The 7th-seeded Portland Trail Blazers, after a thrilling victory tonight over the Phoenix Suns in the 7/8 Play-In Game, are going to the NBA playoffs for the first time in five years where they’ll face Victor Wembanyama and the 2nd-seeded San Antonio Spurs. The schedule for the first-round playoff series has been released, so for […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are matching up with the Phoenix Suns tonight with the 7th seed in the 2026 NBA Playoffs on the line. The first game of the Western Conference Play-In will decide who will face the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. For the Blazers, this marks the first […]
The regular season has come to a close, and for the first time since 2019 (well, technically 2022 if you want to count the play-in), this is not the end of the line for the Spurs! After a 28-game turnaround from last season’s 34-48 to 62-20, the Spurs are headed to the playoffs as the […]
This season, all the playoffs will be added to a nationally televised broadcast schedule. In the past, the first round of playoffs featured the local play-by-play and color analysts that fan know and love. As Spurs fans, it is hard to recall the playoffs without Bill Land and Sean Elliott. It was always hard to […]
The Portland Trail Blazers went 2-1 this par week, losing to the San Antonio Spurs to start and then taking down the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings to clinch the 8th seed in the Western Conference. With a stretch of incredibly important games, each standout performance was more important than normal. Plenty of players […]
After the 2024 Paris Olympics concluded, I wrote a piece entitled “Age does not defeat joy, even in sports“. I talked about how some of the “senior members” of the USA Olympic basketball teams, and in particular, Steph Curry and LeBron James, had conquered the world joyfully. For me, that same word “joy” describes the […]
It was weird getting to zone out last night. Over the years I’ve been pretty open about my tendency to do this when the game gets out of hand for the Spurs, but (for the most part) I just wasn’t able to disengage like that this season. That is, I think, one of the biggest […]
The San Antonio Spurs had the opportunity to control the playoff bracket. If they defeated the Denver Nuggets, who sat the bulk of their starters and only played Nikola Jokic 18 minutes, they’d bump them down to the fourth-seed, and wouldn’t need to face them until the Western Conference Finals. Instead, the Spurs, without Victor […]
In a final tuneup before the playoffs, the Spurs took to the court and walked away relatively healthy (I’m looking at you, Dylan Harper’s thumb), which is all that matters. De’Aaron Fox led the team with 24 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Keldon Johnson contributed 18 points with 6 rebounds in the […]
And so ends the regular season! I must admit, a big part of me was hoping that the Spurs would push hard to knock Denver down to the fourth seed; not only because San Antonio would thereby avoid potentially playing them in the second round, but also because it would likely make OKC’s path to […]
Last Sunday evening, all 30 NBA teams played in an effort to unveil matchups as close to one another as possible. At the postgame press conference, it was announced that the Spurs first game takes place this Sunday. Almost immediately, social media erupted with a schedule. The Spurs play the last game on Sunday, April […]
The final buzzer at the Frost Bank Center carried little urgency for the San Antonio Spurs—but it still told a story. San Antonio came into the regular season finale on Sunday already locked into the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, so missing key pieces for rest and injury management, the Spurs fell 128-118 to […]
Leading up to Sunday Night’s game between the Spurs and Nuggets, Wolves fans had reason to hope that San Antonio would take care of business against Denver’s C team. The Spurs rolled out the majority of their lineup minus Wemby. The Nuggets took the opposite approach of Nikola Jokic surrounded a bunch of dudes they […]
The last regular season game for the Denver Nuggets ended in a victory as they beat the San Antonio Spurs 128-118. The Spurs were…
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Even though the Spurs’ spot as the 2nd seed in the West was set in stone coming into the regular season finale, they still could have had a say in their second round match-up if they could have beaten the Denver Nuggets. Unfortunately, without their two centers, the Spurs were too small to deal with […]
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 first article I wrote for PTR was in March 2014, […]
This is it: the final regular season contest of the year for the Denver Nuggets as they face off against the Spurs in San Antonio…
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The Spurs have exceeded fan and pundit expectations this year. Their rise has been multifaceted. De’Aaron Fox’s selflessness paired with his ability to augment his role based the need at an exact moment has allowed players around him to grow. But as seen when both Stephon Castle and Victor Wembanyama sat out last Wednesday, Fox […]
The San Antonio Spurs come into Game 82 of the 2025-2026 regular season with the power to influence the final standings and potential 2nd round match-ups. Though they’re locked into the #2 seed and one side of the West bracket, their opponent tonight, the Denver Nuggets, come into tonight’s game as the 3rd seed, but […]
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Sunderland 2 Spurs 0 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: Chemsdine Talbi After being able to enjoy the derby win for three weeks, it’s back to Premier League action and — to channel my inner Régis Le Bris — this is an interesting challenge. Spurs have been awful recently but another change of […]
The Dallas Mavericks (25-56) play game No. 82 Sunday against the Chicago Bulls (31-49) with a 7:30pm tipoff at American Airlines Center. The Mavericks lost on the road to the Spurs Friday, 139-120, dropping their third in a row and sixth of their last seven. Cooper Flagg scored 33 points on 25 shots and center […]
Victor Wembanyama needed to play one more game to qualify for end-of-season awards. After a rib injury, many people suggested he could do 20 minutes of cardio to meet the minimum requirements. Doing the minimum is not in Wembanyama’s nature. He exploded for 40 points in 26 minutes as the Spurs handled the Dallas Mavericks […]
Coming off a victory against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Spurs battled the Dallas Mavericks for the final time this season. Stephon Castle was ruled out, but Victor Wembanyama returned from his rib contusion. The Spurs started the game hot, outscoring the Mavs 37-26 in the first quarter. However, the Mavs fought back and outscored […]
If there were any doubts that Victor Wembanyama would be hampered in the playoffs due to his rib injury, they were quickly silenced on Friday night. Wembanyama secured a First-team All-NBA spot and the Defensive Player of the Year award in his 65th game, putting up an eye-popping 40 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and […]
The Dallas Mavericks (25-56) took on the San Antonio Spurs (62-19) Friday night in their penultimate game of the 2025-2026 season, which ended in a 139-120 loss. Dallas rolled in with a lengthy injury list that included the usual suspects this year, along with P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall and Klay Thompson. The game started off […]