2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season

2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
Arena	AT&T Center

Results
Record	56–26 (.683)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southwest) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Finals (eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Southwest, KENS, KMYS
Radio	WOAI
San Antonio Spurs seasons
< 2006–07	2008–09 >

The 2007-08 San Antonio Spurs season was the 41st season of the franchise, 32nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs were the defending champions after winning their fourth title. They would once again win at least 50 games for the 9th straight season, and make the playoffs for the 11th straight season. After beating the Phoenix Suns in 5 games and the New Orleans Hornets in 7, the Spurs were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.^[1] They failed to gain back-to-back titles for the fifth time in nine years. The Spurs have not been able to earn an NBA title in an even-numbered year (i.e. : 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA Draft took place in New York City, New York on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Contents:	Offseason Draft picks Roster Regular season Playoffs Game log Player stats Awards and records Transactions See also References

Offseason

Draft picks

San Antonio's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York, New York.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	28	Tiago Splitter	Power Forward/Center	Brazil	TAU Cerámica (Spain)
2	33	Marcus Williams	Shooting Guard	United States	Arizona
2	58	Giorgos Printezis	Small Forward	Greece	Olympiacos (Greece)

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y–M–D)
1.5 !G	17	USA !	Barry, Brent	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oregon State
4.0 !F	15	USA !	Bonner, Matt	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Florida
3.0 !SF	12	USA !	Bowen, Bruce	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Cal State Fullerton
5.5 !F/C	21	VIR !	Duncan, Tim (C)	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Wake Forest
2.0 !SG	4	USA !	Finley, Michael	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Wisconsin
2.0 !SG	20	ARG !	Ginóbili, Manu	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Argentina
4.5 !PF	25	USA !	Horry, Robert	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Alabama
3.0 !SF	1	USA !	Johnson, DerMarr	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Cincinnati
6.0 !C	28	FRA !	Mahinmi, Ian	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	France
5.5 !F/C	7	ARG !	Oberto, Fabricio	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Argentina
1.0 !PG	9	FRA !	Parker, Tony	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	France
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Stoudamire, Damon	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Arizona
5.5 !F/C	40	USA !	Thomas, Kurt	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Texas Christian
3.0 !SF	5	NGR !	Udoka, Ime	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Portland State
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Vaughn, Jacque	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Kansas

Head coach

Gregg Popovich (Air Force)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended

Injured
* High school

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2008-04-11

Standings

Southwest Division	GP	W	L	PCT	Home	Road	GB
New Orleans Hornets	82	56	26	.683	30–11	26–15	—
San Antonio Spurs	82	56	26	.683	34–7	22–19	—
Houston Rockets	82	55	27	.671	31–10	24–17	1.0
Dallas Mavericks	82	51	31	.622	34–7	17–24	5.0
Memphis Grizzlies	82	22	60	.268	14–27	8–33	34.0

Game log

October

Record: 2–0; Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	30 October 2007	Trail Blazers	97–106	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (24)	18,797	1–0
2	31 October 2007	Spurs	104–101	Grizzlies	NA	Manu Ginóbili (30)	17,538	2–0

November

Record: 12–3; Home: 8–0; Road: 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
3	2 November 2007	Kings	80–96	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (22)	17,072	3–0
4	6 November 2007	Spurs	81–89	Rockets	NA	Manu Ginóbili (23)	18,280	3–1
5	7 November 2007	Heat	78–88	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (25)	17,503	4–1
6	9 November 2007	Spurs	97–85	Hornets	NA	Tony Parker (27)	15,297	5–1
7	11 November 2007	Bucks	88–113	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (21)	17,670	6–1
8	13 November 2007	Lakers	92–107	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (26)	18,797	7–1
9	15 November 2007	Spurs	92–105	Mavericks	NA	Manu Ginóbili (25)	20,468	7–2
10	16 November 2007	Rockets	84–90	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (25)	18,797	8–2
11	20 November 2007	Spurs	95–83	Hawks	NA	Tony Parker (31)	17,025	9–2
12	21 November 2007	Magic	110–128	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (32)	18,797	10–2
13	23 November 2007	Grizzlies	88–101	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (28)	18,797	11–2
14	25 November 2007	Spurs	116–101	SuperSonics	NA	Tim Duncan (26)	14,186	12–2
15	26 November 2007	Spurs	99–112	Kings	NA	Tim Duncan (15)	12,587	12–3
16	28 November 2007	Wizards	94–109	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (29)	18,386	13–3
17	30 November 2007	Spurs	106–91	Timberwolves	NA	Manu Ginóbili (31)	16,297	14–3

December

Record: 7–5; Home: 7–2; Road: 0–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
18	2 December 2007	Trail Blazers	79–100	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (27)	18,797	15–3
19	5 December 2007	Mavericks	95–97	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (37)	18,797	16–3
20	7 December 2007	Jazz	98–104	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (37)	18,797	17–3
21	11 December 2007	Spurs	84–96	Warriors	NA	Matt Bonner (25)	19,827	17–4
22	13 December 2007	Spurs	97–102	Lakers	NA	Bruce Bowen (22)	18,997	17–5
23	15 December 2007	Nuggets	91–102	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (21)	18,797	18–5
24	17 December 2007	Suns	100–95	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (36)	18,797	18–6
25	19 December 2007	Spurs	85–88	Grizzlies	NA	Manu Ginóbili (20)	13,260	18–7
26	22 December 2007	Clippers	90–99	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (34)	18,797	19–7
27	26 December 2007	Bulls	79–94	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (28)	18,797	20–7
28	26 December 2007	Raptors	83–73	Spurs	NA	Michael Finley (20)	18,797	20–8
29	26 December 2007	Grizzlies	87–111	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (24)	18,797	21–8

January

Record: 8–8; Home: 4–3; Road: 4–5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
30	3 January 2008	Spurs	77–80	Nuggets	NA	Two-way tie (20)	19,155	21–9
31	4 January 2008	Knicks	93–97	Spurs	NA	Bruce Bowen (15)	18,797	22–9
32	6 January 2008	Spurs	88–82	Clippers	NA	Tony Parker (26)	16,623	23–9
33	7 January 2008	Spurs	121–130	Warriors	1	Tim Duncan (32)	19,107	23–10
34	10 January 2008	Pistons	90–80	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (24)	18,797	23–11
35	12 January 2008	Timberwolves	88–105	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (22)	18,797	24–11
36	14 January 2008	Sixers	82–89	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (20)	17,609	25–11
37	17 January 2008	Cavaliers	90–88	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (31)	18,482	25–12
38	19 January 2008	Spurs	81–83	Rockets	NA	Tim Duncan (24)	18,353	25–13
39	21 January 2008	Spurs	95–86	Bobcats	NA	Tim Duncan (19)	17,124	26–13
40	23 January 2008	Lakers	91–103	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (28)	18,797	27–13
41	24 January 2008	Spurs	90–89	Heat	NA	Tim Duncan (30)	19,600	28–13
42	26 January 2008	Hornets	102–78	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (17)	18,797	28–14
43	28 January 2008	Spurs	91–99	Jazz	NA	Manu Ginóbili (29)	19,911	28–15
44	29 January 2008	Spurs	85–88	SuperSonics	NA	Manu Ginóbili (29)	13,295	28–16
45	31 January 2008	Spurs	84–81	Suns	NA	Manu Ginóbili (19)	18,422	29–16

February

Record: 10–1; Home: 4–0; Road: 6–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
46	5 February 2008	Spurs	116–89	Pacers	NA	Tim Duncan (19)	11,288	30–16
47	6 February 2008	Spurs	85–77	Wizards	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	20,173	31–16
48	8 February 2008	Spurs	99–93	Knicks	1	Tim Duncan (21)	19,763	32–16
49	10 February 2008	Spurs	90–98	Celtics	NA	Tim Duncan (22)	18,624	32–17
50	11 February 2008	Spurs	93–88	Raptors	NA	Manu Ginóbili (34)	19,800	33–17
51	13 February 2008	Spurs	112–105	Cavaliers	NA	Manu Ginóbili (46)	20,562	34–17
52	19 February 2008	Bobcats	65–85	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (18)	18,383	35–17
53	21 February 2008	Spurs	100–99	Timberwolves	NA	Manu Ginóbili (44)	13,920	36–17
54	23 February 2008	Hornets	89–98	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (30)	18,997	37–17
55	25 February 2008	Hawks	74–89	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	18,113	38–17
56	28 February 2008	Mavericks	94–97	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (31)	18,797	39–17

March

Record: 12–6; Home: 7–1; Road: 5–5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
57	1 March 2008	Spurs	96–94	Bucks	NA	Manu Ginóbili (30)	16,974	40–17
58	2 March 2008	Spurs	93–83	Nets	NA	Tony Parker (25)	18,594	41–17
59	4 March 2008	Nets	70–81	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (29)	17,486	42–17
60	6 March 2008	Pacers	97–108	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (28)	17,738	43–17
61	7 March 2008	Spurs	96–109	Nuggets	NA	Manu Ginóbili (24)	19,821	43–18
62	9 March 2008	Spurs	87–94	Suns	NA	Manu Ginóbili (22)	18,422	43–19
63	10 March 2008	Nuggets	103–107	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	18,797	44–19
64	12 March 2008	Spurs	75–100	Hornets	NA	Two-way tie (24)	16,319	44–20
65	14 March 2008	Spurs	80–84	Pistons	NA	Tony Parker (26)	22,076	44–21
66	15 March 2008	Spurs	96–103	Sixers	NA	Tony Parker (27)	19,942	44–22
67	17 March 2008	Celtics	93–91	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (32)	18,797	44–23
68	20 March 2008	Spurs	102–80	Bulls	NA	Tony Parker (23)	22,353	45–23
69	21 March 2008	Kings	89–102	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (21)	18,797	46–23
70	23 March 2008	Spurs	88–81	Mavericks	NA	Manu Ginóbili (26)	20,411	47–23
71	25 March 2008	Spurs	107–97	Magic	NA	Manu Ginóbili (28)	17,519	48–23
72	26 March 2008	Clippers	88–97	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (26)	18,797	49–23
73	28 March 2008	Timberwolves	84–99	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (26)	18,797	50–23
74	30 March 2008	Rockets	88–109	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (22)	18,797	51–23

April

Record: 5–3; Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
75	1 April 2008	Warriors	92–116	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (26)	18,797	52–23
76	4 April 2008	Spurs	64–90	Jazz	NA	Tony Parker (17)	19,911	52–24
77	6 April 2008	Spurs	72–65	Trail Blazers	NA	Tim Duncan (27)	19,980	53–24
78	9 April 2008	Suns	96–79	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	18,797	53–25
79	11 April 2008	SuperSonics	74–95	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (20)	18,797	54–25
80	13 April 2008	Spurs	85–106	Lakers	NA	Tony Parker (20)	18,997	54–26
81	14 April 2008	Spurs	101–98	Kings	NA	Tony Parker (32)	15,334	55–26
82	16 April 2008	Jazz	80–109	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (24)	18,797	56–26

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

2008 Game Log

First Round

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	April 19	Phoenix	117–115 (2OT)	Duncan (40)	Duncan (15)	Duncan, Ginóbili, Parker (5)	AT&T Center 18,797	1–0
2	April 22	Phoenix	102–96	Parker (32)	Duncan (17)	Parker (7)	AT&T Center 18,797	2–0
3	April 25	@ Phoenix	115–99	Parker (41)	Duncan (10)	Parker (12)	US Airways Center 18,422	3–0
4	April 27	@ Phoenix	86–105	Parker (18)	Duncan (10)	Parker (3)	US Airways Center 18,422	3–1
5	April 29	Phoenix	92-87	Parker (31)	Duncan (17)	Parker (8)	AT&T Center 18,797	4-1

Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	May 3	@ New Orleans	82–101	Parker (23)	Ginóbili, Oberto (6)	Ginóbili (7)	New Orleans Arena 18,040	0–1
2	May 5	@ New Orleans	84–102	Duncan (18)	Duncan (8)	Ginóbili (7)	New Orleans Arena 17,927	0–2
3	May 8	New Orleans	110–99	Ginóbili, Parker (31)	Duncan (13)	Parker (11)	AT&T Center 18,797	1–2
4	May 11	New Orleans	100–80	Duncan (22)	Duncan (15)	Ginóbili, Parker (8)	AT&T Center 18,797	2–2
5	May 13	@ New Orleans	79–101	Ginóbili (20)	Duncan (23)	Ginóbili (7)	New Orleans Arena 18,246	2–3
6	May 15	New Orleans	99–80	Ginóbili (25)	Duncan (15)	Duncan (6)	AT&T Center 18,797	3–3
7	May 19	@ New Orleans	91–82	Ginóbili (26)	Duncan (14)	Ginóbili, Parker (5)	New Orleans Arena 18,235	4–3

Conference Finals

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	May 21	@ Los Angeles	85–89	Duncan (30)	Duncan (18)	Parker (6)	Staples Center 18,997	0–1
2	May 23	@ Los Angeles	71–101	Parker (13)	Duncan (16)	Duncan (4)	Staples Center 18,997	0–2
3	May 25	Los Angeles	103–84	Ginóbili (30)	Duncan (21)	Duncan, Parker (5)	AT&T Center 18,797	1–2
4	May 27	Los Angeles	91–93	Duncan (29)	Duncan (17)	Parker (9)	AT&T Center 18,797	1–3
5	May 29	@ Los Angeles	92–100	Parker (23)	Duncan (15)	Duncan (10)	Staples Center 18,997	1–4

2008 Playoff Schedule

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barry, Brent !Brent Barry	31	1	17.9	.481	.429	.950	1.8	1.7	.55	.10	7.1
Bonner, Matt !Matt Bonner	68	3	12.5	.416	.336	.864	2.8	.5	.21	.25	4.8
Bowen, Bruce !Bruce Bowen	81	81	30.2	.407	.419	.652	2.9	1.1	.67	.27	6.0
Duncan, Tim !Tim Duncan	78	78	34.0	.497	.000	.730	11.3	2.8	.72	1.95	19.3
Finley, Michael !Michael Finley	82	61	26.9	.414	.370	.800	3.1	1.4	.35	.12	10.1
Ginobili, Manu !Manu Ginóbili	74	23	31.0	.460	.401	.860	4.8	4.5	1.47	.45	19.5
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	45	5	13.0	.319	.257	.643	2.4	1.0	.47	.42	2.5
Johnson, DerMarr !DerMarr Johnson	5	0	5.6	.500	.333	.000	.2	.2	.20	.00	3.4
Langford, Keith !Keith Langford	2	0	5.0	.250	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.00	1.0
Mahinmi, Ian !Ian Mahinmi	6	0	3.8	.500	.000	1.000	.8	.2	.00	.67	3.5
Oberto, Fabricio !Fabricio Oberto	82	64	20.1	.608	.000	.607	5.2	1.2	.45	.24	4.8
Parker, Tony !Tony Parker	69	68	33.5	.494	.258	.715	3.2	6.0	.80	.12	18.8
Stoudamire, Damon !Damon Stoudamire*	60	33	17.3	.356	.336	.794	2.0	2.8	.50	.03	5.3
Thomas, Kurt !Kurt Thomas*	70	48	22.6	.492	.000	.663	7.2	1.0	.80	.81	6.3
Udoka, Ime !Ime Udoka	73	0	18.0	.424	.370	.759	3.1	.9	.77	.23	5.8
Vaughn, Jacque !Jacque Vaughn	74	9	15.4	.428	.300	.763	1.0	2.1	.31	.01	4.1
Washington, Darius !Darius Washington Jr.	18	0	8.1	.438	.333	.538	1.1	.8	.28	.00	2.9

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barry, Brent !Brent Barry	16	0	14.2	.491	.463	.800	1.1	1.1	.38	.13	5.2
Bonner, Matt !Matt Bonner	2	0	4.5	.667	.000	.000	1.0	1.0	.00	.00	2.0
Bowen, Bruce !Bruce Bowen	17	17	29.9	.398	.407	.727	1.9	1.4	.65	.35	6.1
Duncan, Tim !Tim Duncan	17	17	39.2	.449	.200	.626	14.5	3.3	.88	2.06	20.2
Finley, Michael !Michael Finley	17	11	23.0	.402	.365	1.000	1.9	1.0	.29	.18	6.7
Ginobili, Manu !Manu Ginóbili	17	6	32.9	.422	.373	.896	3.8	3.9	.59	.29	17.8
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	15	0	10.3	.194	.227	.667	2.1	.5	.33	.33	1.5
Oberto, Fabricio !Fabricio Oberto	17	9	19.5	.609	.000	.700	4.2	1.2	.35	.29	3.7
Parker, Tony !Tony Parker	17	17	38.5	.497	.350	.753	3.7	6.1	.94	.06	22.4
Stoudamire, Damon !Damon Stoudamire	7	0	5.0	.333	.250	.667	1.0	.3	.14	.00	1.9
Thomas, Kurt !Kurt Thomas	17	8	15.8	.457	.000	.714	4.9	.4	.12	.35	4.1
Udoka, Ime !Ime Udoka	16	0	14.8	.465	.400	.714	2.9	1.1	.69	.13	5.4
Vaughn, Jacque !Jacque Vaughn	14	0	6.5	.273	.000	.000	.6	.6	.14	.00	.9

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Tony Parker was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 19 through November 25.^[2]
Head coach Gregg Popovich was named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for games played in October and November.^[3]
Manu Ginóbili was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 19 through February 24.^[4]