Spurs end longest losing streak in franchise history
March 3, 2023
Keldon Johnson (Twitter)
The San Antonio Spurs ended their longest losing streak in franchise history at 16 games on Tuesday. They defeated the Utah Jazz 102-94 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Spurs’s previous longest losing streak was 13 games which was set during the 1988-89 season. The longest losing streak in NBA history was 26 games accomplished by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010-11, and matched by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2013-14.
In the Spurs win over the Jazz, small forward Keldon Johnson of Chesterfield, Virginia led San Antonio with 25 points. Three other Spurs players reached double digits in scoring. Off the bench, forward Doug McDermott of Grand Forks, North Dakota had 19 points, and Devonte’ Graham of Raleigh, North Carolina had 12 points. Another Spurs player to reach double digits was starter and power forward Jeremy Sochan of Guymon, Oklahoma, who had 13 points.
Center Charles Bassey of Lagos, Nigeria, who also came off the bench, led the Spurs with 10 rebounds. Sochan led the Spurs with six assists. McDermott and Bassey led San Antonio with a +19.
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The Spurs’s last win came on January 17 when they upset the Brooklyn Nets 106-98. The most lopsided loss during the losing streak came on January 26, when they were beaten 138-100 by the Los Angeles Clippers. In this contest, the Spurs had 12 turnovers and Johnson was a -26.
It is a little ironic that Gregg Popovich, the NBA’s all-time win leader among coaches with 1359 victories, was the bench boss for San Antonio’s longest win streak in franchise history. Popovich is 14th all-time among NBA coaching losses with 748.
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