Team: | San Antonio Spurs |
End Year: | 2020 |
Wins: | 32 |
Losses: | 39 |
Division: | Southwest |
Division Place: | 4 |
Conf Place: | 11 |
Coach: | Gregg Popovich |
Gm: | Brian Wright |
Owners: | Peter Holt |
Arena: | AT&T Center |
Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
Bbr Team: | SAS |
Television: | Fox Sports Southwest, KENS, KMYS |
Radio: | 1200 WOAI |
The 2019–20 San Antonio Spurs season was the 53rd season of the franchise, its 44th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 47th in the San Antonio area. For the first time since the 1996–97 season, the Spurs failed to qualify for the postseason when the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Milwaukee Bucks on August 13, 2020, snapping their 22-year consecutive playoff streak and finishing with a losing record. This was only the second time under Gregg Popovich's tenure that the Spurs failed to make the playoffs. After their 22-year playoff streak was snapped, the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League owned the longest active playoff streak in any major North American sports league making the playoffs every year from 2006–07 to 2021-22. The Houston Rockets held the longest active playoff streak in the NBA, making the playoffs every year from 2012–13 to 2020–21.[1]
The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11[2] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.[3]
On June 4, the Spurs were one of 22 teams invited to the NBA Bubble.
Before the season, Ettore Messina left the Spurs' coaching staff.[4] The staff was joined by onetime Spurs superstar Tim Duncan.[5]
The Spurs retired the number nine jersey of onetime Spurs point guard Tony Parker at the AT&T Center on November 10, 2019 prior to a home game against the Memphis Grizzlies.[6]
From November 9–20, 2019, the Spurs suffered their first seven-game losing streak since 1996–97. (The 1996–97 season was Gregg Popovich's first year as Spurs head coach, is the most recent season in which the Spurs finished with a losing record, and is the most recent season in which the Spurs failed to make the NBA playoffs.)
See main article: article and 2019 NBA draft.
The Spurs held two first-round draft picks in the 2019 draft, including the 29th pick they obtained from Toronto in the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade in 2018.[7] [8] They also held a second-round draft pick.[9]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club | |
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1 | 19 | Luka Šamanić | PF | Croatia | KK Olimpija | |
1 | 29 | Keldon Johnson | SG/SF | United States | Kentucky | |
2 | 49 | Quinndary Weatherspoon | PG/SG | United States | Mississippi State |
The entire preseason schedule was released on July 22, 2019.[10] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 5| Orlando| | Bryn Forbes (24)| Rudy Gay (6)| Derrick White (6)| AT&T Center
14,123| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 8| @ Miami| | Rudy Gay (12)| Jakob Pöltl (5)| Murray, DeRozan (3)| AmericanAirlines Arena
19,600| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 13| New Orleans| | Bryn Forbes (18)| Jakob Pöltl (7)| Patty Mills (6)| AT&T Center
12,101| 0–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 16| @ Houston| | LaMarcus Aldridge (22)| DeMarre Carroll (7)| Jakob Pöltl (5)| Toyota Center
17,283| 1–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 18| Memphis| | Patty Mills (16)| LaMarcus Aldridge (11)| DeMar DeRozan (5)| AT&T Center
12,664| 2–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 23| New York| | LaMarcus Aldridge (22)| Trey Lyles (11)| Dejounte Murray (6)| AT&T Center
18,354| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 26| Washington| | LaMarcus Aldridge (27)| Dejounte Murray (10)| Poeltl, Murray (4)| AT&T Center
18,354| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 28| Portland| | DeMar DeRozan (27)| Trey Lyles (8)| Dejounte Murray (8)| AT&T Center
18,083| 3–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 31| @ L. A. Clippers| | DeMar DeRozan (29)| Rudy Gay (12)| Rudy Gay (4)| Staples Center
19,068| 3–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| November 1| @ Golden State| | Patty Mills (31)| Trey Lyles (14)| DeMar DeRozan (11)| Chase Center
18,064| 4–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 3| L. A. Lakers| | Dejounte Murray (18)| Dejounte Murray (11)| DeMar DeRozan (5)| AT&T Center
18,610| 4–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 5| @ Atlanta| | DeMar DeRozan (22)| Trey Lyles (12)| Aldridge, DeRozan, Murray (4)| State Farm Arena
14,025| 4–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 7| Oklahoma City| | LaMarcus Aldridge (39)| Dejounte Murray (8)| Dejounte Murray (10)| AT&T Center
18,354| 5–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 9| Boston| | DeMar DeRozan (22)| Lyles, Metu (8)| DeRozan, Murray (4)| AT&T Center
18,354| 5–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 11| Memphis| | LaMarcus Aldridge (19)| Rudy Gay (8)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| AT&T Center
18,627| 5–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| November 13| @ Minnesota| | DeMar DeRozan (27)| Trey Lyles (11)| DeRozan, White (4)| Target Center
11,581| 5–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 15| @ Orlando| | DeMar DeRozan (21)| Trey Lyles (12)| Dejounte Murray (6)| Amway Center
16,296| 5–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 16| Portland| | LaMarcus Aldridge (30)| LaMarcus Aldridge (13)| DeRozan, White, Mills (5)| AT&T Center
18,534| 5–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 18| @ Dallas| | DeMar DeRozan (36)| Jakob Poeltl (10)| DeMar DeRozan (4)| American Airlines Center
19,637| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| November 20| @ Washington| | DeMar DeRozan (31)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| Bryn Forbes (7)| Capital One Arena
14,579| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 22| @ Philadelphia| | DeMar DeRozan (29)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| Mills, Murray (4)| Wells Fargo Center
20,927| 5–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 23| @ New York| | LaMarcus Aldridge (23)| Jakob Poeltl (10)| Derrick White (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,320| 6–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 25| L. A. Lakers| | LaMarcus Aldridge (30)| Poeltl, Murray (8)| DeRozan, Forbes (5)| AT&T Center
18,498| 6–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| November 27| Minnesota| | LaMarcus Aldridge (22)| Rudy Gay (11)| Derrick White (6)| AT&T Center
18,354| 6–13|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| November 29| L. A. Clippers| | White, Aldridge (17)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| LaMarcus Aldridge (7)| AT&T Center
18,354| 7–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| December 1| @ Detroit| | DeMar DeRozan (20)| Drew Eubanks (8)| Dejounte Murray (6)| Little Caesars Arena
14,270| 7–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 3| Houston| | Lonnie Walker (28)| Jakob Poeltl (15)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| AT&T Center
18,354| 8–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 6| Sacramento| | LaMarcus Aldridge (19)| LaMarcus Aldridge (13)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| AT&T Center
18,354| 9–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 12| Cleveland| | DeMar DeRozan (21)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| DeRozan, Murray (4)| AT&T Center
18,354| 9–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25| December 14| @ Phoenix| | Patty Mills (26)| Jakob Poeltl (11)| Dejounte Murray (5)| Mexico City Arena
20,013| 10–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 16| @ Houston| | LaMarcus Aldridge (19)| LaMarcus Aldridge (13)| DeMar DeRozan (5)| Toyota Center
18,055| 10–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 27| December 19| Brooklyn| | Patty Mills (27)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| DeMar DeRozan (6)| AT&T Center
18,354| 11–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 21| L. A. Clippers| | DeMar DeRozan (24)| Gay, Murray, Poeltl (5)| Dejounte Murray (6)| AT&T Center
18,354| 11–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 29| December 23| @ Memphis| | LaMarcus Aldridge (40)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| DeMar DeRozan (10)| FedExForum
16,776| 12–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| December 26| @ Dallas| | DeMar DeRozan (21)| Rudy Gay (8)| Derrick White (6)| American Airlines Center
20,427| 12–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 28| Detroit| | DeMar DeRozan (29)| LaMarcus Aldridge (12)| DeMar DeRozan (8)| AT&T Center
18,524| 13–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| December 31| Golden State| | DeMar DeRozan (24)| LaMarcus Aldridge (12)| Dejounte Murray (5)| AT&T Center
18,354| 14–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| January 2| Oklahoma City| | DeMar DeRozan (30)| LaMarcus Aldridge (11)| Derrick White (5)| AT&T Center
18,354| 14–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| January 4| @ Milwaukee| | DeMar DeRozan (26)| Trey Lyles (14)| DeMar DeRozan (5)| Fiserv Forum
18,002| 14–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| January 6| Milwaukee| | DeMar DeRozan (25)| Trey Lyles (12)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| AT&T Center
18,354| 15–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 36| January 8| @ Boston| | DeMar DeRozan (30)| Jakob Poeltl (8)| Bryn Forbes (6)| TD Garden
19,156| 16–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 10| @ Memphis| | DeMar DeRozan (36)| Aldridge, DeRozan (9)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| FedExForum
16,448| 16–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 12| @ Toronto| | DeMar DeRozan (25)| Jakob Poeltl (10)| Aldridge, DeRozan, White, Murray (4)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 17–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 15| @ Miami| | DeMar DeRozan (30)| Lyles, Murray (7)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,704| 17–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 17| Atlanta| | LaMarcus Aldridge (30)| Dejounte Murray (12)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| AT&T Center
18,354| 17–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41| January 19| Miami| | LaMarcus Aldridge (21)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| AT&T Center
18,422| 18–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42| January 20| @ Phoenix| | Derrick White (25)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| DeMar DeRozan (8)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
14,847| 19–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 43| January 22| @ New Orleans| | LaMarcus Aldridge (32)| LaMarcus Aldridge (14)| Derrick White (7)| Smoothie King Center
18,365| 20–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 44| January 24| Phoenix| | DeMar DeRozan (30)| DeRozan, Lyles (8)| DeRozan, White (4)| AT&T Center
18,354| 20–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 26| Toronto| | DeRozan, White (14)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| AT&T Center
18,354| 20–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 27| @ Chicago| | DeMar DeRozan (36)| Jakob Poeltl (13)| Bryn Forbes (5)| United Center
16,071| 20–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 29| Utah| | DeMar DeRozan (38)| Jakob Poeltl (8)| DeRozan, Poeltl (5)| AT&T Center
18,778| 21–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 48| February 1| Charlotte| | DeMar DeRozan (24)| Dejounte Murray (10)| DeMar DeRozan (6)| AT&T Center
18,615| 22–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| February 3| @ L. A. Clippers| | LaMarcus Aldridge (27)| LaMarcus Aldridge (9)| Derrick White (6)| Staples Center
19,068| 22–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 50| February 4| @ L. A. Lakers| | DeMar DeRozan (28)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 22–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 6| @ Portland| | Trey Lyles (23)| Trey Lyles (10)| DeMar DeRozan (6)| Moda Center
19,653| 22–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 8| @ Sacramento| | Dejounte Murray (17)| LaMarcus Aldridge (10)| Dejounte Murray (9)| Golden 1 Center
16,756| 22–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 53| February 10| @ Denver| | LaMarcus Aldridge (33)| Trey Lyles (7)| Dejounte Murray (9)| Pepsi Center
19,520| 22–31|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 11| @ Oklahoma City| | Aldridge, Murray (25)| LaMarcus Aldridge (14)| Derrick White (8)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 23–31|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 21| @ Utah| | Dejounte Murray (23)| LaMarcus Aldridge (8)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 24–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 23| @ Oklahoma City| | Rudy Gay (14)| Rudy Gay (6)| Dejounte Murray (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 24–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 26| Dallas| | DeMar DeRozan (27)| Trey Lyles (9)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| AT&T Center
18,354| 24–33|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 29| Orlando| | Trey Lyles (20)| Trey Lyles (9)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| AT&T Center
18,354| 25–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| March 2| Indiana| | Patty Mills (24)| Dejounte Murray (7)| DeMar DeRozan (7)| AT&T Center
17,635| 25–34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| March 3| @ Charlotte| | Dejounte Murray (21)| Rudy Gay (7)| DeMar DeRozan (10)| Spectrum Center
12,008| 26–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 6| @ Brooklyn| | DeMar DeRozan (24)| Gay, Murray (6)| DeMar DeRozan (9)| Barclays Center
16,277| 26–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 8| @ Cleveland| | DeMar DeRozan (25)| Gay, Lyles (9)| Dejounte Murray (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,995| 26–36|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 10| Dallas| | LaMarcus Aldridge (24)| Trey Lyles (11)| DeMar DeRozan (12)| AT&T Center
18,354| 27–36|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64| July 31| Sacramento| | DeMar DeRozan (27)| Gay, White (8)| DeMar DeRozan (10)| Visa Athletic Center
No In-Person Attendance| 28–36|- style="background:#cfc;"| 65| August 2| @ Memphis| | Dejounte Murray (21)| Dejounte Murray (10)| DeRozan, White (7)| Visa Athletic Center
No In-Person Attendance| 29–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 66| August 3| @ Philadelphia| | DeMar DeRozan (30)| Drew Eubanks (10)| Jakob Pöltl (4)| Visa Athletic Center
No In-Person Attendance| 29–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 67| August 5| Denver| | Rudy Gay (24)| Jakob Pöltl (7)| DeMar DeRozan (8)| Visa Athletic Center
No In-Person Attendance| 29–38|- style="background:#cfc;"| 68| August 7| Utah| | Derrick White (24)| Jakob Pöltl (10)| Dejounte Murray (6)| HP Field House
No In-Person Attendance| 30–38|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69| August 9| @ New Orleans| | DeMar DeRozan (27)| Jakob Pöltl (14)| Lonnie Walker (4)| HP Field House
No In-Person Attendance| 31–38|- style="background:#cfc;"| 70| August 11| Houston| | Keldon Johnson (24)| Jakob Pöltl (12)| Dejounte Murray (7)| HP Field House
No In-Person Attendance| 32–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 71| August 13| @ Utah| | Keldon Johnson (20)| Dejounte Murray (14)| Dejounte Murray (7)| HP Field House
No In-Person Attendance| 32–39|- style="background:#;"| 64| March 13| Denver| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 65| March 14| Minnesota| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 66| March 16| Memphis| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 67| March 18| @ New Orleans| | | | | Smoothie King Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 68| March 20| Chicago| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 69| March 22| Utah| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 70| March 24| @ Utah| | | | | Vivint Smart Home Arena
| |- style="background:#;"| 71| March 26| @ Minnesota| | | | | Target Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 72| March 27| @ Denver| | | | | Pepsi Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 73| March 29| @ Golden State| | | | | Chase Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 74| March 31| @ Sacramento| | | | | Golden 1 Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 75| April 3| Golden State| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 76| April 5| New Orleans| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 77| April 7| Sacramento| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 78| April 8| @ Houston| | | | | Toyota Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 79| April 10| Philadelphia| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 80| April 12| Houston| | | | | AT&T Center
| |- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| @ Indiana| | | | | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
| |- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| New Orleans| | | | | AT&T Center
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|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 68 || 68 || 34.1 || .531 || .257 || .845 || 5.5 || 5.6 || 1.0 || .3 || 22.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 68 || 20 || 24.7 || .458 || .366 || .853 || 3.3 || 3.5 || .6 || .9 || 11.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 67 || 5 || 21.8 || .446 || .336 || .882 || 5.4 || 1.7 || .5 || .5 || 10.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 66 || 58 || 25.6 || .462 || .369 || .798 || 5.8 || 4.1 || 1.7 || .3 || 10.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 66 || 18 || 17.7 || .624 || || .465 || 5.7 || 1.8 || .6 || 1.4 || 5.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 66 || 1 || 22.5 || .431 || .382 || .866 || 1.6 || 1.8 || .8 || .1 || 11.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 63 || 62 || 25.1 || .417 || .388 || .833 || 2.0 || 1.7 || .5 || .0 || 11.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 63 || 53 || 20.2 || .446 || .387 || .733 || 5.7 || 1.1 || .4 || .4 || 6.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 61 || 12 || 16.2 || .426 || .406 || .721 || 2.3 || 1.1 || .5 || .2 || 6.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 57 || 0 || 15.5 || .392 || .376 || .828 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || 6.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 53 || 53 || 33.1 || .493 || .389 || .827 || 7.4 || 2.4 || .7 || 1.6 || 18.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 22 || 3 || 12.4 || .642 || 1.000 || .769 || 3.9 || .7 || .2 || .8 || 4.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 18 || 0 || 5.8 || .571 || .000 || .769 || 1.8 || .6 || .2 || .3 || 3.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 17 || 1 || 17.7 || .596 || .591 || .795 || 3.4 || .9 || .8 || .1 || 9.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|†| 15 || 0 || 9.0 || .310 || .231 || .600 || 2.1 || .7 || .1 || .1 || 2.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 11 || 0 || 7.1 || .294 || .200 || .500 || .6 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || 1.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 3 || 1 || 16.0 || .313 || .375 || .750 || 3.3 || 2.0 || .0 || .7 || 5.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .250 || || || 2.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0|}
See main article: article and List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions.
Player | Signed | |
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Rudy Gay[11] [12] | 2 years, $32 million | |
Drew Eubanks[13] | Two-way contract |
Player | Signed | Former team | |
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DeMarre Carroll[14] | 3-year contract worth $21 million via sign-and-trade deal | Brooklyn Nets | |
Trey Lyles[15] | 2-year contract worth $11 million | Denver Nuggets |
Player | Reason left | New team | |
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Dāvis Bertāns | Trade | Washington Wizards | |
Dante Cunningham[16] [17] | Unrestricted free agent | ||
Ben Moore[18] [19] | Unrestricted free agent | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | |
Donatas Motiejūnas[20] | Unrestricted free agent | Shanghai Sharks | |
Quincy Pondexter[21] [22] | Unrestricted free agent |