Recap: Portland vs. San Antonio

By Sports Network

Portland, OR (Sports Network) - Brandon Roy scored 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting to help the Portland Trail Blazers hold off the San Antonio Spurs for a thrilling 100-99 triumph at the Rose Garden.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 23 points on 10-of-22 field goals for the Trail Blazers, who dropped a rough opening-night match to the Lakers on Tuesday, 96-76.

Tim Duncan scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Tony Parker had 24 points and handed out 11 assists for the Spurs, who have dropped their first two games after losing to Phoenix in their season opener.

The Trail Blazers continued to hold a lead throughout the second half but Michael Finley hit a three to make it a one-point game with just over four minutes remaining. Aldridge answered with a triple of his own, but Roger Mason also hit from beyond the arc. A Mason jumper tied the game at 95-95 with 1:55 remaining and a layup from Parker gave the Spurs their first lead since the first half on the next possession.

Portland came back and earned a trip to the charity stripe for two twirls of the twine and Aldridge hit a jumper from the top of the key after an Ime Udoka miss from downtown for a three-point edge with 34 seconds left.

Parker also earned a trip to the stripe on a foul from Roy and he sunk both for a one-point game two seconds later. Following a Portland timeout, Travis Outlaw couldn't get one to fall on a layup with seven seconds left and the Spurs ran the floor with a chance to win it but Finley's jumper at the buzzer rimmed out to end the game in thrilling fashion.

A Parker layup and a pair of free throws from Desmon Farmer down the stretch allowed San Antonio to edge the Trail Blazers 22-21 in the opening quarter.

Both teams shared the lead in the second in a neck-and-neck battle. Consecutive layups from Roy and Aldridge gave Portland its most significant lead of the game to that point, 48-42, with 55 seconds left in the half. Farmer and Roy traded threes and the Trail Blazers owned a 51-45 lead heading into the second half.

Portland opened up a 64-55 lead on a Joel Przybilla dunk and a pair of free throws from Outlaw with just under six minutes to play in the third. The Spurs kept it close, though, and trailed by eight entering the final quarter.

Channing Frye scored six straight points in the fourth, giving Portland an 84-72 advantage, but San Antonio wouldn't go quietly and put together an 11-1 run on two triples from Udoka and one from Mason to cut the lead to two with 7:25 to play.