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San Antonio (53-15) at Portland (20-48) 10:00 pm EST

PORTLAND, Oregon (Ticker) -- Friday's matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trail Blazers features the best and the worst of the Western Conference.

Playing the second contest of a five-game road trip, the defending NBA champion Spurs have won five of their last six contests and lead Dallas by one-half game for the top spot in the West and the Southwest Division.

However, San Antonio got its trip off on the wrong foot with Wednesday's 104-92 loss to the Denver Nuggets. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points and Tim Duncan added 22 for the Spurs, who were outrebounded, 58-27, and missed 13 free throws.

The league's lowest-scoring team, Portland has dropped its last six contests, 10 of 11, and trails Seattle by 7 1/2 games to avoid the cellar in the West.

Viktor Khryapa scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Jarrett Jack added 20 points off the bench for the Trail Blazers, who surrendered 76 first-half points in Thursday's 125-108 loss to the Phoenix Suns.

San Antonio has won all three meetings against Portland this season, limiting the Trail Blazers to an average of 79.3 points. Duncan scored 22 for the Spurs in a 101-81 win in the most recent matchup March 4.



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2005-06 Stats at a Glance
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San Antonio Spurs
Record: 53 - 15 (.779)
Standings: First, Southwest
At Home: 30 - 4
At Road: 23 - 11
Streak: L 1
Portland Trail Blazers
Record: 20 - 48 (.294)
Standings: Fifth, Northwest
At Home: 14 - 18
At Road: 6 - 30
Streak: L 6


Season
PPG: 95.5 Opp PPG: 88.5
FG%: .473 Opp FG%: .431
RPG: 41.6 Opp RPG: 40.7
Season
PPG: 88.8 Opp PPG: 97.5
FG%: .446 Opp FG%: .464
RPG: 38.4 Opp RPG: 42.3


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Player G PPG RPG APG
Parker, T 68 19.2 3.3 5.9
Duncan, T 67 18.8 11.1 3.2
Ginobili, M 54 15.0 3.6 3.5
Finley, M 63 9.8 3.3 1.4
Bowen, B 68 7.6 3.9 1.5
Mohammed, N 66 6.2 5.3 0.5
Van Exel, N 53 5.3 1.3 1.8
Barry, B 60 5.0 2.0 1.5
Udrih, B 46 4.9 1.0 1.7
Horry, R 51 4.9 3.7 1.2
Nesterovic, R 66 4.9 3.9 0.4
Marks, S 23 3.3 1.8 0.3
Sanders, M 10 2.5 1.5 0.2
Oberto, F 48 1.9 2.1 0.4
Head Coach: Gregg Popovich

Player G PPG RPG APG
Randolph, Z 65 18.6 8.4 2.0
Miles, D 33 15.5 4.8 2.0
Dixon, J 63 12.6 2.5 2.2
Telfair, S 54 9.1 1.9 3.6
Blake, S 56 8.5 2.3 4.7
Przybilla, J 50 6.4 6.8 0.7
Lenard, V 19 6.2 1.6 1.4
Jack, J 68 5.8 2.0 2.4
Khryapa, V 55 5.6 4.5 1.3
Outlaw, T 56 5.3 2.5 0.5
Webster, M 48 5.0 1.6 0.4
Ratliff, T 46 4.5 5.2 0.5
Skinner, B 52 3.0 3.4 0.5
Seung-Jin, H 22 1.5 2.1 0.0
Head Coach: Nate McMillan

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