4th quarter summary report: Spurs 112 Blazers 109

• Spurs come out on FIRE to start the 4th! Kawhi Leonard dunks, Neal and Green score a pair of J's
• The Spurs lead 81-79 with 10:14 left
• Spurs completely dominating the Blazers on both ends.
• Pop brings in the "starters" about 8 minutes left in the game.
• Spurs up 99-94 with 4 minutes to go. Stephen Jackson continuing to apply some awesome defense on Aldridge
• Down the stretch, Portland makes a pair of threes, and Nicolas Batum ties it at 109 with less than a minute remaining.
• Manu sinks a pair of FTs that puts the Spurs up 2.
• And a Portland miss lets the Spurs sneak by

3rd quarter summary report: Spurs 73 Blazers 79

• On the inbounds, the Spurs steal but couldn't produce. On the other end, they put Portland on the line. Not a good start.
• A couple of more turnovers within the first few minutes maintains the status quo of suckage (TM).
• Spurs change their ways a little, go on an 11-2 run thanks to great defense by Patty Mills and Stephen Jackson

2nd quarter summary report: Spurs 43 Blazers 52

• Starting the second quarter, the Blazers keep Lamarcus Aldridge on the floor and he tears up the Spurs bench unit.
• The Blazers aren't having to produce too much, because the Spurs are doing a great job of turning the ball over! They have 13 with more than 5 minutes to go in the quarter
• Portland rookie Damian Lillard is impressive. He isn't really dominating the game, but he can score at will.

1st quarter summary report: Spurs 26 Trail Blazers 26

• Patty Mills gets the nod over Tony Parker, who is ill.
• Less than 3 minutes into the game, Kawhi Leonard gets taken out -- Stephen Jackson comes in. Pop wanted to yell at Kawhi on the bench
• Turnovers a problem for the Spurs again tonight. They have 6 and the 1st isn't quite over yet.
• Spurs end the quarter with back-to-back-to-back 3's -- Stephen Jackson, Manu Ginobili, then Gary Neal

Starters: Spurs/Blazers

Spurs:

1. Patty Mills
2. Danny Green
3. Kawhi Leonard
4. Tim Duncan
5. Boris Diaw

OUT: Parker, Blair / IN: Bonner, Jackson