to the Clippers on Thursday night led by 24 points per game.