2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season explained

Team:San Antonio Spurs
End Year:2009
Divisionwin:yes
Wins:54
Losses:28
Division:Southwest
Division Place:1st
Conf Place:3rd
Coach:Gregg Popovich
Gm:R.C. Buford
Arena:AT&T Center
Television:Fox Sports Southwest, KENS, KMYS
Radio:WOAI
Playoffs:First Round
(lost to Mavericks 1–4)
Bbr Team:SAS

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

Draft picks

See main article: 2008 NBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationality College
126George HillPoint guardIUPUI
245Goran DragićPoint guardUnion Olimpija
257James GistPower forwardMaryland

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 29| Phoenix| | Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (32)| Matt Bonner, Kurt Thomas (7)| Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
18,797| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| October 31| @ Portland| | Tim Duncan (27)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (11)| Rose Garden
20,516| 0–2

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| November 4| Dallas| | Tony Parker (22)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (3)| AT&T Center
17,398| 0–3|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 4| November 5| @ Minnesota| | Tony Parker (55)| Tim Duncan (16)| Tony Parker (10)| Target Center
11,112| 1–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| November 7| Miami| | Tim Duncan (22)| Tim Duncan (11)| Roger Mason (6)| AT&T Center
17,387| 1–4|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 6| November 11| New York| | Tim Duncan (23)| Tim Duncan, Fabricio Oberto (9)| Tim Duncan (7)| AT&T Center
16,569| 2–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| November 12| @ Milwaukee| | Tim Duncan (24)| Anthony Tolliver (6)| Jacque Vaughn (6)| Bradley Center
14,036| 2–5|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 8| November 14| Houston| | Tim Duncan (22)| Roger Mason (9)| George Hill (5)| AT&T Center
18,797| 3–5|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 9| November 16| @ Sacramento| | Michael Finley (21)| Tim Duncan (10)| Jacque Vaughn (6)| ARCO Arena
11,699| 4–5|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 10| November 17| @ L.A. Clippers| | Roger Mason (21)| Tim Duncan (15)| George Hill (8)| Staples Center
14,962| 5–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 19| Denver| | George Hill (20)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tim Duncan (6)| AT&T Center
16,559| 5–6|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 12| November 21| Utah| | Roger Mason (29)| Tim Duncan (7)| George Hill, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen (4)| AT&T Center
17,354| 6–6|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 13| November 24| @ Memphis| | George Hill (20)| Tim Duncan (11)| George Hill, Roger Mason, Michael Finley, Fabricio Oberto (3)| FedExForum
12,053| 7–6|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 14| November 26| Chicago| | Tim Duncan (21)| George Hill (11)| George Hill, Manu Ginóbili (4)| AT&T Center
17,837| 8–6|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 15| November 28| Memphis| | Roger Mason (20)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker, George Hill (7)| AT&T Center
17,074| 9–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 16| November 29| @ Houston| | Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner (17)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (7)| Toyota Center
18,282| 9–7

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| December 2| Detroit| | Tim Duncan (23)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (5)| AT&T Center
17,582| 9–8|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 18| December 4| @ Denver| | Tony Parker (22)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (8)| Pepsi Center
15,866| 10–8|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 19| December 6| Golden State| | Tim Duncan (20)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
17,740| 11–8|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 20| December 9| @ Dallas| | Tim Duncan (32)| Tim Duncan (14)| Tony Parker (10)| American Airlines Center
19,937| 12–8|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 21| December 10| Atlanta| | Manu Ginóbili (27)| Matt Bonner (13)| George Hill (5)| AT&T Center
18,161| 13–8|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 22| December 12| @ Minnesota| | Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (17)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (9)| Target Center
15,336| 14–8|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 23| December 14| Oklahoma City| | Tony Parker (22)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
17,419| 15–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 17| @ New Orleans| | Tony Parker (20)| Tim Duncan (11)| Manu Ginóbili (5)| New Orleans Arena
16,593| 15–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 25| December 18| @ Orlando| | Tim Duncan (19)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (4)| Amway Arena
17,461| 15–10|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 26| December 20| Toronto| | Tony Parker (24)| Kurt Thomas (12)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
17,227| 16–10|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 27| December 22| Sacramento| | Tony Parker (18)| Kurt Thomas (7)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,372| 17–10|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 28| December 23| Minnesota| | Tony Parker (36)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
17,996| 18–10|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 29| December 25| @ Phoenix| | Tony Parker (27)| Tim Duncan (17)| Tony Parker (8)| US Airways Center
18,422| 19–10|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 30| December 27| Memphis| | Tony Parker (32)| Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen (6)| Tony Parker, Michael Finley (5)| AT&T Center
18,797| 20–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 31| December 30| Milwaukee| | Tim Duncan (22)| Tim Duncan (6)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
18,797| 20–11

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 32| January 2| @ Memphis| | Tim Duncan (20)| Tim Duncan (10)| Manu Ginóbili (6)| FedExForum
12,597| 21–11|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 33| January 3| Philadelphia| | Tim Duncan (26)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
18,797| 22–11|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 34| January 5| @ Miami| | Tim Duncan (19)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 23–11|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 35| January 8| L.A. Clippers| | Tony Parker (19)| Kurt Thomas (9)| Tim Duncan (9)| AT&T Center
17,873| 24–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 36| January 11| Orlando| | Tony Parker (31)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,216| 24–12|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 37| January 14| L.A. Lakers| | Manu Ginóbili (27)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan (8)| AT&T Center
18,797| 25–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 16| @ Philadelphia| | Tim Duncan (20)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (6)| Wachovia Center
18,739| 25–13|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 39| January 17| @ Chicago| | Manu Ginóbili (21)| Tim Duncan (14)| Tony Parker (8)| United Center
22,100| 26–13|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 40| January 19| @ Charlotte| | Tim Duncan (17)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
16,160| 27–13|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 41| January 20| Indiana| | Tim Duncan (27)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,181| 28–13|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 42| January 23| New Jersey| | Tim Duncan (30)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tim Duncan (5)| AT&T Center
18,797| 29–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 43| January 25| @ L.A. Lakers| | Tony Parker (19)| Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili (8)| Tony Parker (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 29–14|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 44| January 27| @ Utah| | Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (24)| Manu Ginóbili, Tim Duncan (9)| Tim Duncan (8)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 30–14|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 45| January 29| @ Phoenix| | Manu Ginóbili (30)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (5)| US Airways Center
18,422| 31–14|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 46| January 31| New Orleans| | Tony Parker (25)| Tim Duncan (8)| Tony Parker, Tim Duncan (7)| AT&T Center
18,797| 32–14

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 47| February 2| @ Golden State| | Manu Ginóbili, Tim Duncan (32)| Kurt Thomas, Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (7)| Oracle Arena
18,205| 33–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 3| @ Denver| | Roger Mason (26)| Matt Bonner (8)| Roger Mason (6)| Pepsi Center
18,536| 33–15|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 49| February 8| @ Boston| | Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner (23)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tony Parker (7)| TD Banknorth Garden
18,624| 34–15|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 50| February 10| @ New Jersey| | Tim Duncan (27)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tim Duncan (8)| Izod Center
13,301| 35–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 51| February 11| @ Toronto| | Manu Ginóbili (32)| Tim Duncan (13)| Tim Duncan (7)| Air Canada Centre
18,909| 35–16|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 52| February 17| @ New York| | Tim Duncan (26)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 35–17|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 53| February 19| @ Detroit| | Tony Parker (19)| Tim Duncan (18)| Tony Parker (11)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 36–17|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 54| February 21| @ Washington| | Roger Mason (25)| Tim Duncan (11)| George Hill (6)| Verizon Center
20,173| 37–17|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 55| February 24| Dallas| | Tony Parker (37)| Kurt Thomas (15)| Tony Parker (12)| AT&T Center
18,797| 38–17|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 56| February 25| Portland| | Tony Parker (39)| Kurt Thomas (10)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,672| 39–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 27| Cleveland| | Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Malik Hairston, Tony Parker, Michael Finley (11)| Michael Finley (7)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,797| 39–18

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 58| March 1| @ Portland| | Tony Parker (15)| Fabricio Oberto (6)| George Hill, Tony Parker (4)| Rose Garden
20,627| 39–19|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 59| March 2| @ L.A. Clippers| | Tony Parker (26)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (10)| Staples Center
17,649| 40–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 60| March 4| @ Dallas| | Tony Parker (37)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tim Duncan (5)| American Airlines Center
20,316| 40–20|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 61| March 6| Washington| | Tony Parker (19)| Kurt Thomas (7)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,440| 41–20|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 62| March 8| Phoenix| | Tony Parker (30)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,797| 42–20|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 63| March 10| Charlotte| | Roger Mason, Tony Parker (21)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,254| 43–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 64| March 12| L.A. Lakers| | Michael Finley, Tony Parker (25)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (9)| AT&T Center
18,797| 43–21|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 65| March 14| @ Houston| | Tony Parker (28)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (8)| Toyota Center
18,300| 44–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 66| March 16| @ Oklahoma City| | Tony Parker (28)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (7)| Ford Center
19,136| 44–22|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 67| March 17| Minnesota| | Tony Parker (24)| Kurt Thomas (10)| Tony Parker, Kurt Thomas (6)| AT&T Center
18,797| 45–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 20| Boston| | Tony Parker (25)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,797| 45–23|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 69| March 22| Houston| | Tim Duncan (23)| Kurt Thomas (9)| Tony Parker (12)| AT&T Center
18,797| 45–24|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 70| March 24| Golden State| | Tony Parker (30)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tony Parker (10)| AT&T Center
18,797| 46–24|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 71| March 25| @ Atlanta| | Tony Parker (42)| Kurt Thomas (8)| Tony Parker (10)| Philips Arena
18,529| 47–24|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 72| March 27| L.A. Clippers| | Tony Parker (18)| Roger Mason (8)| Manu Ginóbili (7)| AT&T Center
18,797| 48–24|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 29| @ New Orleans| | Tony Parker (20)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (7)| New Orleans Arena
18,204| 48–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 74| March 31| Oklahoma City| | Tim Duncan (21)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tim Duncan, Michael Finley, Tony Parker (4)| AT&T Center
18,797| 48–26

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 75| April 3| @ Indiana| | Tony Parker (31)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (10)| Conseco Fieldhouse
16,414| 49–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 5| @ Cleveland| | Tony Parker (24)| Kurt Thomas (9)| Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (4)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 49–27|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 77| April 7| @ Oklahoma City| | Tim Duncan (25)| Tim Duncan (15)| Tony Parker (10)| Ford Center
19,136| 50–27|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 78| April 8| Portland| | Roger Mason (18)| Tony Parker, Kurt Thomas, Tim Duncan (5)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,797| 50–28|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 79| April 10| Utah| | Tony Parker (31)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (7)| AT&T Center
18,797| 51–28|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 80| April 12| @ Sacramento| | Tony Parker (25)| Kurt Thomas (13)| Tony Parker (9)| ARCO Arena
13,330| 52–28|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 81| April 13| @ Golden State| | Drew Gooden (20)| Drew Gooden (15)| Tim Duncan, Michael Finley (4)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 53–28|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 82| April 15| New Orleans| | Tony Parker (29)| Tim Duncan (19)| Duncan, Parker (6)| AT&T Center
18,797| 54–28

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 18| Dallas| | Tim Duncan (27)| Tim Duncan (9)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,797| 0–1|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 2| April 20| Dallas| | Tony Parker (38)| Tim Duncan (11)| Tony Parker (8)| AT&T Center
18,797| 1–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 23| @ Dallas| | Tony Parker (12)| Kurt Thomas (10)| Tony Parker (3)| American Airlines Center
20,491| 1–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| April 25| @ Dallas| | Tony Parker (43)| Tim Duncan (10)| Tim Duncan (7)| American Airlines Center
20,829| 1–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| April 28| Dallas| | Tim Duncan (31)| Tim Duncan (12)| Tony Parker (6)| AT&T Center
20,829| 1–4

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
SG82 71 2,496 251 173 40 12 969 30.4 3.1 2.1 .5 .1 11.8
SF81 77 2,336 270 114 37 17 784 28.8 3.3 1.4 .5 .2 9.7
PF81 67 1,928 386 82 47 26 667 23.8 4.8 1.0 .6 .3 8.2
SF80 10 1,506 145 40 36 13 214 18.8 1.8 .5 .5 .2 2.7
PF79 10 1,404 405 66 34 58 343 17.8 5.1 .8 .4 .7 4.3
PG77 7 1,270 158 136 45 21 438 16.5 2.1 1.8 .6 .3 5.7
C75 75 2,524 800 264 38 126 1,450 33.7 10.7 3.5 .5 1.7 19.3
PG72 71 2,456 223 496 67 4 1,581 34.1 3.1 6.9 .9 .1 22.0
SF67 3 1,035 187 54 36 12 289 15.4 2.8 .8 .5 .2 4.3
C54 11 677 142 59 7 11 142 12.5 2.6 1.1 .1 .2 2.6
SG44 7 1,181 198 157 64 16 683 26.8 4.5 3.6 1.5 .4 15.5
PG30 0 292 22 55 6 0 65 9.7 .7 1.8 .2 .0 2.2
†PF19 1 320 83 3 4 4 187 16.8 4.4 .2 .2 .2 9.8
PF19 0 208 41 17 5 1 52 10.9 2.2 .9 .3 .1 2.7
SG15 0 155 28 13 6 7 50 10.3 1.9 .9 .4 .5 3.3
SG3 0 54 6 2 0 0 13 18.0 2.0 .7 .0 .0 4.3
†PF3 0 23 10 3 0 0 4 7.7 3.3 1.0 .0 .0 1.3
†PF3 0 20 10 0 1 1 15 6.7 3.3 .0 .3 .3 5.0
PG3 0 19 1 2 1 0 8 6.3 .3 .7 .3 .0 2.7
PF2 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1.5 .0 .0 .0 .0 2.0

Playoffs

Player
PG5 5 181 21 34 6 1 143 36.2 4.2 6.8 1.2 .2 28.6
C5 5 164 40 16 3 6 99 32.8 8.0 3.2 .6 1.2 19.8
SF5 5 143 15 5 1 1 40 28.6 3.0 1.0 .2 .2 8.0
PF5 5 100 16 0 3 2 15 20.0 3.2 .0 .6 .4 3.0
SG5 3 108 8 9 1 0 33 21.6 1.6 1.8 .2 .0 6.6
SF5 2 130 15 3 3 0 21 26.0 3.0 .6 .6 .0 4.2
SF5 0 104 23 4 4 1 17 20.8 4.6 .8 .8 .2 3.4
PF5 0 80 23 2 1 2 13 16.0 4.6 .4 .2 .4 2.6
PG4 0 76 8 2 2 1 23 19.0 2.0 .5 .5 .3 5.8
PF4 0 71 15 1 1 1 29 17.8 3.8 .3 .3 .3 7.3
C2 0 22 4 0 2 0 12 11.0 2.0 .0 1.0 .0 6.0
PG2 0 21 0 4 1 0 7 10.5 .0 2.0 .5 .0 3.5

Awards and records

Awards

2009 All-NBA Second Team[1]

2009 Third-team All-NBA[1]

2009 NBA All-Defensive Second Team

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.[1]

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Drew Gooden March 1, 2009 Sacramento Kings

Subtractions

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Spurs' Duncan, Parker grace All-NBA teams. McDonald. Jeff. May 14, 2009. San Antiono Express-News. Hearst Corporation. May 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090519210939/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/Spurs_Duncan_Parker_grace_All-NBA_teams.html. 19 May 2009 . dead.

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