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It took all of four minutes for the playoff-tested San Antonio Spurs to deliver a message to the up-and-coming Portland Trail Blazers. Tony Parker was on the attack, the Spurs defense was swarming and it was 10-2 before the Blazers even knew what hit them. After feasting on the Rockets' porous perimeter defense in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the Blazers appeared to be caught off guard when they stepped up in class to face the Spurs in Game 1 of the semifinals, their first appearance beyond the first round since 2000. ''That,'' said Damian Lillard, Portland's 23-year-old point guard, ''is a championship team.'' The Spurs led by 13 after the first quarter and 26 at halftime.
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