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Slice up stats and records any way you like, the Spurs are on a roll. When the Spurs won in Detroit the other night, it was their 1300th win since the start of the new millennium. Wednesday night’s win in Toronto was their tenth in a row, the first time since the 2015-16 season. Here’s […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 3 hours ago | 0 reads
The San Antonio Spurs will be on the second game of a back-to-back after a tough win against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. The Spurs needed a fourth-quarter comeback to take down Toronto, and will now be on short rest against the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn and San Antonio’s records are almost exactly flipped: the […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads
Looking for their 10th straight win for the first time in ten years, the Spurs continued their tour of Eastern Conference playoff teams, this time across the border against the Toronto Raptors. It wasn’t a pretty game, but despite more offensive struggles from Victor Wembanyama and some terrible free throw shooting making life harder than […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 8 hours ago | 0 reads
There are certain players who draw a crowd wherever they go. LeBron James, of course. Steph Curry, Luka Doncic, SGA all come to mind. Victor Wembenyama, though, warmed up ahead of the Spurs’ sole game in Toronto this season to a level of fanfare most of those aforementioned guys rarely see. People were going wild […]
From Raptors HQ | about 9 hours ago | 0 reads
The San Antonio Spurs found themselves down twelve to the Toronto Raptors. They kicked up the defensive intensity at the start of the fourth quarter, outscoring Toronto 32-17 in the final frame to secure the 110-107 victory. The Spurs nearly lost a free-throw battle down the stretch. The team went 13-23 from the line for […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 9 hours 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. O Canada! The Spurs are on a nine game winning streak, […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 13 hours ago | 0 reads
Per a Spurs press release: The NBA G League announced that Austin Spurs forward Harrison Ingram has been named NBA G League Player of the Week for games played Feb. 9-22. This marks the first Player of the Week honor of Ingram’s career and the first for an Austin player this season. Ingram averaged 22.2 […]
From Pounding The Rock | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Every game after the All-Star break feels like it carries more weight, especially for a team that is within striking distance of the first seed, and another that can still secure home-court advantage in the first round. The San Antonio Spurs are the hottest team in the NBA with nine straight wins, five of which […]
From Pounding The Rock | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Spurs wily manager Bill Nicholson watched from the Elland Road stands as Sunderland blew Leeds away in a first-half display of skill, pace and power. With his Spurs side making the journey to Roker Park the following Saturday in the 6th Round of the FA Cup and with the Black Cats having already seen off […]
From Roker Report | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Regular season basketball is a funny thing because there was a moment near the end of the first quarter when Tobias Harris threw down a hellacious dunk in traffic and I thought to myself, dramatically, “This is it. This is how the dream dies.” The Pistons had not only erased a massive early deficit, but […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 1 read
The highest game total in the 2005 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Detroit Pistons was Game 5 with the Spurs winning 96-95. The Silver and Black won that nail biter on a go-ahead, clutch three-point shot by none other than Robert Horry. Tim Duncan had 26 points and 19 rebounds along […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 0 reads
It’s a thing. It has its own Wikipedia entry. The 40-20 Rule states that a team must win 40 games before losing 20 to have a chance at winning the championship in that season. Since 1980, only four teams have won a championship despite not winning 40 before losing 20. The rule was introduced by […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The Spurs’ much-anticipated visit to the league-best Pistons lived up to the hype. The matchup had the intensity of a playoff game, with both teams clearly valuing a win more than they’d normally would on an average February night. In that context, San Antonio’s 114-103 victory has to be considered one of their best of […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 1 read
In one of their most impressive wins of the season, which is saying a lot, the Spurs went into the den of the top team in the NBA and slayed the Detroit Pistons. After a quick start, it took some time for Victor Wembanyama to adjust to the physical play, but his teammates were able […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days 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 on an eight-game winning streak, which matches their […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 1 read
The Spurs signed wing Emanuel Miller to a two-way contract, the team announced. Stanley Umude was waived to make room for the new signee. Miller, 25, is a 6’5 wing who went undrafted after attending Texas A&M and Texas Christian University, but has spent time with the Bulls and Cavaliers on two-way deals before landing […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days 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 17: The Spurs started off the Rodeo Road Trip by sweeping a couple of games against injured Lakers and Warriors teams to head into […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Since February 3, 2025, De’Aaron Fox has been a member of the San Antonio Spurs, before that, he spent the entirety of his career with the Sacramento Kings. On Saturday night, the Spurs hosted the Kings in the second of their games taking place in Austin. Before the game, Kings head coach Doug Christie was […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Three seasons ago, the San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons faced off on January 6th. At the time, the winner of the game was actually considered the loser. Both teams were on a downward slide and playing to increase their lottery odds for the ultimate prize, the chance to draft Victor Wembanyama. Now, after two […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Coming off a blowout victory against the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs took on the Sacramento Kings for the second I-35 Series game at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. The Spurs started hot with an 11-0 run. However, the Kings crawled back to within four points by the end of the first quarter. Despite the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days ago | 0 reads
NBA Hall-of-Fame coach Phil Jackson once said that for a team to be considered an “elite” championship contender, they must win 40 games in the regular season before they lose 20. On Saturday night, the San Antonio Spurs became the third team to meet that criteria in the 2025-26 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder and […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Year after year, the salaries of NBA players increase. Dylan Harper, the Spurs second overall pick last summer, is making $56M on a rookie contract compared to $35M, the total career earnings of his father Ron Harper. It’s not that the senior Harper was underpaid, that was just what a player of his stature made […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days ago | 0 reads
The first few minutes felt like a track meet tilted entirely in the Spurs’ favor. Inside the friendly confines of the San Antonio Spurs’ weekend home in Austin, the Silver and Black (or teal, orange, and pink) exploded out of the gates Saturday night, racing to an early double-digit lead and would route the Sacramento […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Sometimes it seems like a really hot start is the worst thing that can happen to the Spurs. After the Spurs started the game on an 11-0 run the Spurs let up a bit and let the Kings back into the game. They got complacent, and the Kings fed off of the Spurs lack of […]
From Pounding The Rock | 4 days 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 have never won both games in the Moody Center […]
From Pounding The Rock | 5 days ago | 0 reads