The NBA regular season continues, the Spurs home against the Blazers, which is not a strong showdown in itself, but because the relationship is a Western Conference playoff, especially closely related to the Lakers, it has become the focus of attention. Because the Lakers lost to the Nuggets before the game, the Spurs were under a lot less pressure to go light, and more importantly, the spurs won the last time the two sides met. In the first quarter, although the Blazers started 8-0, But Vasell scored consecutive points, Primo played 2+1, the two sides returned to the same running line, and then the Spurs kept the lead, the first quarter ended, the Spurs led by 5 points; in the second quarter, Kelden led a 13-2 point gap, the Spurs have led by as many as 28 points in the first half. In the third quarter, although the Blazers have not given up, but the Spurs have a determined situation, after three quarters with a 20-point advantage into the fourth quarter; in the last quarter, the Spurs have been suppressing the Blazers to maintain a big score lead, and in the end, there is no accident, the Blazers lost 111-130 to the Spurs by 19 points.
The Spurs are the best at playing team basketball, and in this game, seven more players on the team scored in double figures. Among them, Kyleden had 21 points and 6 assists on 6 of 10 shooting, Peltel also had 13 points and 6 rebounds on 6 of 10 shooting, Vasell became a miracle fighter, scoring 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting, Primo also scored 13 points, and 4 of the five starters met expectations. In addition, Walker, who came off the bench, scored 12 points, Richardson 12 points, and Collins also had 15 points and nine rebounds. It is worth mentioning that the Spurs' offensive efficiency is very high, with a shooting rate of 57% and a three-point shooting rate of 43%. In contrast, although the Blazers also had six people who scored in double figures, the average shooting percentage of the whole team was only 44%, which is the main reason for their loss.
After the Spurs win this key card position battle, the initiative has been firmly grasped in their hands, there are still two games left, respectively against the Nuggets and Timberwolves, according to the current state, the Spurs victory over the Timberwolves should have no suspense, which means that the Lakers can not lose a game to surpass the Spurs, which is simply too difficult, the more important Lakers opponents are the Suns and Warriors, unless Kerr and Monty release water. For the current Lakers, only to pin their hopes on the opponent's mistakes, with their strength it is difficult to achieve three consecutive wins. There is good news after the Spurs, according to Popovich, the core player Murray will return in the next game, it is clear that the Spurs are not messed up, they are going to launch a full impact on the playoffs. Perhaps no one thought that the Lakers, who threatened to win the championship at the beginning of the season, were still fighting for the playoffs at this time, and the opponent was the rebuilt Spurs.