{"id":713326,"date":"2026-04-18T17:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:09:55","slug":"trail-blazers-vs-spurs-game-predictions-round-1-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713326\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers vs. Spurs Game Predictions: Round 1 Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs-Blazers Preview: Can Deni Avdija still be effective at the rim with Wemby lurking?<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo Sports NBA contributing writer Tom Haberstroh and senior NBA writer Dan Devine preview the matchup between the Spurs and Trail Blazers. The two wonder if All-Star Deni Avdija can continue his effective shooting at the rim with Victor Wembanyama lurking on the back line. Check out the full conversation on \u201cThe Big Number\u201d and subscribe on <a target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" class=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-big-number\/id1774319150&quot;\" data-i13n=\"&quot;cpos:1;pos:1&quot;\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" class=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3kxmAnknN1e0YNYHk1Voq0?si=-m6xttVLTN2FG1zhZgJyvw&quot;\" data-i13n=\"&quot;cpos:2;pos:1&quot;\">Spotify<\/a>, <a target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" class=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLMBGfmxnWp04hqnQlv7rytyaVMQwPFh_o&quot;\" data-i13n=\"&quot;cpos:3;pos:1&quot;\">YouTube<\/a> or <a target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" class=\"&quot;link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/pod.link\/1774319150&quot;\" data-i13n=\"&quot;cpos:4;pos:1&quot;\">wherever you listen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spurs-Blazers Preview: Can Deni Avdija still be effective at the rim with Wemby lurking? Yahoo Sports NBA contributing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,6,687,471,3967,969,88931,88932,1617,574],"class_list":{"0":"post-713326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-portland","12":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","13":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-scott-wetzel","16":"tag-tom-vecchio","17":"tag-trail-blazers","18":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116426822362027159","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}