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The San Antonio Spurs will try to keep the momentum going against the Portland Trail Blazers when the two squads meet for Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series Thursday at AT&T Center. Joel Ward Sharks Jersey . The Spurs squashed the Blazers in Game 1 Tuesday night, 116-92. Tony Parker led six San Antonio players in double figures with 33 points and doled out nine assists as the seasoned veterans imposed their will against the younger, more inexperienced Blazers. The Spurs did not need their stars down the stretch for the second straight game thanks to building a big lead that was never seriously threatened. Marco Belinelli contributed 19 points off the bench, Tim Duncan finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. For Duncan, it was his 152nd career double-double in the postseason, which is second to Magic Johnsons 157. Kawhi Leonard added 16 points and nine boards for San Antonio, which ousted the eighth-seeded Dallas Mavericks in Game 7 on Sunday with a similarly lopsided 23-point rout. "We have to realize Game 1 is just Game 1. Its just one game," Parker said. "They will come out with a lot of energy (in Game 2) and we have to match that." Patty Mills and Aaron Baynes, who played one game in the Dallas series, both had 10 for the second unit. The Spurs benched destroyed their Portland counterparts, 50-18, which makes sense considering the San Antonio bench finished first in the regular season in bench scoring and the Blazers were last. LaMarcus Aldridge put up 32 points and 14 rebounds for Portland, while Damian Lillard, the hero in the series clincher against the Houston Rockets on Friday, started slow and ended with 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Robin Lopez was the only other Portland player in double figures Tuesday night with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Portland reached the Western Conference semifinals for the first time in 14 years when Lillard ended the Rockets season with a dramatic buzzer-beating 3- pointer in Game 6. In the Blazers first six possessions of Game 1, they missed six shots, had two turnovers and trailed 8-0 after Parker drove to the hoop for two. An early timeout did little to help Portland, which shot 21.7 percent (5- of-23) from the field in the opening frame and nearly got outscored by Parker himself, with the All-Star point guards 13-point quarter leading the way to a 29-16 spread. "I think San Antonios energy was at a high level and it took us a little while to catch up to that level," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said after practice on Wednesday. "Youve got to learn from it and youve got to get off to a better start." Portland, which committed 20 turnovers to just nine assists, had posted a 14-7 record against San Antonio the past five regular seasons, the best record in the NBA against the Spurs in that time. Game 3 will be Saturday night at the Moda Center in Portland. Martin Jones Jersey . Follow all the action live on TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto, TSN Radio 690 in Montreal, TSN Radio 1260 in Edmonton and TEAM 1410 on Friday at 3pm et/Noon pt.Marc-Edouard Vlasic Jersey . The Eastern Conference-leading Celtics finished their recent trek at 3-1 on Monday in Salt Lake City when Rajon Rondo made a key jumper with 24.1 seconds remaining, as Boston held off the Utah Jazz, 107-102, at EnergySolutions Arena.COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tampa Bay Lightning centre Brian Boyle was happy with a 7-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.He wasnt so pleased with how it all unfolded.That was not exactly a perfect game, by any means, he said.The Lightning played almost a perfect first period in coasting to a quick 4-0 lead. What followed wasnt flawless, however.Tyler Johnson scored twice and Ryan Callahan added a goal and two assists to lead the way as the Lightning won their fifth in a row and extended the Blue Jackets losing streak to eight games.Its the nature of team sports, said Evgeni Nabokov, who had 28 saves. Once you go (up) by so much, theres a tendency for the other team to get hungry and they dont want to get embarrassed.Columbus cut the lead to two goals early in the third period and had several good cracks at Nabokov to cut the advantage even further.The way we finished the last two periods was a little bit disappointing, defenceman Anton Stralman said. But at the end of the day we got the two points and thats what we came here to do.Stralman, Boyle and Cedric Paquette each had a goal, and J.T. Brown added a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who have outscored opponents 27-15 during their streak. Jonathan Drouin had two assists.They played last night and we came out strong, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. We built it up to 4-0. Thats what you have to do to win a hockey game, and thats what we did.The game seemed to be all but over a little more than 16 minutes in.Brown scored his first of the season, chipping in his own blocked redirect high into the net at 5:46.Just 21 seconds later, before Browns goal was completely announced, Drouins shot led to a big rebound off rookie goalie Anton Forsberg, with Paquette on the right wing to jam it in.The first period, they were skating and we were chasing, Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said. We had a lot of mistakes.Then on the power play, Steven Stamkos hard wrist shot ffrom the point was redirected by Callahan, with Stralman converting on another rebound. Patrick Marleau Sharks Jersey. Brown then carried the puck up on a rush but was checked and slammed hard into the back boards. Brenden Morrow gathered the puck and whipped a quick pass to a trailing Boyle for the easy tap-in.We worked hard for our goals, Boyle said. It wasnt easy getting them. It feels easy when they come in bunches.The teams traded goals in a four-goal second period, with Scott Hartnell scoring two goals for the second consecutive night for the Blue Jackets. Then Ryan Johansen, who also had an assist, scored, and Nick Foligno added a goal early in the third period to make it 6-4.Suddenly a crowd of 14,892 came to life and the Blue Jackets dominated the period, peppering Nabokov with 17 shots while the Lightning struggled to get five.Nabokov stopped Cam Atkinson from point-blank range or the lead would have fallen to one goal with just over 14 minutes left in regulation.But the Blue Jackets, hampered by injuries to several of their top players, including front-line goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, couldnt get closer.Columbus had lost six in a row in regulation before earning a point in a 3-2 overtime loss at Carolina on Friday. The Lightning was already in their hotel in Ohios capital city, resting up, and it showed early.The longest losing streak in the Blue Jackets 14 seasons is nine games (0-7-2) from Dec. 10-26, 2009.Its getting to the point where its embarrassing us, Atkinson said. But we just have to stick together as a team. We know what were capable of doing.NOTES: Columbus D Jack Johnson served the second of his three-game suspension for a high hit against Carolinas Jiri Tlusty. ... The Lightning opened a three-game, four-day road swing that will also take them to Detroit (Sunday) and Chicago (Tuesday). ... James Wisniewski had two assists for Columbus.___Follow Rusty Miller on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RustyMillerAP Cheap NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaNFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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