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Blazers 100, Spurs 92 – Ginobili, Parker, McDyess, Duncan out

"Portland took advantage of a depleted San Antonio roster missing four starters to charge to an 100-92 victory Monday night at the AT&T Center, extending the Spurs' losing streak to a season-worst four games.

The Trail Blazers ran off 13 straight points late in the fourth quarter to claim their seventh victory in the last eight games against San Antonio.

Despite missing four starting players, Gregg Popovich's makeshift roster hung in for most of the game before going more than seven minutes without a field goal in the middle of the fourth quarter.

The Spurs started only one regular, Richard Jefferson. Usual starters Tim Duncan (sprained left ankle), Manu Ginobili (thigh contusion), Tony Parker (left patella contusion) and Antonio McDyess (lower back contusion) all were watching the game from the San Antonio bench.

Despite those missing players, the Spurs took an 80-72 lead with 9:18 left on Gary Neal's 3-pointer.

But the Trail Blazers (43-31) closed the game on a 28-12 spurt to the finish the victory from there.

Andre Miller scored 26 points to lead Portland, while Wesley Matthews added 19 and Gerald Wallace chipped in with 14.

George Hill paced San Antonio (57-17) with 27 points and six assists and Tiago Splitter added 14 points and nine rebounds.

It was the Spurs' fourth consecutive loss where they led in the fourth quarter.

One of them was a disappointing 98-96 loss to the Trail Blazers in Portland on Friday. Aided by three turnovers in the final 40 seconds, Portland won that game on a last-second alley-oop from Miller to Nicolas Batum. "


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