# 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 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.
The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.
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. The staff was joined by onetime Spurs superstar Tim Duncan.
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.
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. They also held a second-round draft pick.
| 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 |

## Standings
### Division

| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y – Houston Rockets | 44 | 28 | .611 | – | 24‍–‍12 | 20‍–‍16 | 8–5 | 72 |
| x – Dallas Mavericks | 43 | 32 | .573 | 2.5 | 20‍–‍18 | 23‍–‍14 | 10–4 | 75 |
| pi – 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 | pi – 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.
2019 preseason game log Total: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1) :
Preseason: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

San Antonio Spurs statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| DeMar DeRozan | 68 | 68 | 34.1 | .531 | .257 | .845 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 1.0 | .3 | 22.1 |
| Derrick White | 68 | 20 | 24.7 | .458 | .366 | .853 | 3.3 | 3.5 | .6 | .9 | 11.3 |
| Rudy Gay | 67 | 5 | 21.8 | .446 | .336 | .882 | 5.4 | 1.7 | .5 | .5 | 10.8 |
| Dejounte Murray | 66 | 58 | 25.6 | .462 | .369 | .798 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 1.7 | .3 | 10.9 |
| Jakob Pöltl | 66 | 18 | 17.7 | .624 | | .465 | 5.7 | 1.8 | .6 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| Patty Mills | 66 | 1 | 22.5 | .431 | .382 | .866 | 1.6 | 1.8 | .8 | .1 | 11.6 |
| Bryn Forbes | 63 | 62 | 25.1 | .417 | .388 | .833 | 2.0 | 1.7 | .5 | .0 | 11.2 |
| Trey Lyles | 63 | 53 | 20.2 | .446 | .387 | .733 | 5.7 | 1.1 | .4 | .4 | 6.4 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 61 | 12 | 16.2 | .426 | .406 | .721 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Marco Belinelli | 57 | 0 | 15.5 | .392 | .376 | .828 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .2 | .0 | 6.3 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 53 | 53 | 33.1 | .493 | .389 | .827 | 7.4 | 2.4 | .7 | 1.6 | 18.9 |
| Drew Eubanks | 22 | 3 | 12.4 | .642 | 1.000 | .769 | 3.9 | .7 | .2 | .8 | 4.9 |
| Chimezie Metu | 18 | 0 | 5.8 | .571 | .000 | .769 | 1.8 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 3.2 |
| Keldon Johnson | 17 | 1 | 17.7 | .596 | .591 | .795 | 3.4 | .9 | .8 | .1 | 9.1 |
| DeMarre Carroll$^†$ | 15 | 0 | 9.0 | .310 | .231 | .600 | 2.1 | .7 | .1 | .1 | 2.2 |
| Quinndary Weatherspoon | 11 | 0 | 7.1 | .294 | .200 | .500 | .6 | 1.0 | .3 | .1 | 1.1 |
| Luka Šamanić | 3 | 1 | 16.0 | .313 | .375 | .750 | 3.3 | 2.0 | .0 | .7 | 5.3 |
| Tyler Zeller | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .250 | | | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Player | Signed |
| Rudy Gay | 2 years, $32 million |
| Drew Eubanks | Two-way contract |

#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| DeMarre Carroll | 3-year contract worth $21 million via sign-and-trade deal | Brooklyn Nets |
| Trey Lyles | 2-year contract worth $11 million | Denver Nuggets |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| Dāvis Bertāns | Trade | Washington Wizards |
| Dante Cunningham | Unrestricted free agent | |
| Ben Moore | Unrestricted free agent | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| Donatas Motiejūnas | Unrestricted free agent | Shanghai Sharks |
| Quincy Pondexter | Unrestricted free agent | |