{"id":557666,"date":"2026-03-22T20:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:18:12","slug":"austin-spurs-clinch-playoff-berth-in-20th-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557666\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTIN SPURS CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH IN 20TH SEASON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AUSPlayoffs_ClinchedMar19_1x1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__p Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__teamParagraph blockStyles-module__U84kPq__richtext\">\nAUSTIN (March 20, 2025)\u00a0\u2013 The NBA G League today announced that the Austin Spurs have clinched a spot in the 2026 NBA G League Playoffs, presented by Google.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__p Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__teamParagraph blockStyles-module__U84kPq__richtext\">\nUnder first-year head coach Jacob Chance, Austin holds a 20-12 regular season record (32-14 overall) and has established itself as one of the league\u2019s top defensive teams, leading the league in defensive rating (108.4) while holding opponents to just 43.9% shooting from the field and 31.2% from three-point range. Austin also leads the league in rebounding (49.3), led by Two-Way forward Harrison Ingram, who paces the league with 12.6 rebounds per game.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__p Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__teamParagraph blockStyles-module__U84kPq__richtext\">\nIn the franchise\u2019s 20th season, Austin returns to the playoffs for the second consecutive year after advancing to the Western Conference Finals in 2025 under NBA G League Coach of the Year Scott King.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__p Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__teamParagraph blockStyles-module__U84kPq__richtext\">\nThe Spurs will conclude their road trip with a game against the Noblesville Boom on March 22, followed by three home games against the Rip City Remix on March 25 and 27 and the Mexico City Capitanes on March 28 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__p Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__teamParagraph blockStyles-module__U84kPq__richtext\">\nFurther details on the 2026 NBA G League Playoffs will be announced at a later date.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__p Paragraph-module__k8aFLq__teamParagraph blockStyles-module__U84kPq__richtext\">\nThe Austin Spurs playoffs are presented by SWBC.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AUSPlayoffs_ClinchedMar19_1x1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11440\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (March 20, 2025)\u00a0\u2013 The NBA G League today announced that the Austin Spurs have clinched a spot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-557666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}