It’s where the Spurs hope to be in a year or so, but in the meantime, they suffered their franchise record 18th straight loss in Houston, where the lineup change of moving Victor Wembanyama to center continued to bear fruit on the defensive end, but the offense couldn’t get anything done. They have their coach, their main core (other than Amen Thompson) all have a few years of experience, and in the offseason, they added the veteran help needed to take them up to postseason contention. It started with a typical disappointing-in-its-own way loss to a rising Houston Rockets team that is very easy to hate (or at least their fans are) but are also a few steps ahead of the Spurs in their rebuild. What a roller coaster ride of emotions last week was. Week 7 : The Spurs finally started shaking things up with some new line-ups but still tied their franchise record losing streak.
Welcome to the Week in Review: a Monday feature that looks back at the week that was for the San Antonio Spurs, takes a look at the week ahead, and more.