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San Antonio Spurs (4-0) vs. Miami Heat (3-1) After a few days of rest, the San Antonio Spurs will try to get off to the franchise’s best start to a season, winning five straight games. They’ll face their biggest challenge yet in a similarly hot Miami Heat squad. The Heat have won three consecutive games and lead the […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
How real is the Spurs’ 4-0 start? Is it mostly a schedule thing, or has the team made a genuine leap beyond expectations? Marilyn Dubinski: It would be dishonest to say the Spurs haven’t benefited from a somewhat easy opening schedule (which as always, will make up for itself), but there is also no doubt […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The San Antonio Spurs have taken the basketball world by storm. Over the course of the first week, the Spurs have gone from an intriguing young team to appointment viewing. San Antonio is 4-0 for the first time since the 2017-2018 season, and is slated to get back their All-Star guard, De’Aaron Fox, in the […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Per a Spurs press release: As a result of last season’s inaugural “Champions for Change” event, the San Antonio Spurs are proud to announce the distribution of nearly $100,000 in grant funding to local nonprofit organizations recognized for their extraordinary community impact. Through funds raised at the Champions for Change event, which brought together Spurs […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
It’s a tiny sample size of just four games, and they don’t exactly have the strongest strength of schedule yet, but the Spurs are already boasting the best defense in the NBA. They have the top defensive rating at +15.6, as well as leading he league in opponent points per game, blocks, rebounds and the […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Moral victories are much better when an actual victory comes along with it. A day after blowing a 26-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday afternoon, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs may be heading for another blown 20+ point lead against the Toronto Raptors. The Silver and Black were able to pull […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The Mavericks were 1-3 this past week and sit at 14th place in the West. They got beat by San Antonio (125-92) in the home opener and followed that up with a loss to Washington (117-107). They got on the board with a win against Toronto (139-129), but a late comeback fell short, and they […]
From Mavs Moneyball | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Who’s got two thumbs and is using one of them to thumb through the standings to see the San Antonio Spurs atop the conference (nay, the league) alongside the defending champion Oklahoma Thunder? Sure, it’s only four games, but if you revel in taking joy from a man who doesn’t know what 67 or “no […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The Spurs have a 4-0 record to start the season for the first time since 2017. Last night, the Spurs held the Toronto Raptors to 20 rebounds, the 7th worst in NBA history. There’s been a lot of development. The team has spent time together and it shows. Individually, accolades are also beginning to pour […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
The Spurs still have a perfect record in the 2025/26 season. After beating the Nets on Sunday, the Silver and Black took care of the Raptors with ease on Monday, defeating the visitors 121-103 thanks to a strong first half and some timely buckets in the fourth quarter. In the battle between two teams playing […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Toronto Raptors, playing their style better than them at times and surviving a late comeback attempt to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2017. It was a quieter night from Victor Wembanyama in the scoring department — 24 points on 87.5 percent shooting — but it seemed […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
After a tough matchup in Dallas last night, the Toronto Raptors continued their tour of Texas against the San Antonio Spurs. Playing on the second night of a back-to-back on the road this early in the season was evident throughout much of the game. The Raptors trailed throughout and any opportunity they had to get […]
From Raptors HQ | about 1 month 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’ first home game of the season was kind of […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Only four teams are undefeated after the first six days of the NBA season: The Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Chicago Bulls. One is the defending NBA champions. One has a player like we’ve never seen before. One has a former MVP. And the other has a slightly above-average starting point guard! I think most would say the Chicago Bulls have had a surprising start to the 2025-26 season. Facing off against two projected playoff teams with former No. 1 pi...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Welcome to the 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! Usually we start with a reminder of how last week went, but we didn’t have a Week 0 post. Long story short, they went […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
For the second game in a row, the Nets almost pulled off the impossible. After trailing by as much as 26 in the third quarter, the Nets were led by a red hot Cam Thomas, whose scoring single handedly brought them back against the Spurs. But yet again, the inexperience and youth of our beloved […]
From NetsDaily | about 1 month ago | 1 read
It still seems unfinished. That’s the thought that kept running through my head all throughout Sunday’s tilt with the Brooklyn Nets. The Spurs are undefeated. The vibes are high. Everyone is pleased as punch with the roaring start this new season has gotten off to. Wemby has arrived. Castle has ascended. Harper looks legit. The […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
After a pair of embarrassing losses against the San Antonio Spurs and the Washington Wizards, the Dallas Mavericks (1-2) finally found some footing Sunday night, taking their first win of the season off a disjointed Toronto Raptors team. Now, they face their first real challenge of the year: the reigning NBA champions, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and […]
From Mavs Moneyball | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
The dreaded second game of a back-to-back rears its nasty head once again on Monday night. This time, for the San Antonio Spurs and their opponent, the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors tipped off a few hours after the Spurs ended their game on Sunday. Both teams’ first game of the back-to-back had disastrous third quarters. […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The image says it all. Wemby will keep getting the headlines, but even he agrees that basketball is a team sport requiring excellence from all. Keldon Johnson, the longest tenured member of the Spurs, pulled his 2000th rebound. Now in seventh season, Johnson joins George Gervin, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Alvin Roberston as the […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
San Antonio Spurs fans have been waiting to see the Silver and Black put on a regular-season show at home for months. The Spurs did not disappoint in their home opener. Despite giving up a 26-point lead, San Antonio fought back in the fourth quarter to secure a 118-107 win over the Brooklyn Nets, starting […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
No lead is safe in the modern NBA. The San Antonio Spurs learned that lesson in Sunday’s home opener against the Brooklyn Nets. The Spurs’ 26-point lead, built over the course of roughly 27 minutes, became a 1-point deficit with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Thanks to the heroics of their superstar and […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Sundays are often spent lounging around or relaxing in some capacity. The Brooklyn Nets took a different approach this afternoon. In their matinee contest against the San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn came ready to run, pressure, and give the home fans anything but the easy win they surely expected. The Nets forced San Antonio into seven […]
From NetsDaily | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Rookie Dylan Harper kickstarted a closing 23-10 Spurs run whose exclamation points consisted of a difficult Stephon Castle lay-up, a steal and transition dunk by Devin Vassell, and an emphatic over-the-head lob from Keldon Johnson to Victor Wembanyama – allowing San Antonio to gut out a gritty 117-107 victory. San Antonio worked through the kinks […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Social media watchers or those in attendance for the Spurs’ home opener against the Brooklyn Nets may have noticed a difference in the Frost Bank Center on Sunday afternoon, and that would be an extra banner hanging among the retired jerseys. In typical fashion, without much pomp and circumstance, the Spurs found a way to […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 1 month ago | 1 read