NBA professional basketball team season
The 2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season was the 45th season of the franchise, 39th in San Antonio and 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs tied the Chicago Bulls for the best record of the season at 50–16, transmuted to 62–20 in an 82-game season, as the season was shortened to 66 games due to the 2011 NBA lockout .
The Spurs attained the first seed in the Western Conference, earning a berth in the 2012 NBA playoffs , where they swept both the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers in four games in the first round and semifinals, respectively, only to be eliminated in six games by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals. The Thunder would go on to lose to the Miami Heat in the Finals in five games.
2011–12 San Antonio Spurs roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SG 25 Anderson, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1989-03-25 Oklahoma State PF 45 Blair, DeJuan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1989-04-22 Pittsburgh PF 15 Bonner, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980-04-05 Florida PF 34 Byars, Derrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-04-25 Vanderbilt PF 33 Diaw, Boris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982-04-16 France C 21 Duncan, Tim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1976-04-25 Wake Forest SG 20 Ginóbili, Manu 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977-07-28 Argentina SG 4 Green, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987-06-22 North Carolina SF 3 Jackson, Stephen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978-04-05 Oak Hill Academy (HS) PG 5 Joseph, Cory 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991-08-20 Texas SF 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991-06-29 San Diego State PG 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-08-11 Saint Mary's SG 14 Neal, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1984-10-03 Towson PG 9 Parker, Tony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982-05-17 France C 22 Splitter, Tiago 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985-01-01 Brazil
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: April 25, 2012
Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
2011–12 game log Total: 50–16 (home: 28–5; road: 22–11) December: 3–1 (home: 3–0; road: 0–1)
January : 10–8 (home: 7–1; road: 3–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 2 @ Minnesota L 96–106 Richard Jefferson , Tim Duncan (16) Matt Bonner (6) Tony Parker (9) Target Center 14,514 3–2 6 January 4 Golden State W 101–96 Tony Parker (21) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker , T. J. Ford (8) AT&T Center 16,751 4–2 7 January 5 Dallas W 93–71 Matt Bonner (17) Richard Jefferson (7) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 5–2 8 January 7 Denver W 121–117 Danny Green (24) DeJuan Blair (10) T. J. Ford (7) AT&T Center 17,537 6–2 9 January 8 @ Oklahoma City L 96–108 Gary Neal (18) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–3 10 January 10 @ Milwaukee L 93–96 Tony Parker (22) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker (8) Bradley Center 11,585 6–4 11 January 11 Houston W 101–95 (OT ) Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 17,381 7–4 12 January 13 Portland W 99–83 Tony Parker (20) DeJuan Blair (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 8–4 13 January 15 Phoenix W 102–91 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 9–4 14 January 17 @ Miami L 98–120 Danny Green (20) Tim Duncan (7) Richard Jefferson (5) American Airlines Arena 19,600 9–5 15 January 18 @ Orlando W 85–83 (OT ) Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (9) Amway Center 18,846 10–5 16 January 20 Sacramento L 86–88 Tony Parker (24) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 10–6 17 January 21 @ Houston L 102–105 Tiago Splitter (25) Kawhi Leonard (11) Tony Parker (13) Toyota Center 15,285 10–7 18 January 23 @ New Orleans W 104–102 Tim Duncan (28) Tim Duncan (7) Tony Parker (17) New Orleans Arena 12,599 11–7 19 January 25 Atlanta W 105–83 Matt Bonner , DeJuan Blair (17) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 17,888 12–7 20 January 27 @ Minnesota L 79–87 Tony Parker (20) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan (4) Target Center 16,699 12–8 21 January 29 @ Dallas L 100–101 (OT ) Gary Neal (19) DeJuan Blair (9) Gary Neal (7) American Airlines Center 20,262 12–9 22 January 30 @ Memphis W 83–73 Matt Bonner (15) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (12) FedExForum 15,118 13–9
February : 11–2 (home: 3–1; road: 8–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 1 Houston W 99–91 Tim Duncan (25) Matt Bonner (10) Tony Parker , Danny Green (4) AT&T Center 18,581 14–9 24 February 2 New Orleans W 93–81 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,082 15–9 25 February 4 Oklahoma City W 107–96 Tony Parker (42) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 16–9 26 February 6 @ Memphis W 89–84 Tony Parker (21) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (7) FedExForum 13,527 17–9 27 February 8 @ Philadelphia W 100–90 Tony Parker (37) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) Wells Fargo Center 18,070 18–9 28 February 11 @ New Jersey W 103–89 Gary Neal (18) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan , Tony Parker (5) Prudential Center 15,272 19–9 29 February 14 @ Detroit W 99–95 Tim Duncan (18) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker , Manu Ginóbili (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,533 20–9 30 February 15 @ Toronto W 113–106 Tony Parker (34) Danny Green (7) Tony Parker (14) Air Canada Centre 15,999 21–9 31 February 18 @ L. A. Clippers W 103–100 (OT ) Tony Parker (30) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (10) Staples Center 19,217 22–9 32 February 20 @ Utah W 106–102 Tony Parker (23) Kawhi Leonard (8) Tony Parker (11) EnergySolutions Arena 19,105 23–9 33 February 21 @ Portland L 97–137 Kawhi Leonard (24) Kawhi Leonard (10) Richard Jefferson , Cory Joseph , Gary Neal (3) Rose Garden 20,567 23–10 34 February 23 @ Denver W 114–99 Dejuan Blair (28) DeJuan Blair (12) Tony Parker (12) Pepsi Center 18,875 24–10 All-Star Break 35 February 29 Chicago L 89–96 Gary Neal (21) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 24–11
March : 11–3 (home: 8–2; road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 2 Charlotte W 102–72 Tony Parker (15) DeJuan Blair (11) Tony Parker (4) AT&T Center 18,581 25–11 37 March 4 Denver L 94–99 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 25–12 38 March 7 New York W 118–105 Tony Parker (32) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker , Manu Ginóbili (6) AT&T Center 18,581 26–12 39 March 9 L. A. Clippers L 108–120 Manu Ginóbili (22) Matt Bonner , Kawhi Leonard (6) Manu Ginóbili (6) AT&T Center 18,581 26–13 40 March 12 Washington W 112–97 Tony Parker (31) DeJuan Blair (12) Tony Parker , Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 27–13 41 March 14 Orlando W 122–111 Tony Parker (31) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (12) AT&T Center 18,581 28–13 42 March 16 @ Oklahoma City W 114–105 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (19) Tony Parker (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 29–13 43 March 17 @ Dallas L 99–106 Danny Green , Tim Duncan (17) Tiago Splitter (6) Tony Parker (11) American Airlines Center 20,528 29–14 44 March 21 Minnesota W 116–100 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (15) Manu Ginóbili (8) AT&T Center 18,581 30–14 45 March 23 Dallas W 104–87 Danny Green (18) Tim Duncan (12) Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 31–14 46 March 24 @ New Orleans W 89–86 DeJuan Blair (23) Tim Duncan , DeJuan Blair , Kawhi Leonard , Danny Green (7) Tony Parker (10) New Orleans Arena 16,118 32–14 47 March 25 Philadelphia W 93–76 Tony Parker (21) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 33–14 48 March 27 @ Phoenix W 107–100 Tim Duncan (26) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) US Airways Center 16,573 34–14 49 March 28 @ Sacramento W 117–112 Manu Ginóbili (20) Kawhi Leonard (9) Tony Parker (10) Power Balance Pavilion 13,119 35–14 50 March 31 Indiana W 112–103 Tim Duncan (23) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker , Manu Ginóbili (5) AT&T Center 18,581 36–14
April: 12–2 (home: 6–1; road: 6–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 April 3 @ Cleveland W 125–90 Patrick Mills (20) Tim Duncan (8) Boris Diaw (8) Quicken Loans Arena 19,574 37–14 52 April 4 @ Boston W 87–86 Danny Green (14) Tim Duncan (16) Gary Neal (4) TD Garden 18,624 38–14 53 April 6 New Orleans W 128–103 Tim Duncan (19) Stephen Jackson (7) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 39–14 54 April 8 Utah W 114–100 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (13) Danny Green (5) AT&T Center 18,581 40–14 55 April 9 @ Utah L 84–91 Gary Neal (14) DeJuan Blair (8) Gary Neal (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 40–15 56 April 11 L. A. Lakers L 84–98 Danny Green (22) Kawhi Leonard , Stephen Jackson (5) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 40–16 57 April 12 Memphis W 107–97 Tim Duncan (28) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 41–16 58 April 14 Phoenix W 105–91 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (5) AT&T Center 18,581 42–16 59 April 16 @ Golden State W 120–99 Gary Neal (17) Boris Diaw (9) Gary Neal , Tony Parker (5) Oracle Arena 18,471 43–16 60 April 17 @ L. A. Lakers W 112–91 Tony Parker (29) Tim Duncan , Matt Bonner (8) Tony Parker (13) Staples Center 18,997 44–16 61 April 18 @ Sacramento W 127–102 Gary Neal , Tiago Splitter (17) Tiago Splitter (7) Tony Parker (8) Power Balance Pavilion 16,954 45–16 62 April 20 L. A. Lakers W 121–97 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker (10) AT&T Center 18,581 46–16 63 April 22 Cleveland W 114–98 Manu Ginóbili (20) Tiago Splitter , Boris Diaw , Kawhi Leonard , DeJuan Blair (7) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 47–16 64 April 23 Portland W 124–89 Danny Green , Tim Duncan (18) Tim Duncan (8) Boris Diaw , Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 48–16 65 April 25 @ Phoenix W 110–106 Patrick Mills (27) DeJuan Blair (8) Stephen Jackson (6) US Airways Center 17,172 49–16 66 April 26 @ Golden State W 107–101 Patrick Mills (34) DeJuan Blair (13) Patrick Mills (12) Oracle Arena 18,124 50–16
2011–12 season schedule
2012 playoff game log First round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
Conference finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
2012 playoff schedule
Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Danny Green SG 66 38 1,522 228 86 58 46 603 23.1 3.5 1.3 .9 .7 9.1 Matt Bonner PF 65 2 1,326 214 61 15 21 429 20.4 3.3 .9 .2 .3 6.6 DeJuan Blair PF 64 62 1,363 351 78 59 12 611 21.3 5.5 1.2 .9 .2 9.5 Kawhi Leonard SF 64 39 1,534 327 70 85 24 507 24.0 5.1 1.1 1.3 .4 7.9 Tony Parker PG 60 60 1,923 171 463 57 5 1,095 32.1 2.9 7.7 1.0 .1 18.3 Tiago Splitter C 59 2 1,121 306 65 21 47 549 19.0 5.2 1.1 .4 .8 9.3 Tim Duncan C 58 58 1,634 520 132 38 88 895 28.2 9.0 2.3 .7 1.5 15.4 Gary Neal SG 56 7 1,206 118 117 27 2 557 21.5 2.1 2.1 .5 .0 9.9 James Anderson SG 51 2 603 79 41 8 2 190 11.8 1.5 .8 .2 .0 3.7 Richard Jefferson † SF 41 41 1,168 143 55 25 12 379 28.5 3.5 1.3 .6 .3 9.2 Manu Ginóbili SG 34 7 792 116 151 24 12 440 23.3 3.4 4.4 .7 .4 12.9 Cory Joseph PG 29 1 266 25 34 7 3 58 9.2 .9 1.2 .2 .1 2.0 Stephen Jackson † SF 21 1 500 81 41 28 7 187 23.8 3.9 2.0 1.3 .3 8.9 Boris Diaw † PF 20 7 406 85 47 14 6 93 20.3 4.3 2.4 .7 .3 4.7 Patty Mills PG 16 3 261 28 39 10 1 165 16.3 1.8 2.4 .6 .1 10.3 T. J. Ford PG 14 0 191 18 45 9 2 51 13.6 1.3 3.2 .6 .1 3.6 Eric Dawson C 4 0 39 10 0 1 2 15 9.8 2.5 .0 .3 .5 3.8 Malcolm Thomas PF 3 0 15 3 1 1 1 1 5.0 1.0 .3 .3 .3 .3 Derrick Byars PF 2 0 37 11 1 2 0 10 18.5 5.5 .5 1.0 .0 5.0 Justin Dentmon † PG 2 0 19 1 1 1 0 4 9.5 .5 .5 .5 .0 2.0 Ike Diogu PF 2 0 14 1 0 0 0 2 7.0 .5 .0 .0 .0 1.0
† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only. Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tony Parker PG 14 14 506 50 95 13 0 282 36.1 3.6 6.8 .9 .0 20.1 Tim Duncan C 14 14 463 131 39 10 29 243 33.1 9.4 2.8 .7 2.1 17.4 Kawhi Leonard SF 14 14 379 83 8 17 6 121 27.1 5.9 .6 1.2 .4 8.6 Boris Diaw PF 14 14 346 73 35 11 4 87 24.7 5.2 2.5 .8 .3 6.2 Danny Green SG 14 12 289 45 15 7 10 103 20.6 3.2 1.1 .5 .7 7.4 Manu Ginóbili SG 14 2 390 49 56 10 4 201 27.9 3.5 4.0 .7 .3 14.4 Stephen Jackson SF 14 0 299 28 24 9 3 116 21.4 2.0 1.7 .6 .2 8.3 Gary Neal SG 14 0 217 18 19 2 0 105 15.5 1.3 1.4 .1 .0 7.5 Tiago Splitter C 13 0 168 36 10 5 4 76 12.9 2.8 .8 .4 .3 5.8 Matt Bonner PF 13 0 165 25 9 2 4 31 12.7 1.9 .7 .2 .3 2.4 DeJuan Blair PF 10 0 76 23 2 3 1 37 7.6 2.3 .2 .3 .1 3.7 Patty Mills PG 8 0 31 3 5 1 0 15 3.9 .4 .6 .1 .0 1.9 James Anderson SG 8 0 31 5 3 1 0 11 3.9 .6 .4 .1 .0 1.4
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