Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. No. Nov 9 @ SAC, SAS (5-1) beat SAC, 97-86, 7. Early on in the third period, Gervin scored his 58 points on the way to 63 capturing the scoring title. Mar 29, SAS (55-17) beat LAC, 104-102, 73. The following season in the 1979 Conference Finals the Spurs led the series 31 but the Bullets came back to win the last three games and came from behind to win the seventh game 107105 handing the Spurs a heartbreaking loss. (Series Stats), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:46PM. [73] The Spurs would meet the defending champion Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. Throughout the 2022 season, the Spurs will celebrate the club's 50th anniversary. In the 2014 NBA draft, they selected Kyle Anderson out of UCLA as the 30th overall pick. 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Dec 31 @ WAS, SAS (19-13) lost to WAS, 103-105, 34. Or write about sports? The Spurs faced hurdles but would make it to the Western Conference Finals, but lose to the Lakers in five games. As the 1980s progressed, the Spurs would see their shares of highs and lows. Gervin and Silas took that style to heart, as the Spurs became an exciting fast-break team. Jan 28 @ HOU, SAS (33-12) lost to HOU, 90-97, 46. All three of these teams have a championship history. Next. Net Rtg: +9.0 (1st of 29), Preseason Odds: We present them here for purely educational purposes. Spurs' Tony Parker has ruptured quadriceps tendon. Jan 11 @ MEM, SAS (28-11) lost to MEM, 98-101, 43. In 2014, the jerseys were sleeved. They also clinched 22 Division and 5 Conf. San Antonio also disclosed they waived Isaiah Roby to clear a roster spot. 97.6 (6th of 30), SRS: 8.00 (1st of 30) 2002-03 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division Coach: Gregg Popovich (60-22) Executive: R.C. The 10-year veteran inked a one-year, $2.64 million deal with San Antonio on August 9, 2022 . Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. [123] The Spurs were hurt by poor three-point shooting and by injuries to starting guard Derrick White; however, Keldon Johnson and other young players made positive strides over the course of the season. Apr 14 @ LAL, SAS (58-22) lost to LAL, 86-91, 81. San Antonio Spurs Regular Season Rosters Season: Roster: Team: International Format 2022-2023 San Antonio Spurs Regular Season Roster Sort: Player (A-Z) Col umns: Swipe Two-Way player 2022-2023 San Antonio Depth Chart San Antonio Draft Rights Retained 2022-2023 San Antonio Awards & Honors 2022-2023 San Antonio Season Stat Leaders Sort: PTS In the Finals, the Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers and captured their fourth title in nine years. [16] The team's recent success has coincided with the tenure of current head coach Gregg Popovich[11][17] and with the playing careers of Spurs icons David Robinson (19892003) and Tim Duncan (19972016). 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Dec 13 @ POR, SAS (18-6) lost to POR, 90-98, 26. In each of their three previous trips to the NBA Finals (1999, 2003, 2005), the San Antonio Spurs have won the NBA title. Rasho Nesterovi and Hedo Trkolu were brought in to replace Robinson and Jackson, respectively. [22] The Spurs have consistently posted winning road records during this period, including an NBA-record longest single road-trip winning streak (eight games out of nine, achieved in 2003). Feb 11 @ POR, SAS (34-16) beat POR, 116-111, 51. Midwest Division, PTS/G: That night Gervin knew that he needed 58 points against the Jazz in New Orleans. [57] For the 200506 season, the Spurs acquired the two-time All-Star Michael Finley and one-time All Star Nick Van Exel. In 201011, the Spurs finished 6121 to be the first seed, but an injury to Ginbili in the final regular season game took a toll on the team, and they were upset by the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies. Mar 21 @ SAC, SAS (52-16) beat SAC, 99-79, 69. Dec 11 @ MIL, SAS (17-4) beat MIL, 109-77, 23. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The San Antonio Spurs are signing center Gorgui Dieng to a second 10-day contract, according to sources. Without Robinson and Elliott, the Spurs were a rudderless team. 2653-1852 589 W-L 2275-1486. Or write about sports? However, by the time the playoffs rolled around, Duncan was ready to return. 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[131][dubious discuss] The two teams met in the playoffs five times in six seasons, and one of the two teams advanced to the NBA Finals every year from 1999 to 2005. The Spurs used their pick to select Wake Forest product and consensus All-American Tim Duncan. The Chaps' second season was a bit of a disappointment, as the team finished in fourth place with a mediocre 4137 record. However, as the series shifted to Detroit, the Spurs lost Games 3 and 4 by big margins as the Pistons tied the series. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. [27], The team suffered from poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas. The early Spurs were led by ABA veteran James Silas, and the team grew stronger by acquiring Swen Nater (who would go on to win the Rookie of the Year award) and George Gervin from the Virginia Squires in January. (Series Stats)Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Golden State Warriors Join our linker program. He recorded 13 rebounds. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), foreign playersalso known as international playersare those who were born outside of the United States. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. [94] Leonard was subsequently cleared to play by the Spurs medical staff, but he solicited a second opinion from his own doctors. Jan 8 @ SEA, SAS (22-13) beat SEA, 106-95, 36. Meanwhile, backup point guard Speedy Claxton left for the Golden State Warriors, and Stephen Jackson left for the Atlanta Hawks. [106], In 2018, the Spurs began training camp without a member of the Big Three for the first time since the 199798 season. BallerTV Live Streaming. Do you have a blog? The fourth-year forward averaged 4.1 points in 42 appearnces this season. [124], At the conclusion of the 20202021 season, the NBA held a play-in tournament. He was named First Team All-NBA while winning Rookie of the Year honors. Feb 21 @ LAC, SAS (44-12) beat LAC, 116-90, 57. However, the Spurs would turn it around, as they ended December on a 13-game winning streak and quickly climbed back to the top of the NBA standings. It was also the first time that they had advanced to the Finals in consecutive years. Minutes went to younger and more athletic talent like Danny Green, Gary Neal, and Tiago Splitter, to whom Popovich would teach The Spurs' Way a fast pace, unselfish passing, and accountability on defense. Prior to the season, the Spurs traded fan-favorite Elliott to the Detroit Pistons in return for rebounding star Dennis Rodman. [126] In addition, longtime Spur Patty Mills left the team in free agency,[127] and the Spurs signed sharpshooter Doug McDermott. In 1993, local businessman Peter M. Holt and a group of 22 investors purchased the Spurs from Red McCombs for $75million. Data Provided By Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Jan 2, SAS (25-8) lost to NYK, 101-105, 35. Before the trade deadline, the Spurs decided to part ways with Richard Jefferson and sent him to the Golden State Warriors for Stephen Jackson, who had been a member of the 2003 championship team. Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has withdrawn from playing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic due to inflammation in his knee. Do you have a blog? Oct. 9, 2021 Updated: Oct. 10, 2021 2:46 p.m. Throughout the season, and particularly in the playoffs, there appeared to be friction developing between Rodman and several Spurs' teammates, most notably Robinson. Coming off their first NBA Championship, the Spurs were still among the best teams in the West and battling for first place in the Midwest Division during the 19992000 season. Pace: 94.2 (6th of 30), Off Rtg: 108.3 (7th of 30) After going scoreless in the first half, Robert Horry hit a clutch three-point shot with nine seconds remaining to give the Spurs a dramatic 9695 win. San Antonio embraced the Spurs with open arms; the Spurs drew 6,303 fans per game, surpassing the Chaparrals' entire total attendance in only 18 games. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nba | pageType: rosters | Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. Jan 21 @ PHI, SAS (33-11) beat PHI, 90-85, 45. Nov 16 @ CLE, SAS (6-4) beat CLE, 90-77, 15. [56] The Spurs would not get off to a flying start as they had just a 1913 record heading into January. During the 2014 off-season, the Spurs made headlines when they announced that they had hired Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, effective with her retirement as a player at the end of the 2014 WNBA season. An unlikely and uncharacteristic series of mishaps would doom the Spurs down the stretch, including the benching of Duncan by Popovich at the end of regulation with the Spurs on defense. The team's primary colors were changed from the red, white, and blue of the Chaparrals to the now-familiar black, silver and white motif of the Spurs, with the branding taking effect for the 197374 season. Event Coverage by Texas Basketball Scouts. Chris Bosh rebounded the ball and Ray Allen then hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with five seconds left in regulation to send it to overtime, during which the Spurs were defeated 103100. (Series Stats)Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Los Angeles Lakers The Spurs used this selection on United States Naval Academy standout David Robinson. In the overtime period, Manu Ginbili blocked James Harden's three-point attempt in the final seconds to secure the 110107 victory for the Spurs. Mar 12 @ MIN, SAS (45-18) beat MIN, 111-99, 66. Feb 8 @ DET, SAS (39-12) lost to DET, 109-119, 52. The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. With the acquisition of guard Brent Barry from Seattle, the Spurs would get off to a quick start, posting a 123 record in November. With the later additions of center Nazr Mohammed from New York (acquired in a midseason trade of Malik Rose), and veteran forward Glenn Robinson from free agency, alongside regulars Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Tony Parker, Manu Ginbili, and Tim Duncan, the Spurs would be near the top in the Western Conference all season, battling the Phoenix Suns for the best record in the NBA. The Spurs won five National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014) during one of the most dominant stretches in NBA history. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The Mavericks were swept in the 201213 season by the Spurs for the first time since the 1998 season, Tim Duncan's rookie season. . Apr 13 @ PHO, SAS (59-21) lost to PHO, 85-92, 81. How many NBA championships have the San Antonio Spurs won? The team also selected Texas Longhorns' Cory Joseph as the 29th overall pick. Find out the latest on your favorite NBA players on CBSSports.com. Apr 15 @ GSW, SAS (58-23) lost to GSW, 106-116, 82. This agreement placed particular financial pressure on the Spurs and the other three surviving former ABA teams. In January the Spurs began to gel and seemed prepped to make a run, when they embarked on their annual Rodeo Road Trip, a nine-game road trip from January 25 to February 16. However, in the playoffs, the Spurs could never catch a break, losing to teams like the Washington Bullets, the Boston Celtics, the Houston Rockets, and the Los Angeles Lakers. 6 jersey to be retired throughout NBA", "NBA permanently retires Bill Russell's No. Won NBA Western Conference First Round (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns Def Rtg: 102.4 (3rd of 30) It was a 110-99 win at AT&T Center. ODDS: The Jazz are 9.5 favorites over . Out went the stream of last-legs, wizened veterans that the Spurs had relied on to fill out the rotation behind the Big Three. The Spurs ended the season with a 2062 record, the worst in franchise historyand the last time they missed the playoffs until the 201920 season. [115], Because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 NBA regular season was shortened to 72 games and began on December 22, 2020. Southwest Division, PTS/G: As disastrous as the 199697 season was for the Spurs, the off-season proved to be the opposite. Def Rtg: 99.7 (3rd of 29) They were allowed to move the team to San Antonio immediately, but would return the team to Dallas if no purchase occurred by 1975. [145], At times throughout the season, the Spurs wear a jersey that says "Los Spurs" on the front, in recognition of Latino fans both at home and across the US and Latin America. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The Lucas era started out successfully. 37-13, Finished 1st in NBA After their disappointing second-round collapse, the Spurs looked to regain the NBA crown. Feb 19 @ LAL, SAS (4-5) lost to LAL, 94-106, 11. 105.4 (6th of 30) Learn more and register, Height of bar is margin of victory Mouseover bar for details Click for box score Grouped by Month, 2. San Antonio was up five points with 28 seconds to go in regulation. ", "San Antonio Spurs officially become 'best' franchise in NBA history", "These Are the 5 Winningest Franchises in Modern Day American Sports", "The San Antonio Spurs' near-two-decade streak of 50-win seasons is over", "Spurs Extend League Record For 50-Win Seasons to 18 Straight", "Spurs match record by making playoffs 22nd straight year", "In San Antonio, success is spelled S-P-U-R-S", "Incredible! In Game 7, Duncan had 25 points as the Spurs pulled away late to win their third NBA Title in seven years with an 8174 win. In the second round of the playoffs, the Spurs found themselves in another showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three more in the span of five seasons between. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. Mar 26, SAS (18-10) lost to TOR, 91-93, 34. The San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in the Southwest Division of the National Basketball Association's Western Conference, began play as the Dallas Chaparrals, a charter team of the American Basketball Association, in 1967. . [46][47] The duo helped lead the team to NBA championships in 1999 and 2003.[44]. While both Duncan and Robinson played low-post roles, the two seamlessly meshed on the court. In addition, from 1977 to 1981 a saddle-like striping was featured on the back of the home shorts. Mar 20 @ VAN, SAS (16-9) beat VAN, 92-88, 27. Visit ESPN to view the San Antonio Spurs team roster for the current season. Despite the shortened 66-game NBA season due to the NBA lockout, the Spurs won 50 games and tied the Chicago Bulls for the best record in the league. [150] In 2022, the Spurs replaced their silver "Statement" uniforms with a black one, but with silver letters, a new "SATX" wordmark, a new "Texas spur" alternate logo, and grayscale patterns inspired from traditional serapes and saddle blankets. Jan 29, SAS (33-13) lost to CHI, 86-96, 48. (13-49, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (16-47, 14th in the Western Conference) 2h; All NBA News. In fact, during the 197071 season, the name "Dallas" was dropped in favor of "Texas" and an attempt was made to make the team a regional one, playing games in Fort Worth, at the Tarrant County Convention Center, as well as Lubbock, at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum, but this proved a failure and the team returned full-time to Dallas in time for the 197172 season, splitting their games at Moody Coliseum and Dallas Convention Center Arena. [75] Hammon became the first full-time female coach in any of the four major U.S. professional leagues.[76]. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABANBA merger[8][9] and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. In the first round of the playoffs, the eighth-seeded Dallas Mavericks surprised the Spurs by taking the series to seven games, but the Spurs prevailed in convincing fashion in the deciding Game 7. Jan 29 @ IND, SAS (29-16) beat IND, 106-97, 46. The series against the Nets marked the first time two former ABA teams played each other for the NBA Championship. Few observers could have predicted how far the Spurs would fall during the 199697 season, especially with the signing of Dominique Wilkins. Southwest Division, PTS/G: The Spurs started the 200203 season with an 8781 road win over the defending champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. At press time, the Spurs, Rockets and Pistons had a combined record of 42 wins and 141 losses. Mar 18, SAS (47-19) lost to NYK, 97-105, 67. Although Duncan is a United States citizen,[443] the NBA considers him an international player. Nov 1 @ LAL, SAS (2-0) beat LAL, 91-85, 3. Feb 9 @ MIN, SAS (2-2) lost to MIN, 70-74, 5. Oct 29 @ LAL, SAS (1-0) beat LAL, 87-82, 2. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Hill only lasted 18 games as coach that season, eventually being fired and replaced by general manager Gregg Popovich, who had also served a stint under Brown as an assistant coach. In the second, Gervin set a single period record with 33 points. They gained a new rival in the form of the Houston Rockets, who had played in Texas for five years prior to the merger. [95] In March, the Spurs held a players-only meeting in which Leonard's teammates reportedly asked him to return to the court; the meeting was described as "tense and emotional". Mar 24 @ HOU, SAS (53-17) lost to HOU, 95-96, 72. [12] As of May 2017, the Spurs had the best winning percentage of any franchise in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada over the previous three decades. With that win, the Spurs clinched a playoff spot for a 16th straight season. In the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Suns, Lakers and Mavericks en route to facing the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Learn more and register, Height of bar is margin of victory Mouseover bar for details Click for box score Grouped by Month, 4. Leonard missed the first 27 games of the 201718 season with a right quadriceps injury. The Spurs would go on to win the 2014 NBA championship in five games (41). He posted 20.3 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game, earning an invitation to the G League Next Up Game at All-Star Weekend. In breaking from the traditional practice of placing the team or city name in front, the Spurs' new uniform features only the stylized spur logo, with the black number trimmed in white and silver on the upper right. San Antonio Spurs scores, news, schedule, players, stats, rumors, depth charts and more on RealGM.com . In Game 5 back in San Antonio, Duncan seemingly delivered the Spurs a 7372 win as he hit a dramatic shot with just 0.4 seconds remaining. Apr 8 @ HOU, SAS (24-10) beat HOU, 92-83, 35. Nov 30, SAS (14-3) lost to HOU, 106-112, 19. Dec 21, SAS (21-6) lost to OKC, 100-113, 29. Tony Parker, who dominated in the Finals averaging 24.5 points per game on 57 percent shooting, was named Finals MVP and became the first European-born player to win the award.[63]. The seventh-seeded Spurs would once again battle the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. Italics denotes still active, but not with the team. Apr 11, SAS (62-18) beat PHO, 112-104, 81. 51 and No. These three international players, Duncan, Ginbili and Parker, played together from 2002 until Duncan's retirement in 2016, became All-Stars and led the Spurs to four NBA titles. Check out the current San Antonio Spurs roster and learn more about your favorite players with access to bios, photos and stats on NBA.com [438] 52 international players have played for the Spurs. In 2018, Former Spurs point guard Tony Parker expressed his gratitude for San Antonio while also conveying his appreciation for Popovich's leadership in his heartfelt letter for The Players' Tribune. Nov 26 @ WAS, SAS (12-3) beat WAS, 118-92, 16. The Spurs won the series 42, giving them their second NBA Championship in franchise history. Feb 10 @ BRK, SAS (40-12) beat BRK, 111-86, 53. The Heat missed their field goal attempt, but the undersized Spurs could not grab the defensive rebound. After a steal from Ginbili, James hit two free throws after being fouled by Duncan, and when Ginbili missed a subsequent 3-pointer, Dwyane Wade hit one out of two from the free-throw line to put the game on ice, as the Heat would win their second straight championship.[74].

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