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San Antonio Spurs beat Portland Trail Blazers 125-103 as Victor Wembanyama scores 29
Victor Wembanyama scored 29 points in 24 minutes and San Antonio never trailed in a 125-103 win over Portland.
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Victor Wembanyama scored 29 points in 24 minutes, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers 125-103 at Moda Center on Saturday, November 7. San Antonio improved to 8-2. Portland fell to 6-3.
Wembanyama shot 9-of-13 from the field, 3-of-6 from three and 8-of-9 at the line, with 7 rebounds and 3 assists. The Spurs never trailed. Devin Vassell scored 15, and Stephon Castle and Julian Champagnie added 14 apiece.
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How it turned
Wembanyama opened the scoring with a three from De’Aaron Fox, and San Antonio led 22-20 after one quarter. Deni Avdija’s three with 2.5 seconds left in the period cut a 22-17 Spurs lead to two.
San Antonio then poured in 42 points in the second quarter. Champagnie and Vassell each hit multiple threes, and Wembanyama closed the half at the line. His free throws with 30.5 seconds left made it 64-47 before Avdija’s layup sent Portland into the locker room down 64-49.
The Spurs scored 45 in the third. Castle dunked to open the quarter, and Wembanyama followed with an alley-oop dunk, a tip dunk and a three that made it 84-59 with 7:17 left. Champagnie’s three with 6.2 seconds remaining pushed the lead to 109-74, San Antonio’s largest of the night at 35, and the Spurs led 109-76 after three.
Portland outscored San Antonio 27-16 in the fourth. Tarris Reed Jr.’s dunk with 1:32 left made it 125-99, and Yang Hansen scored the final four points in the 125-103 result.
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The supporting cast
Castle had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Champagnie went 4-of-7 from three. Dylan Harper scored 13 points with 7 rebounds, and Fox added 8 points and 6 assists in 22 minutes. San Antonio shot 28-of-30 at the line and 17-of-44 from three, won the boards 51-38 and assisted on 28 baskets.
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Portland’s side
Avdija led the Trail Blazers with 15 points. Scoot Henderson scored 13, and Damian Lillard had 12 points and 7 assists in 20 minutes. Hansen posted 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday and Chris Youngblood scored 11 apiece.
Portland shot 35-of-84 from the field and 9-of-35 from three, with 18 turnovers. The Trail Blazers played without Ja Morant (hamstring) and Shaedon Sharpe (knee). Attendance was 19,916.
What’s next
The Spurs visit the Phoenix Suns on Monday, November 9, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time). The Trail Blazers host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, November 10, at 11 p.m. ET (6 a.m. Wednesday Cairo time).
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