1997-98 San Antonio Spurs Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 4-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Phoenix Suns 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Utah Jazz 4-1
Coach: Gregg Popovich (56-26)
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Attendance: 783,455, Avg. 19,109 in 41 home dates

1997-98 San Antonio Spurs Roster
1997-98 San Antonio Spurs Results

The San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Spurs allowed 7,260 points, least in the league. San Antonio racked up 7,587 points. Tim Duncan scored a team-leading 1,731 points for the squad, while David Robinson netted 15 or more per game also. Tim Duncan contributed 977 rebounds. Avery Johnson dished out 591 assists for the team.

On the defensive side of the ball, Avery Johnson added 84 steals, and Tim Duncan blocked 206 shots.

Gregg Popovich coached the team. The 1997-98 San Antonio Spurs lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tim Duncan	C-F	82	82	3204	1287	706	10	0	482	319	274	703	977	224	55	206	279	254	1731
David Robinson	C	73	73	2457	1065	544	4	1	660	485	239	536	775	199	64	192	202	204	1574
Avery Johnson	G	75	73	2674	671	321	13	2	168	122	30	120	150	591	84	18	165	140	766
Jaren Jackson	G-F	82	45	2226	654	258	297	112	118	94	55	155	210	156	60	8	104	222	722
Vinny Del Negro	G	54	38	1721	479	211	39	17	93	74	13	139	152	183	39	6	53	113	513
Monty Williams	F	72	16	1314	368	165	2	1	182	122	67	112	179	89	34	24	82	133	453
Chuck Person	F	61	11	1455	398	143	276	95	37	28	17	187	204	86	29	10	67	121	409
Will Perdue	C	79	30	1491	295	162	1	0	133	70	177	358	535	57	22	50	81	137	394
Sean Elliott	F-G	36	36	1012	303	122	90	34	78	56	16	108	124	62	24	14	57	92	334
Carl Herrera	F	58	1	516	175	76	1	0	44	18	24	67	91	22	19	12	38	71	170
Cory Alexander	G	37	3	501	145	60	64	20	37	25	7	40	47	71	25	5	47	53	165
Malik Rose	F	53	0	429	136	59	3	1	61	39	40	50	90	19	21	7	44	79	158
Reggie Geary	G	62	2	685	169	56	40	12	56	28	19	48	67	74	37	12	42	95	152
Willie Burton	F-G	13	0	43	21	8	9	3	12	8	3	6	9	1	2	2	1	7	27
Brad Lohaus	C-F	9	0	102	21	7	14	4	3	1	3	9	12	5	1	2	3	10	19
Totals		846	410	19830	6187	2898	863	302	2164	1489	984	2638	3622	1839	516	568	1265	1731	7587

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tim Duncan	C-F	82	82	39.1	54.9	0.0	66.2	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	21.1
David Robinson	C	73	73	33.7	51.1	25.0	73.5	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	21.6
Avery Johnson	G	75	73	35.7	47.8	15.4	72.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	7.9	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	10.2
Jaren Jackson	G-F	82	45	27.1	39.4	37.7	79.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.7	8.8
Vinny Del Negro	G	54	38	31.9	44.1	43.6	79.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.1	9.5
Monty Williams	F	72	16	18.3	44.8	50.0	67.0	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	6.3
Chuck Person	F	61	11	23.9	35.9	34.4	75.7	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.0	6.7
Will Perdue	C	79	30	18.9	54.9	0.0	52.6	2.2	4.5	6.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.7	5.0
Sean Elliott	F-G	36	36	28.1	40.3	37.8	71.8	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.6	9.3
Carl Herrera	F	58	1	8.9	43.4	0.0	40.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.9
Cory Alexander	G	37	3	13.5	41.4	31.3	67.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.4	4.5
Malik Rose	F	53	0	8.1	43.4	33.3	63.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	3.0
Reggie Geary	G	62	2	11.0	33.1	30.0	50.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.5
Willie Burton	F-G	13	0	3.3	38.1	33.3	66.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	2.1
Brad Lohaus	C-F	9	0	11.3	33.3	28.6	33.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.1
Averages		846	410	23.4	46.8	35.0	68.8	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.2	0.6	0.7	1.5	2.0	9.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tim Duncan	C-F	9	374	140	73	1	0	60	40	20	61	81	17	5	23	25	24	186
David Robinson	C	9	353	134	57	0	0	96	61	41	86	127	23	11	30	25	28	175
Avery Johnson	G	9	342	101	61	2	0	51	34	3	10	13	55	9	0	21	27	156
Vinny Del Negro	G	9	283	81	39	10	2	17	16	2	22	24	29	8	0	13	30	96
Jaren Jackson	G-F	9	319	88	30	59	18	19	14	4	35	39	14	5	1	12	31	92
Chuck Person	F	9	196	53	18	40	14	2	2	0	27	27	7	4	0	6	15	52
Will Perdue	C	9	191	27	9	0	0	21	18	24	36	60	1	6	9	11	26	36
Monty Williams	F	5	28	8	5	0	0	3	2	2	4	6	1	0	0	4	2	12
Malik Rose	F	5	18	6	4	0	0	4	2	3	4	7	1	1	0	4	2	10
Reggie Geary	G	7	46	7	3	4	1	4	2	0	2	2	6	1	0	2	10	9
Carl Herrera	F	5	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	4	2
Brad Lohaus	C-F	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		89	2185	649	300	116	35	277	191	99	293	392	156	51	63	124	199	826

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tim Duncan	C-F	9	41.6	52.1	0.0	66.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	20.7
David Robinson	C	9	39.2	42.5		63.5	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	19.4
Avery Johnson	G	9	38.0	60.4	0.0	66.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	6.1	1.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	17.3
Vinny Del Negro	G	9	31.4	48.1	20.0	94.1	0.2	2.4	2.7	3.2	0.9	0.0	1.4	3.3	10.7
Jaren Jackson	G-F	9	35.4	34.1	30.5	73.7	0.4	3.9	4.3	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.3	3.4	10.2
Chuck Person	F	9	21.8	34.0	35.0	100.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.7	5.8
Will Perdue	C	9	21.2	33.3		85.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.9	4.0
Monty Williams	F	5	5.6	62.5		66.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.4	2.4
Malik Rose	F	5	3.6	66.7		50.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	2.0
Reggie Geary	G	7	6.6	42.9	25.0	50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.4	1.3
Carl Herrera	F	5	5.0	33.3			0.0	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.4
Brad Lohaus	C-F	4	2.5	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		846	24.6	46.2	30.2	69.0	1.1	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.2	9.3