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Two-time All-Star Victor Wembanyama put up numbers comparable to his lights-out Saturday performance, and after a second quarter lull where Utah briefly possessed the lead, San Antonio put away a depleted Jazz team with an excellent 35-23 third quarter. The Spurs nearly hit the magical 50/40/90 mark with 56% from the field, 42% from three, […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 2 hours ago | 0 reads
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs are participating in a Martin Luther King Day game […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads
The San Antonio Spurs have their first All-Star starter in nearly a decade. On Monday, Victor Wembanyama was named a 2026 Western Conference All-Star starter. It’s the big man’s second All-Star appearance, and his first time being named a starter. He joins Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, and Nikola Jokic as the West’s starters. […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 7 hours ago | 0 reads
Virtually every team in the Western conference has now completed half of the regular season. For instance, with the Spurs winning the Ant vs. Victor superstar contest Saturday night, the Spurs have now played 42 games of the 82 game schedule with a surprisingly good record of 29-13, good for second in the West. The […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 8 hours ago | 0 reads
Welcome to Week in Review: a Monday feature that looks back at the week that was for the San Antonio Spurs, takes a look at the week ahead, and more. Enjoy! Week 12: The hunt for the Spurs’ 2025 offense continued into the second week of 2026, with them splitting another set of games. Despite only […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 10 hours ago | 0 reads
On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun go over the Minnesota Timberwolves’ recent losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets and much more: — Anthony Edwards set his career high in points on Saturday in San Antonio with 55 points. Edwards’ shot-making and overall offensive game have hit another level this season […]
From Canis Hoopus | about 11 hours ago | 0 reads
Before the 42nd game of the season, San Antonio Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson reflected on the first half of the season and exactly how the Spurs have landed in the second seed in the Western Conference. What does Mitch Johnson see as needing improvement in the second half of the season? Consistency. “Consistency in […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads
The San Antonio Spurs are starting to exercise some of the demons that haunted them during their post-Christmas hangover. They have won two straight games at home, and despite nearly collapsing late against the Minnesota Timberwolves, have shown real signs of improvement. How fitting that they’ll have a chance to end the home stand that […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 19 hours ago | 0 reads
We’ve finally passed it: the halfway marker. 42 games are officially filed away, and just 40 more contests remain. So set up camp, pitch your tent, fill your water reserves, light a fire, roast a s’more, burn a marshmallow beyond recognition, try again, same result, cut your losses, and ingest the charcoal-esque blackness of a […]
From SLC Dunk | 1 day ago | 0 reads
There’s a moment that I always look for in Steve Prefontaine’s old race footage. It’s something you have to really track down, since it could happen at seemingly any part of a run, but it always happens; you just have to know what you’re looking for. I look for the precise instances in which he […]
From Pounding The Rock | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Coming off a win against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Spurs battled the Minnesota Timberwolves for their final meeting of the season. After a slow first quarter, the Spurs’ offense exploded in the second, outscoring the Wolves 48-22. Holding a 25-point lead, the Wolves responded in the third quarter by outscoring the Spurs 40-27, and trailed […]
From Pounding The Rock | 1 day ago | 0 reads
After last night’s game, when Clutch Sports Hector Ledesma reporter asked Anthony Edwards what makes the Timberwolves play so hard against the Spurs, the “Ant-Man” responded, “They got Wemby.” This was the third meeting of the Spurs and Timberwolves, but only the second to include Victor Wembanyama. Wemby wasn’t available last November. Last Sunday, Minnesota […]
From Pounding The Rock | 1 day ago | 1 read
It may officially be the second half of the season, but one thing that hasn’t change since the first is the Spurs’ inability to hold onto a large lead against the Minnesota Timberwolves. After a slow first quarter, the Spurs got hot in the second, leading by as much as 25, but just like their […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Game Story Six days ago, the Minnesota Timberwolves were the talk of the NBA discourse after a ridiculous 19-point comeback over the San Antonio Spurs. It was filled with late game drama and a photo finish. Most of the talk was about the duel between two of the faces o the league, as Anthony Edwards […]
From Canis Hoopus | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The Spurs made it more difficult than it had to be, but they prevailed against the Timberwolves in a battle of superstars. Anthony Edwards had 55 points while Victor Wembanyama finished with 39 in a close game that featured plenty of big moments for both teams. The first half had one constant for the Spurs: […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 1 read
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs finished up the first half of the season at […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 4 reads
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From CelticsGreenBlog.com celtics fans only! | 2 days ago | 2 reads
Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio SpursDate: January 17th, 2026Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Frost Bank CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio There are losses where you shrug, chalk it up as a schedule loss, and move on. And then there are losses that linger because you know exactly how winnable […]
From Canis Hoopus | 2 days ago | 2 reads
The San Antonio Spurs (28-13) are favored by 6 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves (27-15) on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET. The matchup airs on FDSN and FDSSW. The point total in the matchup is set at 229.5. Trying to make an informed wager on Saturday’s game? Find out the best bets available for this matchup (based on our computer predictions) in this article. How to Bet on Spurs vs. Timberwolves Pick the Timberwolves (+6) to Cover The Spurs have played 41 games, ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 2 days ago | 0 reads
41 games down and 41 games to go. Seems like a fair spot to take pulse of how the Spurs season is going thus far. To be clear, the Spurs have been exceeding expectations all season. They have adjusted to multiple players being injured at various times. From different starting lineups to a spree of […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Sometimes it just takes one statement victory to get things back on track. The San Antonio Spurs burst out of a rough 10-game stretch after Christmas with a blowout victory against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. All of a sudden, it feels like the team can once again conquer the Western Conference. But one […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 1 read
Coming off a blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Spurs returned home to take on the Milwaukee Bucks. Devin Vassell remains out with his adductor injury. The contest started with a gigantic scare of Victor Wembanyama banging knees with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Vic would clutch his knee on the ground and hobble to the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Just when things looked like they couldn’t get any worse for the Milwaukee Bucks, they got absolutely embarrassed by the San Antonio Spurs last night. After winning six of nine, the Bucks have now dropped three in a row and sit at 17-24 on the season, two games behind the 10th-placed Atlanta Hawks. Read our […]
From Brew Hoop | 3 days ago | 1 read
The NBA is in a great place, yet there aren’t as many high-quality big men like there were in the ‘90s and ‘80s. So it’s special when two of the top heavyweights match up, even if an injury scare limits their time against each other, and if their teams are far away in status. The […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days ago | 1 read
Victor Wembanyama and Keldon Johnson made quite an entrance to yesterday’s game. Both Spurs standouts showed up with a their heads shaved. Here’s the story behind the transition. “Last night, Vic was like, ‘Yo, let’s bald our head.’ And I was like, let’s do it.'” Keldon added, “It took me a good little minute. I […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days ago | 4 reads