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Scorching Spurs Too Hot for Blazers to Handle

SAN ANTONIO – Damian Lillard and DeMar Derozan exchanged 30-plus scoring efforts, and LaMarcus Aldridge wasn't far behind with 29, but it was the home team that won out, as San Antonio claimed a 131-118 victory Sunday night in front of a sellout crowd of 18,354 at AT&T Center."LaMarcus played like an All-NBA player and DeRozan played like an All-NBA player," said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. "Those two guys are great offensive players and they got on track tonight. And the other guys made threes. Going into this game, we said they've got two All-NBA players and everybody else shoots the three, that's kind of what happened defensively."With the loss, the Trail Blazers drop to 13-10 on the season and 5-6 on the road. Portland has now dropped five of their last six games and seven of their last 10.