{"id":8596,"date":"2026-02-26T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/spurs-extend-winning-run-to-close-gap-on-thunder\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:05:04","slug":"spurs-extend-winning-run-to-close-gap-on-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/spurs-extend-winning-run-to-close-gap-on-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs extend winning run to close gap on Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Published9 minutes ago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The San Antonio Spurs beat the Toronto Raptors to extend their winning run and close in on NBA Western Conference leaders Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>Devin Vassell scored 21 points and De&#x27;Aaron Fox 20 as the visitors triumphed 110-107 at Scotiabank Arena to claim a 10th successive win for the first time since the 2015-16 season.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama scored only 12 points for the Spurs but made a crucial block &#8211; his fifth of the game &#8211; with 44 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs improved to 42-16, while the Thunder are 45-15 after losing 124-116 at Eastern Conference leaders Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n<p>Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren scored 29 points apiece for the Pistons, while the NBA&#x27;s Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed a ninth straight game for the Thunder because of injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons improved to 43-14, going ahead of the Thunder for the league&#x27;s best record and extending their lead the top of the Eastern Conference above the Boston Celtics, who lost 103-84 at the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jokic scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks overcame the continued absence of two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo with a calf injury to win 118-116 at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavs were without new signing James Harden after he suffered a broken thumb in Tuesday&#x27;s <a href=\"\/sport\/basketball\/articles\/cn716y5rg8do\">win over the New York Knicks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Houston Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 128-97 &#8211; their biggest victory of the season &#8211; while the Golden State Warriors won 133-112 at the Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/basketball\">Basketball<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More on this story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/basketball\/scores-fixtures\">\n<p>NBA results &amp; fixtures<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs extend winning run to close gap on ThunderImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Dylan Harper (right) scored 15 points off the bench for the SpursPublished9 minutes agoCommentsThe San Antonio&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}