With 1:21 left in the San Antonio Spurs (57-15), Portland Trail Blazers (42-30) in the fourth quarter, the Spurs held onto a 96-90 lead and seemingly had things under control and the Spurs were on the verge of getting win 58 of the season.
However, a look at the play-by-play of the waning moments of the fourth quarter sums up the game for the San Antonio:
| Ginobili 3pt Shot: Made (21 PTS) | 01:21 [SAS 96-90] |
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| 01:12 [POR 92-96] |
Miller Driving Layup Shot: Made (19 PTS) | |
| Ginobili 3pt Shot: Missed | 00:49.9 | |
| 00:47.9 | Wallace Rebound (Off:2 Def:8) | |
| 00:40.9 | Batum 3pt Shot: Missed | |
| Parker Turnover : Lost Ball (8 TO) Steal:Miller (4 ST) | 00:32.9 | |
| 00:30.5 [POR 94-96] |
Miller Driving Layup Shot: Made (21 PTS) | |
| Ginobili Turnover : Lost Ball (5 TO) Steal:Matthews (2 ST) | 00:07.9 | |
| 00:01.9 | Matthews Layup Shot: Missed Block: Bonner (1 BLK) | |
| 00:00.9 | Batum Rebound (Off:2 Def:2) | |
| Bonner Foul : Shooting (2 PF) | 00:00.9 | |
| 00:00.9 [POR 95-96] |
Batum Free Throw 1 of 2 (18 PTS) | |
| 00:00.9 [POR 96-96] |
Batum Free Throw 2 of 2 (19 PTS) | |
| Team Timeout : Short | 00:00.9 | |
| 00:00.9 | Miller Substitution replaced by Camby | |
| Novak Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) | 00:00.9 | |
| 00:00.9 | Team Timeout : Regular | |
| 00:00.9 | Camby Substitution replaced by Miller | |
| 00:00.9 | Wallace Substitution replaced by Roy | |
| 00:00.1 [POR 98-96] |
Batum Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Made (21 PTS) Assist: Miller (8 AST) |
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After the game, Spurs’ Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker had this to say:
“One of the worst I’ve had in the NBA,” Ginobili said of the defeat. “Three turnovers in 40 seconds – crazy. And bad defense, too. We gave them two layups. Unacceptable.”
“We said that we were going to switch everything, and there was never really a pick,” said Parker, who had 15 points but also committed eight turnovers. “It was just a great play from Portland.”
The Spurs will next play the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow night in Memphis.
