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1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season
NBA professional basketball team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1990–91 NBA season was the 15th season for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association, and their 24th season as a franchise.[1] During the off-season, the Spurs acquired Paul Pressey from the Milwaukee Bucks.[2][3][4]
After a promising rookie season from second-year star David Robinson, the Spurs won 17 of their first 22 games of the regular season, holding a 32–13 record at the All-Star break.[5] However, with Terry Cummings and Rod Strickland lost for long stretched games due to hand injuries,[6][7] the team struggled in February with a 4–7 record. At mid-season, the team released Reggie Williams to free agency, and signed free agent Avery Johnson, who was previously released by the Denver Nuggets.[8] The Spurs would bounce back winning 13 of their final 17 games as they won the Midwest Division title with a solid 55–27 record, and earned the second seed in the Western Conference.[9]
Robinson averaged 25.6 points, 13.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 3.9 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, and selected for the 1991 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina.[10][11][12] In addition, Cummings averaged 17.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, while second-year forward Sean Elliott provided the team with 15.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, Willie Anderson contributed 14.4 points and 4.8 assists per game, and Strickland provided with 13.8 points, 8.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Off the bench, Pressey contributed 7.5 points and 3.9 assists per game, while Sidney Green averaged 6.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, David Wingate provided with 5.4 points per game, and Dave Greenwood averaged 3.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.[13]
Robinson also finished in third place in Most Valuable Player voting,[14][15][16] and in second place in Defensive Player of the Year voting,[17][18] and head coach Larry Brown finished tied in fifth place in Coach of the Year voting.[19][20]
In the Western Conference First Round of the 1991 NBA playoffs, the Spurs faced off against the 7th-seeded Golden State Warriors, led by the trio of Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond and Tim Hardaway. The Spurs won Game 1 at the HemisFair Arena, 130–121,[21][22][23] but would then lose the next three games, thus losing the series in four games.[24][25][26] Following the season, David Wingate signed as a free agent with the Washington Bullets.[27][28]
On November 3, 1990, the Spurs hosted the Los Angeles Lakers on the premiere broadcast of the NBA on NBC; the Spurs defeated the Lakers at the HemisFair Arena, 110–99.[29][30][31]
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- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.
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