Spurs Look Like Contenders After Dispatching Blazers ​

The San Antonio Spurs are looking like title contenders again with the team’s first playoff series win in nine years.

San Antonio Spurs forward/center Victor Wembanyama reacts after a play during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA playoffs series against the Portland Trail Blazers, in San Antonio on April 28, 2026. Eric Gay/AP Photo

After winning a playoff series for the first time in nearly a decade, the San Antonio Spurs look like NBA championship contenders again.

San Antonio knocked out the Portland Trailblazers 114–95 for a 4–1 series win on Tuesday in Game 5. The Spurs decisively closed out a series that the Blazers once threatened to prolong, and the West Conference’s No. 2 seed looks poised to do more.