1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season

1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season
Midwest Division Champions
Head coach Larry Brown
Arena HemisFair Arena
Results
Record 5527 (.671)
Place Division: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 1-3)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Home Sports Entertainment, KSAT
Radio WOAI , KCOR (Spanish)
< 1989–90 1991–92 >

The 1990-91 NBA season was the Spurs' 15th season in the NBA and 24th season as a franchise.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 24 Dwayne Schintzius C  United States Florida
2 43 Tony Massenburg F  United States Maryland
2 54 Sean Higgins G/F  United States Michigan

Roster

San Antonio Spurs 1990-91 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G/F 40 United States Anderson, Willie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgia
F 34 United States Cummings, Terry style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) DePaul
G 4 United States Dinkins, Byron (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Charlotte
F 32 United States Elliott, Sean style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Arizona
F/C 21 United States Green, Sidney style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNLV
F/C 33 United States Greenwood, Dave (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) UCLA
G/F 3 United States Higgins, Sean style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan
G 15 United States Johnson, Avery style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern
G 11 United States Lett, Clifford (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Florida
F 45 United States Massenburg, Tony style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Maryland
G/F 7 United States Myers, Pete (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Arkansas-Little Rock
G/F 8 United States Pressey, Paul style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Tulsa
C 50 United States Robinson, David style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Navy
C 24 United States Schintzius, Dwayne style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Florida
G 1 United States Strickland, Rod style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) DePaul
G/F 2 United States Williams, Reggie (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgetown
G/F 25 United States Wingate, David style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown
Head coach



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

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 55 27 .671 33–8 22–19 20–8
x-Utah Jazz 54 28 .659 1 36–5 18–23 21-7
x-Houston Rockets 52 30 .634 3 31-10 21–20 20-8
Orlando Magic 31 51 .378 24 24-17 7–34 13–15
Minnesota Timberwolves 29 53 .354 26 21-20 8-33 9-19
Dallas Mavericks 28 54 .341 27 20-21 8–33 7-21
Denver Nuggets 20 62 .244 35 17-24 3-38 8–20
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Portland Trail Blazers 63 19 .768
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 55 27 .671 8
3 x-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 5
4 x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 8
5 x-Utah Jazz 54 28 .659 9
6 x-Houston Rockets 52 30 .634 11
7 x-Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 19
8 x-Seattle SuperSonics 41 41 .500 22
9 Orlando Magic 31 51 .378 32
10 Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 32
11 Minnesota Timberwolves 29 53 .354 34
12 Dallas Mavericks 28 54 .341 35
13 Sacramento Kings 25 57 .305 38
14 Denver Nuggets 20 62 .244 43
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Golden State Warriors: Warriors win series 3-1

Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series)

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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Willie Anderson
Terry Cummings
Byron Dinkins
Sean Elliott
Sidney Green
Dave Greenwood
Sean Higgins
Avery Johnson
Clifford Lett
Tony Massenburg
Pete Myers
Paul Pressey
David Robinson
Dwayne Schintzius
Rod Strickland
Reggie Williams
David Wingate

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Willie Anderson
Terry Cummings
Sean Elliott
Sidney Green
Dave Greenwood
Sean Higgins
Avery Johnson
Tony Massenburg
Paul Pressey
David Robinson
Rod Strickland
David Wingate

Awards and records

References

See also