Reath, Simons out for Portland Trail Blazers vs. San Antonio Spurs: Live updates, time, TV channel, how to watch free live stream online

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS VS. SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Third quarter: Spurs 87, Blazers 74.

The Blazers played their best quarter so far but were unable to make much of a dent in their deficit.

Through three quarters, Brogdon has 19 points, five assists and five rebounds. Victor Wembanyama has scored 20 points with six blocked shots.

– Blazers go on an 8-4 run to get to within 83-74 late in the third.

– Spurs now up 79-66. with 3:23 remaining in the third quarter.

– Blazers up 14-10 in the quarter and now trail 69-59.

Halftime: Spurs 59, Blazers 45

The Blazers dominated the second quarter 31-21 to get back in to the game after losing the first quarter 38-24.

Scoot Henderson leads the Blazers with 13 points but picked up four personal fouls.

Jerami Grant has 11 points with six rebounds.

The Blazers shot 29.1% in the first half and made just 3 of 19 three-point attempts.

Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama scored 17 points with four rebonds, three assists and five blocked shots.

– Blazers up 27-15 in the second quarter. Now trail 53-21 with 1:19 to go.

– Jerami Grant scored on a layup and was fouled but missed the free throw.

– Blazers went on a small run to make the score 44-23. Spurs called timeout.

First quarter: Spurs 38, Blazers 14

The Blazers shot 21.7% from the field, demonstrating just how much they miss Anfernee Simons (illness).

Portland is 1 of 10 on threes and have produced just one assist.

The Spurs shot 66.7% from the field and hit on 4 of 10 threes. Victor Wembanyama has 10 points and three assists.

– Victor Wembanyama has nine points and three assists. Scoot Henderson has four points and one rebound.

– Blazers are 3 of 15 from the field. Spurs are 12 of 15.

– This got ugly in a hurry. Spurs lead 31-8 with 3:37 to go in the first quarter.

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Updated: Blazers center Duop Reath has been ruled out with lower back spasms.

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Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons is out for Thursday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Moda Center.

Center Duop Reath has

Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said Simons felt ill Thursday morning when he woke up and didn’t improve much during the day.

Starters Deandre Ayton (right knee tendinitis) and Shaedon Sharpe (right adductor soreness) had already been ruled out.

Billups said Scoot Henderson would start at point guard with Malcolm Brogdon, Toumani Camara, Jerami Grant and Moses Brown.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS VS. SAN ANTONIO SPURS

What: Trail Blazers (8-21) vs. Spurs (4-25), 7 p.m., Thursday night.

Where: Moda Center.

Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM).

TV channel: Root Sports (in Portland: Comcast 734; DirecTV: 687) and Root Sports PLUS (in Portland: Comcast 1253; DirecTV: 688).

Watch the game live online: You can watch this game live for FREE with Fubo (free trial). You can also get this game on DirecTV Stream’s “CHOICE” package (promotional offers), if you are out of fuboTV trials, or simply prefer that platform and their pricing plans. If you already have a cable or satellite provider that carries Root Sports and want to watch online, you can watch this game live on Root Sports Live.

ODDS (Oregon Lottery/DraftKings)

Moneyline: POR -185 | SAN +154

Spread: POR -4.5 | Over/Under: 232.5

INJURIES

Blazers: Duop Reath (lower back spasms), Anfernee Simons (illness), Deandre Ayton (right knee tendinitis), Shaedon Sharpe (right adductor soreness) and Robert Williams III (season-ending right knee surgery) are out.

Spurs: Devonte’ Graham (illness) and Charles Bassey (left ACL tear) are out.

NEXT UP

The Blazers host the Spurs at 7 p.m. Friday.

— Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook)

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