2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season

2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season
2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
General manager	R.C. Buford
Arena	AT&T Center
Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 1st (Southwest); Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (lost to Mavericks 1–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Southwest, KENS, KMYS
Radio	WOAI
< 2007–08	2009–10 >

The 2008–09 San Antonio Spurs season was the 42nd season of the franchise and the 33rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Record54–28 (.659)

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In the playoffs, the Spurs lost to the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the First Round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	26	George Hill	Point guard	United States	IUPUI
2	45	Goran Dragić	Point guard	Slovenia	Union Olimpija
2	57	James Gist	Power forward	United States	Maryland

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	—	28–13	26–15	10–6
x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	9–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	4	32–9	18–23	7–9
x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	5	28–13	21–20	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.284	30	16–25	8–33	5–11

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Roger Mason Jr.	SG	82	71	2,496	251	173	40	12	969	30.4	3.1	2.1	.5	.1	11.8
Michael Finley	SF	81	77	2,336	270	114	37	17	784	28.8	3.3	1.4	.5	.2	9.7
Matt Bonner	PF	81	67	1,928	386	82	47	26	667	23.8	4.8	1.0	.6	.3	8.2
Bruce Bowen	SF	80	10	1,506	145	40	36	13	214	18.8	1.8	.5	.5	.2	2.7
Kurt Thomas	PF	79	10	1,404	405	66	34	58	343	17.8	5.1	.8	.4	.7	4.3
George Hill	PG	77	7	1,270	158	136	45	21	438	16.5	2.1	1.8	.6	.3	5.7
Tim Duncan	C	75	75	2,524	800	264	38	126	1,450	33.7	10.7	3.5	.5	1.7	19.3
Tony Parker	PG	72	71	2,456	223	496	67	4	1,581	34.1	3.1	6.9	.9	.1	22.0
Ime Udoka	SF	67	3	1,035	187	54	36	12	289	15.4	2.8	.8	.5	.2	4.3
Fabricio Oberto	C	54	11	677	142	59	7	11	142	12.5	2.6	1.1	.1	.2	2.6
Manu Ginóbili	SG	44	7	1,181	198	157	64	16	683	26.8	4.5	3.6	1.5	.4	15.5
Jacque Vaughn	PG	30	0	292	22	55	6	0	65	9.7	.7	1.8	.2	.0	2.2
Drew Gooden^†	PF	19	1	320	83	3	4	4	187	16.8	4.4	.2	.2	.2	9.8
Anthony Tolliver	PF	19	0	208	41	17	5	1	52	10.9	2.2	.9	.3	.1	2.7
Malik Hairston	SG	15	0	155	28	13	6	7	50	10.3	1.9	.9	.4	.5	3.3
Desmon Farmer	SG	3	0	54	6	2	0	0	13	18.0	2.0	.7	.0	.0	4.3
Austin Croshere^†	PF	3	0	23	10	3	0	0	4	7.7	3.3	1.0	.0	.0	1.3
Pops Mensah-Bonsu^†	PF	3	0	20	10	0	1	1	15	6.7	3.3	.0	.3	.3	5.0
Blake Ahearn	PG	3	0	19	1	2	1	0	8	6.3	.3	.7	.3	.0	2.7
Marcus Williams	PF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1.5	.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tony Parker	PG	5	5	181	21	34	6	1	143	36.2	4.2	6.8	1.2	.2	28.6
Tim Duncan	C	5	5	164	40	16	3	6	99	32.8	8.0	3.2	.6	1.2	19.8
Michael Finley	SF	5	5	143	15	5	1	1	40	28.6	3.0	1.0	.2	.2	8.0
Matt Bonner	PF	5	5	100	16	0	3	2	15	20.0	3.2	.0	.6	.4	3.0
Roger Mason Jr.	SG	5	3	108	8	9	1	0	33	21.6	1.6	1.8	.2	.0	6.6
Bruce Bowen	SF	5	2	130	15	3	3	0	21	26.0	3.0	.6	.6	.0	4.2
Ime Udoka	SF	5	0	104	23	4	4	1	17	20.8	4.6	.8	.8	.2	3.4
Kurt Thomas	PF	5	0	80	23	2	1	2	13	16.0	4.6	.4	.2	.4	2.6
George Hill	PG	4	0	76	8	2	2	1	23	19.0	2.0	.5	.5	.3	5.8
Drew Gooden	PF	4	0	71	15	1	1	1	29	17.8	3.8	.3	.3	.3	7.3
Fabricio Oberto	C	2	0	22	4	0	2	0	12	11.0	2.0	.0	1.0	.0	6.0
Jacque Vaughn	PG	2	0	21	0	4	1	0	7	10.5	.0	2.0	.5	.0	3.5

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