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Spurs beat Trail Blazers 118-105, with Popovich missing his 4th straight game
SAN ANTONIO (AP) Keldon Johnson and Malaki Branham had 17 points each and the San Antonio Spurs beat Portland 118-105 on Thursday night in their fourth game without coach Gregg Popovich.
Popovich has been out since having a medical episode Saturday before a home game against Minnesota. Prior to the game Thursday, Spurs acting head coach Mitch Johnson said the team is unsure when Popovich will return.
Zach Collins and Julian Champagnie added 14 points each to help the Spurs snap a two-game skid. Victor Wembanyama had 12 points. Branham exited two minutes into the fourth quarter after rolling his right ankle.
Deandre Ayton had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Portland. Jerami Grant also had 21 points, and Anfernee Simons added 19.
Trail Blazers: Portland was 9 for 32 on 3-pointers. Simons was 3 for 9 on 3s, but the rest of the starting lineup was 3 for 12.
Spurs: San Antonio has struggled to find a consistent second scoring option behind Wembanyama, but that should change with the return of Devin Vassell. Vassell missed the first nine games following offseason surgery for a stress reaction of the third metatarsal head in his right foot.
With Portland trailing 64-62, San Antonio was able to extend the lead to four points on a 3-pointer by Branham and off-the-ball foul on Grant that Wembanyama converted into a free throw. The play gave the Spurs a 68-62 lead.
Backups Branham, Johnson, Collins and Blake Wesley combined for 58 points. With the team’s depth thinning with injuries to Jeremy Sochan, Tre Jones, Vassell and now Branham, the Spurs have needed greater contributions from more of their reserves.
Portland is at Minnesota on Friday night. The Spurs host Utah on Saturday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Deandre Ayton vs. Victor Wembanyama (Harrison Barnes gains possession) | ||
| 11:35 | | +2 | Stephon Castle makes two point layup (Chris Paul assists) | 0-2 |
| 11:22 |  | Victor Wembanyama blocks Toumani Camara's two point cutting dunk | ||
| 11:22 | | Trail Blazers offensive rebound | ||
| 11:14 | | Jerami Grant turnover (bad pass) (Victor Wembanyama steals) | ||
| 11:04 | | +3 | Julian Champagnie makes three point jump shot (Chris Paul assists) | 0-5 |
| 10:49 | | Anfernee Simons misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:49 | | Julian Champagnie defensive rebound | ||
| 10:38 | | Chris Paul turnover (bad pass) (Anfernee Simons steals) | ||
| 10:33 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point running alley-oop layup (Anfernee Simons assists) | 2-5 |
| 10:16 | | +2 | Harrison Barnes makes two point reverse layup (Stephon Castle assists) | 2-7 |
| 10:00 | | +3 | Deandre Ayton makes three point jump shot (Deni Avdija assists) | 5-7 |
| 9:44 | | Stephon Castle misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:41 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 9:22 | | +2 | Deni Avdija makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 7-7 |
| 9:22 | | Stephon Castle shooting foul (Deni Avdija draws the foul) | ||
| 9:22 | | Deni Avdija misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 9:21 | | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | ||
| 9:08 | | Toumani Camara shooting foul (Harrison Barnes draws the foul) | ||
| 9:08 | | Harrison Barnes misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 9:08 | | Spurs offensive rebound | ||
| 9:08 | | +1 | Harrison Barnes makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-8 |
| 8:51 | | Deni Avdija misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:50 | | Julian Champagnie defensive rebound | ||
| 8:46 | | Julian Champagnie misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:44 | | Deni Avdija defensive rebound | ||
| 8:34 | | +2 | Jerami Grant makes two point stepback jump shot | 9-8 |
| 8:15 | | Victor Wembanyama misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:13 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 8:00 | | +2 | Anfernee Simons makes two point fadeaway jump shot | 11-8 |
| 7:33 | | +3 | Julian Champagnie makes three point jump shot (Stephon Castle assists) | 11-11 |
| 7:18 | | Toumani Camara misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:15 | | Chris Paul defensive rebound | ||
| 7:01 | | Julian Champagnie turnover (lost ball) (Deandre Ayton steals) | ||
| 6:45 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point turnaround hook shot (Toumani Camara assists) | 13-11 |
| 6:22 | | Harrison Barnes misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 6:19 | | Harrison Barnes offensive rebound | ||
| 6:16 | | +2 | Harrison Barnes makes two point hook shot | 13-13 |
| 6:01 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point alley-oop dunk (Anfernee Simons assists) | 15-13 |
| 6:01 | | Spurs 60 second timeout | ||
| 5:39 | | Stephon Castle misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 5:37 | | Deandre Ayton defensive rebound | ||
| 5:27 | | Scoot Henderson misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 5:26 | | Zach Collins defensive rebound | ||
| 5:08 | | +2 | Malaki Branham makes two point floating jump shot (Stephon Castle assists) | 15-15 |
| 4:51 | | Deandre Ayton misses two point turnaround jump shot | ||
| 4:48 | | Julian Champagnie defensive rebound | ||
| 4:30 | | Julian Champagnie misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 4:28 | | Deni Avdija defensive rebound | ||
| 4:26 | | Keldon Johnson shooting foul (Deni Avdija draws the foul) | ||
| 4:26 | | +1 | Deni Avdija makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 16-15 |
| 4:26 | | Deni Avdija misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 4:23 | | Scoot Henderson offensive rebound | ||
| 4:10 | | Deni Avdija misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:07 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 3:54 | | +2 | Zach Collins makes two point driving bank hook shot (Keldon Johnson assists) | 16-17 |
| 3:36 | | Anfernee Simons turnover (bad pass) (Julian Champagnie steals) | ||
| 3:32 | | +2 | Stephon Castle makes two point running dunk (Julian Champagnie assists) | 16-19 |
| 3:32 | | Trail Blazers 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:29 | | Scoot Henderson misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 3:29 | | Malaki Branham defensive rebound | ||
| 3:17 | | +2 | Stephon Castle makes two point running finger roll layup (Malaki Branham assists) | 16-21 |
| 3:07 | | +2 | Scoot Henderson makes two point driving reverse layup | 18-21 |
| 2:50 | | +2 | Malaki Branham makes two point pullup jump shot (Zach Collins assists) | 18-23 |
| 2:33 | | Donovan Clingan misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:31 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 2:22 | | +2 | Keldon Johnson makes two point driving layup | 18-25 |
| 2:06 | | Jerami Grant misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:05 | | Donovan Clingan offensive rebound | ||
| 1:55 | | Rayan Rupert misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 1:55 | | Donovan Clingan offensive rebound | ||
| 1:54 | | Donovan Clingan misses two point driving layup | ||
| 1:51 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 1:46 | | Shaedon Sharpe shooting foul (Malaki Branham draws the foul) | ||
| 1:46 | | +1 | Malaki Branham makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 18-26 |
| 1:46 | | +1 | Malaki Branham makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 18-27 |
| 1:32 | | +2 | Shaedon Sharpe makes two point pullup jump shot (Donovan Clingan assists) | 20-27 |
| 1:27 | | Malaki Branham turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 1:09 | | Blake Wesley shooting foul (Jerami Grant draws the foul) | ||
| 1:09 | | +1 | Jerami Grant makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-27 |
| 1:09 | | +1 | Jerami Grant makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-27 |
| 0:58 | | +3 | Sandro Mamukelashvili makes three point jump shot (Blake Wesley assists) | 22-30 |
| 0:48 | | Shaedon Sharpe misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 0:48 | | Donovan Clingan offensive rebound | ||
| 0:43 | | Donovan Clingan turnover (lost ball) (Victor Wembanyama steals) | ||
| 0:28 | | +3 | Victor Wembanyama makes three point pullup jump shot | 22-33 |
| 0:18 | | Keldon Johnson flagrant 1 (Jerami Grant draws the foul) | ||
| 0:18 | | +1 | Jerami Grant makes flagrant free throw 1 of 3 | 23-33 |
| 0:18 | | Jerami Grant misses flagrant free throw 2 of 3 | ||
| 0:18 | | Trail Blazers offensive rebound | ||
| 0:18 | | +1 | Jerami Grant makes flagrant free throw 3 of 3 | 24-33 |
| 0:01 | | +3 | Anfernee Simons makes three point stepback jump shot | 27-33 |
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:46 | | Jerami Grant turnover (traveling) | ||
| 11:31 | | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point driving dunk (Harrison Barnes assists) | 27-35 |
| 11:31 | | Donovan Clingan shooting foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | ||
| 11:31 | | +1 | Victor Wembanyama makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 27-36 |
| 11:20 | | Scoot Henderson turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | ||
| 11:07 | | Harrison Barnes misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:05 | | Scoot Henderson defensive rebound | ||
| 10:59 | | +2 | Jerami Grant makes two point running dunk (Scoot Henderson assists) | 29-36 |
| 10:43 | | +2 | Harrison Barnes makes two point driving reverse layup | 29-38 |
| 10:34 | | +3 | Shaedon Sharpe makes three point stepback jump shot (Scoot Henderson assists) | 32-38 |
| 10:18 | | Jerami Grant personal foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | ||
| 10:15 | | Sandro Mamukelashvili turnover (bad pass) (Donovan Clingan steals) | ||
| 9:58 | | Scoot Henderson misses two point cutting layup | ||
| 9:56 | | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | ||
| 9:38 | | Sandro Mamukelashvili turnover (3-second violation) | ||
| 9:26 | | Shaedon Sharpe turnover (lost ball) (Blake Wesley steals) | ||
| 9:22 | | +2 | Blake Wesley makes two point running dunk | 32-40 |
| 9:11 | | +3 | Scoot Henderson makes three point pullup jump shot | 35-40 |
| 8:53 | | Victor Wembanyama turnover (out of bounds step) | ||
| 8:37 | | +2 | Jerami Grant makes two point fadeaway jump shot | 37-40 |
| 8:22 | | Harrison Barnes misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:20 | | Shaedon Sharpe defensive rebound | ||
| 8:12 | | Jerami Grant misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 8:11 | | Donovan Clingan offensive rebound | ||
| 7:54 | | Scoot Henderson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 7:53 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 7:49 | | +2 | Blake Wesley makes two point running finger roll layup (Keldon Johnson assists) | 37-42 |
| 7:36 | | +2 | Jerami Grant makes two point driving bank hook shot | 39-42 |
| 7:26 | | Keldon Johnson misses two point jump shot | ||
| 7:24 | | Jerami Grant defensive rebound | ||
| 7:19 | | Shaedon Sharpe misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 7:14 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 7:06 | | Donovan Clingan blocks Victor Wembanyama's two point driving layup | ||
| 7:02 | | Keldon Johnson offensive rebound | ||
| 6:58 | | Jump ball. Keldon Johnson vs. Donovan Clingan (Blake Wesley gains possession) | ||
| 6:56 | | Keldon Johnson misses two point driving layup | ||
| 6:54 | | Scoot Henderson defensive rebound | ||
| 6:48 | | Toumani Camara misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 6:48 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 6:24 | | +2 | Zach Collins makes two point dunk (Blake Wesley assists) | 39-44 |
| 6:00 | | +2 | Scoot Henderson makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 41-44 |
| 5:44 | | +3 | Zach Collins makes three point jump shot (Blake Wesley assists) | 41-47 |
| 5:28 | | Scoot Henderson misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 5:27 | | Harrison Barnes defensive rebound | ||
| 5:20 | | +3 | Malaki Branham makes three point running jump shot (Blake Wesley assists) | 41-50 |
| 5:19 | | Trail Blazers 60 second timeout | ||
| 5:03 | | +2 | Deni Avdija makes two point driving floating jump shot (Dalano Banton assists) | 43-50 |
| 4:53 | | Deandre Ayton blocks Keldon Johnson's two point driving layup | ||
| 4:51 | | Deni Avdija defensive rebound | ||
| 4:45 | | Dalano Banton misses two point running layup | ||
| 4:45 | | Deni Avdija offensive rebound | ||
| 4:39 | | Toumani Camara misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:34 | | Blake Wesley defensive rebound | ||
| 4:24 | | +2 | Keldon Johnson makes two point cutting layup (Blake Wesley assists) | 43-52 |
| 4:11 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point turnaround bank jump shot (Deni Avdija assists) | 45-52 |
| 3:54 | | +2 | Blake Wesley makes two point cutting dunk (Zach Collins assists) | 45-54 |
| 3:29 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point cutting layup (Deni Avdija assists) | 47-54 |
| 3:10 | | Zach Collins misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:07 | | Toumani Camara defensive rebound | ||
| 2:58 | | Blake Wesley personal foul (Deni Avdija draws the foul) | ||
| 2:58 | | Spurs 60 second timeout | ||
| 2:45 | | Deandre Ayton misses two point jump shot | ||
| 2:43 | | Deandre Ayton offensive rebound | ||
| 2:41 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point putback layup | 49-54 |
| 2:27 | | Keldon Johnson misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:26 | | Toumani Camara defensive rebound | ||
| 2:11 | | +3 | Deni Avdija makes three point jump shot (Anfernee Simons assists) | 52-54 |
| 1:46 | | Malaki Branham misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:42 | | Toumani Camara defensive rebound | ||
| 1:36 | | Anfernee Simons misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:35 | | Julian Champagnie defensive rebound | ||
| 1:30 | | Malaki Branham misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 1:26 | | Toumani Camara defensive rebound | ||
| 1:12 | | +2 | Deandre Ayton makes two point alley-oop dunk (Anfernee Simons assists) | 54-54 |
| 0:55 | | +2 | Keldon Johnson makes two point cutting layup (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 54-56 |
| 0:31 | | Dalano Banton misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:27 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 0:06 | | Malaki Branham turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 0:02 | | Malaki Branham shooting foul (Deni Avdija draws the foul) | ||
| 0:02 | | +1 | Deni Avdija makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 55-56 |
| 0:02 | | Deni Avdija misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 0:02 | | Dalano Banton offensive rebound | ||
| 0:01 | | Dalano Banton misses two point tip layup | ||
| 0:01 | | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |