The Portland Trail Blazers will be without Jerami Grant on Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs, and they will be short-handed again as they try to keep pace in the Western Conference race. Grant is out with a hamstring strain, while Shaedon Sharpe will also miss the game because of a knee issue.
Damian Lillard is expected to play, and Anfernee Simons is expected to suit up as Portland comes off an overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets. The Blazers need every available hand after that defeat, with the West standings tightening and San Antonio also jockeying for position.
That leaves Portland leaning on its healthy core in a game it cannot afford to treat lightly. Grant’s absence removes one of the team’s most dependable scoring options, and Sharpe’s injury takes another piece away from a roster already under pressure to steady itself before the stretch run.
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The bigger issue is not just who is out on Wednesday, but how long the Blazers can keep absorbing absences while chasing playoff positioning. For now, they will have to do it against a Spurs team with the same urgency and less room for mistakes.
