Spurs Conclude Challenging Season with Hopeful Finish, Avoid Last Place in the West
The sun has finally set on the Spurs for the 2023-24 season following Sunday’s home win against Detroit 123-95. The Silver and Black finish the season 22-60 and managed to not finish dead last in the West. That dubious honor goes to the Portland Trailblazers who finished 21-61
Although this season was nothing short of a disaster, the Silver and Black managed to show signs of life in the second half of the season. The Spurs were 11-16 after the All-Star break and finished the season by going 6-4 in their last 10 games. This included a big win against Denver Friday night at the Frost Bank Center 121-120. That loss to the Silver and Black cost the defending champion Nuggets a #1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
“It was a good end to the season, for sure. We were playing better and better throughout the entire year. Each month we were getting better as a team and as a whole and playing more and more like the way we wanted to play offensively and defensively. Obviously, the win the other night was a huge one and then to come out tonight and play well again, I think it just goes to show all the work that we’ve been putting in all year. We continued to stay together, not get too down and just continue to go through all the tough times together and continue to grow.”, said Tre Jones following Sunday’s win.
While expectations were not exceedingly high coming into this season as the Spurs are in the midst of a rebuild, it’s my belief that most people expected the squad to do better than last season pre-VDub in which they also finished 22-60.
Victor Wembanyama was the ONLY bright spot in this clown show of a season. He introduced himself to the basketball world in dramatic fashion, making history along the way. He finished the season averaging 21 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, and a steal. It’s worth mentioning that he only played 30 minutes per game.
It’ll be interesting to see what moves the Spurs make during the offseason to bolster the squad around the Kid, to date they aren’t planning any.
