1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the Spurs' 15th season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season as a franchise.[1] After a promising rookie season from second-year star David Robinson, the Spurs would win 17 of their first 22 games on their way to a 30–10 start. However, with Terry Cummings and Rod Strickland lost for long stretched games due to injuries, the Spurs struggled in February with a 4–7 record. The Spurs would bounce back winning 13 of their final 17 games as they won the Midwest Division with a solid 55–27 record. Robinson averaged 25.6 points, 13.0 rebounds, and 3.9 blocks per game while being selected to the All-NBA First Team, All-Defensive Second Team, and for the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs would be stunned by the 7th-seeded Golden State Warriors in four games after winning Game 1.[2]

1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coachLarry Brown
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record55–27 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest First Round
(Lost to Warriors 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionHome Sports Entertainment, KSAT-TV
RadioWOAI , KCOR (Spanish)

Draft picks
Main article: 1990 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
124Dwayne SchintziusC United StatesFlorida
243Tony MassenburgPF United StatesMaryland
254Sean HigginsSG/SF United StatesMichigan

Roster
Roster listing
San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 40 Anderson, Willie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgia
F 34 Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) DePaul
F 32 Elliott, Sean 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Arizona
F/C 21 Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNLV
G/F 3 Higgins, Sean 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan
G 15 Johnson, Avery 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern
F 45 Massenburg, Tony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Maryland
G/F 8 Pressey, Paul 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Tulsa
C 50 Robinson, David 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Navy
C 24 Schintzius, Dwayne 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Florida
G 1 Strickland, Rod 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) DePaul
G/F 25 Wingate, David 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs5527.671—33–822–1920–8
x-Utah Jazz5428.659136–518–2321-7
x-Houston Rockets5230.634331-1021–2020-8
Orlando Magic3151.3782424-177–3413–15
Minnesota Timberwolves2953.3542621-208-339-19
Dallas Mavericks2854.3412720-218–337-21
Denver Nuggets2062.2443517-243-388–20
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Portland Trail Blazers6319.768–
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5527.6718
3 x-Los Angeles Lakers5824.7075
4 x-Phoenix Suns5527.6718
5 x-Utah Jazz5428.6599
6 x-Houston Rockets5230.63411
7 x-Golden State Warriors4438.53719
8 x-Seattle SuperSonics4141.50022
9 Orlando Magic3151.37832
10 Los Angeles Clippers3151.37832
11 Minnesota Timberwolves2953.35434
12 Dallas Mavericks2854.34135
13 Sacramento Kings2557.30538
14 Denver Nuggets2062.24443
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1990-91 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–11–41–43–22–01–10–51–11–14–12–01–14–02–31–13–13–11–10–40–21–12–02–01–11–12–2
Boston 1–3—3–12–23–12–02–02–21–12–02–22–01–14–12–22–04–15–01–12–31–11–12–01–12–01–15–1
Charlotte 4–11–3—0–51–41–10–21–41–10–20–51–10–22–22–31–12–20–42–02–20–20–22–01–10–20–22–2
Chicago 4–12–25–0—5–02–02–03–21–10–24–12–01–14–04–12–03–14–02–01–31–10–22–00–22–02–03–1
Cleveland 2–31–34–10–5—2–01–12–30–20–21–41–11–13–12–31–12–23–12–02–20–20–21–10–21–10–21–3
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–2—3–10–22–21–32–01–32–20–21–11–42–02–01–41–10–41–32–21–42–20–52–0
Denver 1–10–22–00–21–11–3—0–21–30–50–20–40–40–21–13–21–11–12–30–20–40–43–11–40–41–31–1
Detroit 5–02–24–12–33–22–02–0—1–12–03–22–00–23–12–32–03–11–32–02–20–21–12–00–21–10–23–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–12–02–23–11–1—2–21–13–22–32–01–13–11–12–02–22–01–32–32–32–23–11–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–02–03–15–00–22–2—1–12–21–32–02–05–02–02–03–22–03–10–43–12–32–22–21–1
Indiana 1–42–25–01–44–10–22–02–31–11–1—1–10–22–22–31–13–12–21–11–31–10–22–01–11–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–21–13–14–00–22–32–21–1—0–40–21–13–11–10–21–30–22–31–33–22–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–24–02–03–23–12–04–0—2–00–23–12–01–14–01–13–22–34–03–13–22–22–0
Miami 0–41–42–20–41–32–02–01–30–20–22–22–00–2—0–40–23–31–41–11–40–20–21–10–20–21–13–2
Milwaukee 3–22–23–21–43–21–11–13–21–10–23–21–12–04–0—1–12–24–02–02–21–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–21–14–12–30–21–30–51–11–31–32–01–1—1–11–12–22–00–40–43–10–42–21–41–1
New Jersey 1–31–42–21–32–20–21–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–32–21–1—0–51–12–31–10–21–10–21–10–22–3
New York 1–30–54–00–41–30–21–13–10–20–22–22–01–14–10–41–15–0—0–25–10–20–22–01–11–12–03–2
Orlando 1–11–10–20–20–24–13–20–22–22–31–13–10–41–10–22–21–12–0—0–22–20–42–21–31–31–41–1
Philadelphia 4–03–22–23–12–21–12–02–20–20–23–12–01–14–12–20–23–21–52–0—1–11–11–10–21–10–23–2
Phoenix 2–01–12–01–12–04–04–02–03–11–31–13–22–32–01–14–01–12–02–21–1—3–23–11–33–22–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–02–03–14–01–13–24–02–03–13–22–01–14–02–02–04–01–12–3—3–22–24–03–12–0
Sacramento 0–20–20–20–21–12–21–30–23–21–30–22–30–41–11–11–31–10–22–21–11–32–3—1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–02–04–14–12–02–23–21–12–21–32–01–14–02–01–13–12–03–12–23–1—3–12–32–0
Seattle 1–10–22–00–21–12–24–01–11–32–21–13–22–32–01–12–21–11–13–11–12–30–44–11–3—1–32–0
Utah 1–11–12–00–22–05–03–12–03–12–20–23–12–21–11–14–12–00–24–12–02–21–33–13–23–1—2–0
Washington 2–21–52–21–33–10–21–11–32–01–12–22–00–22–31–31–13–22–31–12–30–20–20–20–20–20–2—

Game log

Regular season
1990–91 game log
Total: 55–27 (Home: 33–8; Road: 22–19)
November: 8–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–4)
December: 11–2 (Home: 5–2; Road: 6–0)
January: 12–5 (Home: 8–1; Road: 4–4)
February: 4–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–4)
March: 12–5 (Home: 9–0; Road: 3–5)
April: 8–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–2)
1990–91 schedule

Playoffs
1991 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
1991 schedule

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Golden State Warriors: Warriors win series 3-1

Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series)

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
Willie Anderson 75 75 34.6 .457 .200 .798 4.7 4.8 1.1 .6 14.4
Terry Cummings 67 62 32.8 .484 .212 .683 7.8 2.3 .9 .4 17.6
Byron Dinkins 10 0 14.4 .394 . .889 1.1 1.9 .2 .0 3.4
Sean Elliott 82 82 37.1 .490 .313 .808 5.6 2.9 .8 .4 15.9
Sidney Green 66 7 16.7 .461 .000 .848 4.7 .8 .5 .2 6.7
Dave Greenwood 63 11 16.2 .503 .000 .734 3.5 .8 .5 .4 3.8
Sean Higgins 50 0 9.3 .458 .158 .848 1.3 .7 .2 .0 4.5
Avery Johnson 47 10 15.8 .483 .200 .691 1.2 3.3 .7 .0 5.1
Clifford Lett 7 0 14.1 .483 .000 .667 1.0 1.0 .3 .1 4.9
Tony Massenburg 35 0 4.6 .450 ..622 1.7 .1 .1 .3 2.3
Pete Myers 8 1 12.9 .435 .000 .818 2.3 1.8 .4 .4 3.6
Paul Pressey 70 18 24.0 .472 .281 .827 2.5 3.9 .9 .5 7.5
David Robinson 82 81 37.7 .552 .143 .762 13.0 2.5 1.5 3.9 25.6
Dwayne Schintzius 42 7 9.5 .439 .000 .550 2.9 .4 .0 .7 3.8
Rod Strickland 58 56 35.8 .482 .333 .763 3.8 8.0 2.0 .2 13.8
Reggie Williams 22 0 16.1 .480 .538 .854 2.7 2.1 .9 .5 7.8
David Wingate 25 0 22.5 .384 .111 .707 3.0 1.8 .8 .2 5.4

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Willie Anderson 4 4 39.8 .485 .200 .651 4.8 4.8 1.5 .5 19.0
Terry Cummings 4 4 31.0 .510 .000 .500 9.3 1.0 .8 .5 14.8
Sean Elliott 4 4 33.0 .425 .000 .781 5.5 4.0 1.0 .3 14.8
Sidney Green 3 0 3.7 .500 .1.000 1.3 .0 .0 .0 2.7
Dave Greenwood 1 0 5.0 1.000 ..2.0 2.0 .0 .0 2.0
Sean Higgins 3 0 4.3 .000 ...0 .3 .0 .0 .0
Avery Johnson 3 0 6.3 .000 .000 1.000 .0 1.3 .3 .0 .7
Tony Massenburg 1 01.0 ....0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Paul Pressey 4 0 31.0 .406 .250 .667 2.8 4.0 2.0 .8 8.3
David Robinson 4 4 41.5 .686 .000 .868 13.5 2.0 1.5 3.8 25.8
Rod Strickland 4 4 42.0 .433 .000 .810 5.3 8.8 2.3 .0 18.8
David Wingate 3 0 12.7 .500 ..667 1.0 .3 .3 .0 4.7

Awards and records

References
  1. 1990-91 San Antonio Spurs
  2. "Warriors Unlikely Winners : NBA playoffs: Golden State eliminates Spurs in four games to gain series against the Lakers". Los Angeles Times. May 4, 1991. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

See also
  • 1990-91 NBA season
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