The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers are playing on the NBA playoffs schedule on Wednesday night and the Game 5 matchup from Texas comes as San Antonio is up 3-1 in the west semis and they can close things out and the game starts at 9:30 pm ET on TNT and will be streaming online and has Tony Parker playing very well after the Blazers won the last matchup to stay alive in the series.
Tony Parker has been playing great for the Spurs and he is the leading scorer for the team in the playoffs and along with Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan he is looking to make one more championship run with the Big 3. The team thought that run was last season and while they made it to the finals, they couldn't shut down Miami and Ray Allen and his amazing shot kept the team alive and then they won in Game 7 for their second straight championship. The Spurs were up 3-0 on the Blazers so this series is basically over, but the team still has to take care of business on the court.
The Blazers stayed alive with a win in Game 4 and that came at home at the Moda Center in Oregon and now they will face off against the Spurs at the AT&T Center in the second game of the TNT doubleheader. Damian Lillard led the way for the Blazers in the last game and he ended up with 25 points in the matchup, while Nicolas Batum came through with a nice performance and he had 14 rebounds and eight assists. LaMarcus Aldridge was great in the first round and he has mostly been shut down this series after averaging nearly 30 points per game.
The Spurs are one of the best defensive teams in basketball and while the Blazers ranked in the top five in scoring on offense this season, San Antonio was in the top 10 and they can keep up with the team even when it's an offensive shootout. Parker will be the main focus again and he has been impressive so far during the postseason.
The Spurs got 14 points from Tony Parker in the loss and the team was bound for a letdown after winning the first three games by not close at all scores. The team ranked in the top 10 during the season in points allowed, scored and assists per game and Tim Duncan came through in Game 4 with nine rebounds, while Kawhi Leonard led with three assists and they need more than that for a team leader to win in Game 5.
The Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets also have their Game 5 matchup on Wednesday night and that will be from South Florida and that series could end tonight as well. LeBron James has his team up 3-1 in the series after helping them pull out the last matchup and that was likely the only chance for Brooklyn to get back into the series. James had nearly 50 points in that game and now they are one win away from the conference finals and they could end up facing the Indiana Pacers again, as they are up 3-2 in that series against the Wizards.
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