1998-99 San Antonio Spurs season

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1998-99 San Antonio Spurs
Midwest Division Champions
Western Conference Champions
NBA Champions
NBA Affiliations
Location
1998-99 Information
Owner(s) Peter Holt
Coach Gregg Popovich
Local television
Local radio

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 24 Felipe López Guard Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic St. John's
2 52 Derrick Dial Guard Flag of the United States United States Eastern Michigan

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Midwest Division
Team W L PCT GB
San Antonio Spurs C 37 13 .740 -
Utah Jazz 37 13 .740 -
Houston Rockets 31 19 .620 6
Minnesota Timberwolves 25 25 .500 12
Dallas Mavericks 19 31 .380 18
Denver Nuggets 14 36 .280 23
Vancouver Grizzlies 8 42 .160 29

[edit] Player stats

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

[edit] Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Antonio Daniels 47 0 13.1 .454 .294 .754 1.1 2.3 .64 .13 4.7
Tim Duncan 50 50 39.3 .495 .143 .690 11.4 2.4 .90 2.52 21.7
Mario Elie 47 37 27.5 .471 .374 .866 2.9 1.9 .98 .26 9.7
Sean Elliott 50 50 30.2 .410 .328 .757 4.3 2.3 .52 .34 11.2
Andrew Gaze 19 0 3.1 .320 .313 .000 .3 .3 .11 .05 1.1
Jaren Jackson 47 13 18.3 .380 .361 .821 2.1 1.0 .87 .19 6.4
Avery Johnson 50 50 33.4 .473 .083 .568 2.4 7.4 1.02 .22 9.7
Steve Kerr 44 0 16.7 .391 .313 .886 1.0 1.1 .52 .07 4.4
Jerome Kersey 45 0 15.5 .340 .214 .429 2.9 .9 .82 .31 3.2
Gerard King 19 0 3.3 .429 .000 .611 .7 .2 .11 .05 1.2
Will Perdue 37 1 12.0 .633 .000 .538 3.7 .5 .24 .27 2.4
David Robinson 49 49 31.7 .509 .000 .658 10.0 2.1 1.41 2.43 15.8
Malik Rose 47 0 12.9 .463 .000 .671 3.9 .6 .85 .47 6.0
Brandon Williams 3 0 1.3 .000 .000 .500 .3 .0 .00 .00 .7

[edit] Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Antonio Daniels 15 7.1 .429 .667 .833 .7 1.1 .27 .00 1.8
Tim Duncan 17 43.1 .511 .000 .748 11.5 2.8 .76 2.65 23.2
Mario Elie 17 30.9 .384 .267 .837 3.5 2.9 1.29 .12 7.9
Sean Elliott 17 33.8 .444 .400 .763 3.4 2.6 .53 .24 11.9
Jaren Jackson 17 20.3 .382 .360 .692 2.4 1.1 .76 .00 8.2
Avery Johnson 17 38.4 .487 .333 .681 2.5 7.4 1.18 .06 12.6
Steve Kerr 11 8.8 .267 .231 .833 .8 .7 .18 .00 2.2
Jerome Kersey 14 10.9 .349 .250 .714 2.1 .3 .43 .07 2.6
Gerard King 8 1.8 .500 .000 .000 .5 .1 .00 .12 .5
Will Perdue 12 7.2 .545 .000 .500 2.3 .0 .00 .08 1.1
David Robinson 17 35.3 .483 .000 .722 9.9 2.5 1.65 2.35 15.6
Malik Rose 17 11.4 .368 .000 .692 2.3 .2 .41 .24 2.7

[edit] NBA Finals

  • The Spurs became the first former ABA team to play and win in an NBA Finals.
  • Steve Kerr became the first non-Celtic to win four straight championships, as he won titles with the Bulls from 1996 to 1998.
  • The Spurs attracted record crowds for the two games at the Alamodome. Attendance was 39,514 for Game 1 and 39,554 for Game 2 (the largest crowd to see an NBA Finals game).

[edit] Summary

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Wins
San Antonio (West) 89 80 81 96 78 4
New York (East) 77 67 89 89 77 1

[edit] Schedule

  • Game 1 - June 16, Wednesday @San Antonio, San Antonio 89, New York 77: San Antonio leads series 1-0
  • Game 2 - June 18, Friday @San Antonio, San Antonio 80, New York 67: San Antonio leads series 2-0
  • Game 3 - June 21, Monday @New York, New York 89, San Antonio 81: San Antonio leads series 2-1
  • Game 4 - June 23, Wednesday @New York, San Antonio 96, New York 89: San Antonio leads series 3-1
  • Game 5 - June 25, Friday @New York, San Antonio 78, New York 77: San Antonio wins series 4-1

The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. As of yet, the other playoff series are still running on a 2-2-1-1-1 site format.

[edit] San Antonio Spurs roster

Head Coach:Gregg Popovich
Tim Duncan | David Robinson | Sean Elliott | Scribdawg | Mario Elie | Avery Johnson | Jaren Jackson | Malik Rose | Antonio Daniels | Steve Kerr | Jerome Kersey | Will Perdue | Gerard King | Andrew Gaze | Brandon Williams |

[edit] Award Winners

  • Tim Duncan, Center, All-NBA First Team
  • Tim Dunca, Center, All-NBA Defensive First Team
  • Tim Duncan, Center, NBA Finals MVP

[edit] References

v • d • e
1998–99 NBA season by team
1998 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
East
Boston • Miami • New Jersey • New York • Orlando • Philadelphia • Washington
Atlanta • Charlotte • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee • Toronto
West
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Minnesota • San Antonio • Utah • Vancouver
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle
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Dallas Chaparrals/San Antonio Spurs Head Coaches
Hagan • Williams • Blakely • Nissalke • McCarthy • D. Brown • Nissalke • Bass • Moe • Bass • Albeck • McHone • Bass • Fitzsimmons • Weiss • L. Brown • Bass • Tarkanian • Hughes • Lucas • Hill • Popovich
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San Antonio Spurs seasons
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Bold indicates NBA Finals victory
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San Antonio Spurs 1998-99 NBA Champions

2 Jackson | 4 Kerr | 6 Johnson | 17 Elie | 21 Duncan (Finals MVP) | 25 Kersey | 31 Rose | 32 Elliott | 33 Daniels | 41 Perdue | 50 Robinson | 54 King | Coach Popovich