1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season
1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season | |
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Head coach | Bob Weiss |
General manager | Bob Bass |
Owner(s) | Angelo Drossos |
Arena | HemisFair Arena |
Results | |
Record | 31–51 (.378) |
Place | Division: 5th (Midwest) Conference: 8th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First round (lost to Lakers 0–3) |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Local media | |
Television | KSAT-TV |
Radio | KTSA |
The 1987–88 NBA season was the 12th season for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association, and their 21st season as a franchise.[1] This season is most memorable when the Spurs won the NBA draft lottery, and selected 7' 1" center David Robinson from the United States Naval Academy with the first overall pick in the 1987 NBA draft; the team also selected center Greg "Cadillac" Anderson from the University of Houston with the 23rd overall pick.[2][3][4] However, Robinson had a two-year commitment to the U.S. Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy, and did not play for the Spurs until the 1989–90 season.[5][6][7]
In November, the team traded second-year forward Larry Krystkowiak to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Charles Davis; Krystkowiak previous played overseas in Italy early into the regular season, and was placed on the Spurs' suspended list for violating his contract. Davis would later on be released to free agency after 16 games with the Spurs.[8][9][10]
The Spurs got off to a 13–12 start to the regular season, but played below .500 basketball for the remainder of the season, holding an 18–23 record at the All-Star break.[11] The team struggled in the second half of the season, losing 9 of their 13 games in February, and posting a 7-game losing streak in March. Despite finishing in fifth place in the Midwest Division with a 31–51 record, which was ten games under .500 in winning percentage, the Spurs earned the eighth seed in the Western Conference, and qualified for the NBA playoffs.[12]
Alvin Robertson averaged 19.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 3.0 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, and selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois,[13][14][15] while second-year forward Walter Berry averaged 17.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and Frank Brickowski provided the team with 16.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. In addition, second-year guard Johnny Dawkins provided with 15.8 points, 7.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game, while Mike Mitchell contributed 13.5 points per game, and Anderson averaged 11.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. Meanwhile, Dave Greenwood provided with 8.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, but only played just 45 games due to injury, Jon Sundvold contributed 8.1 points and 3.5 assists per game, Kurt Nimphius averaged 4.4 points per game, and Ed Nealy provided with 2.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.[16]
Robertson finished in fourth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting,[17][18] while Brickowski finished tied in sixth place in Most Improved Player voting,[18] and Anderson finished tied in second place in Rookie of the Year voting.[19][18]
In the Western Conference First Round of the 1988 NBA playoffs, the Spurs were swept by the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in three straight games.[20] The Lakers would go on to defeat the Detroit Pistons in seven games in the 1988 NBA Finals, winning their second consecutive NBA championship.[21][22][23]
Following the season, head coach Bob Weiss was fired,[24][25][26] while Berry was traded to the New Jersey Nets,[27][28][29] Sundvold was left unprotected in the 1988 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Miami Heat expansion team,[30][31][32] and Mitchell and Nealy were both released to free agency.
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 1 | David Robinson | C | ![]() |
Navy |
1 | 23 | Cadillac Anderson | PF/C | ![]() |
Houston |
2 | 27 | Nate Blackwell | G | ![]() |
Temple |
3 | 50 | Phil Zevenbergen | C | ![]() |
Washington |
4 | 73 | Todd May | ![]() |
Pikeville | |
5 | 96 | Dennis Williams | ![]() |
Georgia | |
6 | 119 | Ricky Brown | ![]() |
South Alabama | |
7 | 142 | Raynard Davis | ![]() |
Texas |
Roster
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Legend
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 35–6 | 19–22 | 18–12 |
x-Dallas Mavericks | 53 | 29 | .646 | 1 | 33–8 | 20–21 | 20–10 |
x-Utah Jazz | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | 33–8 | 14–27 | 18–12 |
x-Houston Rockets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 8 | 31–10 | 15–26 | 13–17 |
x- | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 | 23–18 | 8–33 | 12–18 |
Sacramento Kings | 24 | 58 | .293 | 30 | 19–22 | 5–36 | 9–21 |
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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- | 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
Record vs. opponents
1987-88 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIL | NJN | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | — | 2–4 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Boston | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
Chicago | 3–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
Cleveland | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 |
Dallas | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Denver | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
Detroit | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
Golden State | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 0–5 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Indiana | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
L.A. Clippers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
L.A. Lakers | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
New Jersey | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 |
New York | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Philadelphia | 0–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
Phoenix | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–6 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Portland | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
Sacramento | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
San Antonio | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
Seattle | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 |
Utah | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 |
Washington | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
Game log
Regular season
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November: 5–8 (home: 4–1; road: 1–7)
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December: 8–4 (home: 7–0; road: 1–4)
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January: 4–10 (home: 3–5; road: 1–5)
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February: 4–9 (home: 3–5; road: 1–4)
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March: 5–12 (home: 4–4; road: 1–8)
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April: 5–8 (home: 2–3; road: 3–5)
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1987–88 schedule |
Playoffs
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First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
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1988 schedule |
Player statistics
Ragular season
Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Alvin Robertson | SG | 82 | 82 | 2,978 | 498 | 557 | 243 | 69 | 1,610 | 36.3 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 3.0 | .8 | 19.6 |
Cadillac Anderson | PF | 82 | 45 | 1,984 | 513 | 79 | 54 | 122 | 957 | 24.2 | 6.3 | 1.0 | .7 | 1.5 | 11.7 |
Walter Berry | SF | 73 | 56 | 1,922 | 395 | 110 | 55 | 63 | 1,272 | 26.3 | 5.4 | 1.5 | .8 | .9 | 17.4 |
Kurt Nimphius | C | 72 | 7 | 919 | 153 | 53 | 22 | 56 | 316 | 12.8 | 2.1 | .7 | .3 | .8 | 4.4 |
Frank Brickowski | C | 70 | 68 | 2,227 | 483 | 266 | 74 | 36 | 1,119 | 31.8 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .5 | 16.0 |
Pétur Guðmundsson | C | 69 | 9 | 1,017 | 323 | 86 | 18 | 61 | 395 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 1.2 | .3 | .9 | 5.7 |
Mike Mitchell | SF | 68 | 20 | 1,501 | 198 | 68 | 31 | 13 | 919 | 22.1 | 2.9 | 1.0 | .5 | .2 | 13.5 |
Ed Nealy | PF | 68 | 1 | 837 | 222 | 49 | 29 | 5 | 142 | 12.3 | 3.3 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 2.1 |
Johnny Dawkins | PG | 65 | 61 | 2,179 | 204 | 480 | 88 | 2 | 1,027 | 33.5 | 3.1 | 7.4 | 1.4 | .0 | 15.8 |
Jon Sundvold | PG | 52 | 12 | 1,024 | 48 | 183 | 27 | 2 | 421 | 19.7 | .9 | 3.5 | .5 | .0 | 8.1 |
David Greenwood | PF | 45 | 40 | 1,236 | 300 | 97 | 33 | 22 | 385 | 27.5 | 6.7 | 2.2 | .7 | .5 | 8.6 |
Leon Wood† | PG | 38 | 8 | 830 | 51 | 155 | 22 | 1 | 352 | 21.8 | 1.3 | 4.1 | .6 | .0 | 9.3 |
Pete Myers | SG | 22 | 0 | 328 | 37 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 112 | 14.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .8 | .3 | 5.1 |
Ricky Wilson† | PG | 18 | 1 | 373 | 26 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 104 | 20.7 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .9 | .2 | 5.8 |
Charles Davis† | SF | 16 | 0 | 187 | 38 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | .0 | .2 | 5.8 |
Nate Blackwell | PG | 10 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 11.2 | .6 | 1.8 | .3 | .0 | 3.7 |
Phil Zevenbergen | C | 8 | 0 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 7.3 | 1.6 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 3.8 |
Johnny Moore† | PG | 4 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12.8 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .8 | .0 | 2.0 |
Richard Rellford | SF | 4 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10.5 | 1.8 | .3 | .0 | .8 | 4.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.
Playoffs
Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Alvin Robertson | SG | 3 | 3 | 119 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 70 | 39.7 | 4.7 | 9.3 | 4.0 | .3 | 23.3 |
Frank Brickowski | C | 3 | 3 | 113 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 37.7 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 2.0 | .7 | 19.3 |
Cadillac Anderson | PF | 3 | 3 | 95 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 31.7 | 7.0 | 1.0 | .7 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
Jon Sundvold | PG | 3 | 3 | 90 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 30.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 1.3 | .0 | 11.7 |
Mike Mitchell | SF | 3 | 3 | 74 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 24.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | .3 | .3 | 10.3 |
Walter Berry | SF | 3 | 0 | 94 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 31.3 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | .7 | 22.0 |
Johnny Dawkins | PG | 3 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .7 | .0 | 5.0 |
Kurt Nimphius | C | 3 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10.0 | 2.7 | .7 | .0 | .3 | 4.0 |
Ed Nealy | PF | 2 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 |
Ricky Wilson | PG | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Pétur Guðmundsson | C | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Phil Zevenbergen | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Awards and records
Transactions
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