2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season

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The 2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season was the 42nd season of the franchise and the 33rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

In the playoffs, the Spurs lost to the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the First Round.

Key dates

Offseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 26 George Hill Point guard  United States IUPUI
2 45 Goran Dragić Point guard  Slovenia
Union Olimpija
2 57 James Gist
Power forward
 United States Maryland

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F/C 15 Bonner, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Florida
F
12 Bowen, Bruce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Cal State Fullerton
F/C 21 Duncan, Tim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Wake Forest
G/F 4 Finley, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wisconsin
G
20 Ginóbili, Manu 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Argentina
F/C 90 Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas
G
3 Hill, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
IUPUI
F
28 Mahinmi, Ian 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) France
G
8
Mason, Roger
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia
C 7 Oberto, Fabricio 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Argentina
G
9 Parker, Tony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) France
F/C 40 Thomas, Kurt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) TCU
F
5 Udoka, Ime 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Portland State
G
11 Vaughn, Jacque 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 54 28 .659 28–13 26–15 10–6
x-Houston Rockets 53 29 .646 1 33–8 20–21 9–7
x-Dallas Mavericks 50 32 .610 4 32–9 18–23 7–9
x-New Orleans Hornets 49 33 .598 5 28–13 21–20 9–7
Memphis Grizzlies 24 58 .284 30 16–25 8–33 5–11
#
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 65 17 .793
2 y-Denver Nuggets 54 28 .659 11
3 y-San Antonio Spurs 54 28 .659 11
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers 54 28 .659 11
5 x-Houston Rockets 53 29 .646 12
6 x-Dallas Mavericks 50 32 .610 15
7 x-New Orleans Hornets 49 33 .598 16
8 x-Utah Jazz 48 34 .585 17
9 Phoenix Suns 46 36 .561 19
10 Golden State Warriors 29 53 .354 36
11 Minnesota Timberwolves 24 58 .293 41
12 Memphis Grizzlies 24 58 .293 41
13 Oklahoma City Thunder 23 59 .280 42
14 Los Angeles Clippers 19 63 .232 46
15 Sacramento Kings 17 65 .207 48

Game log

2008–09 game log
Total: 54–28 (home: 28–13; road: 26–15)
October: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 29
Phoenix
L 98–103 Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (32) Matt Bonner, Kurt Thomas (7) Tony Parker (5)
AT&T Center

18,797
0–1
2 October 31 @
Portland
L 99–100 Tim Duncan (27) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (11)
Rose Garden

20,516
0–2
November: 9–5 (home: 5–3; road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
3 November 4
Dallas
L 81–98 Tony Parker (22) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (3)
AT&T Center

17,398
0–3
4 November 5 @
Minnesota
W 129–125 (2OT) Tony Parker (55) Tim Duncan (16) Tony Parker (10) Target Center
11,112
1–3
5 November 7
Miami
L 83–99 Tim Duncan (22) Tim Duncan (11)
Roger Mason
(6)
AT&T Center
17,387
1–4
6 November 11
New York
W 92–80 Tim Duncan (23) Tim Duncan, Fabricio Oberto (9) Tim Duncan (7) AT&T Center
16,569
2–4
7 November 12 @
Milwaukee
L 78–82 Tim Duncan (24) Anthony Tolliver (6) Jacque Vaughn (6) Bradley Center
14,036
2–5
8 November 14
Houston
W 77–75 Tim Duncan (22)
Roger Mason
(9)
George Hill (5) AT&T Center
18,797
3–5
9 November 16 @
Sacramento
W 90–88 Michael Finley (21) Tim Duncan (10) Jacque Vaughn (6) ARCO Arena
11,699
4–5
10 November 17 @
L.A. Clippers
W 86–83
Roger Mason
(21)
Tim Duncan (15) George Hill (8)
Staples Center

14,962
5–5
11 November 19
Denver
L 81–91 George Hill (20) Tim Duncan (11) Tim Duncan (6) AT&T Center
16,559
5–6
12 November 21
Utah
W 119–94
Roger Mason
(29)
Tim Duncan (7) George Hill, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen (4) AT&T Center
17,354
6–6
13 November 24 @
Memphis
W 94–81 George Hill (20) Tim Duncan (11) (3) FedExForum
12,053
7–6
14 November 26
Chicago
W 98–88 Tim Duncan (21) George Hill (11) George Hill, Manu Ginóbili (4) AT&T Center
17,837
8–6
15 November 28
Memphis
W 109–98
Roger Mason
(20)
Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker, George Hill (7) AT&T Center
17,074
9–6
16 November 29 @
Houston
L 84–103 Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner (17) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) Toyota Center
18,282
9–7
December: 11–4 (home: 7–2; road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
17 December 2
Detroit
L 77–89 Tim Duncan (23) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (5)
AT&T Center

17,582
9–8
18 December 4 @
Denver
W 108–91 Tony Parker (22) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (8)
Pepsi Center

15,866
10–8
19 December 6
Golden State
W 123–88 Tim Duncan (20) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center
17,740
11–8
20 December 9 @
Dallas
W 133–126 (2OT) Tim Duncan (32) Tim Duncan (14) Tony Parker (10) American Airlines Center
19,937
12–8
21 December 10
Atlanta
W 95–89 Manu Ginóbili (27) Matt Bonner (13) George Hill (5) AT&T Center
18,161
13–8
22 December 12 @
Minnesota
W 98–86 Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (17) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (9) Target Center
15,336
14–8
23 December 14
Oklahoma City
W 109–104 Tony Parker (22) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center
17,419
15–8
24 December 17 @
New Orleans
L 83–90 Tony Parker (20) Tim Duncan (11) Manu Ginóbili (5)
New Orleans Arena

16,593
15–9
25 December 18 @
Orlando
L 78–90 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (4) Amway Arena
17,461
15–10
26 December 20
Toronto
W 107–97 Tony Parker (24) Kurt Thomas (12) Tony Parker (10) AT&T Center
17,227
16–10
27 December 22
Sacramento
W 101–85 Tony Parker (18) Kurt Thomas (7) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center
18,372
17–10
28 December 23
Minnesota
W 99–93 Tony Parker (36) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center
17,996
18–10
29 December 25 @
Phoenix
W 91–90 Tony Parker (27) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (8)
US Airways Center

18,422
19–10
30 December 27
Memphis
W 106–103 (2OT) Tony Parker (32) Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen (6) Tony Parker, Michael Finley (5) AT&T Center
18,797
20–10
31 December 30
Milwaukee
L 98–100 Tim Duncan (22) Tim Duncan (6) Tony Parker (10) AT&T Center
18,797
20–11
January: 12–3 (home: 6–1; road: 6–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
32 January 2 @
Memphis
W 91–80 Tim Duncan (20) Tim Duncan (10) Manu Ginóbili (6) FedExForum
12,597
21–11
33 January 3
Philadelphia
W 108–106 Tim Duncan (26) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (10)
AT&T Center

18,797
22–11
34 January 5 @
Miami
W 91–84 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7)
American Airlines Arena

19,600
23–11
35 January 8
L.A. Clippers
W 106–84 Tony Parker (19) Kurt Thomas (9) Tim Duncan (9) AT&T Center
17,873
24–11
36 January 11
Orlando
L 98–105 Tony Parker (31) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center
18,216
24–12
37 January 14
L.A. Lakers
W 112–111 Manu Ginóbili (27) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan (8) AT&T Center
18,797
25–12
38 January 16 @
Philadelphia
L 87–109 Tim Duncan (20) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (6)
Wachovia Center

18,739
25–13
39 January 17 @
Chicago
W 92–87 Manu Ginóbili (21) Tim Duncan (14) Tony Parker (8) United Center
22,100
26–13
40 January 19 @
Charlotte
W 86–84 Tim Duncan (17) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (10)
Time Warner Cable Arena

16,160
27–13
41 January 20
Indiana
W 99–81 Tim Duncan (27) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center
18,181
28–13
42 January 23
New Jersey
W 94–91 Tim Duncan (30) Tim Duncan (15) Tim Duncan (5) AT&T Center
18,797
29–13
43 January 25 @
L.A. Lakers
L 85–99 Tony Parker (19) Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili (8) Tony Parker (6)
Staples Center

18,997
29–14
44 January 27 @
Utah
W 106–100 Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (24) Manu Ginóbili, Tim Duncan (9) Tim Duncan (8)
EnergySolutions Arena

19,911
30–14
45 January 29 @
Phoenix
W 114–104 Manu Ginóbili (30) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (5)
US Airways Center

18,422
31–14
46 January 31
New Orleans
W 106–93 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (7) AT&T Center
18,797
32–14
February: 7–4 (home: 2–1; road: 5–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
47 February 2 @
Golden State
W 110–105 (OT) Manu Ginóbili, Tim Duncan (32) Kurt Thomas, Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (7)
Oracle Arena

18,205
33–14
48 February 3 @
Denver
L 96–104
Roger Mason
(26)
Matt Bonner (8)
Roger Mason
(6)
Pepsi Center

18,536
33–15
49 February 8 @
Boston
W 105–99 Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner (23) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (7)
TD Banknorth Garden

18,624
34–15
50 February 10 @
New Jersey
W 108–93 Tim Duncan (27) Tim Duncan (9) Tim Duncan (8)
Izod Center

13,301
35–15
51 February 11 @
Toronto
L 89–91 Manu Ginóbili (32) Tim Duncan (13) Tim Duncan (7)
Air Canada Centre

18,909
35–16
All-Star Break
52 February 17 @
New York
L 107–112 (OT) Tim Duncan (26) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (7) Madison Square Garden
19,763
35–17
53 February 19 @
Detroit
W 83–79 Tony Parker (19) Tim Duncan (18) Tony Parker (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076
36–17
54 February 21 @
Washington
W 98–67
Roger Mason
(25)
Tim Duncan (11) George Hill (6) Verizon Center
20,173
37–17
55 February 24
Dallas
W 93–76 Tony Parker (37) Kurt Thomas (15) Tony Parker (12)
AT&T Center

18,797
38–17
56 February 25
Portland
W 99–84 Tony Parker (39) Kurt Thomas (10) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center
18,672
39–17
57 February 27
Cleveland
L 86–97 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Malik Hairston, Tony Parker, Michael Finley (11) Michael Finley (7) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center
18,797
39–18
March: 9–8 (home: 6–4; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
58 March 1 @
Portland
L 84–102 Tony Parker (15) Fabricio Oberto (6) George Hill, Tony Parker (4)
Rose Garden

20,627
39–19
59 March 2 @
L.A. Clippers
W 106–78 Tony Parker (26) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (10)
Staples Center

17,649
40–19
60 March 4 @
Dallas
L 102–107 Tony Parker (37) Tim Duncan (12) Tim Duncan (5) American Airlines Center
20,316
40–20
61 March 6
Washington
W 100–78 Tony Parker (19) Kurt Thomas (7) Tony Parker (7)
AT&T Center

18,440
41–20
62 March 8
Phoenix
W 103–98 Tony Parker (30) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center
18,797
42–20
63 March 10
Charlotte
W 100–86
Roger Mason, Tony Parker
(21)
Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center
18,254
43–20
64 March 12
L.A. Lakers
L 95–102 Michael Finley, Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center
18,797
43–21
65 March 14 @
Houston
W 88–85 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (8) Toyota Center
18,300
44–21
66 March 16 @
Oklahoma City
L 76–78 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (7)
Ford Center

19,136
44–22
67 March 17
Minnesota
W 93–86 Tony Parker (24) Kurt Thomas (10) Tony Parker, Kurt Thomas (6) AT&T Center
18,797
45–22
68 March 20
Boston
L 77–80 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center
18,797
45–23
69 March 22
Houston
L 85–87 Tim Duncan (23) Kurt Thomas (9) Tony Parker (12) AT&T Center
18,797
45–24
70 March 24
Golden State
W 107–106 Tony Parker (30) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (10) AT&T Center
18,797
46–24
71 March 25 @
Atlanta
W 102–92 Tony Parker (42) Kurt Thomas (8) Tony Parker (10)
Philips Arena

18,529
47–24
72 March 27
L.A. Clippers
W 111–98 Tony Parker (18)
Roger Mason
(8)
Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center
18,797
48–24
73 March 29 @
New Orleans
L 86–90 Tony Parker (20) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (7)
New Orleans Arena

18,204
48–25
74 March 31
Oklahoma City
L 95–96 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (12) Tim Duncan, Michael Finley, Tony Parker (4) AT&T Center
18,797
48–26
April: 6–2 (home: 2–1; road: 4–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
75 April 3 @
Indiana
W 126–121 Tony Parker (31) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (10)
Conseco Fieldhouse

16,414
49–26
76 April 5 @
Cleveland
L 81–101 Tony Parker (24) Kurt Thomas (9) Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (4)
Quicken Loans Arena

20,562
49–27
77 April 7 @
Oklahoma City
W 99–89 Tim Duncan (25) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (10)
Ford Center

19,136
50–27
78 April 8
Portland
L 83–95
Roger Mason
(18)
Tony Parker, Kurt Thomas, Tim Duncan (5) Tony Parker (7)
AT&T Center

18,797
50–28
79 April 10
Utah
W 105–99 Tony Parker (31) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center
18,797
51–28
80 April 12 @
Sacramento
W 95–92 Tony Parker (25) Kurt Thomas (13) Tony Parker (9) ARCO Arena
13,330
52–28
81 April 13 @
Golden State
W 101–72 Drew Gooden (20) Drew Gooden (15) Tim Duncan, Michael Finley (4)
Oracle Arena

19,596
53–28
82 April 15
New Orleans
W 105–98 (OT) Tony Parker (29) Tim Duncan (19) Duncan, Parker (6) AT&T Center
18,797
54–28
2008–09 season schedule

Playoffs

2009 playoff game log
First Round: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 April 18
Dallas
L 97–105 Tim Duncan (27) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (8)
AT&T Center

18,797
0–1
2 April 20
Dallas
W 105–84 Tony Parker (38) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center
18,797
1–1
3 April 23 @
Dallas
L 67–88 Tony Parker (12) Kurt Thomas (10) Tony Parker (3) American Airlines Center
20,491
1–2
4 April 25 @
Dallas
L 90–99 Tony Parker (43) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan (7) American Airlines Center
20,829
1–3
5 April 28
Dallas
L 93–106 Tim Duncan (31) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center
20,829
1–4
2009 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG 
Points
per game
Source: [1]

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Blake Ahearn 3 0 6.3 .333 .500 1.000 .3 .7 .3 .0 2.7
Matt Bonner 81 67 23.8 .496 .440 .739 4.8 1.0 .6 .3 8.2
Bruce Bowen 80 10 18.8 .422 .429 .538 1.8 .5 .5 .2 2.7
Austin Croshere 3 0 7.7 .222 .000 .000 3.3 1.0 .0 .0 1.3
Tim Duncan 75 75 33.7 .504 .000 .692 10.7 3.5 .5 1.7 19.3
Desmon Farmer 3 0 18.0 .286 .250 1.000 2.0 .7 .0 .0 4.3
Michael Finley 81 77 28.8 .437 .411 .823 3.3 1.4 .5 .2 9.7
Manu Ginóbili 44 7 26.8 .454 .330 .884 4.5 3.6 1.5 .4 15.5
Drew Gooden 19 1 16.8 .490 .000 .789 4.4 .2 .2 .2 9.8
Malik Hairston 15 0 10.3 .490 .000 .286 1.9 .9 .4 .5 3.3
George Hill 77 7 16.5 .403 .329 .781 2.1 1.8 .6 .3 5.7
Roger Mason
82 71 30.4 .425 .421 .890 3.1 2.1 .5 .1 11.8
Pops Mensah-Bonsu 3 0 6.7 .714 .714 3.3 .0 .3 .3 5.0
Fabricio Oberto 54 11 12.5 .587 .000 .571 2.6 1.1 .1 .2 2.6
Tony Parker 72 71 34.1 .506 .292 .782 3.1 6.9 .9 .1 22.0
Kurt Thomas 79 10 17.8 .503 .000 .822 5.1 .8 .4 .7 4.3
Anthony Tolliver 19 0 10.9 .292 .220 .500 2.2 .9 .3 .1 2.7
Ime Udoka 67 3 15.4 .383 .328 .609 2.8 .8 .5 .2 4.3
Jacque Vaughn 30 0 9.7 .320 1.000 .889 .7 1.8 .2 .0 2.2
Marcus Williams 2 0 1.5 1.000 .0 .0 .0 .0 2.0

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Matt Bonner 5 5 20.0 .217 .231 1.000 3.2 .0 .6 .4 3.0
Bruce Bowen 5 2 26.0 .538 .556 1.000 3.0 .6 .6 .0 4.2
Tim Duncan 5 5 32.8 .532 .607 8.0 3.2 .6 1.2 19.8
Michael Finley 5 5 28.6 .441 .467 .750 3.0 1.0 .2 .2 8.0
Drew Gooden 4 0 17.8 .333 .000 1.000 3.8 .3 .3 .3 7.3
George Hill 4 0 19.0 .333 .375 .857 2.0 .5 .5 .3 5.8
Roger Mason
5 3 21.6 .375 .368 .667 1.6 1.8 .2 .0 6.6
Fabricio Oberto 2 0 11.0 .667 1.000 2.0 .0 1.0 .0 6.0
Tony Parker 5 5 36.2 .546 .212 .710 4.2 6.8 1.2 .2 28.6
Kurt Thomas 5 0 16.0 .455 .750 4.6 .4 .2 .4 2.6
Ime Udoka 5 0 20.8 .350 .125 .400 4.6 .8 .8 .2 3.4
Jacque Vaughn 2 0 10.5 .400 .500 .0 2.0 .0 .0 3.5

The Spurs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Dallas Mavericks.

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Tim Duncan became the first player in NBA history to be an All-NBA selection in his first twelve seasons. Duncan is one of only eight players in the history of the league to be selected twelve times.[2]

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
  2. ^
    Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original
    on May 19, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.