Yahoo agrees with Spurs fans the team has one of the ‘hardest’ second-half schedules – mySA

Posted: February 27, 2021 at 3:14 am

The remaining Spurs schedule will likely keep fans busy and stressed.

Yahoo Sports is calling the Spurs march to play 40 games in 68 days the "hardest" schedule, alongside that of the Memphis Grizzlies. The plan to complete pandemic-stricken season was released Wednesday. In it, the Spurs will play 11 back-to-backs with no more than a day of rest between matchups.

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"The Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs, both battling for playoff positioning in the Western Conference, have had their schedules hardest hit by the pandemic," Yahoo's look at the league's schedule release said.

Yahoo Sports also noted the Spurs have the most road games left by a "wide margin" with 23.

Yahoo Sports is calling the Spurs march to play 40 games in 68 days the "hardest" schedule, alongside that of the Memphis Grizzlies. The plan to complete pandemic-stricken season was released Wednesday. In it, the Spurs will play 11 back-to-backs with no more than a day of rest between matchups.

Spurs fans reacted to the docket on Twitter and "yikes" were abound. Others blamed the NBA for the "brutal" scheduling.

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"Unbelievable. Unfair. Wickedness," Twitter user @DS_Mide said.

Five of the games postponed due to recent COVID-19 protocols the Spurs underwent will have to be made up in the second-half.

The remaining games will pick up after the All-Star Break on March 10 in Dallas. The Spurs' regular season ends in a back-to-back homestead against the Phoenix Suns on May 16.

The Spurs have not released plans to welcome back a limited number of fans to the AT&T Center for games.

Wrap your head around the doozie of a schedule here.

Madalyn Mendoza covers news and puro pop culture for MySA.com | mmendoza@mysa.com | @maddyskye

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