Harrison Barnes is usually the gold standard for NBA reliability. Before Tuesday night, the San Antonio Spurs forward hadn’t missed a professional basketball game since late 2021.
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 Spurs are back to their winning ways after a stumble in New York. They demolished the shorthanded 76ers in a 40-point blowout that saw eight players finish with 10 points or more.
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.
The Rookie of the Year talk has started, and the conversation has been centered around Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, and VJ Edgecombe. That doesn’t take away from what other rookies are doing around the league, as there are some who are genuinely playing well.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
The Spurs knew the 76ers would be shorthanded coming into last night’s game in Philadelphia, with Joel Embiid out with an oblique strain and Paul George serving 25-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy.
The Rodeo Road Trip is supposed to test your edge. Long flights. Hostile crowds. No comfort zone. On March 3, 2026, the San Antonio Spurs not only survived it, but they owned it.
If any of us were worried about the lingering aftereffects from that loss in New York on Sunday, this was a great litmus test to reveal exactly where you fall on the half-full, half-empty divide of life’s great optimism scale.
Poke the bear and you get the horns. Something like that. Everyone and their tax advisor knew that coming off their first lost in 10 games, the Spurs would come out swinging on Tuesday night.
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.
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.
Victor Wembanyama sent a clear message on the San Antonio Spurs’ elite status following their 131-91 blowout win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night.
Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper each scored 22 points as the San Antonio Spurs wrapped up a five-game road trip by throttling the Philadelphia 76ers 131-91 on Tuesday.
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.
Following a month in which his team didn’t lose a game, San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama earned Player of the Month and Defensive Player of the Month honors for February.
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).
After watching their 11-game winning streak come to an end over the weekend, the San Antonio Spurs will attempt to start a new streak Tuesday when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers.
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).