San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White (4) looks for room against Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) throughout the 2nd half of an NBA basketball video game, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Dallas. Dallas won 102-98. San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White (4) looks for room versus Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) throughout the second half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Dallas. Dallas won 102-98.
San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White (4) looks for room against Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) throughout the 2nd half of an NBA basketball video game, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Dallas. Dallas won 102-98. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade).
The Spurs will head to Orlando with a 27-36 record, 12th location in the Western Conference. In order to extend their playoff streak to an NBA record 23 successive looks, the Spurs would need to either leap-frog Sacramento, Portland, New Orleans and Memphis to take over the eighth area– or increase at least as high as ninth to potentially force a play-in series with the No. 8 group.
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The Spurs have their marching orders when the NBA resumes next month in Orlando, Florida.
San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White (4) tries to find room versus Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) during the 2nd half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Dallas. Dallas.
Picture: Brandon Wade, FRE/ Associated Press.
Photo: Brandon Wade, FRE/ Associated Press.
Other games on the Spurs revamped schedule include: Aug. 2 against Memphis, Aug. 3 versus Philadelphia, Aug. 5 versus Denver, Aug. 7 against Utah, Aug. 9 versus New Orleans, Aug. 11 against Houston and an Aug. 13 rematch versus Utah.
The Spurs should try to achieve that without second-leading scorer LaMarcus Aldridge, who has actually been ruled out after going through shoulder surgery in April.
Picture: Brandon Wade, FRE/ Associated Press.
San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White (4) searches for space against Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) throughout the 2nd half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Dallas. Dallas.
It will be the groups very first game since a March 10 victory over Dallas, a day before the NBA stopped its season amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Spurs schedule for Orlando reboot is out.
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They return to the court– albeit a sterilized, fan-less one on the campus of ESPNs Wide World of Sports– on July 31 against Sacramento.
San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White (4) looks for room versus Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith (10) throughout the second half of an NBA basketball video game, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Dallas. Dallas won 102-98. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade).
