ROUND 2, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ SPURS - 5/6/14, TUESDAY, 6:30 PM (PST), TNT

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WHEN: 6:30 PM, TUESDAY, 5/6/2014​

WHERE: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
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TV BROADCAST:
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RADIO BROADCAST:
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S T A R T E R S



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BENCH ROTATION

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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WILLIAMS , WRIGHT , ROBINSON , FREELAND

SAN ANTONIO SPURS
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MILLS , GINOBILI , BELINELLI , DIAW





HEAD COACH
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TERRY STOTTS--- GREG POPOVICH








:reading:BLAZERS' GAME NOTES
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SERIES NOTES
• After losing 12 straight to San Antonio from 2005-08, Portland has amounted a 14-7 record against San Antonio, the best record in the NBA against the Spurs in that time (2008-14).
• Portland defeated the Spurs in their regular season home opner, recording their 13th consecutive home opener victory, the second-longest streak in NBA history (Boston Celtics - 14, 1979-92).
• The Trail Blazers won the first two matchups of the regular season against San Antonio (109-100 on Jan. 17 in San Antonio and 115-105 on Nov. 2 in Portland) while the Spurs won the final two regular season contests (103-90 on March 12 in San Antonio and 111-109 on Feb 19 in Portland).
• In seven career games against the Spurs, Damian Lillard averages 26.3 points per game, his second highest scoring average against any NBA team (26.8, Indiana).
• Portland has gone 5-3 in its last eight games played in San Antonio.
• Damian Lillard scored 20-plus points in all four games against the Spurs this season, and has scored at least 20 points in all seven career games against San Antonio.
• Nicolas Batum recorded his third career triple-double against San Antonio on Nov. 2.
• Portland won the 2012-13 season series 2-1 against the Spurs, the first time the Trail Blazers have claimed the series since the 2010-11 season when it was won 3-1.

PLAYOFFS SERIES NOTES
• This series marks the fourth meeting between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs in the postseason.
• San Antonio has won two playoff series over Portland while the Trail Blazers have defeated the Spurs once.
• This series marks the second time that the Trail Blazers and the Spurs will meet in the Western Conference Semifinals. The last time these two teams met in the Conference Semifinals, Portland went on to win the series, 4-3, and ultimately move on the the NBA Finals in 1990.
• The Trail Blazers had home court advantage over the Spurs in two out of three playoff series (1990, 1993).
• In the most recent playoff series between the two teams, the Spurs swept Portland, 4-0, in the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and went on to win the Championship.
• Tim Duncan is the only player who was also on the 1999 Spurs roster that swept Portland in the Western Conference Finals

PLAYOFFS HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY
PLAYOFFS, ALL-TIME: Spurs lead, 10-5
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 5-3
IN SAN ANTONIO: Spurs lead, 7-0
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:reading:SPURS' GAME NOTES



GO BLAZERS!
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After you guys lose this series, tell tschlongII to come back to spurstalk.

He can dish, but he can't take it.

Edit: Spurs 115 - 96 Blazers
 
Spursfan313 said:
After you guys lose this series, tell tschlongII to come back to spurstalk.

He can dish, but he can't take it.

Edit: Spurs 115 - 96 Blazers
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Mighty brave. I guess we shall see. Our team is not intimidated by you. Duncan is not what he was. Parker is not what he was. Fear the Lizzard!
 
Spursfan313 said:
After you guys lose this series, tell tschlongII to come back to spurstalk.

He can dish, but he can't take it.

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LOL! Love it! Bring over more Spurs fans. We're two small single-team towns. We were the model small city franchise in the 70s, and 80s and you have been ever since. It should be a terrific series.

Go Blazers!
 
I can't believe that Tim Duncan is still in the league and he was part of that SA during the memorial day massacre
 
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/10888089/tony-parker-versus-damian-lillard

While all three of those local legends influenced Lillard's game, there was another court general coming off a Finals MVP performance for the San Antonio Spurs who also caught his attention. Even though Tony Parker, hailing from France, had a completely different background, Lillard wanted his game to look the same.

"Started watching him in 2007-2008," Lillard said Monday, a day before his Portland Trail Blazers open up the conference semifinals against the guy he used to study on YouTube. "Around that time is when I really started paying serious attention to what he was doing."

These days, everybody is paying attention to what Lillard is doing, too. The second-year guard is coming off a scintillating first-round performance against the Houston Rockets when he averaged 25.5 points, 6.7 assists, 6.3 rebounds and finished off Dwight Howard & Co. with a series-clinching buzzer beater in Game 6.

Manu Ginobili admitted to breaking the speed limit driving home from the airport after the Spurs flew back from Dallas on Friday night to catch a glimpse of Lillard in action.

"I went a little faster than allowed, but just a tiny bit," Ginobili said Monday, a day after the Spurs got past the Mavericks in Game 7 to set up their bout with the Blazers. "I got to see the last shot. It was incredible, really. Quick release, a lot of air. Nothing but net. So, really good. Great shot."

Ginobili is not the only admirer Lillard has on the Spurs' side. Far from it.

"Besides the obvious talents that he has, he's got great composure," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. "He doesn't get up or down. He plays every play and he's a good leader. So, those are great additions to already being very talented as a player."

"He's a special player," said Danny Green. "The way he carries himself on and off the court is very impressive."

But nobody on the Spurs seems to appreciate Lillard as much as Parker, the one whom Lillard has appreciated for so long.

"Obviously he's a great player," Parker said. "He can do everything. He can shoot from the outside. He can penetrate. So we're going to do some stuff to try to contain him. You're not going to stop him."
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Parker was pretty unstoppable himself against the Mavericks, scoring 32 points in the closeout game while averaging 19.9 points and 4.7 assists for the series. The 6-3 Parker shot 47.2 percent against the Mavs, but was even better inside. Nearly half of his made field goals in the series (28 of 58) came less than 5 feet from the hoop, according to NBA.com/Stats. And when he got that close, he rarely missed, converting 66.7 percent of his attempts (28 of 42) from that distance.

It is that skill set of Parker's, the ability to thrive near the rim despite all the taller guys in front of him there to protect it, that Lillard wants to replicate.

"The biggest thing I tried to take was his game in the paint," Lillard said. "With him not being the most athletic guy and going in there and finishing over those people, he's still crafty enough to finish in the paint over these huge, big guys in the paint. That's floaters and reverse layups and different finishes. I'm a little more of an athletic type of point guard where I like to challenge the bigs and try to go over the top of him. So, for me, it was just trying to adapt my game where I can do the things he can do and do the things that a more athletic point guard can do."

The first time Parker played in the playoffs as a 19-year-old, it was against Payton's Seattle SuperSonics. He got the best of the 33-year-old Payton at the time, averaging 17.2 points on 50 percent shooting, 3.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists to Payton's 22.2 points on 42.5 percent shooting, 8.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists as the Spurs won in five games.

Now the 31-year-old Parker recognizes what the 23-year-old Lillard will be trying to accomplish against him.

"I know Damian, he watched a lot of tapes of me when he was growing up," Parker said. "That's what I heard. I know he's going to be very motivated to play against me like I was when I played against Gary Payton. Gary Payton was one of my favorite players growing up so I was very motivated when I played against him in my first playoffs. So, I know that feeling and I'll have to match that energy."
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While they will be competitors in the second round, Parker and Lillard were each other's champions on the eve of their series opener.
"I feel like he's in the top five best point guards in the NBA," Parker said of Lillard. "Definitely one of the best."

Lillard was just as effusive in his praise of Parker.

"TP is a perennial All-Star," Lillard said. "He's a great player. He's crafty, fast. He can finish in the paint. Great midrange jumper. I think how effective he is off screens and in transition makes him really tough. Having shooters around him, that doesn't make it any easier. He's a great player."

However, as it says in the old NBA postseason marketing campaign, "There can only be one," that was running back when Lillard first started watching Parker way back when, one of the point guards is going to be watching the other play in the Western Conference finals from home after being knocked out.

"It's kind of funny that I'm playing against him in a playoff series," said Lillard. "I got all the respect in the world for him and what he's been able to accomplish in San Antonio. It's going to be an exciting matchup."

Parker echoed much of the same.

"He's going to be ready to go and he's not afraid of anything," Parker said. "For his age and only in his second year, he looks like a veteran. A little bit like me when I first came in at 19, 20. I was not scared of anything. I loved the big games and big challenges and I'm sure he's the same way."
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OSUBlazerfan said:
I can't believe that Tim Duncan is still in the league and he was part of that SA during the memorial day massacre
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It wasn't a massacre. It was a miracle. And I still contend Elliott's heel was out of bounds.
 
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Spursfan313 said:
After you guys lose this series, tell tschlongII to come back to spurstalk.

He can dish, but he can't take it.

Edit: Spurs 115 - 96 Blazers
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Big Dame Killard will make you eat those words young (man/person). :)
 
Oh god... Tony Brothers. I think he might be the worst official in the league.
 
Man, I really like the Spurs. They're such a great organization, with extremely talented players/coaches who respect the game and those who play it. Win or lose this is going to be a great series and a great stepping stone for Lillard and our other players. I wish this could be a Finals match-up!
Now, let's go out there and win Game 1!
 
The extra time off bothers me. I'm hoping we come out with energy right from the gate.
 
AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!


Sent from my baller ass iPhone 5S...... FAMS!
 
Will be watching game 2 from Florida FAMS!
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magnifier661 said:
The extra time off bothers me. I'm hoping we come out with energy right from the gate.
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I think it's a good thing. I think LMA wasn't showing up in the last few games because his butt was dragging. I expect another huge opener from him.
 
We get off the air out here at 9pm eastern..... I'll get back to the hotel right at tipoff!!!


Sent from my baller ass iPhone 5S...... FAMS!
 
HCP said:
Will be watching game 2 from Florida FAMS!
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Mowing lawns in Florida??? Good job, it looks very even.
 
I hope we come out swinging, because now we're really playing with the big boys. Houston, while talented, was mentally weak and disjointed as a team. SA is as tough as they come and they play together beautifully. This will take everything we've got. As Dame said last series, it's time to play like MEN!
 
I think we're going to win easily tonight. We've owned the Spurs for years. We beat them by 30 in SA last season. It's the record for the worst beatdown they've ever had in that building.
 
KingSpeed said:
I think we're going to win easily tonight. We've owned the Spurs for years. We beat them by 30 in SA last season. It's the record for the worst beatdown they've ever had in that building.
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WTG JINXSPEED!
 
Time for the first blowout of the playoffs and kick some Texas butt tonight! Go Blazers!
 
KingSpeed said:
I think we're going to win easily tonight. We've owned the Spurs for years. We beat them by 30 in SA last season. It's the record for the worst beatdown they've ever had in that building.
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Coming into the series with Dallas, they hadn't beat my Spurs in two years.
 
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