Spurs locked at No. 2
San Antonio was reported as locked into the No. 2 seed and therefore insulated from late-seeding drama in the West. (kens5.com). Local coverage noted Denver’s final-game result would determine whether the Nuggets finished third or fourth, which affected matchups around San Antonio. (kens5.com)
San Antonio finished the regular season as the Western Conference’s No. 2 seed, so the Spurs entered Sunday insulated from the last-day shuffle below them. (nba.com) The final standings show San Antonio at 62-20, behind only Oklahoma City at 64-18 and ahead of Denver at 54-28 and the Los Angeles Lakers at 53-29. (foxsports.com) That meant the Spurs had home-court advantage for a first-round series no matter what happened in the season finale against Denver on Sunday, April 12. (sportingnews.com) The suspense shifted to the teams behind them. Denver’s result in San Antonio decided whether the Nuggets would hold the No. 3 seed or slide into No. 4, changing the first-round bracket around the Spurs. (kens5.com) Denver won 128-118, locking up the No. 3 seed and setting a first-round series with Minnesota, while the Lakers finished No. 4 and drew Houston. (denverpost.com) The National Basketball Association said the 2025-26 postseason bracket was fully set after Sunday’s regular-season finale, with the SoFi Play-In Tournament opening April 14 and the playoffs starting April 18. (nba.com) For San Antonio, the bigger marker is the scale of the season. The Spurs reached 62 wins, their first 60-win season since 2016-17, after spending the final week chasing Oklahoma City for the conference lead. (sportingnews.com) The bracket now leaves San Antonio waiting for the winner of the Western Conference play-in path tied to the No. 7 seed, with the Spurs’ position unchanged by the chaos that settled the rest of the field on Sunday night. (nba.com)
