The Portland Trail Blazers had a ready-made chance to punch their ticket to the 2025 NBA Cup Tournament on Wednesday night, welcoming the San Antonio Spurs (without Victor Wembanyama) to the Moda Center. A win was all Portland needed to take Group C of the Cup competition. And…a win is exactly what they didn’t get. Even without their All-World center, the Spurs beat Portland at their own game: rebounding hard, forcing turnovers, and scoring big with guards. San Antonio ended up taking the game 115-102. The Blazers are now eliminated from Cup contention. Facing the reality that their current roster is too thin and too hurt, they’ll nurse an 8-11 record in their first 19 games as they head back to the drawing board and figure out what to do in the next stretch of the season.

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