1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season

1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach Bob Weiss
Arena HemisFair Arena
Results
Record 31–51 (.378)
Place Division: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 0-3)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television KSAT
Radio KTSA

The 1987-88 NBA season was the Spurs' 12th season in the NBA and 21st season as a franchise.[1] The seaosn saw the team draft future All-Star and 2-time NBA Champion David Robinson with the first pick in the 1987 NBA Draft, but he did not sign a contract to play as he continued on with his Naval service, forcing the Spurs to wait one more season until his debut.

Draft picks

Main article: 1987 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 1 David Robinson C  United States Navy
1 23 Cadillac Anderson PF/C  United States Houston
2 27 Nate Blackwell G  United States Temple
3 50 Phil Zevenbergen C  United States Washington
4 73 Todd May  United States Pikeville
5 96 Dennis Williams  United States Georgia
6 119 Ricky Brown  United States South Alabama
7 142 Raynard Davis  United States Texas

Regular season

Season standings

Template:1987-88 NBA Midwest standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756 –
2 y-Denver Nuggets 54 28 .659 8
3 x-Dallas Mavericks 53 29 .646 9
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers 53 29 .646 9
5 x-Utah Jazz 47 35 .573 15
6 x-Houston Rockets 46 36 .561 16
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics 44 38 .537 18
8 x-San Antonio Spurs 31 51 .378 31
9 Phoenix Suns 28 54 .341 34
10 Sacramento Kings 24 58 .293 38
11 Golden State Warriors 20 62 .244 42
12 Los Angeles Clippers 17 65 .207 45
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) San Antonio Spurs: Lakers win series 3-0

Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 3-0)

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
Cadillac Anderson
Walter Berry
Nate Blackwell
Frank Brickowski
Charles Davis
Johnny Dawkins
Dave Greenwood
Petur Gudmundsson
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
Pete Myers
Ed Nealy
Kurt Nimphius
Richard Rellford
Alvin Robertson
Jon Sundvold
Ricky Wilson
Leon Wood
Phil Zevenbergen

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cadillac Anderson
Walter Berry
Frank Brickowski
Johnny Dawkins
Petur Gudmundsson
Mike Mitchell
Ed Nealy
Kurt Nimphius
Alvin Robertson
Jon Sundvold
Ricky Wilson
Phil Zevenbergen

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1987-88 San Antonio Spurs

See also

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