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2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season

Field	Value
team	San Antonio Spurs
end_year	2008
wins	56
losses	26
division	southwest
division_place	2
conf_place	3
coach	Gregg Popovich
gm	R.C. Buford
arena	AT&T Center
television	FSN Southwest, KENS, KMYS
radio	WOAI
playoffs	[Western Conference Finals](2008-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Lakers](2007-08-los-angeles-lakers-season) 1–4)
bbr_team	SAS

(lost to Lakers 1–4)

The 2007–08 San Antonio Spurs season was the 41st season of the franchise, 35th in San Antonio, and 32nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs were the defending NBA champions after winning their fourth title, having swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games. They would once again win at least 50 games for the 9th straight season, and make the playoffs for the 11th straight season. After beating the Phoenix Suns in 5 games and the New Orleans Hornets in 7, the Spurs were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals. The Lakers would go on to lose to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals in six games. They failed to gain back-to-back titles for the fourth time in nine years.

Following the season, Robert Horry retired after winning seven championships.

Draft picks

San Antonio's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	28	Tiago Splitter	Power forward/center	Brazil	TAU Cerámica (Spain)
2	33	Marcus Williams	Shooting guard	United States	Arizona
2	58	Giorgos Printezis	Small forward		Olympiacos (Greece)

Roster

Gregg Popovich
Brett Brown
Mike Budenholzer
Chip Engelland
Chad Forcier
Don Newman

Regular season

Standings

Game log

October

Record: 2–0; home: 1–0; road: 1–0

November

Record: 12–3; home: 8–0; road: 4–3

17	November 30, 2007	Spurs	[106–91](http://www.nba.com/games/20071130/SASMIN/boxscore.html)	[Timberwolves](2007-08-minnesota-timberwolves-season)	NA	Manu Ginóbili (31)	16,297	14–3

December

Record: 7–5; home: 7–2; road: 0–3

29	December 26, 2007	[Grizzlies](2007-08-memphis-grizzlies-season)	[111–87](http://www.nba.com/games/20071230/MEMSAS/boxscore.html)	Spurs	NA	Two-way tie (24)	18,797	21–8

January

Record: 8–8; home: 4–3; road: 4–5

45	January 31, 2008	Spurs	[84–81](http://www.nba.com/games/20080131/SASPHX/boxscore.html)	[Suns](2007-08-phoenix-suns-season)	NA	Manu Ginóbili (19)	18,422	29–16

February

Record: 10–1; home: 4–0; road: 6–1

56	February 28, 2008	[Mavericks](2007-08-dallas-mavericks-season)	[97–94](http://www.nba.com/games/20080228/DALSAS/boxscore.html)	Spurs	NA	Tim Duncan (31)	18,797	39–17

March

Record: 12–6; home: 7–1; road: 5–5

April

Record: 5–3; home: 3–1; road: 2–2

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 19 || Phoenix || 117–115 (2OT) || Duncan (40) || Duncan (15) || Duncan, Ginóbili, Parker (5) ||AT&T Center 18,797 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 22 || Phoenix || 102–96 || Parker (32) || Duncan (17) || Parker (7) ||AT&T Center 18,797 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 25 || @ Phoenix || 115–99 || Parker (41) || Duncan (10) || Parker (12) ||US Airways Center 18,422 || 3–0 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || April 27 || @ Phoenix || 86–105 || Parker (18) || Duncan (10) || Parker (3) ||US Airways Center 18,422 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 29 || Phoenix || 92–87 || Parker (31) || Duncan (17) || Parker (8) ||AT&T Center 18,797 || 4–1 |- |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || May 3 || @ New Orleans || 82–101 || Parker (23) || Ginóbili, Oberto (6) || Ginóbili (7) || New Orleans Arena 18,040 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || May 5 || @ New Orleans || 84–102 || Duncan (18) || Duncan (8) || Ginóbili (7) || New Orleans Arena 17,927 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 8 || New Orleans || 110–99 || Ginóbili, Parker (31) || Duncan (13) || Parker (11) || AT&T Center 18,797 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 11 || New Orleans || 100–80 || Duncan (22) || Duncan (15) || Ginóbili, Parker (8) || AT&T Center 18,797 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || May 13 || @ New Orleans || 79–101 || Ginóbili (20) || Duncan (23) || Ginóbili (7) || New Orleans Arena 18,246 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || May 15 || New Orleans || 99–80 || Ginóbili (25) || Duncan (15) || Duncan (6) || AT&T Center 18,797 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || May 19 || @ New Orleans || 91–82 || Ginóbili (26) || Duncan (14) || Ginóbili, Parker (5) || New Orleans Arena 18,235 || 4–3 |- |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || May 21 || @ L.A. Lakers || 85–89 || Duncan (30) || Duncan (18) || Parker (6) || Staples Center 18,997 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || May 23 || @ L.A. Lakers || 71–101 || Parker (13) || Duncan (16) || Duncan (4) || Staples Center 18,997 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 25 || L.A. Lakers || 103–84 || Ginóbili (30) || Duncan (21) || Duncan, Parker (5) || AT&T Center 18,797 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || May 27 || L.A. Lakers || 91–93 || Duncan (29) || Duncan (17) || Parker (9) || AT&T Center 18,797 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || May 29 || @ L.A. Lakers || 92–100 || Parker (23) || Duncan (15) || Duncan (10) || Staples Center 18,997 || 1–4 |-

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	C	82	64	1,644	430	95	37	20	397	20.0	5.2	1.2	.5	.2	4.8
	SG	82	61	2,204	254	114	29	10	826	26.9	3.1	1.4	.4	.1	10.1
	SF	81	81	2,448	234	91	54	22	483	30.2	2.9	1.1	.7	.3	6.0
	C	78	78	2,651	881	218	56	152	1,508	34.0	11.3	2.8	.7	1.9	19.3
	SG	74	23	2,299	354	332	109	33	1,442	31.1	4.8	4.5	1.5	.4	19.5
	PG	74	9	1,139	74	159	23	1	306	15.4	1.0	2.1	.3	.0	4.1
	PF	73	0	1,316	228	63	56	17	423	18.0	3.1	.9	.8	.2	5.8
	PG	69	68	2,312	221	411	55	8	1,295	33.5	3.2	6.0	.8	.1	18.8
	PF	68	3	853	192	32	14	17	326	12.5	2.8	.5	.2	.3	4.8
	PF	45	5	583	109	47	21	19	112	13.0	2.4	1.0	.5	.4	2.5
†	C	41	3	534	135	16	9	14	144	13.0	3.3	.4	.2	.3	3.5
†	PG	31	4	413	47	53	11	2	106	13.3	1.5	1.7	.4	.1	3.4
	SF	31	1	554	55	54	17	3	221	17.9	1.8	1.7	.5	.1	7.1
†	PF	28	9	524	138	14	21	14	126	18.7	4.9	.5	.8	.5	4.5
	SG	18	0	146	20	15	5	0	53	8.1	1.1	.8	.3	.0	2.9
	C	6	0	23	5	1	0	4	21	3.8	.8	.2	.0	.7	3.5
†	SG	5	1	29	1	1	1	0	10	5.8	.2	.2	.2	.0	2.0
	SF	5	0	28	1	1	1	0	17	5.6	.2	.2	.2	.0	3.4
†	SF	3	0	20	2	1	2	0	2	6.7	.7	.3	.7	.0	.7
	SG	2	0	10	2	0	0	0	2	5.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0
†	SF	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0	.0

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
C	17	17	666	247	56	15	35	343	39.2	14.5	3.3	.9	2.1	20.2
PG	17	17	654	63	103	16	1	381	38.5	3.7	6.1	.9	.1	22.4
SF	17	17	508	33	23	11	6	104	29.9	1.9	1.4	.6	.4	6.1
SG	17	11	391	33	17	5	3	114	23.0	1.9	1.0	.3	.2	6.7
C	17	9	331	71	20	6	5	63	19.5	4.2	1.2	.4	.3	3.7
PF	17	8	268	84	6	2	6	69	15.8	4.9	.4	.1	.4	4.1
SG	17	6	559	64	67	10	5	303	32.9	3.8	3.9	.6	.3	17.8
PF	16	0	236	47	17	11	2	87	14.8	2.9	1.1	.7	.1	5.4
SF	16	0	227	18	17	6	2	83	14.2	1.1	1.1	.4	.1	5.2
PF	15	0	154	32	8	5	5	23	10.3	2.1	.5	.3	.3	1.5
PG	14	0	91	9	8	2	0	12	6.5	.6	.6	.1	.0	.9
PG	7	0	35	7	2	1	0	13	5.0	1.0	.3	.1	.0	1.9
PF	2	0	9	2	2	0	0	4	4.5	1.0	1.0	.0	.0	2.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Tim Duncan, All-NBA Second Team
Manu Ginóbili, All-NBA Third Team
Tim Duncan, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Bruce Bowen, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Tony Parker was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 19 through November 25.
Head coach Gregg Popovich was named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for games played in October and November.
Manu Ginóbili was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 19 through February 24.

Transactions

The Spurs were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

October 29, 2007	To Minnesota TimberwolvesBeno Udrih	To San Antonio SpursSecond round pick ([2008](2008-nba-draft))	February 20, 2008	To Seattle SuperSonicsBrent Barry, Francisco Elson, First round pick ([2009](2009-nba-draft))	To San Antonio SpursKurt Thomas

References

[https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2008052913 Bryant's 39 points lead Lakers past Spurs 100–92], Associated Press, May 30, 2008.
NBA.com]]'', November 26, 2007.
[http://www.nba.com/news/coach_071203.html Rivers, Popovich Named Coaches of the Month], ''[[NBA. NBA.com]]'', December 3, 2007.
[http://www.nba.com/playersoftheweek_080225.html Cleveland's James and San Antonio's Ginobili Named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week], ''[[NBA. NBA.com]]'', February 25, 2008.

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