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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) – Andre playwright scored 26 points to help the metropolis Trail Blazers squeeze time the shorthanded San Antonio Spurs 100-92.

The Blazers vex the National Basketball Association's most flourishing team this flavour for the ordinal time in threesome life as San Antonio's bounteous threesome of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim dancer sat discover with injuries.

Gerald insurrectionist scored 14 points for metropolis and nailed a key three-point effort with just over digit transactions remaining.

George Hill finished with 27 points for the Spurs while rookie Tiago Splitter chipped in 14 points for San Antonio.

The Spurs are in the midst of their longest losing constraint of the flavour having forfeited four consecutive games.

San Antonio had a seven-game advance over the Los Angeles Lakers in the West standings a hebdomad ago but after descending threesome games on a agency activate and losing to metropolis at bag they are now just 3 1/2 games in front.

Wesley Matthews had 19 points, and Nicolas Batum finished with 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Blazers.

Portland led throughout the first half, but given the advance late in the ordinal lodge as the Spurs entered the ordinal lodge aweigh 72-67.

But metropolis got their behave unitedly and belowground the Spurs with a 15-1 separate and clinched the victory with Wallace's three-pointer.

Ginobili (left sib contusion), dancer (left ankle sprain) and saxist (left knee contusion) were absent from the lineup. San Antonio was also without Antonio McDyess with a sore back.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is hoping to have saxist backwards for the incoming mettlesome against Boston.

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