2019–20 San Antonio Spurs season

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 2nd 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 now own the longest active playoff streak in any major North American sports league making the playoffs every year since 2006–07. The Houston Rockets now currently hold the longest active playoff streak in the NBA, making the playoffs every year since 2012–13.[1]

2019–20 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
General manager	Brian Wright
Owners	Peter Holt
Arena	AT&T Center
Results
Record	32–39 (.451)
Place	Division: 4th (Southwest) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Southwest, KENS, KMYS
Radio	1200 WOAI

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.

Season synopsis

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.)

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
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

Roster

Roster listing

2019–20 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F/C 12 Aldridge, LaMarcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas G 18 Belinelli, Marco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986–03–25 Italy G 10 DeRozan, DeMar 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–07 Southern California F/C 14 Eubanks, Drew (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1997–02–01 Oregon State G 11 Forbes, Bryn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993–07–23 Michigan State F 22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–08–17 Connecticut G/F 3 Johnson, Keldon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 1999–10–11 Kentucky F 41 Lyles, Trey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1995–11–05 Kentucky F/C 7 Metu, Chimezie 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1997–03–22 Southern California G 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's G 5 Murray, Dejounte 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1996–09–19 Washington C 25 Pöltl, Jakob 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1995–10–15 Utah F 19 Šamanić, Luka 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 2000–01–09 Croatia G 1 Walker, Lonnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998–12–14 Miami (FL) G 15 Weatherspoon, Quinndary (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1996–09–10 Mississippi State G 4 White, Derrick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–07–02 Colorado C 45 Zeller, Tyler 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1990–01–17 North Carolina	Head coach Gregg Popovich Assistant coach(es) Tim Duncan Chip Engelland Becky Hammon Will Hardy Mitch Johnson Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2020–07–31

Standings

Division

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Houston Rockets	44	28	.611	0.0	24–12	20–16	8–5	72
x – Dallas Mavericks	43	32	.573	2.5	20–18	23–14	10–4	75
Memphis Grizzlies	34	39	.466	10.5	20–17	14–22	4–9	73
San Antonio Spurs	32	39	.451	11.5	19–15	13–24	7–6	71
New Orleans Pelicans	30	42	.417	14.0	15–21	15–21	4–9	72

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Los Angeles Lakers *	52	19	.732	–	71
2	x – Los Angeles Clippers	49	23	.681	3.5	72
3	y – Denver Nuggets *	46	27	.630	7.0	73
4	y – Houston Rockets *	44	28	.611	8.5	72
5	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	44	28	.611	8.5	72
6	x – Utah Jazz	44	28	.611	8.5	72
7	x – Dallas Mavericks	43	32	.573	11.0	75
8	x – Portland Trail Blazers	35	39	.473	18.5	74
9	Memphis Grizzlies	34	39	.466	19.0	73
10	Phoenix Suns	34	39	.466	19.0	73
11	San Antonio Spurs	32	39	.451	20.0	71
12	Sacramento Kings	31	41	.431	21.5	72
13	New Orleans Pelicans	30	42	.417	22.5	72
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	45	.297	29.5	64
15	Golden State Warriors	15	50	.231	34.0	65

Game log

Preseason

The entire preseason schedule was released on July 22, 2019.[10]

2019 preseason game log Total: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 Orlando L 89–125 Bryn Forbes (24) Rudy Gay (6) Derrick White (6) AT&T Center 14,123 0–1 2 October 8 @ Miami L 89–107 Rudy Gay (12) Jakob Pöltl (5) Murray, DeRozan (3) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600 0–2 3 October 13 New Orleans L 114–123 Bryn Forbes (18) Jakob Pöltl (7) Patty Mills (6) AT&T Center 12,101 0–3 4 October 16 @ Houston W 128–114 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) DeMarre Carroll (7) Jakob Pöltl (5) Toyota Center 17,283 1–3 5 October 18 Memphis W 104–91 Patty Mills (16) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) DeMar DeRozan (5) AT&T Center 12,664 2–3
2019–20 season schedule

Regular season

2019–20 game log Total: 32–39 (Home: 19–15; Road: 13–24)
October: 3–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 New York W 120–111 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) Trey Lyles (11) Dejounte Murray (6) AT&T Center 18,354 1–0 2 October 26 Washington W 124–122 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) Dejounte Murray (10) Poeltl, Murray (4) AT&T Center 18,354 2–0 3 October 28 Portland W 113–110 DeMar DeRozan (27) Trey Lyles (8) Dejounte Murray (8) AT&T Center 18,083 3–0 4 October 31 @ LA Clippers L 97–103 DeMar DeRozan (29) Rudy Gay (12) Rudy Gay (4) Staples Center 19,068 3–1
November: 4–12 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 1 @ Golden State W 127–110 Patty Mills (31) Trey Lyles (14) DeMar DeRozan (11) Chase Center 18,064 4–1 6 November 3 LA Lakers L 96–103 Dejounte Murray (18) Dejounte Murray (11) DeMar DeRozan (5) AT&T Center 18,610 4–2 7 November 5 @ Atlanta L 100–108 DeMar DeRozan (22) Trey Lyles (12) Aldridge, DeRozan, Murray (4) State Farm Arena 14,025 4–3 8 November 7 Oklahoma City W 121–112 LaMarcus Aldridge (39) Dejounte Murray (8) Dejounte Murray (10) AT&T Center 18,354 5–3 9 November 9 Boston L 115–135 DeMar DeRozan (22) Lyles, Metu (8) DeRozan, Murray (4) AT&T Center 18,354 5–4 10 November 11 Memphis L 109–113 LaMarcus Aldridge (19) Rudy Gay (8) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,627 5–5 11 November 13 @ Minnesota L 114–129 DeMar DeRozan (27) Trey Lyles (11) DeRozan, White (4) Target Center 11,581 5–6 12 November 15 @ Orlando L 109–111 DeMar DeRozan (21) Trey Lyles (12) Dejounte Murray (6) Amway Center 16,296 5–7 13 November 16 Portland L 116–121 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) DeRozan, White, Mills (5) AT&T Center 18,534 5–8 14 November 18 @ Dallas L 110–117 DeMar DeRozan (36) Jakob Poeltl (10) DeMar DeRozan (4) American Airlines Center 19,637 5–9 15 November 20 @ Washington L 132–138 DeMar DeRozan (31) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Bryn Forbes (7) Capital One Arena 14,579 5–10 16 November 22 @ Philadelphia L 104–115 DeMar DeRozan (29) DeMar DeRozan (7) Mills, Murray (4) Wells Fargo Center 20,927 5–11 17 November 23 @ New York W 111–104 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) Jakob Poeltl (10) Derrick White (5) Madison Square Garden 19,320 6–11 18 November 25 LA Lakers L 104–114 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) Poeltl, Murray (8) DeRozan, Forbes (5) AT&T Center 18,498 6–12 19 November 27 Minnesota L 101–113 LaMarcus Aldridge (22) Rudy Gay (11) Derrick White (6) AT&T Center 18,354 6–13 20 November 29 LA Clippers W 107–97 White, Aldridge (17) DeMar DeRozan (9) LaMarcus Aldridge (7) AT&T Center 18,354 7–13
December: 7–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 @ Detroit L 98–132 DeMar DeRozan (20) Drew Eubanks (8) Dejounte Murray (6) Little Caesars Arena 14,270 7–14 22 December 3 Houston W 135–133 (2OT) Lonnie Walker (28) Jakob Poeltl (15) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,354 8–14 23 December 6 Sacramento W 105–104 (OT) LaMarcus Aldridge (19) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 9–14 24 December 12 Cleveland L 109–117 (OT) DeMar DeRozan (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeRozan, Murray (4) AT&T Center 18,354 9–15 25 December 14 @ Phoenix W 121–119 (OT) Patty Mills (26) Jakob Poeltl (11) Dejounte Murray (5) Mexico City Arena 20,013 10–15 26 December 16 @ Houston L 107–109 LaMarcus Aldridge (19) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) DeMar DeRozan (5) Toyota Center 18,055 10–16 27 December 19 Brooklyn W 118–105 Patty Mills (27) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeMar DeRozan (6) AT&T Center 18,354 11–16 28 December 21 LA Clippers L 109–134 DeMar DeRozan (24) Gay, Murray, Poeltl (5) Dejounte Murray (6) AT&T Center 18,354 11–17 29 December 23 @ Memphis W 145–115 LaMarcus Aldridge (40) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) DeMar DeRozan (10) FedExForum 16,776 12–17 30 December 26 @ Dallas L 98–102 DeMar DeRozan (21) Rudy Gay (8) Derrick White (6) American Airlines Center 20,427 12–18 31 December 28 Detroit W 136–109 DeMar DeRozan (29) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) DeMar DeRozan (8) AT&T Center 18,524 13–18 32 December 31 Golden State W 117–113 (OT) DeMar DeRozan (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Dejounte Murray (5) AT&T Center 18,354 14–18
January: 7–8 (Home: 3–4; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 2 Oklahoma City L 103–109 DeMar DeRozan (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) Derrick White (5) AT&T Center 18,354 14–19 34 January 4 @ Milwaukee L 118–127 DeMar DeRozan (26) Trey Lyles (14) DeMar DeRozan (5) Fiserv Forum 18,002 14–20 35 January 6 Milwaukee W 126–104 DeMar DeRozan (25) Trey Lyles (12) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 15–20 36 January 8 @ Boston W 129–114 DeMar DeRozan (30) Jakob Poeltl (8) Bryn Forbes (6) TD Garden 19,156 16–20 37 January 10 @ Memphis L 121–134 DeMar DeRozan (36) Aldridge, DeRozan (9) DeMar DeRozan (9) FedExForum 16,448 16–21 38 January 12 @ Toronto W 105–104 DeMar DeRozan (25) Jakob Poeltl (10) Aldridge, DeRozan, White, Murray (4) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 17–21 39 January 15 @ Miami L 100–106 DeMar DeRozan (30) Lyles, Murray (7) DeMar DeRozan (7) American Airlines Arena 19,704 17–22 40 January 17 Atlanta L 120–121 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) Dejounte Murray (12) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,354 17–23 41 January 19 Miami W 107–102 LaMarcus Aldridge (21) DeMar DeRozan (9) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,422 18–23 42 January 20 @ Phoenix W 120–118 Derrick White (25) DeMar DeRozan (9) DeMar DeRozan (8) Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,847 19–23 43 January 22 @ New Orleans W 121–117 LaMarcus Aldridge (32) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Derrick White (7) Smoothie King Center 18,365 20–23 44 January 24 Phoenix L 99–103 DeMar DeRozan (30) DeRozan, Lyles (8) DeRozan, White (4) AT&T Center 18,354 20–24 45 January 26 Toronto L 106–110 DeRozan, White (14) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 20–25 46 January 27 @ Chicago L 109–110 DeMar DeRozan (36) Jakob Poeltl (13) Bryn Forbes (5) United Center 16,071 20–26 47 January 29 Utah W 127–120 DeMar DeRozan (38) Jakob Poeltl (8) DeRozan, Poeltl (5) AT&T Center 18,778 21–26
February: 4–7 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Charlotte W 114–90 DeMar DeRozan (24) Dejounte Murray (10) DeMar DeRozan (6) AT&T Center 18,615 22–26 49 February 3 @ LA Clippers L 105–108 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Derrick White (6) Staples Center 19,068 22–27 50 February 4 @ LA Lakers L 102–129 DeMar DeRozan (28) DeMar DeRozan (9) DeMar DeRozan (7) Staples Center 18,997 22–28 51 February 6 @ Portland L 117–125 Trey Lyles (23) Trey Lyles (10) DeMar DeRozan (6) Moda Center 19,653 22–29 52 February 8 @ Sacramento L 102–122 Dejounte Murray (17) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Dejounte Murray (9) Golden 1 Center 16,756 22–30 53 February 10 @ Denver L 120–127 LaMarcus Aldridge (33) Trey Lyles (7) Dejounte Murray (9) Pepsi Center 19,520 22–31 54 February 11 @ Oklahoma City W 114–106 Aldridge, Murray (25) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Derrick White (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 23–31 55 February 21 @ Utah W 113–104 Dejounte Murray (23) LaMarcus Aldridge (8) DeMar DeRozan (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 24–31 56 February 23 @ Oklahoma City L 103–131 Rudy Gay (14) Rudy Gay (6) Dejounte Murray (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 24–32 57 February 26 Dallas L 103–109 DeMar DeRozan (27) Trey Lyles (9) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,354 24–33 58 February 29 Orlando W 114–113 Trey Lyles (20) Trey Lyles (9) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,354 25–33
March: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 Indiana L 111–116 Patty Mills (24) Dejounte Murray (7) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 17,635 25–34 60 March 3 @ Charlotte W 104–103 Dejounte Murray (21) Rudy Gay (7) DeMar DeRozan (10) Spectrum Center 12,008 26–34 61 March 6 @ Brooklyn L 120–139 DeMar DeRozan (24) Gay, Murray (6) DeMar DeRozan (9) Barclays Center 16,277 26–35 62 March 8 @ Cleveland L 129–132 (OT) DeMar DeRozan (25) Gay, Lyles (9) Dejounte Murray (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,995 26–36 63 March 10 Dallas W 119–109 LaMarcus Aldridge (24) Trey Lyles (11) DeMar DeRozan (12) AT&T Center 18,354 27–36
Seeding games: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 64 July 31 Sacramento W 129–120 DeMar DeRozan (27) Gay, White (8) DeMar DeRozan (10) Visa Athletic Center No In-Person Attendance 28–36 65 August 2 @ Memphis W 108–106 Dejounte Murray (21) Dejounte Murray (10) DeRozan, White (7) Visa Athletic Center No In-Person Attendance 29–36 66 August 3 @ Philadelphia L 130–132 DeMar DeRozan (30) Drew Eubanks (10) Jakob Pöltl (4) Visa Athletic Center No In-Person Attendance 29–37 67 August 5 Denver L 126–132 Rudy Gay (24) Jakob Pöltl (7) DeMar DeRozan (8) Visa Athletic Center No In-Person Attendance 29–38 68 August 7 Utah W 119–111 Derrick White (24) Jakob Pöltl (10) Dejounte Murray (6) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 30–38 69 August 9 @ New Orleans W 122–113 DeMar DeRozan (27) Jakob Pöltl (14) Lonnie Walker (4) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 31–38 70 August 11 Houston W 123–105 Keldon Johnson (24) Jakob Pöltl (12) Dejounte Murray (7) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 32–38 71 August 13 @ Utah L 112–118 Keldon Johnson (20) Dejounte Murray (14) Dejounte Murray (7) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 32–39
2019–20 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Rudy Gay[11][12]	2 years, $32 million
Drew Eubanks[13]	Two-way contract

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
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

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Dāvis Bertāns[14]	Trade	Washington Wizards
Dante Cunningham[16][17]	Unrestricted free agent
Ben Moore[18][19]	Unrestricted free agent	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Donatas Motiejūnas[18][20]	Unrestricted free agent	Shanghai Sharks
Quincy Pondexter[21][22]	Unrestricted free agent

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