Splitter Leads Blazers to Playoff Win

0:00It's April 23rd. I'm Cory with the story. This is Canada News Today, driven by AI. The Portland Trail Blazers just stole game 2 from the San Antonio Spurs, 106-103, eaving up their first round playoff. Series at one game apiece before heading home Friday night. Interim head coach Thiago Splitter, the 6 foot 11 Brazilian big man who retired from the league in 2018 after winning a ring with the. Spurs in 2014 stepped up last June as an assistant and took the top job after Chauncey Phillips got arrested. This young squad loaded with talents like Scoot Henderson, Shaden Sharp and Denny Abdeja battled through brutal injuries, Henderson out 51. Gaines with a hamstring issue, Abdi High, nursing a bad back, and Drew Holiday missing 25 with a calf strain, yet still hit 42 wins and. Forty losses to snag their first playoffs in five years. New owner Tom Dundin, who scooped up the team from Paul Allen's estate last month after running the Carolina Hurricanes, finished the deal right.

1:03Before the season tipped off, but reports say he's eyeing permanent coaching options beyond Splitter. Players are riding for Splitter hard, calling his leadership phenomenal amid the chaos, and with this playoff buzz, he's building a real case to drop. That interim label for good.