Even though the Spurs led for more than half of the game and built a lead as large as 14 points, they couldn’t get things going offensively as smoothly as they would have liked.
Dropping an early game in a playoff series isn’t new to these young San Antonio Spurs.
Victor Wembanyama got blessed by nuns before the game, got the loudest ovation when the starters were announced, pumped his fist to the crowd a few times and generally seemed to enjoy his first taste of the NBA Finals.
The NBA banned two people for life from its arenas after one of them was arrested after running onto the court during Game 1 of the NBA Finals and appearing to take a selfie next to Victor Wembanyama.
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs had just won the Western Conference finals and earned a trip to the NBA Finals.
When the season ended, and when his team’s reign as NBA champions ended along with it, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tipped his cap.
As the San Antonio Spurs forced a Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, photos obtained by KSAT Investigates show Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones just rows away from the action.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, Alex Caruso led another strong bench effort with 22 and the Oklahoma City Thunder moved one win away from a return trip to the NBA Finals by beating the San Antonio Spurs 127-114 on Tuesday night.
Even before the New York Knicks won the Eastern Conference title, some of their fans took to the streets of Manhattan with a message.
De’Aaron Fox and Dylan Harper will be available to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night as they take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs lost 122-113 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night.
Victor Wembanyama led the San Antonio Spurs to a 122-115 double-overtime win against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
San Antonio guard De’Aaron Fox was ruled out of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals with right ankle soreness, a huge blow to the Spurs going into the series opener against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
The NBA will reveal this season’s Most Valuable Player on Sunday, which just happens to be the day before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.
Victor Wembanyama had to put in plenty of work to compile 39 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks in a 115-108 victory in Game 3 that gave the San Antonio Spurs a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama did not play Friday night in Game 3 against Portland in the teams’ first-round playoff series while he continued to recover from a concussion.
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama won’t suit up for Game 3 against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, three days after he fell face-first and sustained a concussion in Game 2.
Victor Wembanyama traveled with the San Antonio Spurs to Portland but his status for Game 3 against the Trail Blazers remains uncertain.
Victor Wembanyama and most of his San Antonio teammates will make their playoff debut Sunday against Portland. Follow here for live updates from the game.
Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic exited after playing the first half of the Denver Nuggets' regular-season finale against San Antonio on Sunday night for his 65th game played to qualify for NBA awards.
Victor Wembanyama had 40 points and 13 rebounds in his 65th game to become eligible for NBA awards, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 139-120.
De’Aaron Fox had 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs kept rolling even with Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle sidelined by injuries, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers 112-101.
Stephon Castle had 17 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs held on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 115-102 after losing Victor Wembanyama in the first half due to a left rib contusion.
Victor Wembanyama suffered a left rib contusion and was ruled out of the second half of San Antonio’s 115-102 win over Philadelphia on Monday night, leaving the status of the Spurs’ center for the rest of the regular season in doubt.
While several Spurs players will get to rest during the All-Star break, a handful of others will be busy in Los Angeles during NBA All-Star weekend Feb. 13-15.
Victor Wembanyama began his 40-point performance against the Lakers with a 25-point first quarter.
The long, strange trip the San Antonio Spurs faced to get home from the East Coast led to another time change for their game against the Orlando Magic.
Saddiq Bey and Zion Williamson each had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans squandered a 20-point lead before rebounding to beat the San Antonio Spurs 104-95 on Sunday night.
De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points and the San Antonio Spurs won their first game since Victor Wembanyama injured his left knee, beating the Indiana 123-113 on Friday night for the Pacers' 11th straight loss.
Mitch Johnson was destined to achieve many “firsts” in his first full season as San Antonio Spurs head coach. On Friday, Johnson earned another “first.”
The San Antonio Spurs have emerged as a serious threat to the Oklahoma City Thunder's NBA dominance.
The San Antonio Spurs are the hottest team in the NBA just a year removed from two of the worst seasons in franchise history.
The NBA is buzzing with a potential new rivalry between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
San Antonio rookie Dylan Harper had a season-high 24 points and the Spurs led for all but 22 seconds in defeating the Washington Wizards 119-94 on Thursday night to rebound from a disappointing loss in the NBA Cup final.
Victor Wembanyama could rejoin the San Antonio Spurs this weekend in their NBA Cup chase.
Victor Wembanyama will miss the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA Cup quarterfinal against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, the team announced Tuesday.
De’Aaron Fox had 26 points, Harrison Barnes added 23 points and the San Antonio Spurs escaped with a 111-101 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is expected to be out for multiple weeks with a left calf strain, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
De’Aaron Fox had a season-high 28 points along with 11 assists and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 123-110 on Sunday with Victor Wembanyama missing his first game of the season with a calf injury.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama will miss Sunday’s game against the Sacramento Kings because of left calf tightness.
The Spurs won their first opener in four seasons and finally beat their Southwest rivals, the Dallas Mavericks, who had defeated them in two straight season-opening games.
Victor Wembanyama took a seat behind a Spurs microphone, clapped his hands and snapped his fingers. Now 21, Wembanyama was ready for his third Spurs Media Day.
Despite knowing he got the job several months ago, Monday marked the beginning of Mitch Johnson’s first NBA training camp as San Antonio Spurs head coach.
The NBA's Media Day happens on Monday for most teams, marking the start of training camps.
The San Antonio Spurs surprised students at Warrior Gym in Hunt Middle School and Ingram Tom Moore High School, bringing pure joy to a community hit by the July 4 floods in the Texas Hill Country.
The NBA has adjusted all-time wins leader Gregg Popovich’s career record with the San Antonio Spurs, removing the 77 games that he missed last season and crediting those wins and losses to new Spurs coach Mitch Johnson.
A city council member is hopeful that its international airport will bear the name of a San Antonio icon.
On Monday morning, the Spurs invited the media to the Victory Capital Performance Center to introduce Mitch Johnson as their 19th head coach in franchise history.
Gregg Popovich spoke publicly Monday for the first time since suffering a stroke six months ago, saying at the news conference where the San Antonio Spurs formally introduced Mitch Johnson as his replacement that the time was right to make that move.
Spurs fans are accustomed to certain dates signifying great accomplishments in franchise history. But when has a date marked a change at the head coach position? Many young Spurs fans couldn’t tell you the last time it happened.
San Antonio’s big Fiesta Friday was eventful in more ways than one: The news of Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich stepping down broke as the Battle of Flowers Parade kicked off.
Mitch Johnson, who served as the San Antonio Spurs’ interim head coach in 2024-25, is now the head coach of the Silver and Black.
Gregg Popovich, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, will no longer coach the team and will transition to a new role with the franchise. Assistant Mitch Johnson will reportedly succeed Popovich as Spurs head coach.
San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is doing well at home after needing medical attention earlier this week following an incident at a restaurant.
San Antonio guard Stephon Castle went through a little of everything in Year 1 of his NBA career.
Brandin Podziemski scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors rang up their highest total of the season in a 148-106 rout of the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.
Victor Wembanyama made a surprising appearance with the San Antonio Spurs in California to support his teammates and be present for De’Aaron Fox’s return to Sacramento.
The longest-tenured coach in NBA history won’t return to the sidelines for the remainder of this season.
After San Antonio Spurs' star Victor Wembanyama’s season-ending injury diagnosis, legendary head coach Gregg Popovich will also miss the rest of the 2024-25 campaign, according to ESPN.
The French sports newspaper L’Equipe published a photo of Victor Wembanyama across the entirety of its front page on Friday, the San Antonio star looking down with his hands on his hips.
San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famer Tony Parker says Victor Wembanyama can be the best player in the NBA.
Here are some of the things on Victor Wembanyama’s Paris itinerary to this point: arranging a shopping trip and then a dinner for San Antonio Spurs teammates on Monday, dedicating a pair of outdoor courts in his hometown and then some Fashion Week appearances on Tuesday and heading to the Paris Saint-Germain vs.
Indiana’s Rick Carlisle has coached more games against San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich than anyone else.
Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich expressed his gratitude and his desire to return to the bench in his first public statement since suffering a stroke last month.