# 2020–21 San Antonio Spurs season

The 2020–21 San Antonio Spurs season was the 54th season of the franchise, its 45th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 48th in the San Antonio area. After a one-year absence from postseason play, the Spurs finished as the number ten seed with a 33–39 record, qualifying for the Page–McIntyre system tournament to determine the final two teams that advance to the main playoff bracket in the elimination bracket. The Spurs were defeated in the elimination round by the Memphis Grizzlies 96–100, ending their season. It was the first time in franchise history that the Spurs failed to reach the playoffs in consecutive seasons.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club |
| 1 | 11 | Devin Vassell | SG | United States | Florida State |
| 2 | 41 | Tre Jones | PG | United States | Duke |

## Standings
### Division

| Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y – Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 30 | .583 | – | 21‍–‍15 | 21‍–‍15 | 7–5 | 72 |
| x – Memphis Grizzlies | 38 | 34 | .528 | 4.0 | 18‍–‍18 | 20‍–‍16 | 6–6 | 72 |
| pi – San Antonio Spurs | 33 | 39 | .458 | 9.0 | 14‍–‍22 | 19‍–‍17 | 6–6 | 72 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 31 | 41 | .431 | 11.0 | 18‍–‍18 | 13‍–‍23 | 6–6 | 72 |
| Houston Rockets | 17 | 55 | .236 | 25.0 | 9‍–‍27 | 8‍–‍28 | 5–7 | 72 |

### Conference

Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Utah Jazz * | 52 | 20 | .722 | – | 72 |
| 2 | y – Phoenix Suns * | 51 | 21 | .708 | 1.0 | 72 |
| 3 | x – Denver Nuggets | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 72 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Clippers | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 | 72 |
| 5 | y – Dallas Mavericks * | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
| 6 | x – Portland Trail Blazers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
| 7 | x – Los Angeles Lakers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 | 72 |
| 8 | pi – Golden State Warriors | 39 | 33 | .542 | 13.0 | 72 |
| 9 | x – Memphis Grizzlies | 38 | 34 | .528 | 14.0 | 72 |
| 10 | pi – San Antonio Spurs | 33 | 39 | .458 | 19.0 | 72 |
| 11 | New Orleans Pelicans | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 72 |
| 12 | Sacramento Kings | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 | 72 |
| 13 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 23 | 49 | .319 | 29.0 | 72 |
| 14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 22 | 50 | .306 | 30.0 | 72 |
| 15 | Houston Rockets | 17 | 55 | .236 | 35.0 | 72 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2) :
Preseason: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 12
Oklahoma City
L 108–121
Patty Mills (24)
Jakob Pöltl (9)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
AT&T Center
0–1
2
December 15
@ Houston
L 98–112
Lonnie Walker (17)
Trey Lyles (9)
Dejounte Murray (7)
Toyota Center
0–2
3
December 17
@ Houston
L 106–128
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Dejounte Murray (10)
Dejounte Murray (4)
Toyota Center
0–3 :
2020–21 season schedule :

### Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 33–39 (Home: 14–22; Road: 19–17) :
December: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 23
@ Memphis
W 131–119
DeMar DeRozan (28)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
DeRozan, Murray (9)
FedExForum 0
1–0
2
December 26
Toronto
W 119–114
DeMar DeRozan (27)
Dejounte Murray (10)
Dejounte Murray (10)
AT&T Center 0
2–0
3
December 27
@ New Orleans
L 95–98
Rudy Gay (22)
Keldon Johnson (11)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
Smoothie King Center 0
2–1
4
December 30
L. A. Lakers
L 107–121
Dejounte Murray (29)
Murray, Pöltl (7)
Dejounte Murray (7)
AT&T Center 0
2–2 :
January: 9–7 (home: 4–5; road: 5–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
January 1
L. A. Lakers
L 103–109
Keldon Johnson (26)
Keldon Johnson (10)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
AT&T Center 0
2–3
6
January 3
Utah
L 109–130
Keldon Johnson (22)
Trey Lyles (9)
Dejounte Murray (5)
AT&T Center 0
2–4
7
January 5
@ L. A. Clippers
W 116–113
Patty Mills (27)
Keldon Johnson (11)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Staples Center 0
3–4
8
January 7
@ L. A. Lakers
W 118–109
LaMarcus Aldridge (28)
Dejounte Murray (8)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
Staples Center 0
4–4
9
January 9
@ Minnesota
W 125–122 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (38)
Dejounte Murray (14)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
Target Center 0
5–4
10
January 10
@ Minnesota
L 88–96
Lonnie Walker IV (25)
Trey Lyles (7)
Dejounte Murray (5)
Target Center 0
5–5
11
January 12
@ Oklahoma City
W 112–102
Lonnie Walker IV (24)
LaMarcus Aldridge (10)
Dejounte Murray (7)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 0
6–5
12
January 14
Houston
L 105–109
Keldon Johnson (29)
Dejounte Murray (8)
DeRozan, Murray (7)
AT&T Center 0
6–6
13
January 16
Houston
W 103–91
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Dejounte Murray (10)
DeMar DeRozan (4)
AT&T Center 0
7–6
14
January 18
@ Portland
W 125–104
LaMarcus Aldridge (22)
Dejounte Murray (9)
DeRozan, Murray (11)
Moda Center 0
8–6
15
January 20
@ Golden State
L 99–121
Dejounte Murray (22)
Keldon Johnson (8)
Johnson, DeRozan, Murray, Mills, Gay (3)
Chase Center 0
8–7
16
January 22
Dallas
L 117–122
DeMar DeRozan (26)
Keldon Johnson (14)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
AT&T Center 0
8–8
17
January 24
Washington
W 121–101
Patty Mills (21)
Dejounte Murray (11)
Dejounte Murray (10)
AT&T Center 0
9–8
January 25
@ New Orleans
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 24)
18
January 27
Boston
W 110–106
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Dejounte Murray (11)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
AT&T Center 0
10–8
19
January 29
Denver
W 119–109
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Keldon Johnson (9)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
AT&T Center 0
11–8
20
January 30
Memphis
L 112–129
Derrick White (18)
Jakob Pöltl (7)
Dejounte Murray (7)
AT&T Center 0
11–9 :
February: 6–3 (home: 4–2; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
February 1
Memphis
L 102–133
Keldon Johnson (25)
Keldon Johnson (10)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
AT&T Center 0
11–10
22
February 3
Minnesota
W 111–108
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Dejounte Murray (11)
Derrick White (8)
AT&T Center 0
12–10
23
February 6
@ Houston
W 111–106
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Jakob Pöltl (11)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
AT&T Center 0
13–10
24
February 8
Golden State
W 105–100
Dejounte Murray (27)
Jakob Pöltl (11)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
AT&T Center 0
14–10
25
February 9
Golden State
L 91–114
Rudy Gay (17)
Gay, Johnson, Vassell (6)
DeRozan, Johnson (6)
AT&T Center 0
14–11
26
February 12
@ Atlanta
W 125–114
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Jakob Pöltl (12)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
State Farm Arena 1,451
15–11
27
February 14
@ Charlotte
W 122–110
Dejounte Murray (26)
Dejounte Murray (12)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
Spectrum Center 0
16–11
February 16
@ Detroit
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: March 15)
February 17
@ Cleveland
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: March 19)
February 20
@ New York
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: May 13)
February 22
@ Indiana
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: April 19)
28
February 24
@ Oklahoma City
L 99–102
Dejounte Murray (27)
Dejounte Murray (9)
Murray, Pöltl (9)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 0
16–12
29
February 27
New Orleans
W 117–114
DeMar DeRozan (32)
Jakob Pöltl (11)
DeMar DeRozan (11)
AT&T Center 0
17–12 :
March: 7–9 (home: 4–6; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
March 1
Brooklyn
L 113–124
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Jakob Pöltl (12)
DeMar DeRozan (11)
AT&T Center 0
17–13
31
March 2
New York
W 119–93
Trey Lyles (18)
Jakob Pöltl (8)
DeMar DeRozan (11)
AT&T Center 0
18–13
32
March 4
Oklahoma City
L 102–107
DeMar DeRozan (20)
Trey Lyles (10)
Dejounte Murray (10)
AT&T Center 1,000
18–14
33
March 10
@ Dallas
L 104–115
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Rudy Gay (9)
DeMar DeRozan (11)
American Airlines Center 3,813
18–15
34
March 12
Orlando
W 104–77
Rudy Gay (19)
Jakob Pöltl (9)
Murray, Pöltl (6)
AT&T Center 3,241
19–15
35
March 14
@ Philadelphia
L 99–134
Eubanks, White (17)
Dejounte Murray (6)
Derrick White (4)
Wells Fargo Center 3,071
19–16
36
March 15
@ Detroit
W 109–99
Dejounte Murray (19)
Jakob Pöltl (12)
Dejounte Murray (6)
Little Caesars Arena 0
20–16
37
March 17
@ Chicago
W 106–99
Jakob Pöltl (20)
Jakob Pöltl (16)
Derrick White (5)
United Center 0
21–16
38
March 19
@ Cleveland
W 116–110
Keldon Johnson (23)
Keldon Johnson (21)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 0
22–16
39
March 20
@ Milwaukee
L 113–120
Lonnie Walker IV (31)
Keldon Johnson (8)
DeMar DeRozan (13)
Fiserv Forum 3,280
22–17
40
March 22
Charlotte
L 97–100
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Jakob Pöltl (11)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
AT&T Center 3,222
22–18
41
March 24
L. A. Clippers
L 101–134
DeMar DeRozan (19)
Drew Eubanks (8)
Dejounte Murray (5)
AT&T Center 3,224
22–19
42
March 25
L. A. Clippers
L 85–98
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Johnson, Pöltl (8)
Dejounte Murray (7)
AT&T Center 3,225
22–20
43
March 27
Chicago
W 120–104
Jakob Pöltl (20)
Jakob Pöltl (9)
DeRozan, White (7)
AT&T Center 3,334
23–20
44
March 29
Sacramento
L 115–123
Dejounte Murray (23)
Jakob Pöltl (11)
Dejounte Murray (8)
AT&T Center 2,876
23–21
45
March 31
Sacramento
W 120–106
DeMar DeRozan (26)
Jakob Pöltl (14)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
AT&T Center 2,802
24–21 :
April: 7–10 (home: 1–4; road: 6–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
46
April 1
Atlanta
L 129–134
DeMar DeRozan (36)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
AT&T Center 2,949
24–22
47
April 3
Indiana
L 133–139
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Jakob Pöltl (13)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
AT&T Center 3,276
24–23
48
April 5
Cleveland
L 101–125
DeMar DeRozan (20)
Keldon Johnson (10)
Derrick White (8)
AT&T Center 2,482
24–24
49
April 7
@ Denver
L 96–106
Murray, White (18)
Rudy Gay (8)
Dejounte Murray (6)
Ball Arena 3,715
24–25
50
April 9
@ Denver
L 119–121
Derrick White (25)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
DeMar DeRozan (12)
Ball Arena 3,750
24–26
51
April 11
@ Dallas
W 119–117
DeMar DeRozan (33)
Jakob Pöltl (8)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
American Airlines Center 4,054
25–26
52
April 12
@ Orlando
W 120–97
DeMar DeRozan (19)
Keldon Johnson (11)
DeRozan, Murray (6)
Amway Center 3,107
26–26
53
April 14
@ Toronto
L 112–117
Derrick White (25)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
DeMar DeRozan (11)
Amalie Arena 1,184
26–27
54
April 16
Portland
L 106–107
DeMar DeRozan (26)
Johnson, Murray (13)
DeRozan, Murray (10)
AT&T Center 4,303
26–28
55
April 17
@ Phoenix
W 111–85
Rudy Gay (19)
Drew Eubanks (13)
Derrick White (6)
Phoenix Suns Arena 5,078
27–28
56
April 19
@ Indiana
W 104–94
Derrick White (25)
Drew Eubanks (13)
Dejounte Murray (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0
28–28
57
April 21
Miami
L 87–107
DeMar DeRozan (15)
Jakob Poeltl (9)
Derrick White (7)
AT&T Center 4,229
28–29
58
April 22
@ Detroit
W 106–91
Derrick White (26)
Jakob Poeltl (11)
Derrick White (8)
Little Caesars Arena 3,334
29–29
59
April 24
@ New Orleans
W 110–108
DeMar DeRozan (32)
Keldon Johnson (9)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
Smoothie King Center 3,700
30–29
60
April 26
@ Washington
W 146–143
DeMar DeRozan (37)
Dejounte Murray (17)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
Capital One Arena 2,133
31–29
61
April 28
@ Miami
L 111–116
Dejounte Murray (22)
Dejounte Murray (10)
Dejounte Murray (11)
American Airlines Arena Limited seating
31–30
62
April 30
@ Boston
L 140–143 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
DeMar DeRozan (14)
TD Garden 2,298
31–31 :
May: 2–8 (home: 1–3; road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
63
May 2
Philadelphia
L 111–113 (OT)
Lonnie Walker IV (23)
Rudy Gay (10)
Keldon Johnson (5)
AT&T Center 3,978
31–32
64
May 3
@ Utah
L 99–110
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Rudy Gay (7)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Vivint Arena 6,506
31–33
65
May 5
@ Utah
L 94–126
Luka Šamanić (15)
Drew Eubanks (9)
Lonnie Walker IV (5)
Vivint Arena 6,506
31–34
66
May 7
@ Sacramento
W 113–104
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
Dejounte Murray (7)
Golden 1 Center 0
32–34
67
May 8
@ Portland
L 102–124
DeMar DeRozan (20)
Lonnie Walker IV (8)
Dejounte Murray (5)
Moda Center 1,939
32–35
68
May 10
Milwaukee
W 146–125
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Jakob Pöltl (10)
Dejounte Murray (9)
AT&T Center 3,992
33–35
69
May 12
@ Brooklyn
L 116–128
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Dejounte Murray (11)
DeRozan, Murray (5)
Barclays Center 1,773
33–36
70
May 13
@ New York
L 98–102
DeMar DeRozan (27)
Murray, Pöltl (9)
Dejounte Murray (7)
Madison Square Garden 1,981
33–37
71
May 15
Phoenix
L 103–140
Dieng, Johnson (18)
Drew Eubanks (11)
Jones, Mills, Walker IV (5)
AT&T Center 4,848
33–38
72
May 16
Phoenix
L 121–123
DeMar DeRozan (23)
Jakob Poeltl (10)
Tre Jones (7)
AT&T Center 4,738
33–39 :
2020–21 season schedule :

### Play-in

2021 play-in game log Total: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) :
Play-in: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 19
@ Memphis
L 96–100
DeRozan, Gay (20)
Dejounte Murray (13)
Dejounte Murray (11)
FedExForum 7,019
0–1 :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

San Antonio Spurs statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Keldon Johnson | 69 | 67 | 28.5 | .479 | .331 | .740 | 6.0 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 12.8 |
| Jakob Pöltl | 69 | 51 | 26.7 | .616 | | .508 | 7.9 | 1.9 | .7 | 1.8 | 8.6 |
| Patty Mills | 68 | 1 | 24.8 | .412 | .375 | .910 | 1.7 | 2.4 | .6 | .0 | 10.8 |
| Dejounte Murray | 67 | 67 | 31.9 | .453 | .317 | .791 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 1.5 | .1 | 15.7 |
| Rudy Gay | 63 | 1 | 21.6 | .420 | .381 | .804 | 4.8 | 1.4 | .7 | .6 | 11.4 |
| Devin Vassell | 62 | 7 | 17.0 | .406 | .347 | .843 | 2.8 | .9 | .7 | .3 | 5.5 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 61 | 61 | 33.7 | .495 | .257 | .880 | 4.2 | 6.9 | .9 | .2 | 21.6 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 60 | 38 | 25.4 | .420 | .355 | .814 | 2.6 | 1.7 | .5 | .3 | 11.2 |
| Drew Eubanks | 54 | 3 | 14.0 | .566 | 1.000 | .726 | 4.5 | .8 | .3 | .9 | 5.8 |
| Tre Jones | 37 | 1 | 7.3 | .474 | .600 | .895 | .6 | 1.1 | .2 | .0 | 2.5 |
| Derrick White | 36 | 32 | 29.6 | .411 | .346 | .851 | 3.0 | 3.5 | .7 | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| Luka Šamanić | 33 | 4 | 9.3 | .448 | .279 | .552 | 2.1 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 3.7 |
| Keita Bates-Diop | 30 | 0 | 8.2 | .448 | .294 | .667 | 1.6 | .4 | .4 | .2 | 2.6 |
| Trey Lyles | 23 | 9 | 15.6 | .478 | .350 | .652 | 3.7 | .6 | .3 | .0 | 5.0 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge$^†$ | 21 | 18 | 25.9 | .464 | .360 | .838 | 4.5 | 1.7 | .4 | .9 | 13.7 |
| Quinndary Weatherspoon | 20 | 0 | 6.1 | .457 | .167 | .813 | .6 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 2.3 |
| Gorgui Dieng$^†$ | 16 | 0 | 11.3 | .527 | .318 | .833 | 2.6 | 1.2 | .6 | .1 | 5.3 |
| Cameron Reynolds$^†$ | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | .500 | | | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 26, 2021 | To San Antonio SpursMarquese Chriss Cash considerations | To Golden State WarriorsDraft rights to Cady Lalanne (2015, Pick 55) |

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

| Player | Signed |
| Drew Eubanks | November 24, 2020 |
| Jakob Pöltl | November 24, 2020 |

#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Cameron Reynolds | November 21, 2020 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Cameron Reynolds | March 26, 2021 | Austin Spurs (G League) |
| Keita Bates-Diop | November 29, 2020 | Denver Nuggets |
| Kylor Kelley | December 10, 2020 | Oregon State (Undrafted in 2020) |
| Khyri Thomas | December 14, 2020 | Atlanta Hawks |
| London Perrantes | December 20, 2020 | Capital City Go-Go (G League) |
| Gorgui Dieng | March 29, 2021 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| DaQuan Jeffries | May 17, 2021 | Houston Rockets |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| Chimezie Metu | Waived | Sacramento Kings |
| Kylor Kelley | Waived | Austin Spurs (G League) |
| Khyri Thomas | Waived | Austin Spurs (G League) |
| Cameron Reynolds | Waived | Austin Spurs (G League) |
| Tyler Zeller | Waived | — |
| London Perrantes | Waived | Austin Spurs (G League) |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | Waived / Buyout | Brooklyn Nets |
| Marquese Chriss | Waived | Portland Trail Blazers |