According to the San Antonio Fire Department, a person has been hospitalized following a shooting in the Frost Bank Center parking lot on Thursday night after the San Antonio Spurs played the Detroit Pistons.
Victor Wembanyama amassed 38 points, 16 rebounds and five blocked shots as the San Antonio Spurs opened a six-game homestand with a decisive 121-106 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
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The San Antonio Spurs denied the Detroit Pistons revenge in the first game at Frost Bank Center since Feb. 7. The difference was that they got everything they wanted at 0-3 feet, plus got a nice boost from second opportunities and playing in transition.
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As experts and fans continue to dissect whether the San Antonio Spurs are indeed true NBA championship contenders, the team continues to give indication after indication that they are.
Progress is a term Victor Wembanyama has not shied away from invoking since joining the San Antonio Spurs. Through his first two-plus seasons with the franchise, the generational talent has used the word in aspirational contexts.
Victor Wembanyama has already built a reputation as one of the NBA’s most intimidating defenders, and the San Antonio Spurs star admits there is a small part of him that enjoys what his blocks do to opponents.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
When a deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder ended Victor Wembanyama’s 24-25 season, he decided to take recovery extremely seriously and turned to some rather unconventional methods to come back stronger.
Harrison Barnes was apparently done in by the world’s most dangerous nap. The San Antonio Spurs forward Barnes had to sit out Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pa.
The San Antonio Spurs have reeled off 12 wins in the past 13 contests despite playing just five of those games at home since Feb. 1. That means they will be carrying plenty of momentum when they host the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Thursday in the opener of a six-game homestand.
San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes saw a lengthy games-played streak come to an end Thursday night. Barnes missed the Spurs’ 131-91 blowout of the Philadelphia 76ers after waking up from a pregame nap with soreness in his left ankle, according to coach Mitch Johnson.
The San Antonio Spurs didn’t just beat the Philadelphia 76ers — they dismantled them, humiliated them, and sent the home crowd shuffling toward the exits before the fourth quarter even had a chance to matter.
Golden State Warriors veteran Al Horford is joining voices with San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet in calling out the Atlanta Hawks for an upcoming promotion featuring a strip club.
Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson was named the Coach of the Month for the Western Conference after leading his team to an 11-0 record in February, the NBA announced today (Twitter link).
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet is urging the Atlanta Hawks to reconsider an upcoming “Magic City Night” promotion. Magic City is a well-known Atlanta strip club.
The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-89 at Madison Square Garden on March 1 to snap San Antonio’s 11-game winning streak, forcing 22 turnovers and holding the Spurs to 26.5% from three-point range.
The Spurs are doing more than stacking wins. They are showing growth. Thursday’s victory at Brooklyn pushed San Antonio’s streak to 11 straight and capped an undefeated February, just the third perfect month in franchise history.
1:03 pm: The Spurs have officially signed Plumlee to a rest-of-season contract, the team confirmed in a press release. 12:51 pm: The Spurs are re-signing veteran center Mason Plumlee for the rest of the season, agent Mark Bartelstein tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).