The San Antonio Spurs already had one revenge date circled for the 2026-27 season, and now they’ve got another.
When the NBA released the full schedule for the upcoming year on Thursday, it confirmed a March 7, 2027 visit from the New York Knicks to the Frost Bank Center. That game will follow the Christmas Day rematch between the two teams, giving Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs two regular-season shots at the club that beat them in the 2026 NBA Finals.
The March meeting lands in the middle of a demanding stretch for San Antonio. It opens a three-game homestand, with the Washington Wizards coming in on March 9 and the Philadelphia 76ers on March 11. Three days later, the Spurs head to Oklahoma City to face the Thunder.
San Antonio’s season starts at home, too. The Spurs will open on Oct. 20 against the Thunder at the Frost Bank Center, then play the Houston Rockets on Oct. 23 before heading north the next day to meet the Dallas Mavericks. Their final regular-season game is set for April 11 against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Antonio.
The Knicks rematches stand out because of how last season ended. San Antonio, after rallying from a 3-2 deficit against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder and winning Game 7 on the road, reached the Finals only to watch the series slip away to New York in five games. The Spurs held double-digit leads in every game and still lost four of them.
Former associate head coach Sean Sweeney has said he’s spent a lot of time trying to sort out what happened, pointing to attrition, bad luck and mistakes rather than just the team’s youth.
Dylan Harper has been just as blunt about the disappointment.
"I feel like we all have that one team goal that we felt like that we should have had last year," Harper said. "I feel like that's really the only thing that's on everyone's mind."
He also pointed to the details that can decide a series like that.
"I think the biggest thing is probably closing out games, and I think just knowing exactly what we're gonna do in certain times," Harper said.
For San Antonio, those two games against New York are more than just regular-season dates. They’re a chance to see how far this group has come since the Finals collapse that still hangs over the organization.
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