The San Antonio Spurs face a demanding 45-game road schedule for the 2026–27 NBA season, navigating international fixtures and extended arena displacements following their run to the NBA Finals. According to the league schedule, the team will play only 37 games at the Frost Bank Center, challenging their ability to defend home-court advantage after a dramatic turnaround that saw them jump from 34 to 62 wins last season.
International Games and Austin Relocations
San Antonio’s regular-season footprint expands outside city limits through several neutral-site fixtures. According to league scheduling details, the Spurs will face the New Orleans Pelicans in Paris, France, on January 14, before playing a second matchup against the Pelicans in Manchester, United Kingdom, on January 17. To accommodate the European trip, the NBA granted the Spurs a scheduling buffer featuring three rest days before the game in France and two rest days following the match in England.
Domestically, the team will also play three home games at the Moody Center in Austin, located approximately 130 kilometers north of San Antonio along Interstate 35. The first of these Austin appearances is scheduled for October 23, coinciding with a Formula 1 race weekend. While these regional games help expand the franchise’s fanbase and business interests across Texas and abroad, they require heavy travel and reduce traditional home-court advantages.
Rodeo Road Trip and Schedule Density
The annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo will displace the team from the Frost Bank Center for the entire month of February. During this stretch, the Spurs embark on a six-game road trip that includes two games in Austin and two standard away fixtures before returning home on March 7 to host the New York Knicks in a Finals rematch.
Despite managing to secure a relatively light load of just 13 back-to-back sets, the team faces an intense stretch of nine away games out of 12 contests between December 15 and January 3. Visibility for the reigning Western Conference finalists remains high, with 34 nationally televised games tying for the league lead. Twenty-five of those broadcast games fall in the second half of the season, featuring matchups against top-tier opponents like the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, who open their season against the Spurs on October 20 on NBC.
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