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2025-26 · Playoffs · Final

San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers

Sunday, April 26, 2026 · tip-off 3:30 PM ET

SAS 3–4@POR 2–4 records going into the game NBA.com recap ↗

Win probability as a share of the court: SAS 55 percent, POR 45 percent. SAS Spurs 55% proj. 109 · final 114 POR Trail Blazers · home 45% proj. 107 · final 93
Each team's share of the floor is its pregame win probability. The line starts at midcourt and moves to the split.

Forecast and result

TeamProjectedFinalDifference
SAS San Antonio Spurs 109 114 +5
POR Portland Trail Blazers (home) 107 93 −14

Forecast: San Antonio Spurs to win, 55% win probability, projected margin 2.

Inside the Forecast

How the inputs are built

No saved inputs are stored with this game's forecast.

The result against the forecast

2025-26 surprise games
55%
pregame chance the forecast gave SAS, the winner
SAS was the forecast favorite
19 pts
margin miss
forecast −2, actual −21 for POR
544th
most surprising result of 2025-26
of 1,309 graded games
229th
largest margin miss of 2025-26
outcome surprise 0.59 nats

Surprise is measured against this model's forecast, not against what other observers expected. Outcome surprise is −ln(winner's pregame probability): 0.69 for a coin flip, 2.3 for a 10% winner.

Team box score

What happened in the game. These numbers are not used by the forecast, and they are not offered as the reason it missed.

Team statSASPOR
Final score11493
Field goals43–87 · 49.4%32–80 · 40.0%
Three-pointers14–33 · 42.4%10–31 · 32.3%
Free throws14–17 · 82.4%19–23 · 82.6%
Rebounds4039
Assists2614
Turnovers1218
Steals126
Blocks105

Where the forecast differed from the result

MeasureForecastActualActual − forecast
Home margin (POR)−2−21−19
Total points216207−9
SAS points109114+5
POR points10793−14

Injury report

Official NBA injury report, 2026-04-26 17:30 ET (the latest stored report before the forecast was saved). Two-way and G League assignments are omitted. The model counts players listed Out or Doubtful; Questionable players are treated as available.

San Antonio Spurs

No players listed.

Portland Trail Blazers

  • Out Damian Lillard

Recent form before this game

San Antonio Spurs

DateOpponentResult
Apr 24 at POR W 120–108
Apr 21 vs POR L 103–106
Apr 19 vs POR W 111–98
Apr 12 vs DEN L 118–128
Apr 10 vs DAL W 139–120

Portland Trail Blazers

DateOpponentResult
Apr 24 vs SAS L 108–120
Apr 21 at SAS W 106–103
Apr 19 at SAS L 98–111
Apr 12 vs SAC W 122–110
Apr 10 vs LAC W 116–97

Previous meetings

DateMatchupScore
Apr 24 2025-26 SAS at POR SAS 120 – 108 POR
Apr 21 2025-26 POR at SAS POR 106 – 103 SAS
Apr 19 2025-26 POR at SAS POR 98 – 111 SAS
Apr 8 2025-26 POR at SAS POR 101 – 112 SAS
Jan 3 2025-26 POR at SAS POR 115 – 110 SAS