Spurs hit the season’s point of no return—and demand respect

The Spurs reached the eye of the NBA season, playing their 41st game of the year, and they had a decision to make. Were they going to allow their slide to continue, trending down the same path of the 2024-25 season, or was it time to wake up and hoop? They chose the latter, and Milwaukee became San Antonio's latest blowout victim of 2026.

It's been an odd start to the year for the Spurs. Coach Johnson blamed the month of January for the woes after the loss to the Thunder, as the long year can wear on players, but either you're a good team or you're not, and good teams don't stray from their standard for too long. The Silver and Black got back to theirs tonight.

It's amazing what good spacing, timely passing, and just making shots can do for your offense. De'Aaron Fox's early touches helped get them rolling, too. They shared the basketball to the tune of 28 assists and drilled 43% of their three-pointers. That number was at 54% at the end of the third quarter when the game was already over. It was an offensive monsoon, and the Bucks got swept up in the waves.

Spurs are closer to tonight's team than recent struggles suggested

Everyone should have known it was a wrap when Victor Wembanyama and Keldon Johnson showed up with shaved heads. You could just feel something mystical was about to happen with Shaolin Vic in the building. Sure enough, he provided 22 points in a shade under 22 minutes with 10 rebounds and 2 blocks. He shot 58% FG and went 5/6 from deep.

Once he returned from his first-quarter injury scare, he was downright frightening. But they also got no reprieve elsewhere. 6/10 from Fox, 6/9 from Stephon Castle, 5/11 from Dylan Harper, and 3/5 from three from Champagnie make it hard for opponents to get any kind of momentum.

This team can absolutely lock you down, but they can also explode like any of the other top offenses in the league. San Antonio was outscored 32-13 in the fourth quarter because they sat their starters and still won by almost 20 points.

We know that they're capable of these things because they were doing them for the first couple of months of the season, and a bad stretch of games shouldn't negate that.

Fans were hearing questions about whether the Spurs were coming back down to Earth. If they were actually the team we've seen over the past couple of weeks. But it wasn't that long ago that they knocked off Denver, the Knicks (while they were still playing well), and the Thunder three damn times. Show some respect.

The Silver and Black spent the majority of the season in the top 10 for both offense and defense while dealing with constant injuries. Believe what your eyes were telling you then.

This is what they're capable of when they're clicking and firing on all cylinders. The fans have missed it dearly. Teams around the league, on the other hand, should have their antennas up because what they're witnessing is not a fluke.