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Takeaways from the practice facility Saturday afternoon. The Portland Trail Blazers suffered a deflating 120-108 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs Friday night at the Moda Center in Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs first round. With Game 4 fast approaching on Sunday afternoon, the Blazers will have to turn the page quickly if they want to even up the series at 2-2 before flying back to Texas. About 12 hours after that crushing defeat, they were right back to work at the team practice facility in Tualatin on Saturday morning. “We put the game behind us,” Blazers All-Star Deni Avdija told reporters. “It