SPURS FAN CAVE

A new era of basketball is underway in LA, and PtR was fortunate to have NBA TV analyst Sekou Smith help us preview the season’s first matchup between the Spurs and LeBron’s Lakers. The Spurs face LeBron James and the scrappy, new-look Lakers for the first time on Monday, with the action tipping off at 9pm CT on NBA TV. …

The Aussie is now second to none other than Manu Ginobili. On Saturday, Patty Mills scored nine points coming off the bench against the Portland Trail Blazers. The longest tenured active player has scored 3,281 points coming off the bench for the San Antonio Spurs. He surpassed Malik Rose who scored 3,272 in 589 games over eight seasons with the …

So far, the Spurs are getting what they asked for and more from DeRozan. The Spurs didn’t get the win on Saturday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort on DeMar DeRozan’s part, who posted 28 points and 9 assists. It’s hard to confirm for sure, but that has to be one the …

With San Antonio short handed from a troika of preseason injuries, DeRozan’s assists are making the game easy for his teammates. Saturday’s game against the Trailblazers didn’t go well, but amid the defensive breakdowns and offensive struggles, Demar DeRozan provided some highlight reel passing to keep the team afloat. Not much good for the @Spurs to take out of yesterday’s …

Not all post opportunities are created equal, and being selective could yield huge dividends for San Antonio. The Spurs stayed close through the first quarter of their first road game of the season on Saturday. But once Portland’s offense settled in, the Trailblazers steadily pulled away. The defense will get much of the blame, and rightly so, but San Antonio’s …

San Antonio was unable to stem the tide of the Portland onslaught The Portland Trail Blazers were always going to be a terrible matchup for the Spurs and they really showed it in this game. On the best of nights, the current version of the Spurs will likely struggle to hold elite perimeter teams in check and the Blazers guards …

The twenty-nine year old big man has been signed to the G-League Austin Spurs DeJuan Blair has been drafted by the Spurs — the Austin Spurs. He went in the 4th round as the 107th pick. The Austin Spurs select DeJuan Blair in the 4th round! Welcome and congrats! pic.twitter.com/TzdXVMl9gP — Austin Spurs (@austin_spurs) October 20, 2018 Blair was originally …

The duo of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum were too much for the Spurs’ shaky perimeter defense. The Spurs struggled on defense but managed to escape with a win nonetheless on their season opener. In their first away game, they weren’t so lucky. The Trail Blazers exposed San Antonio’s lack of quality perimeter defenders in a 121-108 win in Portland. …

The Spurs couldn’t stop Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum as Portland cruised past the Spurs in their first road game of the year. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum were too much for the short-handed Spurs as the Silver and Black dropped their first road game of the year against the talented Portland Trail Blazers. Although DeMar DeRozan and Bryn Forbes …

The undefeated Spurs face a tough test against the Trail Blazers. 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. Welcome to the …

Look no further than where the Spurs play to find great art My wife, daughter, and I took in the Spurs preseason game against the Houston Rockets. Any time there is a game that starts before dusk, we make a family trip. And the last time the three of us went to see the Spurs they were hosting these (mostly) …