The Portland Trail Blazers are recovering after their 125-103 loss against the San Antonio Spurs , which was arguably their worst showing through nine games so far this season.

The Blazers were playing on the second night of a back-to-back and did not arrive back home until 5 a.m. following their loss against the Los Angeles Lakers the night before. However, Blazers head coach Micah Nori was not wanting to hear excuses after their performance against the Spurs.

"I mean, told the guys, you know, everybody. If you want to find an excuse, you can find an excuse. But it's a big boy league. They're on a back-to-back. We're on a back-to-back. These are going to happen. We're going to have guys out. I don't care who's out. We got to make sure we compete and and be who we are," Nori said postgame.

"And tonight, I thought was the first time that we kind of got away from that. And I know that they were doing some things with their physicality that got us frustrated.…