Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 62-20, Portland 42-40
Game 1 on Sunday, 19 April: Portland loses at San Antonio, 111-pts-98
Game 2 on Tuesday, 21 April: Portland wins at San Antonio, 106-pts-103
Game 3 on Friday, 24 April: San Antonio wins at Portland, 120-pts-108
Game 4 on Sunday, 26 April: San Antonio wins at Portland, 114-pts-93
Game 5 on Tuesday, 28 April: Portland at San Antonio
Game 6* on Thursday, 30 April: San Antonio at Portland
Game 7* on Saturday, 02 May: Portland at San Antonio
* if needed

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-1:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 3-games-1 irrespective of site order (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 691-59 (.921)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 206-26 (.888)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 285-13 (.956)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 87-3 (.967)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 425-325 (.567)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 125-107 (.539)
Game 5 record, NBA only, all rounds: 179-119 (.601)
Game 5 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 56-34 (.622)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-1 @ HHVV:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 3-games-1 with site order HHVV (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 443-27 (.943)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 143-12 (.923)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 188-3 (.984)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 62-0 (1.000)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 307-163 (.653)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 100-55 (.645)
Game 5 record, NBA only, all rounds: 143-48 (.749)
Game 5 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 50-12 (.806)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WLWW:
Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team leading WLWW irrespective of site order (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 176-26 (.871)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 53-12 (.815)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 71-7 (.910)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 21-1 (.955)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 97-105 (.480)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 25-40 (.385)
Game 5 record, NBA only, all rounds: 36-42 (.462)
Game 5 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 10-12 (.455)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WLWW @ HHVV:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading WLWW with site order HHVV (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 85-8 (.914)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 28-3 (.903)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 29-1 (.967)
series record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 7-0 (1.000)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 57-36 (.613)
Game 5 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 16-15 (.516)
Game 5 record, NBA only, all rounds: 22-8 (.733)
Game 5 record, NBA only, Preliminary round: 5-2 (.714)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 114-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1637 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 15-1 (with an active 14-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 11-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 0-12 and a Game 5 record of 5-7. Leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs sustained their sole series loss in series 363, to the old Washington Bullets in the 1979 NBA Semifinals. The San Antonio Spurs trailed their host Portland Trailblazers by 17 points after two quarters of series 1637 Game 4, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 25 April 2026, inclusive, road teams down 17 points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 1-47 (.020) - the San Antonio Spurs thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback. In best-of-7 NBA playoff game history, the only previous road team to surmount a 17-point deficit at halftime was the Indiana Pacers, in series 1244 Game 4 over the Wizards in Washington in the 2014 NBA Quarterfinals round.

After Game 3: The San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 120-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1637 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 21-7 and a Game 4 record of 11-17 (with an active five-Game 4 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 2-11 and a Game 4 record of 6-7. The San Antonio Spurs trailed their host Portland Trailblazers by six points as late as after two quarters but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 23 April 2026, inclusive, road teams down six points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 35-130 (.212) - the San Antonio Spurs thus achieve a grade-C (.200 - .299) in-game comeback in their series 1637 Game 3 in Portland. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1 (as Portland does in series 1637), the Trailblazers achieved their two comeback series victories in series 335 (over the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1977 NBA Finals to win the 1977 NBA championship), and in series 1309 (over the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2016 NBA Preliminary round).

After Game 2: The Portland Trailblazers visited and topped the San Antonio Spurs 106-pts-103 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1637 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 12-13 and a Game 3 record of 16-9 (with an active five-Game 3 winning streak), while the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 3-9 and a Game 3 record of 3-9. In all twelve previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Portland Trailblazers have been tied 1-game-all after the first two games, their Game 3 outcome has presaged their series outcome (three wins, nine losses).

After Game 1: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 111-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1637 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 30-8 and a Game 2 record of 26-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 4-17 and a Game 2 record of 8-13. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series (1947-2025, inclusive), teams such as the San Antonio Spurs in series 1637 which win Game 1 by 13 points have a 5-1 series record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs finished twenty games ahead of the Portland Trailblazers. From 1947 through the 2025 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by twenty regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 7-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1637 is the 63rd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the San Antonio Spurs, and the 35th for the Portland Trailblazers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 37-25, a Preliminary-round series record of 12-5, and a Game 1 record of 38-24, while the Portland Trailblazers have an all-rounds series record of 14-20, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-9, and a Game 1 record of 13-21. Series 1637 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trailblazers. The Portland Trailblazers defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the 1990 NBA Quarterfinals, but the Spurs defeated the Trailblazers in the 1999 NBA Semifinals and in the 2014 NBA Quarterfinals (en route to both the 1999 and 2014 NBA championships).