NBA playoffs: Spurs trounce Trail Blazers, win series

San Antonio • Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard each scored 22 points, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame an injury to Tony Parker to close out the Western Conference semifinals with a 104-82 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.

Patty Mills scored 18 points and Tim Duncan had 16 points and eight rebounds for San Antonio, which had four blowout victories in the five-game series.

It's the third straight conference finals appearance for San Antonio, which lost a heartbreaking seven-game series to the Miami Heat in last season's NBA Finals.

San Antonio, which had the NBA's best record, will await the winner of the series between Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Thunder have a 3-2 lead.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points for Portland, while Damian Lillard added 17 points and 10 assists.

The Trail Blazers' bench contributed only seven points compared to 40 by the Spurs' reserves.

After playing with various injuries throughout last postseason, the Spurs had been healthy in these playoffs until Wednesday.

Parker, who missed 13 games during the regular season, exited in the first half with tightness in his left hamstring.

After returning to the court with 9:46 remaining in the second quarter, Parker left the game exactly a minute later. He headed back to the locker room followed closely by San Antonio general manager R.C. Buford and team physician, Dr. Paul Saenz.

Parker was scoreless in 10 minutes, missing his only two shots as Portland pushed to keep the All-Star point guard out of the paint.

Manu Ginobili handled most of the ball-handling duties with Parker out.

Even with Parker slowed, the Spurs still had another good start thanks to their hustle on the boards.

Tiago Splitter had two offensive rebounds in the opening 3 minutes. The Spurs, who were averaging 9.3 offensive rebounds in the postseason, had five in the first quarter alone.

The Blazers went on a 9-0 run once Splitter exited, with Aldridge benefiting the most from the big man's absence. He hit a pair of jumpers over Boris Diaw for his first points of the game to spark the run.

Mills provided a huge spark even before Parker's exit.

The energetic Aussie sprinted for a layup after tipping away C.J. McCollum's dribble in the backcourt. A possession later, Mills blocked Lillard's 3-pointer, igniting a fast break that led to Green's first 3 of the game.

Green had the strongest effort of the postseason, going 4 for 6 on 3s.

San Antonio had four 3s in the second quarter, with Leonard's second extending its lead to 43-30 with 4:47 remaining in the half. —

Spurs 104,Trail Blazers 82

Portland 19 25 19 19 — 82

San Antonio 19 32 26 27 — 104

PORTLAND (82)

Batum 3-9 3-5 10, Aldridge 10-21 1-4 21, Lopez 5-7 2-2 12, Lillard 7-18 2-2 17, Matthews 5-10 2-2 14, Robinson 1-2 0-0 2, Barton 2-9 1-2 6, McCollum 0-3 0-0 0, Freeland 0-2 0-0 0, M.Leonard 0-0 0-0 0, Claver 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 33-81 11-17 82.

SAN ANTONIO (104)

K.Leonard 9-15 1-2 22, Duncan 6-13 4-6 16, Splitter 1-1 2-2 4, Parker 0-2 0-0 0, Green 9-13 0-0 22, Diaw 2-8 1-2 5, Ginobili 4-11 1-2 9, Belinelli 1-5 2-2 4, Mills 8-17 0-0 18, Joseph 1-3 0-0 2, Baynes 0-0 0-0 0, Bonner 1-1 0-0 2, Ayres 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 42-89 11-16 104.

3-Point Goals—Portland 5-19 (Matthews 2-4, Lillard 1-4, Barton 1-4, Batum 1-6, McCollum 0-1), San Antonio 9-21 (Green 4-6, K.Leonard 3-4, Mills 2-5, Parker 0-1, Belinelli 0-1, Diaw 0-2, Ginobili 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 53 (Batum 12), San Antonio 53 (Green 9). Assists—Portland 18 (Lillard 10), San Antonio 24 (Splitter 7). Total Fouls—Portland 16, San Antonio 19. A—18,581 (18,797).