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Portland Trail Blazers (13-31, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (8-36, 15th in the Western Conference)
San Antonio; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Portland visits the San Antonio Spurs after the Trail Blazers took down the Houston Rockets 137-131 in overtime.
The Spurs have gone 5-20 against Western Conference teams. San Antonio ranks third in the Western Conference with 15.3 fast break points per game led by Devin Vassell averaging 2.7.
The Trail Blazers are 6-25 in conference matchups. Portland ranks last in the league scoring 44.7 points per game in the paint.
The Spurs average 12.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 more made shots on average than the 11.6 per game the Trail Blazers give up. The Trail Blazers average 12.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.7 fewer made shots on average than the 14.0 per game the Spurs give up.
The teams square off for the third time this season. The Trail Blazers won the last meeting 134-128 on Dec. 30. Malcolm Brogdon scored 27 points to help lead the Trail Blazers to the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Victor Wembanyama is averaging 20.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.2 blocks for the Spurs. Vassell is averaging 16.1 points over the last 10 games for San Antonio.
Jerami Grant is averaging 21.6 points for the Trail Blazers. Anfernee Simons is averaging 18.6 points over the last 10 games for Portland.
LAST 10 GAMES: Spurs: 3-7, averaging 118.1 points, 42.7 rebounds, 30.1 assists, 7.3 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.6 points per game.
Trail Blazers: 4-6, averaging 108.3 points, 41.4 rebounds, 21.8 assists, 6.1 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.5 points.
INJURIES: Spurs: Sidy Cissoko: out (ankle), Tre Jones: out (ankle), Charles Bassey: out for season (knee).
Trail Blazers: Moses Brown: out (wrist), Robert Williams III: out for season (knee), Shaedon Sharpe: out (abdominal).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.