The Spurs are scheduled to arrive in San Antonio around 3:30 p.m. Central on Sunday after taking off from Atlanta at 1:21 p.m., a team spokesman told the San Antonio
After being forced to spend the night in Charlotte, the Spurs left North Carolina on their private jet at 10:21 a.m. Eastern after the team bus departed from the team hotel at 8 a.m. A “minor equipment issue” forced the plane to divert to Atlanta, where the Spurs switched to a new plane, the team spokesman said.
Barring another change in the start time by the NBA, the Spurs will head straight to the Frost Bank Center for their 6 p.m. game against Orlando after they touch down in San Antonio.
The NBA moved back tip off for the game to 6 p.m. after it was originally scheduled for 3 o’clock.
The game will be televised locally on FanDuel Sports Network.
The winter storm that has blanketed North Carolina with heavy snow kept the Spurs in Charlotte on Saturday night after their 111-106 loss to the Hornets earlier in the day.
The Spurs sat on their private plane for two-plus hours after the game hoping to eventually take off for San Antonio, but a team spokesman said they would be checking into a hotel for the night after officials closed the airport.
Charlotte is facing its most significant snowfall in nearly a decade as a powerful bomb cyclone hammers the region and a winter storm warning is in effect through 7 a.m. Sunday, the Charlotte Observer reported.
NBC-affiliate WCNC-TV in Charlotte reported that 6.1 inches of snow has accumulated at the airport. The final total could be as high as nine inches.
The Spurs are no strangers to logistical challenges that pop up during the course of the season. Last season, they had a scheduled game against the Lakers postponed due to the wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area in January 2025.
The fires forced the Spurs to change team hotels during that trip.
“Yeah, you got to obviously be flexible at times when you travel as much as we do,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said before Saturday’s game. “We’ve seen it now across the league where there’s been a few games moved up or canceled.”
Spurs forward Keldon Johnson said the team has learned to “roll with the punches.”
“We know what to expect with our schedule and we know we got to continue to just come together and get it done,” he said.
