The Portland Trail Blazers had 7.1 seconds left to score the game-winning bucket against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

Trailing 101-100, Portland went to its go-to man LaMarcus Aldridge.

Aldridge, who had 18 first-half points, received the ball in the post with Spencer Hawes draped on him, he maneuvered into the paint, he spun back the opposite direction and he threw up the 16-footer.

But it missed, snapping their two-game streak and dropping the opener of a five-game road trip.

Aldridge, who was named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week, finished with a game-high 32 points and saved his team with a last-second three-pointer that brought the Trail Blazers (31-35) within 99-97 with 17 seconds left.

Jrue Holiday led Philadelphia, which gave up a 14-point lead, with 27 points. He made two free throws that gave the Sixers (26-40) a 101-97 lead with 13 seconds.

Damian Lillard‘s three-pointer tied the game at 82 and he connected from 3-range for a second time, bringing Portland within one with 7.1 seconds.

On the ensuing play, the Sixers turned over the inbounds pass to Holiday, who tripped over his teammate’s foot and fell to the floor. Thaddeus Young‘s pass flew out of bounds, giving possession to Portland that set up the final shot.

Young finished with 19 points, Spencer Hawes recorded 18 points and 13 rebounds, Dorell Wright had 16 and Damien Wilkins added 12 for Philadelphia, which has won two straight following its victory over the Indiana Pacer on Saturday.

The Sixers had their shot going early, finishing with a 50 percent mark, but saw a 14-point lead dissolve after going cold in the final three minutes of the third quarter.

After completing a 12-4 run capped by Young’s jumper that put them up 78-64, Philadelphia cooled off, missing their final four shots of the third.

That’s when the Trail Blazers finally got in rhythm with Lillard’s 3-pointer that sparked an 8-0 run to come within 78-72 going into the fourth.

After starting three quarters on a slow pace, Portland finally got out quick. The Trail Blazers erased the six-point deficit with a 10-4 run.

Portland went with the small lineup of Lillard, Wesley Matthews, Eric Maynor, Luke Babbitt and Meyers Leonard to run with the Sixers’ quick transition offense. Maynor and Lillard hit from three-point range to tie the game at 82.

Holiday’s three and jumper put the Sixers up by five, but Babbitt answered with his own 3-pointer  and Matthews dropped in a floater to even the score at 87. Babbitt and Matthews each finished with six points.

Babbitt’s three-pointer gave the Trail Blazers a three-point edge. Young answered with a layup, but Aldridge’s layup gave Portland a 92-89 lead with 4:01 in the fourth.

That’s when the roles reversed and the Trail Blazers hit a cold patch, missing their next five shots. Jumpers from Wilkins, Holiday, Hawes and Young gave Philadelphia the 97-92 edge in the final minute of regulation.

Nicolas Batum had nine points, but was 3 of 8 from downtown for the Trail Blazers, who opened a five-game road trip.

Aldridge shot 7 of 10 in the first half, scoring 16 of his 18 points in the first quarter. Portland shot 3 of 10 to open the game, but managed to grab a one-point lead before Philly hot shooting took a 32-28 lead.

The Sixers gained an 38-28 lead on a 6-0 run to start the second quarter.

Portland, which was 38 of 90 shooting, had trouble finding offense outside of Aldridge and Lillard. The Trail Blazers first field goal of the second quarter came on a layup from Matthews at the 7:37 mark to trail 41-34.

Lillard’s jumper brought Portland within 51-46. But Philadelphia pushed its lead back to 10 with back-to-back buckets from Young and a free throw from Moultrie before ending the first half with a 58-50 lead.

The Trail Blazers will travel to Milwaukee to face the Bucks (33-32) tomorrow in a back to back.

Damian Lillard has a knack for lighting up the San Antonio Spurs.

After scoring at least 20 points in his last two meetings against the Spurs, Lillard caught fire in the second half to a game-high 35 points and the Portland Trail Blazers topped San Antonio 136-106 Friday at AT&T Center.

Lillard put up 10 points in the first half, but flipped the switched in the next two quarters, scoring 25 points to bounce the Trail Blazers (29-32) back from their 91-85  loss in Memphis on Wednesday after giving up a 17-point lead in the third quarter.

This time, they would get out ahead and stay there.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points, J.J. Hickson had 23 and 11 rebounds, and Eric Maynor added a season-high 20 points as Portland scored the most points ever allowed at AT&T Center and recorded the second-highest total against the Spurs since the Denver Nuggets’ 153 margin on November 7, 1990.

Better yet, the win moved the Trail Blazers 2 1/2 games behind No. 8 Utah Jazz.

Tim Duncan scored 18 points, Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili each had 16, and Cory Joseph finished with 13 for the Western Conference leading Spurs (48-15), who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Tony Parker missed his third straight game with an ankle injury.

Both teams went into the third tied at 57. The Trail Blazers quickly jumped to a 10-point lead with three-pointers from Wesley Matthews, who was 5 of 7 from downtown, Lillard and Luke Babbitt. Matthews had 15 points.

Ginobili’s layup cut Portland’s lead to six, but Lillard ended the period scoring eight straight points and making his own layup to lead 90-82.

Lillard kept his streak going to open the fourth, hitting a pair of jumpers and a free throw on a 10-0 run capped by a three from Maynor to lead 103-84.

With Lillard out of the game, San Antonio went on a 7-0 run to pull within 107-95.

Lillard checked back in at the 6:24 mark and took the life out of the Spurs. He drilled a three, converted three free throws and knocked down another three-pointer to lead 116-97 with five minutes still in play.

Portland outscored the Spurs 46-24 in the final quarter and totaled 79 second-half points as the team recored 61 percent shooting from the field and from three-point range.

Hickson had 19 points in the first half and made a tip in off Batum’s lob to lead 53-47 in the second. Stephen Jackson‘s three, Leonard’s jumper and free throws and a three from Ginobili knotted the game at 57 before halftime.

The Spurs held a 41-34 lead on Jackson’s dunk.

Matthews’ three evened the game at 43. Layups from Duncan and Splitter put San Antonio up by two, but Maynor gave the Trail Blazers the advantage with a jumper that sparked an 8-0 run.

The Spurs held an 29-27 lead after the first quarter.

Portland will finish its three-game road trip in New Orleans (21-41) on Sunday.

Miami Heat forward LeBron James.

LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points and shoot 60 percent from the field over a six-game stretch after torching the Portland Trail Blazers 117-104 Tuesday at AmericanAirlines Arena.

James scored 18 of his 30 points in the first half and finished shooting 11 of 15, dished out nine assists and hauled in six rebounds to give the Miami Heat  their sixth consecutive win and eight straight at home.

Chris Bosh led the Heat with 32 points on 13-of-16 attempts and made all six free throws. He also grabbed 11 boards. Dwyane Wade scored 24 points and Ray Allen added 14 off the bench for Miami (35-14), which shot 58.1 percent in the game.

Damian Lillard finished with 33 points, four shy from his career best, LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 and Wesley Matthews recorded 20 for Portland (25-27), which has lost four straight on a six-game road test.

The Trail Blazers held a one-point lead midway through the fourth after falling behind by 14 in the third. Matthew’s three put Portland up 102-101 with 4:37 remaining.

Wade made a jumper, Allen hit from distance and Wade returned to convert two free throws to go up by six. Lillard tried to score on a driving layup, but was rejected by James that set up a three from Mario Chalmers on the other end. Bosh stole a pass from Nicolas Batum and James slammed in his 30th point on a lob from Allen off a fastbreak as the Heat ended on a 16-2 run.

Lillard, who also tallied 18 first-half points, made two free throws and Matthews scored on a layup and converted the foul to give the Trail Blazers a 95-90 lead in the fourth.

Wade scored under the basket after Allen had his layup blocked by Batum. Aldridge put the Trail Blazers back up by two with his own layup in the paint, but Bosh answered at the other end with a 17-foot jumper to knot the game at 97.

Wade’s crossover jumper put the Heat up by two, but Aldridge converted two free throws to tie the game at 99. James threw down a two-handed dunk, but Matthews responded with a three to give Portland a one-point edge for Miami  would erupt for the final margin.

Aldridge, who had 17 points in the first half, hit a jumper to put the Trail Blazers up 61-58 in the third.

Bosh and Wade made two free throws each and Bosh knocked in a jumper to lead by three. Shane Battier drilled two three-pointers and Bosh hit a pair of jumpers to stretch their lead to 81-67.

Batum, who ended with five points, scored his first two-points with 3:15 remaining in the third. He was 1-3 from the field through three quarters.

Aldridge made a jumper and Lillard scored seven of his nine third-quarter points in the final two minutes of the period. He hit a three at the top of the key to bring Portland within four.

Lillard’s layup gave Portland a 47-37 in the second.

Wade made two free throws, Bosh hit a jumper and James scored on a layup to come within six, but the Trail Blazers scored five straight points and Luke Babbitt hit a three to go up 57-43.

Portland missed its next four shots from the field and had just as many turnovers. Miami finished the the first half on a 15-2 run and James scored eight points on that stretch to come within 59-58.

Miami made its first seven shots as Bosh’s jumper piled on a 14-5 lead in the first.

Aldridge made 5-of-7 shots in the quarter and scored the final nine points for the Trail Blazers to lead 33-29.

The Trail Blazers will travel to New Orleans to take on the Hornets on Wednesday. Tipoff is at 5PM.

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LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard weren’t going to let the Portland Trail Blazers lose seven straight.

Looking to correct a season-high six game skid, Aldridge scored a game-high 27 points and Lillard added 20 and the Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers 100-80 Wednesday night at the Rose Garden.

Aldridge, who shot 12 of 17 from the floor, scored 16 of his 27 points in the first half. He made 14 in the second quarter as a reenergized Portland team shot a season-best 56.4 percent from the field.

Lillard, nine of 16 from the floor, had the hot hand in the second half, scoring eight points in the third and fourth. He made a jumper and layup to give the hot shooting Trail Blazers a 15-point lead in the fourth.

Portland (21-21) rebounded from Monday’s home loss to the Washington Wizards. Despite falling six straight games, the Trail Blazers are still positioned in the  No. 9 spot in the Western Conference behind Houston.

Paul George had 22 points and seven rebounds for Indiana (26-17), which had won two in a row following Monday’s 82-81 win in Memphis.

David West had 21 points and George Hill had 11 as the Pacers ended shooting 37.5 percent from the floor and 26.1 percent from three.

The Trail Blazers held a 11-point lead going into the fourth and pushed it to 15 with a jumper from Lillard.

George hit back-to-back three-pointers and Hill made two jumpers to trail by 11. Lillard answered with a jumper and a layup, and J.J. Hickson, who had 14 points and 13 rebounds, pushed Portland’s lead back to 15 to coast to the final margin.

Nicolas Batum and Wesley Matthews both had 10 points for Portland. Batum also had eight assists.

The Trail Blazers led by as many as 16 in the first half, but Indiana opened up the third on a 10-4 run to trail by six.

Portland responded with a 7-0 run and Aldridge outran the Pacers’ defense on a fastbreak to throw down a two-hand dunk to put the Trail Blazers up by 13.

George hit a three-pointer and converted the foul shot, and Ian Mahinmi made two free throws to bring Indiana back to within six.

Meyers Leonard, who had eight points, recovered a missed layup from Lillard to give Portland a 10-point lead. But Mahimmi made a pair of free throws and West hit a jumper to pull within six again.

Lillard scored six points in the final minute of the third for Portland to go up by 10 before claiming a 70-59 lead to go into the fourth.

The Trail Blazers got production from their bench, which has been a weakness of the team all season.

D.J. Augustin hit a three to give the Pacers a 24-22 lead in the second. Will Barton, who had eight points, subbed in and made six straight points as the Trail Blazers built a 16-point lead on a 22-4 run. Aldridge made Portland’s last eight points and had 14 in the second to lead 44-32 at halftime.

Aldridge was 8 of 11 for 16 points as the Trail Blazers shot 57 percent from the field in the first half .

Batum had eight points in the first to lead the Pacers 20-17.

The Trail Blazers will complete a five-game home stand against the Los Angeles Clippers (32-11) on Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7PM.

The Portland Trail Blazers are heading in the wrong direction–fast.

Once ranking in the top eight in the Western Conference after recording 12 wins in a tough 15 game stretch, the Trail Blazers have now lost five straight after falling 110-104 to the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night at the Rose Garden.

Brandon Jennings had a game-high 30 points and eight assists and Ersan Ilyasova had 27 points and 14 rebounds as Milwaukee (21-18) tallied its second straight win.

Mike Dunleavy added 14 points off the bench for the Bucks. Monta Ellis finished with 13 and made a bucket to give Milwaukee its largest lead, 73-51, in the third quarter.

Portland (20-20) is on its worst losing streak of the season. The team has lost two straight at home following an 93-88 defeat to Cleveland on Wednesday.

Despite registering double doubles from three starters, the Trail Blazers found themselves down early, looking to pull off another late rally.

Damian Lillard had 26 points and 10 assists, LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 14 rebounds and J.J. Hickson had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Portland, which shot 8 of 28 from three-point range and committed 19 turnovers.

Jennings made a jumper, a layup and a free throw to give Milwaukee a 104-88 lead with 3:45 left.

Lillard hit a three-pointer and Wesley Matthews, who ended with 21 points, made a three to complete a 12-0 Trail Blazer run to come within 104-100 with 44 seconds remaining.

Jennings went to the stripe twice, converting three of four free throws to lead by seven.

Lillard hit a jumper to cut the Bucks’ lead 107-102 with 14 seconds. Jennings made one of two at the line to stretch his team’s lead to six. Luke Babbitt, who had 11 points, made a layup for Portland to come within four, but Ellis made two free throws for the win.

Milwaukee outscored the Trail Blazers 30-19 in the opening quarter and went on to take a 62-45 halftime lead.

Portland will host the Eastern Conference’s bottom seeded Washington Wizards (8-30) on Monday. Tipoff is scheduled for  7PM.