Spurs Vs Raptors: San Antonio rallies late, hands Toronto a 110-107 loss
The Spurs completed a late comeback in a 110-107 win in Toronto on Feb. 25, 2026, a result that ended with the Raptors surrendering a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. The outcome matters now because it preserved San Antonio’s momentum on the Rodeo Road Trip and tightened the race for positioning with teams like Oklahoma City.
Final score and decisive fourth-quarter swing
San Antonio beat Toronto 110-107 after a 9-0 run to open the fourth quarter erased a Raptors lead that had reached double-digits. The run began after the Raptors started the period without Jalen Ingram and Scottie Barnes on the floor, and that sequence swung momentum decisively in the Spurs’ favor. Despite Victor Wembenyama being held to 12 points, the Spurs got 20-plus scoring nights from Fox and Vassell and 15 points off the bench from Dylan Harper to close the game.
Victor Wembenyama and the Collin Murray-Boyles matchup
Victor Wembenyama drew overwhelming attention in Toronto, warming up to intense fanfare and sideline security managing crowd activity for the 7-foot-3 French star. The Raptors countered by matching him with rookie Collin Murray-Boyles (CMB); CMB acquitted himself well against the height mismatch but tweaked his thumb again and exited early in the fourth quarter, removing a key matchup for Toronto down the stretch.
Jakob Poeltl’s availability and Toronto’s interior effort
Jakob Poeltl, who had sat out the previous night for injury management, was available and played a strong, active game around the rim. Poeltl’s activity on the glass and his ability to run back in transition helped keep Toronto in possession fights and contributed to the team’s lead heading into the fourth.
Coach Darko Rajakovic on rotation choices and fatigue
Darko Rajakovic explained the rotation decisions that influenced the late collapse: Ingram never starts the fourth quarter because he typically plays the entire third, and Barnes — who had tweaked his quad the night before — communicated that he wanted fewer minutes, so he began the fourth on the bench. The game was the second night of a back-to-back for Toronto, and those minute-management choices helped trigger the 9-0 Spurs run that erased the lead.
Spurs’ Rodeo Road Trip, streaks and standings impact
San Antonio played in Canada while in the midst of its Rodeo Road Trip and preserved momentum that keeps pressure on rivals; the Spurs are one of three teams with 40 wins thus far this season. The Spurs were on a multigame winning run and arrived in Toronto with the aim of maintaining that momentum. The team’s resilience after a prior win at Detroit — described as playoff-style basketball and a signature victory — framed expectations for this matchup.
Raptors’ immediate schedule and broader implications
The loss was Toronto’s second in a row. The Raptors have a light week ahead with just one game in the next seven days, a Saturday matchup against the Washington Wizards, before returning home to play the New York Knicks on Wednesday. What makes this notable is how rotation management and late-game availability — Barnes’ sore quad, Ingram’s usage pattern and CMB’s thumb tweak — translated directly into a lost lead and a narrow defeat that could factor into the Raptors’ short-term recovery and minute planning.
Other game-day notes: Sandro Mamukelashvili faced his former team for the first time as a Raptor; Scottie Barnes was cleared to play after tweaking his quad the night before; and a matchup of dunk attempts between Grady Dick and Stephon Castle was expected with Stephon projected to win the exchange by blocking Dick. The matchup was scheduled for February 25, 2026 at 6: 30 PM CT with streaming available on NBA League Pass and television coverage on FanDuel Sports Southwest.
Across the league context mentioned before the game: the Spurs’ recent win in Detroit was framed as perhaps their best victory of the season, they had shown mental resilience against the Pistons, and the club aimed to stay undefeated on this year’s Rodeo Road Trip. Toronto’s roster was largely intact for the contest, but late-game rotations and a back-to-back schedule proved consequential.
