SAN ANTONIO – After a few days of small announcements, the NBA released the San Antonio Spurs’ full 2026-27 regular season schedule Thursday.
The full schedule release highlighted the revival of the Spurs as one of the league’s top teams to watch. At least 34 of their regular season games will air across five national networks and streaming services — compared to 22 national games during the 2025-26 season.
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As previously announced, the Spurs will open the season at home on October 20 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, a rematch of their epic, seven-game Western Conference Finals series last season.
Three days later, the Spurs will face the Houston Rockets at the Moody Center in Austin. This matchup marks the first I-35 series game outside the “Rodeo Road Trip” in February.
Kevin Durant, a former men’s basketball star at The University of Texas at Austin, is entering his second season with the Rockets and is set to square off with San Antonio in the new home of the Longhorns.
Chase for the Cup
San Antonio will be in Group C during the fourth annual NBA Cup this fall alongside the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Sacramento Kings. Each team in the group will play four games — one against each Group C opponent.
NBA Cup Group Play games will be held on seven different dates throughout the fall. Below are the Spurs’ Group C matchups (all times are Central):
ESPN said Wednesday the Spurs-Trail Blazers game will air as part of a triple-header on the day before Thanksgiving. The Lakers-Spurs game will be the second game of a Black Friday doubleheader on Amazon Prime Video.
The NBA Cup quarterfinal (Dec. 4-5) and semifinal rounds (Dec. 8 and/or Dec. 9) will be held in the days leading up to the championship game. The NBA Cup title game will take place on Dec. 11 at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
All NBA Cup quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship games will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
Euro-steppin’
The league also announced Wednesday the tipoff times for San Antonio’s international games against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Spurs are scheduled to face the New Orleans Pelicans, a fellow Southwest Division opponent, for two games: one in Paris on January 14, 2027, and another in Manchester, England on January 17, 2027.
The Paris game will tip off at 1 p.m. while the England game will start at approximately 9:30 a.m. Central Time. Both games will air on Amazon Prime Video.
The ‘Rodeo Road Trip’
The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo will take over the Frost Bank Center and Freeman Coliseum next February and force the Spurs out on the road again for the team’s annual “Rodeo Road Trip.”
According to Visit San Antonio’s website, the stock show and rodeo will take place from February 11-28, 2027.
The Spurs’ first game on the eight-game trip will be Tuesday, February 9, 2027, against the Dallas Mavericks (7 p.m. tipoff). The game will air on NBC and Peacock.
The next five on the road will be as follows (all times Central):
The Spurs will return to the Moody Center in Austin for the final two games of the road trip.
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