2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season
2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season | |
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Head coach | Gregg Popovich |
General manager | R. C. Buford |
President | Monty Williams (vice) |
Owner(s) | Peter Holt |
Arena | AT&T Center |
Results | |
Record | 47–35 (.573) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Southwest) Conference: 7th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (Lost to Warriors 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | 1200 WOAI |
The 2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season was the 51st season for the franchise. It was the team's 42nd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its 45th in the San Antonio area. The Spurs finished the season with a 47–35 record and the seventh seed in the Western Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, the team was defeated in five games by the defending champion and eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the team that swept them in last season's Western Conference Finals. The 2017–18 season was the final season that Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili played for the team, and Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green would be traded following the season to the Toronto Raptors.
Season synopsis[]
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Star forward Kawhi Leonard played a career-low nine games during the season due to a quadriceps injury. On March 10, 2018, the Spurs finished with a losing season on the road for the first time since 1997 after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, the team finished the season with a winning record, doing so for an NBA-record 21st consecutive season. With a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on April 3, 2018, the Spurs' streak of 20 straight seasons of 50 wins or more (and 20 straight seasons with a record of .600 or better) ended; it had lasted since the 1997–98 season. The Spurs clinched a playoff spot on April 9, 2018 with a win over the Sacramento Kings in their last home game of the season. They finished the regular season with a 47–35 record and held the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs faced the second-seeded Golden State Warriors and lost in five games.
Draft[]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School / club team |
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1 | 29 | Derrick White | PG | United States | Colorado |
2 | 59 | Jaron Blossomgame | SF | United States | Clemson |
Roster[]
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Standings[]
Division[]
Southwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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z – Houston Rockets | 65 | 17 | .793 | 0.0 | 34–7 | 31–10 | 12–4 | 82 |
x – New Orleans Pelicans | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 24–17 | 24–17 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – San Antonio Spurs | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 33–8 | 14–27 | 9–7 | 82 |
Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41.0 | 15–26 | 9–32 | 5–11 | 82 |
Memphis Grizzlies | 22 | 60 | .268 | 43.0 | 16–25 | 6–35 | 5–11 | 82 |
Conference[]
Western Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Houston Rockets * | 65 | 17 | .793 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Golden State Warriors * | 58 | 24 | .707 | 7.0 | 82 |
3 | y – Portland Trail Blazers * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
5 | x – Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
6 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17.0 | 82 |
7 | x – San Antonio Spurs | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 47 | 35 | .573 | 18.0 | 82 |
9 | Denver Nuggets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 19.0 | 82 |
10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 23.0 | 82 |
11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 30.0 | 82 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 27 | 55 | .329 | 38.0 | 82 |
13 | Dallas Mavericks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41.0 | 82 |
14 | Memphis Grizzlies | 22 | 60 | .268 | 43.0 | 82 |
15 | Phoenix Suns | 21 | 61 | .256 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log[]
Preseason[]
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Pre-season: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
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2017–18 season schedule |
Regular season[]
2017–18 game log Total: 47–35 (Home: 33–8; Road: 14–27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 4–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–3)
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November
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December
: 11–5 (Home: 7–0; Road: 4–5)
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January
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February
: 2–7 (Home: 0–3; Road: 2–4)
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March
: 8–6 (Home: 8–1; Road: 0–5)
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April
: 3–3 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–3)
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2017–18 season schedule |
Playoffs[]
2018 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
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2018 playoff schedule |
Player statistics[]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Regular season[]
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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LaMarcus Aldridge | 75 | 75 | 33.5 | .510 | .293 | .837 | 8.5 | 2.0 | .6 | 1.2 | 23.1 |
Kyle Anderson | 74 | 67 | 26.7 | .527 | .333 | .712 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | .8 | 7.9 |
Davis Bertans | 77 | 10 | 14.1 | .440 | .373 | .816 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .3 | .4 | 5.9 |
Matt Costello | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | .500 | . | . | 2.3 | .5 | .5 | .5 | 1.0 |
Bryn Forbes | 80 | 12 | 19.0 | .421 | .390 | .667 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .4 | .0 | 6.9 |
Pau Gasol | 77 | 63 | 23.5 | .458 | .358 | .756 | 8.0 | 3.1 | .3 | 1.0 | 10.1 |
Rudy Gay | 57 | 6 | 21.6 | .471 | .314 | .772 | 5.1 | 1.3 | .8 | .7 | 11.5 |
Manu Ginóbili | 65 | 0 | 20.0 | .434 | .333 | .840 | 2.2 | 2.5 | .7 | .2 | 8.9 |
Danny Green | 70 | 60 | 25.6 | .387 | .363 | .769 | 3.6 | 1.6 | .9 | 1.1 | 8.6 |
Darrun Hilliard | 14 | 0 | 6.8 | .263 | .000 | .857 | .5 | .8 | .1 | .0 | 1.1 |
Joffrey Lauvergne | 55 | 1 | 9.7 | .516 | .000 | .638 | 3.1 | .7 | .2 | .1 | 4.1 |
Kawhi Leonard | 9 | 9 | 23.3 | .468 | .314 | .816 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
Patty Mills | 82 | 36 | 25.7 | .411 | .372 | .890 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .7 | .1 | 10.0 |
Dejounte Murray | 81 | 48 | 21.5 | .443 | .265 | .709 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 1.2 | .4 | 8.1 |
Tony Parker | 55 | 21 | 19.5 | .459 | .270 | .705 | 1.7 | 3.5 | .5 | .0 | 7.7 |
Brandon Paul | 64 | 2 | 9.0 | .433 | .278 | .512 | 1.1 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 2.3 |
Derrick White | 17 | 0 | 8.2 | .485 | .615 | .700 | 1.5 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 3.2 |
Playoffs[]
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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LaMarcus Aldridge | 5 | 5 | 35.4 | .463 | .600 | .976 | 9.3 | 2.4 | .4 | 1.2 | 23.6 |
Kyle Anderson | 5 | 1 | 14.6 | .600 | .000 | .750 | 2.6 | .6 | 1.2 | .2 | 5.4 |
Davis Bertans | 5 | 0 | 16.4 | .167 | .188 | .727 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .4 | .0 | 3.4 |
Bryn Forbes | 4 | 0 | 13.5 | .294 | .222 | .714 | .8 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 4.3 |
Pau Gasol | 5 | 0 | 18.0 | .500 | .333 | .900 | 4.8 | 2.8 | .0 | .2 | 6.0 |
Rudy Gay | 5 | 4 | 32.0 | .400 | .222 | .556 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | .2 | 12.2 |
Manu Ginóbili | 5 | 0 | 21.4 | .405 | .333 | .818 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | .2 | 9.0 |
Danny Green | 5 | 5 | 20.6 | .267 | .363 | . | 2.2 | .2 | .2 | .8 | 4.2 |
Joffrey Lauvergne | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.000 | . | . | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
Patty Mills | 5 | 5 | 33.0 | .439 | .371 | .800 | 2.0 | 2.6 | .6 | .2 | 13.4 |
Dejounte Murray | 5 | 5 | 19.2 | .452 | .667 | .778 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .4 | 7.8 |
Tony Parker | 5 | 0 | 13.4 | .378 | .000 | .714 | .8 | 1.2 | .4 | .0 | 6.6 |
Brandon Paul | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | . | . | . | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Derrick White | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | .500 | .500 | . | .0 | .3 | .3 | .7 | 2.3 |
Transactions[]
Free agency[]
Re-signed[]
Player | Signed |
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Pau Gasol[1] | 3-year contract worth $48 million |
Patty Mills[2] | 4-year contract worth $50 million |
Manu Ginóbili[3] | 2-year contract worth $5 million |
Additions[]
Player | Signed | Former team |
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Rudy Gay[4] | 2-year contract worth $17 million | Sacramento Kings |
Brandon Paul[5] | 2-year contract worth $2.2 million | Anadolu Efes |
Matt Costello[6] | Two-way contract | Iowa Energy |
Darrun Hilliard[7] | Two-way contract | Detroit Pistons |
Subtractions[]
Player | Reason left | New team |
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Jonathon Simmons[8] | 3-year contract worth $20 million | Orlando Magic |
Dewayne Dedmon[9] | 2-year contract worth $14 million | Atlanta Hawks |
Joel Anthony | Waived | San Lorenzo de Almagro |
Aftermath[]
This section does not cite any sources. (January 2020) |
After the end of the 2017-18 season, Leonard asked to be traded. On July 18, 2018, Leonard and Danny Green were traded to the Toronto Raptors, for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl, and a first-round draft pick.
This season was the last season that franchise mainstays Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili played for the Spurs. After 17 years with the team, Parker signed a two-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets and retired after one season. On August 27, 2018, Ginobili announced his retirement after 16 seasons, all with the Spurs. Ginobili was the second-oldest active player in the league at the time of his retirement, behind only the Atlanta Hawks' Vince Carter. This marked the official end of the Spurs' "Big Three" era; the trio of Parker, Ginobili, and Tim Duncan won a total of four NBA championships together during their years with the team.
References[]
- ^ "Spurs re-sign Pau Gasol". NBA.com/spurs. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ^ "Spurs re-sign Patty Mills". NBA.com/spurs. August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ "Spurs re-sign Manu Ginobili". NBA.com/spurs. August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ "Spurs sign Rudy Gay". NBA.com/spurs. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "Spurs sign Brandon Paul". NBA.com/spurs. July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "Spurs sign Matt Costello to Two-way contract". NBA.com/spurs. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ^ "Spurs sign Darrun Hilliard to Two-way contract". NBA.com/spurs. September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Magic sign free agent Jonathon Simmons". NBA.com/magic. July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Hawks sign big man Dewayne Dedmon". NBA.com/hawks. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
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