2019–20 San Antonio Spurs season

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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.

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

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

Main article: 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
1 19 Luka Šamanić PF Croatia Croatia KK Olimpija
1 29 Keldon Johnson SG/SF United States United States Kentucky
2 49 Quinndary Weatherspoon PG/SG United States United States Mississippi State

Roster

2019–20 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PF/C
 		12 Aldridge, LaMarcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas
SG 18 Belinelli, Marco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986–03–25 Italy
SF 10 DeRozan, DeMar 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–07 USC
C 14 Eubanks, Drew (TW) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1997–02–01 Oregon State
PG 11 Forbes, Bryn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993–07–23 Michigan State
PF
 		22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986–08–17 Connecticut
SG 3 Johnson, Keldon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999–10–11 Kentucky
PF
 		41 Lyles, Trey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1995–11–05 Kentucky
PF
 		7 Metu, Chimezie 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1997–03–22 USC
PG 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's
SG 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
PF
 		19 Šamanić, Luka 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 2000–01–09 Croatia
SG 1
Walker, Lonnie
 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998–12–14 Miami (FL)
SG 15 Weatherspoon, Quinndary (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1996–09–10 Mississippi State
PG 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
Assistant coach(es)
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 Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2020–07–31

Standings

Division

Southwest DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
y – Houston Rockets4428.611–24‍–‍1220‍–‍168–572
x – Dallas Mavericks4332.5732.520‍–‍1823‍–‍1410–475
pi – Memphis Grizzlies3439.46610.520‍–‍1714‍–‍224–973
San Antonio Spurs3239.45111.519‍–‍1513‍–‍247–671
New Orleans Pelicans3042.41714.015‍–‍2115‍–‍214–972

Conference

Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1c – Los Angeles Lakers *5219.732–71
2x – Los Angeles Clippers4923.6813.572
3y – Denver Nuggets *4627.6307.073
4y – Houston Rockets *4428.6118.572
5x – Oklahoma City Thunder4428.6118.572
6x – Utah Jazz4428.6118.572
7x – Dallas Mavericks4332.57311.075
8x – Portland Trail Blazers3539.47318.574
9pi – Memphis Grizzlies3439.46619.073
10Phoenix Suns3439.46619.073
11San Antonio Spurs3239.45120.071
12Sacramento Kings3141.43121.572
13New Orleans Pelicans3042.41722.572
14Minnesota Timberwolves1945.29729.564
15Golden State Warriors1550.23134.065

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 @ L. A. 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 L. A. 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 L. A. 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 L. A. 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 L. A. Clippers L 109–134 DeMar DeRozan (24)
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)
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 @ L. A. Clippers L 105–108 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Derrick White (6)
Staples Center

19,068 		22–27
50 February 4 @ L. A. 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
Cancelled games
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
64 March 13 Denver
AT&T Center
65 March 14 Minnesota AT&T Center
66 March 16 Memphis AT&T Center
67 March 18 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center
68 March 20 Chicago AT&T Center
69 March 22 Utah AT&T Center
70 March 24 @ Utah
Vivint Smart Home Arena
71 March 26 @ Minnesota Target Center
72 March 27 @ Denver
Pepsi Center
73 March 29 @ Golden State Chase Center
74 March 31 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center
75 April 3 Golden State AT&T Center
76 April 5 New Orleans AT&T Center
77 April 7 Sacramento AT&T Center
78 April 8 @ Houston Toyota Center
79 April 10 Philadelphia AT&T Center
80 April 12 Houston AT&T Center
81 April 13 @ Indiana
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
82 April 15 New Orleans AT&T Center
2019–20 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions

Free agency

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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  11. ^ Duarte, Jeph (July 9, 2019). "Rudy Gay re-signs with Spurs in Las Vegas". Pounding The Rock.
  12. ^ "NBA free agency news: Spurs re-sign Rudy Gay to reported 2-year, $32M deal". www.sportingnews.com.
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  14. ^ a b "Spurs acquire Carroll, Wiz land Bertans in trade". ESPN.com. July 6, 2019.
  15. ^ Orsborn, Tom (October 24, 2019). "Spurs' Trey Lyles made the most of a rare start". San Antonio Express-News.
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  21. ^ "Quincy Pondexter Excited For Future In Coaching". Hoops Rumors.
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