Tim Duncan had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs got their title defense off to a successful start with a 106-97 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

Tony Parker added 19 points for the Spurs and Manu Ginobili had 16 points and eight assists.

LaMarcus Aldridge led the Trail Blazers with 27 points. Martell Webster added 21 and Joel Przybilla contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds for Portland.

The Spurs' players got their championship rings before the game, and the team's fourth championship banner was unveiled to deafening cheers from the sellout crowd.

The Portland Trail Blazers have exercised third-year options on the contracts of LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy and Sergio Rodriguez.

In addition, the team has exercised the fourth-year options on Martell Webster, Channing Frye and Jarrett Jack.

The announcement was made Monday by Trail Blazers' General Manager Kevin Pritchard.

Portland police detectives are investigating a report of a fight over the weekend at a bar where Trail Blazer Darius Miles was present.

Police said there was "some type of disturbance" Saturday night at the City Sportsbar and Restaurant, 424 S.W. Fourth Ave. On Sunday, police got a call from a man who had gone to an area hospital for treatment of a broken limb. Elijah L. Warren told authorities he was injured during the fight.

Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Brian Schmautz would not disclose the name of the alleged attacker, saying it could compromise the police investigation. He said a number of people took part in the disturbance.

"The victim... says Darius Miles was definitely there," Schmautz said.

Tim Pearce, owner of the restaurant, said he was not at the bar during the altercation but he said he's spoken with his management staff. He said Miles was in the establishment at the time but did not take part in the scuffle.

The Blazers' owner was recently asked if he has any regrets about the team's decision to draft Greg Oden instead of Kevin Durant.

"I don?t think you can fault the decision-making process," said Allen.  "In an ideal world, a new player comes in and is part of your team, and it?s upward and onward. That?s not how it?s been with Greg; but before the draft, we checked out his knees, back, wrist, everything. And particularly his knees ? they were perfect."

"We concluded that for our team, where we wanted to go, and with Greg?s great upside, he was the right pick. I still feel that way. I saw Greg after the first preseason game and told him, 'It must have been killing you not to be out there playing.' He said, ?Man, I wish I could have been out there.? He?s such a nice kid, and he?ll be a great player.

Blazers' general manager Kevin Pritchard sought out forward Channing Frye to address a published rumor about the Blazers trying to trade Frye for Chicago Bulls' forward Tyrus Thomas.

"He told me it wasn't true," Frye said of a column last week in the New York Post. "I appreciated it, but I think any general manager with the type of relationship he has with us would come up and say, 'Hey, this is not true,' or, 'This is true.' But I think I can say that I'm not going anywhere for a while."

Pritchard said he came to the arena knowing he wanted to talk to Frye.

"I just want to communicate with our guys; sometimes these things get fabricated," Pritchard said. "This is a tough business because you can be traded, but when it's not substantiated, I'm going to let the guys know."

LaMarcus Aldridge awakened Saturday with a throbbing pain in his right pinky toe, which should send a shiver down the spines of Trail Blazers' fans.

The second-year player, who appears on the verge of a breakthrough season, awoke to pain so bad that he underwent X-rays Saturday morning. The results were negative, but Aldridge missed practice and will not play in tonight's exhibition game at Sacramento.

Blazers' coach Nate McMillan even listed Aldridge as doubtful for Wednesday night's exhibition against the Seattle SuperSonics at the Rose Garden.

According to the New York Post, the Blazers tried moving Channing Frye to Chicago for Tyrus Thomas, but the Bulls are so enthusiastic about Thomas that the discussions were over before they began.

Portland lobbied the Knicks hard for David Lee as partial payment in the Zach Randolph trade and it was either accept Frye or get stuck with Randolph's $61M, four-year tab.

Brandon Roy could play Friday night in Portland's exhibition game against Sacramento, ESPN is reporting.

Roy has missed the Trail Blazers' first three exhibition games because of pain in his left heel. But he was cleared to play this week and, if he doesn't have any pain in the next two days of practice, could be in the lineup against the Kings.

Roy missed 20 of Portland's first 25 games last season with the same injury.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and nine rebounds to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 102-89 victory over Atlanta on Sunday, the Hawks' first loss in four preseason games.

Channing Frye added 14 points and six rebounds, and Joel Przybilla had 12 rebounds for the Trail Blazers (2-1). Marvin Williams led the Hawks with 18 points and seven rebounds, and Joe Johnson added 15 points.

Two members of last season's NCAA champion Florida team opposed each other, with Al Horford finishing with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta and Taurean Green scoring seven points in limited action for the Trail Blazers.

Brandon Roy, the reigning rookie of the year, who missed 20 of the Portland Trail Blazers' first 25 games last season with a foot injury, hurt his left heel in practice Tuesday and could miss all eight preseason games, The Oregonian reported on its Web site Thursday.

Coach Nate McMillan informed Roy of the plan to bench him Tuesday so he would be ready for the Blazers' season opener Oct. 30 at San Antonio.

Roy told The Oregonian that he felt a sharp pain in his heel as he was finishing a fast-break layup during the Blazers' first practice. He left practice and had an MRI, which showed no major problems but indicated an irritation caused by the talus bone near the heel.