2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season

2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season
Division Champions
Kawhi Leonard's rookie season
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
General manager	R.C. Buford
Owner(s)	Peter Holt
Arena	AT&T Center
Results
Record	50–16 (.758)
Place	Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Western Conference Finals to Oklahoma City (2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FS Southwest KENS KMYS
Radio	WOAI KCOR (Spanish)

The 2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season is the 45th season of the franchise, 39th in San Antonio and 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• April 27: Defeating Golden State in the season finale, the Spurs achieved their 13th consecutive 50+ win season, a new NBA record.
• May 1: Gregg Popovich announced as the recipient of the 2011–2012 NBA Coach of the Year Award.^[2]
• May 7: With an 87-81 win the Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz in a 4-0 series sweep in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs.^[3]
• May 20: Spurs completed another series sweep, defeating the L.A. Clippers with a 102-99 win in the second round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs.^[4]
• May 29: With the Spurs Game 2 victory over the Thunder, their 20th consecutive, the Spurs became only the 4th team in NBA history to win 20 or more straight victories.^[5]
• June 6: The Spurs are defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals in a six-game series.^[6]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	15	Kawhi Leonard	Small forward	United States	San Diego State
1	29	Cory Joseph	Point guard	Canada	University of Texas
2	42	Dāvis Bertāns	Small forward	Latvia	Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
2	59	Ádám Hanga	Shooting guard	Hungary	Assignia Manresa (Spain)

Roster

2011–12 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 25 Anderson, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1989–03–25 Oklahoma State C 45 Blair, DeJuan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1989–04–22 Pittsburgh F/C 15 Bonner, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–04–05 Florida G/F 34 Byars, Derrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–04–25 Vanderbilt F/C 33 Diaw, Boris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982–04–16 France F 21 Duncan, Tim (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1976–04–25 Wake Forest G 20 Ginóbili, Manu (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977–07–28 Argentina G/F 4 Green, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987–06–22 North Carolina G/F 3 Jackson, Stephen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978–04–05 Oak Hill Academy (HS) G 5 Joseph, Cory 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–08–20 Texas G/F 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991–06–29 San Diego State G 8 Mills, Patrick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's G 14 Neal, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1984–10–03 Towson G 9 Parker, Tony (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982–05–17 France F/C 22 Splitter, Tiago 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–01–01 Brazil	Head coach Gregg Popovich Assistant coach(es) Mike Budenholzer Don Newman Brett Brown Chip Engelland Chad Forcier Jacque Vaughn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2012–04–25

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scraped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 17 @ Houston L 87–101 DeJuan Blair Manu Ginóbili (16) DeJuan Blair (7) T. J. Ford (6) Toyota Center 12,859 0–1 2 December 21 Houston W 97–95 Tim Duncan (19) Gani Lawal T. J. Ford (5) Tony Parker Tim Duncan (5) AT&T Center 17,323 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c-San Antonio Spurs	50	16	.758	0.0	28–5	22–11	12–4	66
x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	26–7	15–18	7–8	66
x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	23–10	13–20	8–5	66
Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	22–11	12–21	6–8	66
New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	11–22	10–23	3–11	66

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-San Antonio Spurs *	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	47	19	.712	3.0	66
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers *	41	25	.621	9.0	66
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	66
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12.0	66
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14.0	66
9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	66
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17.0	66
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22.0	66
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24.0	66
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28.0	66
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 50–16 (Home: 28–5; Road: 22–11)
December: 3–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 26 Memphis W 95–82 Manu Ginobili (24) Tiago Splitter (8) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 December 28 L. A. Clippers W 115–90 Manu Ginobili (24) Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard (8) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 2–0 3 December 29 @ Houston L 85–105 DeJuan Blair (22) DeJuan Blair (8) Tiago Splitter (3) Toyota Center 18,267 2–1 4 December 31 Utah W 104–89 Manu Ginobili (23) DeJuan Blair (10) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 17,769 3–1
January : 10–8 (Home: 7–1; Road: 3–7) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 2 @ Minnesota L 96–106 Richard Jefferson, Tim Duncan (16) Matt Bonner (6) Tony Parker (9) Target Center 14,514 3–2 6 January 4 Golden State W 101–96 Tony Parker (21) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker, T. J. Ford (8) AT&T Center 16,751 4-2 7 January 5 Dallas W 93–71 Matt Bonner (17) Richard Jefferson (7) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 5-2 8 January 7 Denver W 121–117 Danny Green (24) DeJuan Blair (10) T. J. Ford (7) AT&T Center 17,537 6-2 9 January 8 @ Oklahoma City L 96–108 Gary Neal (18) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6-3 10 January 10 @ Milwaukee L 93–96 Tony Parker (22) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker (8) Bradley Center 11,585 6-4 11 January 11 Houston W 101–95 (OT) Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 17,381 7-4 12 January 13 Portland W 99–83 Tony Parker (20) DeJuan Blair (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 8-4 13 January 15 Phoenix W 102–91 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 9-4 14 January 17 @ Miami L 98–120 Danny Green (20) Tim Duncan (7) Richard Jefferson (5) American Airlines Arena 19,600 9-5 15 January 18 @ Orlando W 85–83 (OT) Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (9) Amway Center 18,846 10-5 16 January 20 Sacramento L 86–88 Tony Parker (24) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 10-6 17 January 21 @ Houston L 102–105 Tiago Splitter (25) Kawhi Leonard (11) Tony Parker (13) Toyota Center 15,285 10-7 18 January 23 @ New Orleans W 104–102 Tim Duncan (28) Tim Duncan (7) Tony Parker (17) New Orleans Arena 12,599 11-7 19 January 25 Atlanta W 105–83 Matt Bonner, DeJuan Blair (17) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 17,888 12-7 20 January 27 @ Minnesota L 79–87 Tony Parker (20) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan (4) Target Center 16,699 12-8 21 January 29 @ Dallas L 100–101 (OT) Gary Neal (19) DeJuan Blair (9) Gary Neal (7) American Airlines Center 20,262 12-9 22 January 30 @ Memphis W 83–73 Matt Bonner (15) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (12) FedExForum 15,118 13-9
February : 11–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 8–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 1 Houston W 99–91 Tim Duncan (25) Matt Bonner (10) Tony Parker, Danny Green (4) AT&T Center 18,581 14-9 24 February 2 New Orleans W 93–81 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,082 15-9 25 February 4 Oklahoma City W 107–96 Tony Parker (42) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 16-9 26 February 6 @ Memphis W 89–84 Tony Parker (21) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (7) FedExForum 13,527 17-9 27 February 8 @ Philadelphia W 100–90 Tony Parker (37) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) Wells Fargo Center 18,070 18-9 28 February 11 @ New Jersey W 103–89 Gary Neal (18) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan, Tony Parker (5) Prudential Center 15,272 19-9 29 February 14 @ Detroit W 99–95 Tim Duncan (18) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,533 20-9 30 February 15 @ Toronto W 113–106 Tony Parker (34) Danny Green (7) Tony Parker (14) Air Canada Centre 15,999 21-9 31 February 18 @ L. A. Clippers W 103–100 (OT) Tony Parker (30) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (10) Staples Center 19,217 22-9 32 February 20 @ Utah W 106–102 Tony Parker (23) Kawhi Leonard (8) Tony Parker (11) EnergySolutions Arena 19,105 23-9 33 February 21 @ Portland L 97–137 Kawhi Leonard (24) Kawhi Leonard (10) Richard Jefferson, Cory Joseph, Gary Neal (3) Rose Garden 20,567 23-10 34 February 23 @ Denver W 114–99 Dejuan Blair (28) DeJuan Blair (12) Tony Parker (12) Pepsi Center 18,875 24-10 35 February 29 Chicago L 89–96 Gary Neal (21) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 24-11
March : 11–3 (Home: 8–2; Road: 3–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 2 Charlotte W 102–72 Tony Parker (15) DeJuan Blair (11) Tony Parker (4) AT&T Center 18,581 25-11 37 March 4 Denver L 94–99 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 25-12 38 March 7 New York W 118–105 Tony Parker (32) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker, Emanuel Ginóbili (6) AT&T Center 18,581 26-12 39 March 9 L. A. Clippers L 108–120 Manu Ginobili (22) Matt Bonner, Kawhi Leonard (6) Manu Ginobili (6) AT&T Center 18,581 26-13 40 March 12 Washington W 112–97 Tony Parker (31) DeJuan Blair (12) Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 27-13 41 March 14 Orlando W 122–111 Tony Parker (31) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (12) AT&T Center 18,581 28-13 42 March 16 @ Oklahoma City W 114–105 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (19) Tony Parker (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 29-13 43 March 17 @ Dallas L 99–106 Danny Green, Tim Duncan (17) Tiago Splitter (6) Tony Parker (11) American Airlines Center 20,528 29-14 44 March 21 Minnesota W 116–100 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (15) Manu Ginobili (8) AT&T Center 18,581 30-14 45 March 23 Dallas W 104–87 Danny Green (18) Tim Duncan (12) Manu Ginobili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 31-14 46 March 24 @ New Orleans W 89–86 DeJuan Blair (23) Tim Duncan, DeJuan Blair, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green (7) Tony Parker (10) New Orleans Arena 16,118 32-14 47 March 25 Philadelphia W 93–76 Tony Parker (21) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 33-14 48 March 27 @ Phoenix W 107–100 Tim Duncan (26) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) US Airways Center 16,573 34-14 49 March 28 @ Sacramento W 117–112 Manu Ginobili (20) Kawhi Leonard (9) Tony Parker (10) Power Balance Pavilion 13,119 35-14 50 March 31 Indiana W 112–103 Tim Duncan (23) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili (5) AT&T Center 18,581 36-14
April: 12–2 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 April 3 @ Cleveland W 125–90 Patrick Mills (20) Tim Duncan (8) Boris Diaw (8) Quicken Loans Arena 19,574 37-14 52 April 4 @ Boston W 87–86 Danny Green (14) Tim Duncan (16) Gary Neal (4) TD Garden 18,624 38-14 53 April 6 New Orleans W 128–103 Tim Duncan (19) Stephen Jackson (7) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 39-14 54 April 8 Utah W 114–100 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (13) Danny Green (5) AT&T Center 18,581 40-14 55 April 9 @ Utah L 84–91 Gary Neal (14) DeJuan Blair (8) Gary Neal (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 40-15 56 April 11 L. A. Lakers L 84–98 Danny Green (22) Kawhi Leonard, Stephen Jackson (5) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 40-16 57 April 12 Memphis W 107–97 Tim Duncan (28) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 41-16 58 April 14 Phoenix W 105–91 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (5) AT&T Center 18,581 42-16 59 April 16 @ Golden State W 120–99 Gary Neal (17) Boris Diaw (9) Gary Neal, Tony Parker (5) Oracle Arena 18,471 43-16 60 April 17 @ L. A. Lakers W 112–91 Tony Parker (29) Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner (8) Tony Parker (13) Staples Center 18,997 44-16 61 April 18 @ Sacramento W 127–102 Gary Neal, Tiago Splitter (17) Tiago Splitter (7) Tony Parker (8) Power Balance Pavilion 16,954 45-16 62 April 20 L. A. Lakers W 121–97 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker (10) AT&T Center 18,581 46-16 63 April 22 Cleveland W 114–98 Manu Ginobili (20) Tiago Splitter, Boris Diaw, Kawhi Leonard, DeJuan Blair (7) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 47-16 64 April 23 Portland W 124–89 Danny Green, Tim Duncan (18) Tim Duncan (8) Boris Diaw, Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 48-16 65 April 25 @ Phoenix W 110–106 Patrick Mills (27) DeJuan Blair (8) Stephen Jackson (6) US Airways Center 17,172 49-16 66 April 26 @ Golden State W 107–101 Patrick Mills (34) DeJuan Blair (13) Patrick Mills (12) Oracle Arena 18,124 50-16
2011–12 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2012 playoff game log
First round: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 29 Utah W 106–91 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 May 2 Utah W 114–83 Tony Parker (18) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 2-0 3 May 5 @ Utah W 102–90 Tony Parker (27) Tiago Splitter (8) Manu Ginóbili (10) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 3-0 4 May 7 @ Utah W 87–81 Manu Ginóbili (17) Stephen Jackson (6) Tony Parker (3) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 4-0
Conference Semifinals: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 15 L.A. Clippers W 108–92 Tim Duncan (26) Boris Diaw (12) Tony Parker (11) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 May 17 L.A. Clippers W 105–88 Tony Parker (22) Kawhi Leonard (6) Tony Parker (5) Manu Ginóbili (5) AT&T Center 18,581 2–0 3 May 19 @ L.A. Clippers W 96–86 Tony Parker (23) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (10) Staples Center 19,060 3-0 4 May 20 @ L.A. Clippers W 102–99 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (5) Staples Center 19,060 4-0
Conference Finals: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 27 Oklahoma City W 101–98 Manu Ginóbili (26) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 1-0 2 May 29 Oklahoma City W 120–111 Tony Parker (34) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 2-0 3 May 31 @ Oklahoma City L 82–102 Tony Parker (16) S. Jackson (16) Manu Ginóbili (6) Kawhi Leonard (6) Gary Neal (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2-1 4 June 2 @ Oklahoma City L 103–109 Tim Duncan (21) Kawhi Leonard (9) Gary Neal (4) Manu Ginóbili (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2-2 5 June 4 Oklahoma City L 103–108 Manu Ginóbili (34) Tim Duncan (12) Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 2-3 6 June 6 @ Oklahoma City L 99–107 Tony Parker (29) Tim Duncan (14) Tony Parker (12) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2-4
2012 playoff schedule

Transactions

Trades

March 15, 2012	To San Antonio Spurs Stephen Jackson	To Golden State Warriors Richard Jefferson T.J. Ford Conditional 2012 First-Round Pick
June 23, 2011	To San Antonio Spurs Draft rights to 15th pick Kawhi Leonard Draft rights to 42nd pick Dāvis Bertāns Draft rights to Erazem Lorbek	To Indiana Pacers George Hill

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Eric Dawson	Signed 10-day contract[7]	Austin Toros
T.J. Ford	Undisclosed[8]	Indiana Pacers
Gani Lawal	Undisclosed[9]	Phoenix Suns
Ike Diogu	Undisclosed[10]	Los Angeles Clippers
Malcolm Thomas	Undisclosed[11]	Los Angeles D-Fenders
Boris Diaw	Undisclosed[12]	Charlotte Bobcats
Patrick Mills	Undisclosed[13]	Portland Trail Blazers
Justin Dentmon	Signed 10-Day contract[14]	Austin Toros

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Da'Sean Butler	Waived	Austin Toros
T.J. Ford	Retired	N/A
Steve Novak	Waived	New York Knicks
Antonio McDyess	Waived	N/A
Gani Lawal	Waived	Chorale Roanne
Ike Diogu	Waived	Capitanes de Arecibo
Malcolm Thomas	Waived	Los Angeles D-Fenders

References

1. "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
2. "Spurs' Popovich named Coach of the Year". National Basketball Association. May 1, 2012.
3. "Spurs finish off Jazz". National Basketball Association. May 7, 2012.
4. "Spurs complete sweep of Clippers". National Basketball Association. May 21, 2012.
5. "Notebook: Spurs 120, Thunder 111". National Basketball Association. May 30, 2012.
6. "San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder recap". espn.go.com. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
7. "Spurs Sign Eric Dawson to Second Ten-Day Contract". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
8. "Spurs sign T.J. Ford". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
9. "Spurs sign Antonie Hood and Ganie Lawal". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
10. "Spurs Sign Ike Diogu". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
11. "Spurs Sign Malcolm Thomas". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
12. "Spurs Sign Boras Diaw". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
13. "Spurs Sign Patrick Mills". Retrieved 8 June 2012.
14. "Spurs Sign Justin Dentmon". Retrieved 8 June 2012.

External links

• Official website