1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season

1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season
1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach	Jerry Tarkanian (fired); Rex Hughes (interim); John Lucas II;
General manager	Bob Bass
Owner(s)	Red McCombs
Arena	HemisFair Arena
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 2nd (Midwest); Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals; (lost to the Phoenix Suns 2-4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KABB; Home Sports Entertainment
Radio	WOAI; KCOR (Spanish)
< 1991–92	1993–94 >

The 1992–93 NBA season was the Spurs' 17th season in the National Basketball Association, and 26th season as a franchise.^[1] During the off-season, the Spurs acquired Dale Ellis from the Milwaukee Bucks,^[2]^[3]^[4] signed free agents Vinny Del Negro and undrafted rookie guard Lloyd Daniels, and re-signed Avery Johnson after a brief stint with the Houston Rockets. However, prior to the start of the season, Terry Cummings suffered a serious knee injury during a pick-up game, and only played in the final eight games of the season.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Under new head coach, former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian,^[8]^[9] the Spurs struggled with a 9–11 start to the season. Tarkanian was fired, then after playing one game under assistant Rex Hughes, the team hired John Lucas II as their new coach.^[10]^[11]^[12] At midseason, the team traded Sidney Green to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for J.R. Reid.^[13]^[14]^[15] Under Lucas, the Spurs would play solid basketball posting a 10-game winning streak in January, then winning eight straight games in February, as they held a 34–15 record at the All-Star break.^[16] However, they would play below .500 for the remainder of the season, finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 49–33 record.^[17]

David Robinson averaged 23.4 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and NBA All-Defensive First Team, and also finished in sixth place in Most Valuable Player voting,^[18]^[19] and tied in second place in Defensive Player of the Year voting.^[20]^[21]^[22] In addition, Sean Elliott finished second on the team in scoring averaging 17.2 points per game, while Ellis provided them with 16.7 points per game. Antoine Carr averaged 13.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while Daniels contributed 9.1 points per game off the bench, and Johnson averaged 8.7 points and 7.5 assists per game.^[23] Robinson and Elliott were both selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game,^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27] and Lucas finished in sixth place in Coach of the Year voting.^[28]^[29]^[30]

In the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the 4th-seeded Portland Trail Blazers three games to one in the Western Conference First Round,^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34] but lost in six games to regular season MVP Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference Semi-finals.^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38] The Suns would reach the NBA Finals, but would lose to the 2-time defending champion Chicago Bulls in six games.^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43] It was also the Spurs' final year playing at the HemisFair Arena.

Following the season, Elliott was traded to the Detroit Pistons,^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47] and Johnson signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.^[48]^[49]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Tracy Murray	SF	United States	UCLA
2	44	Henry Williams	G	United States	UNC-Charlotte

Roster

1992–93 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	40	Anderson, Willie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1967–01–08	Georgia
F	35	Carr, Antoine	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1961–07–23	Wichita State
F	34	Cummings, Terry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1961–03–15	DePaul
G	24	Daniels, Lloyd	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1967–09–04	Mt. San Antonio
G	15	Del Negro, Vinny	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1966–08–09	NC State
F	32	Elliott, Sean	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1968–02–02	Arizona
G	3	Ellis, Dale	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1960–08–06	Tennessee
G	6	Johnson, Avery	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1965–03–25	Southern
G	5	Mack, Sam	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1970–05–26	Houston
F	7	Reid, J. R.	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	1968–03–31	North Carolina
C	50	Robinson, David	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1965–08–06	Navy
F	2	Smith, Larry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1958–01–18	Alcorn State
F	10	Wood, David	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1964–10–30	Nevada

Head coach

John Lucas II

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	—	31–10	24–17	19–7
x-San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	6	31–10	18–23	17–9
x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	8	28–13	19–22	16–10
Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	19	28–13	8–33	13–13
Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	36	11–30	8–33	10–16
Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	44	7–34	4–37	3–23

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Phoenix Suns	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	7
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	55	27	.671	7
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	11
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	49	33	.598	13
6	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	39	43	.476	23

9	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26
10	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	28
11	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	37
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	63	.232	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	11	71	.134	51

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1992-93 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	—	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Boston	2–2	—	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–4	3–2	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–1
Charlotte	2–3	1–3	—	2–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Chicago	2–2	3–1	3–2	—	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–5	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–5	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	—	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	2–0
Detroit	3–2	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	—	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–5	4–1	3–1	1–4	3–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–3	4–1	1–1
Indiana	2–2	2–2	5–0	0–5	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–1	—	3–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	0–4	1–4	2–2	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–5	3–2	3–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	2–0
Miami	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	—	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Milwaukee	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	2–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–4	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	—	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New York	2–2	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	—	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Orlando	3–1	2–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	—	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0
Philadelphia	1–3	1–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	—	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	5–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–0
Portland	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	—	5–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	—	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–1
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	3–1	3–3	1–1
Seattle	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	—	2–2	2–0
Utah	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–3	2–2	—	1–1
Washington	2–2	1–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

1992–93 game log
Total: 49–33 (Home: 31–10; Road: 18–23)

November: 5–6 (home: 4–2; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 6, 1992	@ Sacramento	L 106–114	ARCO Arena	0–1
2	November 7, 1992	@ Denver	L 121–125 (2OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	0–2
3	November 10, 1992	Milwaukee	W 104–98	HemisFair Arena	1–2
4	November 12, 1992	Atlanta	L 97–104	HemisFair Arena	1–3
5	November 14, 1992	Houston	L 87–93	HemisFair Arena	1–4
6	November 17, 1992	Cleveland	W 106–95	HemisFair Arena	2–4
7	November 19, 1992	Dallas	W 123–95	HemisFair Arena	3–4
8	November 21, 1992	@ Houston	L 100–103	The Summit	3–5
9	November 24, 1992	@ Portland	L 91–95	Memorial Coliseum	3–6
10	November 25, 1992	@ Utah	W 128–102	Delta Center	4–6
11	November 28, 1992	Seattle	W 104–97	HemisFair Arena	5–6

December: 9–6 (home: 4–2; road: 5–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
12	December 1, 1992	@ Washington	L 106–119	Capital Centre	5–7
13	December 2, 1992	@ Philadelphia	W 98–82	The Spectrum	6–7
14	December 4, 1992	@ New Jersey	L 103–108 (OT)	Brendan Byrne Arena	6–8
15	December 5, 1992	@ Atlanta	L 105–113	The Omni	6–9
16	December 8, 1992	Utah	W 121–103	HemisFair Arena	7–9
17	December 10, 1992	Miami	W 101–91	HemisFair Arena	8–9
18	December 12, 1992	@ Dallas	W 113–91	Reunion Arena	9–9
19	December 15, 1992	L.A. Lakers	L 101–107	HemisFair Arena	9–10
20	December 17, 1992	@ Houston	L 109–121	The Summit	9–11
21	December 18, 1992	Dallas	W 122–101	HemisFair Arena	10–11
22	December 22, 1992	Denver	W 113–108	HemisFair Arena	11–11
23	December 25, 1992	@ L.A. Clippers	W 103–94	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	12–11
24	December 26, 1992	@ L.A. Lakers	W 104–92	Great Western Forum	13–11
25	December 28, 1992	Golden State	L 105–106	HemisFair Arena	14–11
26	December 30, 1992	@ Denver	W 114–94	McNichols Sports Arena	14–12

January: 12–2 (home: 8–0; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
27	January 3, 1993 7:00 p.m. CST	Phoenix	W 114–113 (OT)	Robinson (33)	Robinson (11)	Del Negro (9)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	15–12
28	January 5, 1993	@ Utah	L 87–113				Delta Center	15–13
29	January 7, 1993	Utah	W 109–99				HemisFair Arena	16–13
30	January 9, 1993	Portland	W 109–93				HemisFair Arena	17–13
31	January 11, 1993	@ Detroit	W 109–91				The Palace of Auburn Hills	18–13
32	January 13, 1993	@ Minnesota	W 89–81				Target Center	19–13
33	January 14, 1993	@ Milwaukee	W 108–93				Bradley Center	20–13
34	January 16, 1993	Charlotte	W 124–111				HemisFair Arena	21–13
35	January 19, 1993	Denver	W 121–110				HemisFair Arena	22–13
36	January 22, 1993	Detroit	W 123–109				HemisFair Arena	23–13
37	January 24, 1993 12 Noon CST	Chicago	W 103–99	Robinson (24)	Robinson (13)	Johnson (15)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	24–13
38	January 27, 1993	@ Seattle	W 119–99				Seattle Center Coliseum	25–13
39	January 29, 1993 8:30 p.m. CST	@ Phoenix	L 110–125	Elliott, Ellis (19)	Robinson (10)	Johnson (9)	America West Arena 19,023	25–14
40	January 30, 1993	Sacramento	W 129–124				HemisFair Arena	26–14

February: 9–4 (home: 7–1; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
41	February 2, 1993	New Jersey	W 111–93				HemisFair Arena	27–14
42	February 4, 1993	Indiana	W 133–115				HemisFair Arena	28–14
43	February 6, 1993	Minnesota	W 104–95				HemisFair Arena	29–14
44	February 9, 1993	L.A. Clippers	W 112–97				HemisFair Arena	30–14
45	February 11, 1993	Washington	W 105–95				HemisFair Arena	31–14
46	February 13, 1993	Boston	W 90–85				HemisFair Arena	32–14
47	February 15, 1993	@ L.A. Clippers	W 102–99				Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	33–14
48	February 16, 1993	@ Golden State	L 112–133				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	33–15
49	February 18, 1993	Philadelphia	W 103–98				HemisFair Arena	34–15
All-Star Break
50	February 23, 1993 8:30 p.m. CST	Phoenix	L 103–105	Robinson (35)	Robinson (11)	Johnson (12)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	34–16
51	February 25, 1993	@ Charlotte	L 104–111				Charlotte Coliseum	34–17
52	February 26, 1993	@ Miami	L 86–93				Miami Arena	34–18
53	February 28, 1993	@ Orlando	W 94–90				Orlando Arena	35–17

March: 8–8 (home: 4–2; road: 4–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
54	March 2, 1993	@ Indiana	L 95–109				Market Square Arena	35–19
55	March 3, 1993	@ Boston	L 91–132				Boston Garden	35–20
56	March 5, 1993 7:00 p.m. CST	@ Chicago	W 107–102 (OT)	Ellis (29)	Robinson (11)	Johnson (7)	Chicago Stadium 18,676	36–20
57	March 6, 1993	@ Minnesota	L 105–106				Target Center	36–21
58	March 9, 1993	Dallas	W 119–84				HemisFair Arena	37–21
59	March 13, 1993	Portland	W 108–99				HemisFair Arena	38–21
60	March 15, 1993	L.A. Lakers	L 87–92				HemisFair Arena	38–22
61	March 17, 1993	@ L.A. Lakers	W 101–100				Great Western Forum	39–22
62	March 19, 1993	Orlando	W 96–93				HemisFair Arena	40–22
63	March 21, 1993	@ New York	L 96–115				Madison Square Garden	40–23
64	March 23, 1993	@ Cleveland	L 90–127				Richfield Coliseum	40–24
65	March 24, 1993	@ Minnesota	W 105–92				Target Center	41–24
66	March 26, 1993	Utah	L 98–104				HemisFair Arena	41–25
67	March 28, 1993	@ Dallas	W 114–107				Reunion Arena	42–25
68	March 30, 1993	Seattle	W 99–97				HemisFair Arena	43–25
69	March 31, 1993	@ Utah	L 85–93				Delta Center	43–26

April: 6–7 (home: 4–3; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
70	April 2, 1993	Minnesota	W 108–101				HemisFair Arena	43–27
71	April 4, 1993	New York	L 103–108 (OT)				HemisFair Arena	44–27
72	April 6, 1993	Golden State	L 111–125				HemisFair Arena	44–28
73	April 8, 1993	L.A. Clippers	W 112–108				HemisFair Arena	45–28
74	April 10, 1993	@ Houston	L 88–98				The Summit	45–29
75	April 13, 1993	@ Sacramento	W 110–100				ARCO Arena	46–29
76	April 14, 1993	@ Golden State	W 96–93				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	47–29
77	April 16, 1993	Sacramento	L 93–100				HemisFair Arena	47–30
78	April 18, 1993	@ Portland	L 101–105				Memorial Coliseum	47–31
79	April 19, 1993	@ Seattle	L 89–96				Seattle Center Coliseum	47–32
80	April 22, 1993	Denver	W 131–111				HemisFair Arena	48–32
81	April 24, 1993 2:30 p.m. CST	@ Phoenix	L 97–99	Ellis, Robinson (20)	Robinson (19)	Johnson (9)	America West Arena 19,023	48–33
82	April 25, 1993	Houston	W 119–117 (OT)				HemisFair Arena	49–33

1992–93 schedule

Playoffs

1993 playoff game log

First Round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 29, 1993	@ Portland	W 87–86	Sean Elliott (18)	David Robinson (15)	Elliott, Johnson (7)	Memorial Coliseum 12,888	1–0
2	May 1, 1993	@ Portland	L 96–105	Robinson, Cummings (15)	David Robinson (14)	Avery Johnson (6)	Memorial Coliseum 12,888	1–1
3	May 5, 1993	Portland	W 107–101	David Robinson (26)	David Robinson (14)	Avery Johnson (6)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	2–1
4	May 7, 1993	Portland	W 100–97 (OT)	Dale Ellis (21)	David Robinson (17)	David Robinson (11)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	3–1

Western Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 11, 1993 9:30 p.m. CST	@ Phoenix	L 89–98	Robinson (32)	Robinson (10)	Del Negro (6)	America West Arena 19,023	0–1
2	May 13, 1993 9:30 p.m. CST	@ Phoenix	L 103–109	Robinson (27)	Robinson (10)	Del Negro, Elliott, Johnson (6)	America West Arena 19,023	0–2
3	May 15, 1993 12 p.m. CST	Phoenix	W 111–96	Carr (21)	Johnson, Robinson (8)	Johnson (15)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	1–2
4	May 16, 1993 2:30 p.m. CST	Phoenix	W 117–103	Robinson (36)	Robinson (16)	Johnson (12)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	2–2
5	May 18, 1993 9:30 p.m. CST	@ Phoenix	L 97–109	Robinson (24)	Robinson (8)	Johnson (15)	America West Arena 19,023	2–3
6	May 20, 1993 6:00 p.m. CST	Phoenix	L 100–102	Robinson (22)	Robinson (14)	Johnson (10)	HemisFair Arena 16,057	2–4

1993 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Robinson	C	82	82	3,211	956	301	127	264	1,916	39.2	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	23.4
Dale Ellis	SG	82	76	2,731	312	107	78	18	1,366	33.3	3.8	1.3	1.0	.2	16.7
Lloyd Daniels	SG	77	10	1,573	216	148	38	30	701	20.4	2.8	1.9	.5	.4	9.1
Avery Johnson	PG	75	49	2,030	146	561	85	16	656	27.1	1.9	7.5	1.1	.2	8.7
Vinny Del Negro	PG	73	31	1,526	163	291	44	1	543	20.9	2.2	4.0	.6	.0	7.4
Antoine Carr	PF	71	46	1,947	388	97	35	87	932	27.4	5.5	1.4	.5	1.2	13.1
Sean Elliott	SF	70	70	2,604	322	265	68	28	1,207	37.2	4.6	3.8	1.0	.4	17.2
J. R. Reid^†	PF	66	24	1,592	386	56	36	26	653	24.1	5.8	.8	.5	.4	9.9
Larry Smith	PF	66	13	833	268	28	23	16	85	12.6	4.1	.4	.3	.2	1.3
David Wood	PF	64	2	598	97	34	13	12	155	9.3	1.5	.5	.2	.2	2.4
Sam Mack	SF	40	0	267	48	15	14	5	142	6.7	1.2	.4	.4	.1	3.6
Willie Anderson	SG	38	7	560	57	79	14	6	183	14.7	1.5	2.1	.4	.2	4.8
William Bedford	C	16	0	66	10	0	0	1	25	4.1	.6	.0	.0	.1	1.6
Sidney Green^†	PF	15	0	202	71	19	5	3	53	13.5	4.7	1.3	.3	.2	3.5
Terry Cummings	PF	8	0	76	19	4	1	1	27	9.5	2.4	.5	.1	.1	3.4
Matt Othick	PG	4	0	39	2	7	1	0	8	9.8	.5	1.8	.3	.0	2.0

^† 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
David Robinson	C	10	10	421	126	40	10	36	231	42.1	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	23.1
Sean Elliott	SF	10	10	381	48	36	8	3	158	38.1	4.8	3.6	.8	.3	15.8
Avery Johnson	PG	10	10	314	31	81	10	1	82	31.4	3.1	8.1	1.0	.1	8.2
Dale Ellis	SG	10	10	305	35	11	4	0	125	30.5	3.5	1.1	.4	.0	12.5
J. R. Reid	PF	10	2	220	50	15	8	8	85	22.0	5.0	1.5	.8	.8	8.5
Willie Anderson	SG	10	0	219	23	28	9	2	95	21.9	2.3	2.8	.9	.2	9.5
Terry Cummings	PF	10	0	138	39	5	3	1	67	13.8	3.9	.5	.3	.1	6.7
Antoine Carr	PF	8	8	171	38	9	3	9	84	21.4	4.8	1.1	.4	1.1	10.5
Vinny Del Negro	PG	8	0	112	19	24	1	1	40	14.0	2.4	3.0	.1	.1	5.0
Lloyd Daniels	SG	8	0	74	15	2	3	0	28	9.3	1.9	.3	.4	.0	3.5
Larry Smith	PF	6	0	50	16	1	4	2	7	8.3	2.7	.2	.7	.3	1.2
David Wood	PF	5	0	20	3	1	0	0	5	4.0	.6	.2	.0	.0	1.0

Awards and records

Transactions

References

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v t e San Antonio Spurs
Founded in 1967 Formerly the Dallas Chaparrals (1967–1970, 1971–1973) and the Texas Chaparrals (1970–1971) Based in San Antonio, Texas
Franchise	ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	State Fair Coliseum Moody Coliseum Tarrant County Coliseum Lubbock Municipal Coliseum HemisFair Arena Alamodome Frost Bank Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Spurs Sports & Entertainment President Gregg Popovich General manager Brian Wright Head coach Gregg Popovich
G League affiliate	Austin Spurs
Retired numbers	00 6 9 12 13 20 21 32 44 50
NBA championships	1999 2003 2005 2007 2014
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Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Ragular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also