2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season

2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season
Division Champions
Head coach Gregg Popovich
General manager R.C. Buford
Arena AT&T Center
Results
Record 54–28 (.659)
Place Division: 1st (Southwest)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish Eliminated 4-1 in 1st round by Dallas Mavericks

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Southwest, KENS, KMYS
Radio WOAI

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

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 NBA draft
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

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

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division 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
# Western Conference
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
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
November: 9–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 4–2)
December: 11–4 (Home: 7–2; Road: 4–2)
January: 12–3 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–2)
February: 7–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 5–3)
March: 9–8 (Home: 6–4; Road: 3–4)
April: 6–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 4–1)
2015–16 season schedule

Playoffs

2009 playoff game log
First Round: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
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 0.333 0.500 1.000 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 2.7
Matt Bonner 47 34 22.7 0.522 0.489 0.700 4.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 8.0
Bruce Bowen 48 10 20.1 0.458 0.443 0.471 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.1 3.0
Austin Croshere 3 0 7.7 0.222 0.000 0.000 3.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
Tim Duncan 47 47 35.3 0.520 0.000 0.689 10.4 3.7 0.5 1.8 20.6
Desmon Farmer 3 0 18.0 0.286 0.250 1.000 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 4.3
Michael Finley 47 43 28.0 0.436 0.391 0.824 3.5 1.5 0.4 0.2 9.5
Manu Ginóbili 35 4 26.9 0.453 0.325 0.877 4.6 3.4 1.5 0.4 15.8
Malik Hairston 3 0 7.7 0.750 0.000 0.000 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.7 4.0
George Hill 46 7 18.1 0.394 0.360 0.783 2.4 2.0 0.6 0.3 6.9
Roger Mason 48 40 30.3 0.431 0.450 .875 3.2 1.9 0.5 0.2 11.9
Fabricio Oberto 33 11 13.7 0.552 0.000 0.591 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.3 2.6
Tony Parker 38 37 33.8 0.500 0.364 0.789 2.8 6.6 0.9 0.1 20.7
Kurt Thomas 45 4 16.1 0.461 0.000 .828 4.3 0.9 0.3 0.7 3.6
Ime Udoka 36 3 13.2 0.365 0.302 0.667 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 3.8
Jacque Vaughn 18 0 10.8 0.333 0.000 1.000 0.7 2.3 0.2 0.0 2.6

Playoffs

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

Free agents

Additions

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

Subtractions

Player Left New team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
  2. 1 2 3 McDonald, Jeff (May 14, 2009). "Spurs' Duncan, Parker grace All-NBA teams". San Antiono Express-News. Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
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