NBA Sets Spurs Vs Timberwolves Second-Round Schedule After Game 5 Win

The NBA set the spurs vs timberwolves second-round playoff schedule on Thursday, giving San Antonio its next postseason dates after the Spurs advanced past the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 5. The series sends the Spurs into the Western Conference semifinals for the first time since 2017.

San Antonio Meets Minnesota

San Antonio will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round, with the league laying out the schedule for the series on Thursday. The announcement turns the Spurs’ first-round win into a concrete playoff assignment and locks in the matchup they earned by closing out Portland.

The Spurs needed five games to get there. That Game 5 win over the Trail Blazers finished the first-round series and moved San Antonio into a round it had not reached since 2017.

Spurs Return To 2017 Stage

The 2017 note carries the clearest weight in this schedule release. That was the last time San Antonio reached the Western Conference semifinals, so this trip against Minnesota resets the team’s postseason run at a level it has not hit in eight years.

For a reader following the Spurs, the practical shift is simple: the bracket is no longer about whether San Antonio advanced. It now becomes the Minnesota series, the timing attached to it, and how the Spurs handle a round that has not been part of their path since 2017.

Ashley Gonzalez covered the schedule announcement for KSAT sports. The Spurs now move from first-round survival to a matchup that tests whether the Game 5 finish against Portland can carry into the Western Conference semifinals.