2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season

2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
General manager	R.C. Buford
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

The 2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season was the 41st season of the franchise, 35th in San Antonio, and 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.

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

2007–08 San Antonio Spurs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 17 Barry, Brent 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) December 31, 1971 Oregon State F 15 Bonner, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) April 5, 1980 Florida G/F 12 Bowen, Bruce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) June 14, 1971 Cal State Fullerton F/C 21 Duncan, Tim (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) April 25, 1976 Wake Forest G 4 Finley, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) March 6, 1973 Wisconsin G 20 Ginóbili, Manu 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) July 28, 1977 Argentina F/C 25 Horry, Robert 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) August 25, 1970 Alabama F 1 Johnson, DerMarr 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 201 lb (91 kg) May 5, 1980 Cincinnati C 28 Mahinmi, Ian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) November 5, 1986 France F/C 7 Oberto, Fabricio 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) March 21, 1975 Argentina G 9 Parker, Tony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) May 17, 1982 France G 3 Stoudamire, Damon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) September 3, 1973 Arizona F/C 40 Thomas, Kurt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) October 4, 1972 Texas Christian G/F 5 Udoka, Ime 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) August 9, 1977 Portland State G 11 Vaughn, Jacque 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) February 11, 1975 Kansas	Head coach Gregg Popovich Assistant coach(es) Brett Brown Mike Budenholzer Chip Engelland Chad Forcier Don Newman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2008-04-11

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New Orleans Hornets	56	26	.683	–	30–11	26–15	10–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	–	34–7	22–19	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	1	31–10	24–17	8–8
x-Dallas Mavericks	51	31	.622	5	34–7	17–24	10–6
Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	34	14–27	8–33	2–14

Game log

October

Record: 2–0; Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	October 30, 2007	Trail Blazers	97–106	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (24)	18,797	1–0
2	October 31, 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	November 2, 2007	Kings	80–96	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (22)	17,072	3–0
4	November 6, 2007	Spurs	81–89	Rockets	NA	Manu Ginóbili (23)	18,280	3–1
5	November 7, 2007	Heat	78–88	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (25)	17,503	4–1
6	November 9, 2007	Spurs	97–85	Hornets	NA	Tony Parker (27)	15,297	5–1
7	November 11, 2007	Bucks	88–113	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (21)	17,670	6–1
8	November 13, 2007	Lakers	92–107	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (26)	18,797	7–1
9	November 15, 2007	Spurs	92–105	Mavericks	NA	Manu Ginóbili (25)	20,468	7–2
10	November 16, 2007	Rockets	84–90	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (25)	18,797	8–2
11	November 20, 2007	Spurs	95–83	Hawks	NA	Tony Parker (31)	17,025	9–2
12	November 21, 2007	Magic	110–128	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (32)	18,797	10–2
13	November 23, 2007	Grizzlies	88–101	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (28)	18,797	11–2
14	November 25, 2007	Spurs	116–101	SuperSonics	NA	Tim Duncan (26)	14,186	12–2
15	November 26, 2007	Spurs	99–112	Kings	NA	Tim Duncan (15)	12,587	12–3
16	November 28, 2007	Wizards	94–109	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (29)	18,386	13–3
17	November 30, 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	December 2, 2007	Trail Blazers	79–100	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (27)	18,797	15–3
19	December 5, 2007	Mavericks	95–97	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (37)	18,797	16–3
20	December 7, 2007	Jazz	98–104	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (37)	18,797	17–3
21	December 11, 2007	Spurs	84–96	Warriors	NA	Matt Bonner (25)	19,827	17–4
22	December 13, 2007	Spurs	97–102	Lakers	NA	Bruce Bowen (22)	18,997	17–5
23	December 15, 2007	Nuggets	91–102	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (21)	18,797	18–5
24	December 17, 2007	Suns	100–95	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (36)	18,797	18–6
25	December 19, 2007	Spurs	85–88	Grizzlies	NA	Manu Ginóbili (20)	13,260	18–7
26	December 22, 2007	Clippers	90–99	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (34)	18,797	19–7
27	December 26, 2007	Bulls	79–94	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (28)	18,797	20–7
28	December 26, 2007	Raptors	83–73	Spurs	NA	Michael Finley (20)	18,797	20–8
29	December 26, 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	January 3, 2008	Spurs	77–80	Nuggets	NA	Two-way tie (20)	19,155	21–9
31	January 4, 2008	Knicks	93–97	Spurs	NA	Bruce Bowen (15)	18,797	22–9
32	January 6, 2008	Spurs	88–82	Clippers	NA	Tony Parker (26)	16,623	23–9
33	January 7, 2008	Spurs	121–130	Warriors	1	Tim Duncan (32)	19,107	23–10
34	January 10, 2008	Pistons	90–80	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (24)	18,797	23–11
35	January 12, 2008	Timberwolves	88–105	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (22)	18,797	24–11
36	January 14, 2008	Sixers	82–89	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (20)	17,609	25–11
37	January 17, 2008	Cavaliers	90–88	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (31)	18,482	25–12
38	January 19, 2008	Spurs	81–83	Rockets	NA	Tim Duncan (24)	18,353	25–13
39	January 21, 2008	Spurs	95–86	Bobcats	NA	Tim Duncan (19)	17,124	26–13
40	January 23, 2008	Lakers	91–103	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (28)	18,797	27–13
41	January 24, 2008	Spurs	90–89	Heat	NA	Tim Duncan (30)	19,600	28–13
42	January 26, 2008	Hornets	102–78	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (17)	18,797	28–14
43	January 28, 2008	Spurs	91–99	Jazz	NA	Manu Ginóbili (29)	19,911	28–15
44	January 29, 2008	Spurs	85–88	SuperSonics	NA	Manu Ginóbili (29)	13,295	28–16
45	January 31, 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	February 5, 2008	Spurs	116–89	Pacers	NA	Tim Duncan (19)	11,288	30–16
47	February 6, 2008	Spurs	85–77	Wizards	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	20,173	31–16
48	February 8, 2008	Spurs	99–93	Knicks	1	Tim Duncan (21)	19,763	32–16
49	February 10, 2008	Spurs	90–98	Celtics	NA	Tim Duncan (22)	18,624	32–17
50	February 11, 2008	Spurs	93–88	Raptors	NA	Manu Ginóbili (34)	19,800	33–17
51	February 13, 2008	Spurs	112–105	Cavaliers	NA	Manu Ginóbili (46)	20,562	34–17
52	February 19, 2008	Bobcats	65–85	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (18)	18,383	35–17
53	February 21, 2008	Spurs	100–99	Timberwolves	NA	Manu Ginóbili (44)	13,920	36–17
54	February 23, 2008	Hornets	89–98	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (30)	18,997	37–17
55	February 25, 2008	Hawks	74–89	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	18,113	38–17
56	February 28, 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	March 1, 2008	Spurs	96–94	Bucks	NA	Manu Ginóbili (30)	16,974	40–17
58	March 2, 2008	Spurs	93–83	Nets	NA	Tony Parker (25)	18,594	41–17
59	March 4, 2008	Nets	70–81	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (29)	17,486	42–17
60	March 6, 2008	Pacers	97–108	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (28)	17,738	43–17
61	March 7, 2008	Spurs	96–109	Nuggets	NA	Manu Ginóbili (24)	19,821	43–18
62	March 9, 2008	Spurs	87–94	Suns	NA	Manu Ginóbili (22)	18,422	43–19
63	March 10, 2008	Nuggets	103–107	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	18,797	44–19
64	March 12, 2008	Spurs	75–100	Hornets	NA	Two-way tie (24)	16,319	44–20
65	March 14, 2008	Spurs	80–84	Pistons	NA	Tony Parker (26)	22,076	44–21
66	March 15, 2008	Spurs	96–103	Sixers	NA	Tony Parker (27)	19,942	44–22
67	March 17, 2008	Celtics	93–91	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (32)	18,797	44–23
68	March 20, 2008	Spurs	102–80	Bulls	NA	Tony Parker (23)	22,353	45–23
69	March 21, 2008	Kings	89–102	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (21)	18,797	46–23
70	March 23, 2008	Spurs	88–81	Mavericks	NA	Manu Ginóbili (26)	20,411	47–23
71	March 25, 2008	Spurs	107–97	Magic	NA	Manu Ginóbili (28)	17,519	48–23
72	March 26, 2008	Clippers	88–97	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (26)	18,797	49–23
73	March 28, 2008	Timberwolves	84–99	Spurs	NA	Manu Ginóbili (26)	18,797	50–23
74	March 30, 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	April 1, 2008	Warriors	92–116	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (26)	18,797	52–23
76	April 4, 2008	Spurs	64–90	Jazz	NA	Tony Parker (17)	19,911	52–24
77	April 6, 2008	Spurs	72–65	Trail Blazers	NA	Tim Duncan (27)	19,980	53–24
78	April 9, 2008	Suns	96–79	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (23)	18,797	53–25
79	April 11, 2008	SuperSonics	74–95	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (20)	18,797	54–25
80	April 13, 2008	Spurs	85–106	Lakers	NA	Tony Parker (20)	18,997	54–26
81	April 14, 2008	Spurs	101–98	Kings	NA	Tony Parker (32)	15,334	55–26
82	April 16, 2008	Jazz	80–109	Spurs	NA	Tony Parker (24)	18,797	56–26

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log
First Round: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time Team 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: 4–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–3) Game Date Time Team 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: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team 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
Brent Barry	31	1	17.9	.481	.429	.950	1.8	1.7	.55	.10	7.1
Matt Bonner	68	3	12.5	.416	.336	.864	2.8	.5	.21	.25	4.8
Bruce Bowen	81	81	30.2	.407	.419	.652	2.9	1.1	.67	.27	6.0
Tim Duncan	78	78	34.0	.497	.000	.730	11.3	2.8	.72	1.95	19.3
Michael Finley	82	61	26.9	.414	.370	.800	3.1	1.4	.35	.12	10.1
Manu Ginóbili	74	23	31.0	.460	.401	.860	4.8	4.5	1.47	.45	19.5
Robert Horry	45	5	13.0	.319	.257	.643	2.4	1.0	.47	.42	2.5
DerMarr Johnson	5	0	5.6	.500	.333	.000	.2	.2	.20	.00	3.4
Keith Langford	2	0	5.0	.250	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.00	.00	1.0
Ian Mahinmi	6	0	3.8	.500	.000	1.000	.8	.2	.00	.67	3.5
Fabricio Oberto	82	64	20.1	.608	.000	.607	5.2	1.2	.45	.24	4.8
Tony Parker	69	68	33.5	.494	.258	.715	3.2	6.0	.80	.12	18.8
Damon Stoudamire*	60	33	17.3	.356	.336	.794	2.0	2.8	.50	.03	5.3
Kurt Thomas*	70	48	22.6	.492	.000	.663	7.2	1.0	.80	.81	6.3
Ime Udoka	73	0	18.0	.424	.370	.759	3.1	.9	.77	.23	5.8
Jacque Vaughn	74	9	15.4	.428	.300	.763	1.0	2.1	.31	.01	4.1
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
Brent Barry	16	0	14.2	.491	.463	.800	1.1	1.1	.38	.13	5.2
Matt Bonner	2	0	4.5	.667	.000	.000	1.0	1.0	.00	.00	2.0
Bruce Bowen	17	17	29.9	.398	.407	.727	1.9	1.4	.65	.35	6.1
Tim Duncan	17	17	39.2	.449	.200	.626	14.5	3.3	.88	2.06	20.2
Michael Finley	17	11	23.0	.402	.365	1.000	1.9	1.0	.29	.18	6.7
Manu Ginóbili	17	6	32.9	.422	.373	.896	3.8	3.9	.59	.29	17.8
Robert Horry	15	0	10.3	.194	.227	.667	2.1	.5	.33	.33	1.5
Fabricio Oberto	17	9	19.5	.609	.000	.700	4.2	1.2	.35	.29	3.7
Tony Parker	17	17	38.5	.497	.350	.753	3.7	6.1	.94	.06	22.4
Damon Stoudamire	7	0	5.0	.333	.250	.667	1.0	.3	.14	.00	1.9
Kurt Thomas	17	8	15.8	.457	.000	.714	4.9	.4	.12	.35	4.1
Ime Udoka	16	0	14.8	.465	.400	.714	2.9	1.1	.69	.13	5.4
Jacque Vaughn	14	0	6.5	.273	.000	.000	.6	.6	.14	.00	.9

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

• Tim Duncan, All-NBA Second Team
• Manu Ginobli, All-NBA Third Team
• Tim Duncan, NBA All-Defensive First Team
• Bruce Bowen, NBA All-Defensive First Team
• 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]

Transactions

The Spurs were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

October 29, 2007	To Minnesota Timberwolves Beno Udrih	To San Antonio Spurs Second round pick (2008)	February 20, 2007	To Seattle SuperSonics Brent Barry, Francisco Elson,First round pick (2009)	To San Antonio Spurs Kurt Thomas

Free agents

Player Former team

Player New team

See also

• 2007-08 NBA season

References

1. Bryant's 39 points lead Lakers past Spurs 100–92, Associated Press, May 30, 2008.
2. James and Parker Earn Weekly Honors, NBA.com, November 26, 2007.
3. Rivers, Popovich Named Coaches of the Month, NBA.com, December 3, 2007.
4. Cleveland’s James and San Antonio’s Ginobili Named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, NBA.com, February 25, 2008.

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