NBA professional basketball team season
The 2018–19 San Antonio Spurs season was the 52nd season in the history of the franchise, and was its 43rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its 46th in the San Antonio area.[citation needed ] The Spurs finished the season with a 48–34 record and earned the seventh seed in the Western Conference playoffs.[citation needed ] The team broke an NBA record with its 22nd consecutive playoff appearance. In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs lost to the Denver Nuggets in seven games.[ 1] Since then, this season currently marks the last time the Spurs have made the playoffs.
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During the 2018 offseason, star forward Kawhi Leonard requested a trade. He and Danny Green were traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan , Jakob Pöltl , and a 2019 protected first-round pick on July 18, 2018.
The 2018–19 season was the first season since 2000–01 in which point guard Tony Parker was not on the team. After 17 years with the Spurs, he signed with the Charlotte Hornets in the off-season. It was also the first season since the 2001–02 season without Manu Ginóbili , who retired from the NBA on August 27, 2018, officially ending what was the Spurs' "Big Three " era.[ 2] The departures of Parker, Danny Green, and Kawhi Leonard, and the retirement of Ginóbili, left Patty Mills as the longest-tenured Spur on the roster. Mills and Marco Belinelli were the last remaining players on the team who had played for the Spurs' 2014 championship team .
On March 28, 2019, the Spurs retired Ginóbili's number 20 jersey.
2018–19 San Antonio Spurs roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 12 Aldridge, LaMarcus 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1985–07–19 Texas SG 18 Belinelli, Marco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986–03–25 Italy PF 42 Bertāns, Dāvis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992–11–12 Latvia SF 33 Cunningham, Dante 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987–04–22 Villanova SG 10 DeRozan, DeMar 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–07 USC C 14 Eubanks, Drew (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1997–02–01 Oregon State PG 11 Forbes, Bryn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993–07–23 Michigan State PF 22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–08–17 Connecticut PF 7 Metu, Chimezie 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1997–03–22 USC PG 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1988–08–11 Saint Mary's SF 26 Moore, Ben (TW) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–05–13 SMU PF 28 Motiejūnas, Donatas 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1990-09-20 Lithuania SG 5 Murray, Dejounte 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1996–09–19 Washington C 25 Pöltl, Jakob 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1995–10–15 Utah SF 3 Pondexter, Quincy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988–03–10 Washington SG 1 Walker, Lonnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998–12–14 Miami (FL) SG 4 White, Derrick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–07–02 Colorado
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate(TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2019–04–04
2018 preseason game log Total: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1) Preseason: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 September 30 Miami 104–100 Rudy Gay (13) Jakob Pöltl (10) Patty Mills (4) AT&T Center 17,024 1–0 2 October 5 Detroit 117–93 Dejounte Murray (16) Dejounte Murray (11) DeRozan , Forbes (3) AT&T Center 18,121 2–0 3 October 7 Houston 93–108 DeMar DeRozan (22) LaMarcus Aldridge (7) DeMar DeRozan (5) AT&T Center 18,326 2–1 4 October 10 @ Atlanta 127–130 Rudy Gay (28) White , Gasol , Pöltl (6) Pau Gasol (10) McCamish Pavilion 7,433 2–2 5 October 12 @ Orlando 100–81 DeMar DeRozan (20) LaMarcus Aldridge (15) Aldridge , Gasol , Mills (4) Amway Center 16,424 3–2
2018–19 season schedule
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2018–19 game log Total: 48–34 (home: 32–9; road: 16–25) October: 5–2 (home: 3–1; road: 2–1)
November : 5–10 (home: 3–3; road: 2–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 November 3 New Orleans W 109–95 DeMar DeRozan (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) LaMarcus Aldridge (6) AT&T Center 18,354 6–2 9 November 4 Orlando L 110–117 DeMar DeRozan (25) Pau Gasol (8) DeRozan , Gasol (5) AT&T Center 18,354 6–3 10 November 7 @ Miami L 88–95 Patty Mills (20) LaMarcus Aldridge (16) DeMar DeRozan (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 6–4 11 November 10 Houston W 96–89 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) DeMar DeRozan (11) Derrick White (8) AT&T Center 18,354 7–4 12 November 12 @ Sacramento L 99–104 DeMar DeRozan (23) LaMarcus Aldridge (18) DeMar DeRozan (8) Golden 1 Center 15,500 7–5 13 November 14 @ Phoenix L 96–116 DeMar DeRozan (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) DeMar DeRozan (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,532 7–6 14 November 15 @ L.A. Clippers L 111–116 DeMar DeRozan (34) LaMarcus Aldridge (16) DeRozan , Mills (5) Staples Center 17,463 7–7 15 November 18 Golden State W 104–92 LaMarcus Aldridge (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (18) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,354 8–7 16 November 19 @ New Orleans L 126–140 DeMar DeRozan (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeMar DeRozan (5) Smoothie King Center 14,675 8–8 17 November 21 Memphis L 103–104 DeMar DeRozan (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) DeMar DeRozan (5) AT&T Center 18,354 8–9 18 November 23 @ Indiana W 111–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (33) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Rudy Gay (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,262 9–9 19 November 24 @ Milwaukee L 129–135 DeMar DeRozan (34) Dante Cunningham (10) DeMar DeRozan (7) Fiserv Forum 17,559 9–10 20 November 26 @ Chicago W 108–107 DeMar DeRozan (21) DeRozan , Aldridge (8) Bryn Forbes (6) United Center 19,006 10–10 21 November 28 @ Minnesota L 89–128 Jakob Poeltl (14) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Gay , White (4) Target Center 11,023 10–11 22 November 30 Houston L 105–136 LaMarcus Aldridge (20) Rudy Gay (8) Derrick White (9) AT&T Center 18,354 10–12
December : 11–5 (home: 9–1; road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 December 2 Portland W 131–118 DeMar DeRozan (36) DeRozan , Aldridge (8) DeRozan , Mills , White (6) AT&T Center 18,354 11–12 24 December 4 @ Utah L 105–139 Jakob Poeltl (20) Jakob Poeltl (7) DeMar DeRozan (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 11–13 25 December 5 @ L.A. Lakers L 113–121 DeMar DeRozan (32) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Derrick White (5) Staples Center 18,997 11–14 26 December 7 L.A. Lakers W 133–120 DeMar DeRozan (36) DeRozan , Aldridge , Poeltl (8) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 18,354 12–14 27 December 9 Utah W 110–97 DeMar DeRozan (26) Rudy Gay (15) DeMar DeRozan (8) AT&T Center 17,834 13–14 28 December 11 Phoenix W 111–86 Bryn Forbes (24) Forbes , Poeltl (11) DeMar DeRozan (9) AT&T Center 17,676 14–14 29 December 13 L.A. Clippers W 125–87 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) Gay , Poeltl , Cunningham (6) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 15–14 30 December 15 Chicago L 93–98 LaMarcus Aldridge (29) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Patty Mills (4) AT&T Center 18,354 15–15 31 December 17 Philadelphia W 123–96 Rudy Gay (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 17,486 16–15 32 December 19 @ Orlando W 129–90 LaMarcus Aldridge (20) DeMar DeRozan (7) DeMar DeRozan (6) Amway Center 17,138 17–15 33 December 21 Minnesota W 124–98 Bryn Forbes (22) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) DeMar DeRozan (8) AT&T Center 17,708 18–15 34 December 22 @ Houston L 101–108 DeMar DeRozan (28) Rudy Gay (8) DeMar DeRozan (8) Toyota Center 18,055 18–16 35 December 26 Denver W 111–103 DeMar DeRozan (30) Jakob Poeltl (11) DeRozan , Belinelli (5) AT&T Center 18,408 19–16 36 December 28 @ Denver L 99–102 DeMar DeRozan (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (7) DeMar DeRozan (5) Pepsi Center 20,076 19–17 37 December 29 @ L.A. Clippers W 122–111 LaMarcus Aldridge (38) DeMar DeRozan (13) Bryn Forbes (7) Staples Center 19,068 20–17 38 December 31 Boston W 120–111 LaMarcus Aldridge (32) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) DeMar DeRozan (10) AT&T Center 18,354 21–17
January : 10–5 (home: 6–2; road: 4–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 39 January 3 Toronto W 125–107 LaMarcus Aldridge (23) DeMar DeRozan (14) DeMar DeRozan (11) AT&T Center 18,354 22–17 40 January 5 Memphis W 108–88 Derrick White (19) DeMar DeRozan (9) LaMarcus Aldridge (7) AT&T Center 18,354 23–17 41 January 7 @ Detroit W 119–107 DeMar DeRozan (26) DeMar DeRozan (7) DeMar DeRozan (9) Little Caesars Arena 13,107 24–17 42 January 9 @ Memphis L 86–96 Forbes , Belinelli (14) Pau Gasol (12) DeMar DeRozan (4) FedExForum 13,944 24–18 43 January 10 Oklahoma City W 154–147 (2OT) LaMarcus Aldridge (56) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) DeMar DeRozan (11) AT&T Center 18,354 25–18 44 January 12 @ Oklahoma City L 112–122 Marco Belinelli (24) Jakob Poeltl (10) DeRozan , Mills , White (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 25–19 45 January 14 Charlotte L 93–108 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Derrick White (7) AT&T Center 18,354 25–20 46 January 16 @ Dallas W 105–101 Marco Belinelli (17) Jakob Poeltl (7) DeMar DeRozan (9) American Airlines Center 20,214 26–20 47 January 18 @ Minnesota W 116–113 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Patty Mills (8) Target Center 17,222 27–20 48 January 20 L.A. Clippers L 95–103 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) Derrick White (4) AT&T Center 18,354 27–21 49 January 23 @ Philadelphia L 120–122 DeMar DeRozan (26) DeMar DeRozan (9) LaMarcus Aldridge (6) Wells Fargo Center 20,339 27–22 50 January 26 @ New Orleans W 126–114 LaMarcus Aldridge (28) LaMarcus Aldridge (12) Patty Mills (5) Smoothie King Center 17,724 28–22 51 January 27 Washington W 132–119 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Patty Mills (7) AT&T Center 18,354 29–22 52 January 29 Phoenix W 126–124 LaMarcus Aldridge (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Belinelli , Gay , Mills , Bertans (5) AT&T Center 18,121 30–22 53 January 31 Brooklyn W 117–114 Derrick White (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) Derrick White (6) AT&T Center 18,057 31–22
February : 3–7 (home: 2–0; road: 1–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 54 February 2 New Orleans W 113–108 LaMarcus Aldridge (25) LaMarcus Aldridge (14) DeMar DeRozan (5) AT&T Center 18,354 32–22 55 February 4 @ Sacramento L 112–127 DeMar DeRozan (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Belinelli , DeRozan (4) Golden 1 Center 16,245 32–23 56 February 6 @ Golden State L 102–141 Patty Mills (16) Cunningham , Metu (5) Jakob Poeltl (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 32–24 57 February 7 @ Portland L 118–127 DeMar DeRozan (35) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Patty Mills (8) Moda Center 19,393 32–25 58 February 9 @ Utah L 105–125 DeMar DeRozan (23) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Mills , DeRozan (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 32–26 59 February 12 @ Memphis W 108–107 Aldridge , Mills (22) Rudy Gay (12) Rudy Gay (8) FedExForum 13,788 33–26 60 February 22 @ Toronto L 117–120 DeMar DeRozan (23) Rudy Gay (10) DeMar DeRozan (8) Scotiabank Arena 20,058 33–27 61 February 24 @ N. Y. Knicks L 118–130 DeMar DeRozan (32) Poeltl , DeRozan (9) Mills , DeRozan (4) Madison Square Garden 18,019 33–28 62 February 25 @ Brooklyn L 85–101 LaMarcus Aldridge (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Derrick White (4) Barclays Center 13,479 33–29 63 February 27 Detroit W 105–93 LaMarcus Aldridge (24) Jakob Poeltl (14) DeMar DeRozan (8) AT&T Center 18,354 34–29
March : 10–4 (home: 7–2; road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 64 March 2 Oklahoma City W 116–102 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 35–29 65 March 4 Denver W 104–103 DeMar DeRozan (24) LaMarcus Aldridge (9) Derrick White (9) AT&T Center 18,354 36–29 66 March 6 @ Atlanta W 111–104 LaMarcus Aldridge (32) Rudy Gay (11) Derrick White (9) State Farm Arena 15,208 37–29 67 March 10 Milwaukee W 121–114 LaMarcus Aldridge (29) LaMarcus Aldridge (16) DeMar DeRozan (6) AT&T Center 18,594 38–29 68 March 12 @ Dallas W 112–105 DeMar DeRozan (33) Aldridge , Poeltl (7) Derrick White (7) American Airlines Center 20,366 39–29 69 March 15 N. Y. Knicks W 109–83 LaMarcus Aldridge (18) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) White , DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 40–29 70 March 16 Portland W 108–103 DeMar DeRozan (21) DeRozan , Aldridge (8) Patty Mills (4) AT&T Center 18,354 41–29 71 March 18 Golden State W 111–105 DeMar DeRozan (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) DeMar DeRozan (8) AT&T Center 18,354 42–29 72 March 20 Miami L 105–110 Belinelli , Mills , Aldridge (17) DeMar DeRozan (16) DeRozan , Mills (6) AT&T Center 18,354 42–30 73 March 22 @ Houston L 105–111 Davis Bertans (20) Rudy Gay (9) DeMar DeRozan (8) Toyota Center 18,055 42–31 74 March 24 @ Boston W 115–96 LaMarcus Aldridge (48) LaMarcus Aldridge (13) DeMar DeRozan (11) TD Garden 18,624 43–31 75 March 26 @ Charlotte L 116–125 (OT) DeMar DeRozan (30) LaMarcus Aldridge (15) Derrick White (7) Spectrum Center 14,227 43–32 76 March 28 Cleveland W 116–110 DeMar DeRozan (25) Rudy Gay (8) DeMar DeRozan (8) AT&T Center 18,756 44–32 77 March 31 Sacramento L 106–113 LaMarcus Aldridge (27) LaMarcus Aldridge (18) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,581 44–33
April : 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)
2018–19 season schedule
2019 playoff game log First Round: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 13 @ Denver W 101–96 DeMar DeRozan (18) DeMar DeRozan (12) DeMar DeRozan (6) Pepsi Center 19,520 1–0 2 April 16 @ Denver L 105–114 DeMar DeRozan (31) Rudy Gay (9) Patty Mills (5) Pepsi Center 19,520 1–1 3 April 18 Denver W 118–108 Derrick White (36) Aldridge , Gay (11) Aldridge , DeRozan , White (5) AT&T Center 18,354 2–1 4 April 20 Denver L 103–117 LaMarcus Aldridge (24) Aldridge , Pöltl (9) DeRozan , White (5) AT&T Center 18,354 2–2 5 April 23 @ Denver L 90–108 Aldridge , DeRozan (17) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) Jakob Pöltl (4) Pepsi Center 19,520 2–3 6 April 25 Denver W 120–103 LaMarcus Aldridge (26) LaMarcus Aldridge (10) DeMar DeRozan (7) AT&T Center 18,354 3–3 7 April 27 @ Denver L 86–90 Rudy Gay (21) LaMarcus Aldridge (11) DeMar DeRozan (6) Pepsi Center 19,725 3–4
2019 playoff schedule
Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts. LaMarcus Aldridge C 81 81 2,687 744 194 43 107 1,727 Marco Belinelli SG 79 1 1,815 198 132 35 8 829 Dāvis Bertāns PF 76 12 1,632 264 100 35 33 606 Dante Cunningham PF 64 21 928 188 50 27 13 194 DeMar DeRozan SG 77 77 2,688 462 475 86 36 1,635 Drew Eubanks PF 23 0 113 34 7 2 5 41 Bryn Forbes SG 82 81 2,293 239 175 45 4 967 Pau Gasol ‡ C 27 6 330 127 50 5 14 114 Rudy Gay PF 69 51 1,842 470 182 54 34 946 Chimezie Metu PF 29 0 145 36 13 6 2 51 Patty Mills PG 82 1 1,908 182 245 49 10 811 Donatas Motiejūnas PF 3 0 13 3 1 0 1 6 Jakob Pöltl C 77 24 1,273 410 93 29 68 423 Quincy Pondexter SF 53 0 292 46 24 11 1 98 Lonnie Walker SG 17 0 118 17 9 7 3 45 Derrick White PG 67 55 1,728 247 263 67 47 663
After all games [ 5] ‡ Waived during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
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