The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs met in an early game on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a game for which Portland’s defense did not show up. Rodney Hood started for the injured CJ McCollum, acquitting himself well with 21 points on 9-14 shooting. Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 35 on the day he was named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week. But Portland lived and died by the three-pointer. The Blazers shot just 10-35 (28.6%) in the game, allowing San Antonio to go 15-33 (45.5%) from distance. No amount of cardboard homecourt advantage was going to overcome that gap.
Spurs Demolish Blazers Defense, Roll to Victory
