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It’s time for the first [preseason] game of the new season. If it seems like the Spurs just played a few weeks ago, that’s almost true. The last season was incredibly weird, like everything else in 2020, but the Spurs have been a bright spot so far, as they played well in the Orlando bubble, just not quite well enough to earn a playoff spot.