SAN ANTONIO - If only this one night, exacting San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich would give his players a break.
With their newest championship banner hanging high above the sellout crowd and the players looking like kids in a candy store as they examined their shiny new championship rings, it was understandably a challenge for the team to buckle down for a regular old basketball game.
The Spurs eventually did, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 106-97 Tuesday night. Andeven Popovich was willing to overlook the occasional lack of concentration.
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