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1997-98 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gregg Popovich (56-26)

PTS/G: 92.5 (23rd of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 88.5 (1st of 29)
SRS: 3.30 (9th of 29) ▪ Pace: 88.4 (23rd of 29)
Off Rtg: 103.8 (17th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 99.4 (2nd of 29)
Expected W-L: 53-29 (8th of 29)

Arena: Alamodome ▪ Attendance: 783,455 (8th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Phoenix Suns

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
1 Cory Alexander G 6-1 185 June 22, 1973 2 University of Virginia
9 Willie Burton F-G 6-8 210 May 26, 1968 6 University of Minnesota
15 Vinny Del Negro G 6-4 185 August 9, 1966 7 North Carolina State University
21 Tim Duncan F-C 6-11 248 April 25, 1976 R Wake Forest University
32 Sean Elliott F 6-8 205 February 2, 1968 8 University of Arizona
4 Reggie Geary G 6-2 187 August 31, 1973 1 University of Arizona
7 Carl Herrera F 6-9 215 December 14, 1966 6 University of Houston
2 Jaren Jackson G-F 6-4 190 October 27, 1967 7 Georgetown University
6 Avery Johnson G 5-10 175 March 25, 1965 9 Southern University and A&M College
54 Brad Lohaus C-F 6-11 230 September 29, 1964 10 University of Iowa
41 Will Perdue C 7-0 240 August 29, 1965 9 Vanderbilt University
45 Chuck Person F 6-8 220 June 27, 1964 10 Auburn University
50 David Robinson C 7-1 235 August 6, 1965 8 United States Naval Academy
31 Malik Rose F 6-7 250 November 23, 1974 1 Drexel University
3 Monty Williams F 6-8 225 October 8, 1971 3 University of Notre Dame

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 2898 6187 .468 302 863 .350 1489 2164 .688 984 2638 3622 1839 516 568 1318 1731 7587 92.5
Lg Rank 10 18 28 5 20 23 14 20 12 27 24 1 3 12 29 2 20 24 23 23
Opponent 82 19830 2737 6656 .411 338 1029 .328 1448 1956 .740 1017 2236 3253 1556 730 378 1045 1845 7260 88.5
Lg Rank 10 4 19 1 10 13 8 7 5 16 10 6 7 1 21 11 29 16 1 1

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Tim Duncan 21 82 82 3204 706 1287 .549 0 10 .000 319 482 .662 274 703 977 224 55 206 279 254 1731
2 David Robinson 32 73 73 2457 544 1065 .511 1 4 .250 485 660 .735 239 536 775 199 64 192 202 204 1574
3 Avery Johnson 32 75 73 2674 321 671 .478 2 13 .154 122 168 .726 30 120 150 591 84 18 165 140 766
4 Jaren Jackson 30 82 45 2226 258 654 .394 112 297 .377 94 118 .797 55 155 210 156 60 8 104 222 722
5 Vinny Del Negro 31 54 38 1721 211 479 .441 17 39 .436 74 93 .796 13 139 152 183 39 6 53 113 513
6 Monty Williams 26 72 16 1314 165 368 .448 1 2 .500 122 182 .670 67 112 179 89 34 24 82 133 453
7 Chuck Person 33 61 11 1455 143 398 .359 95 276 .344 28 37 .757 17 187 204 86 29 10 67 121 409
8 Will Perdue 32 79 30 1491 162 295 .549 0 1 .000 70 133 .526 177 358 535 57 22 50 81 137 394
9 Sean Elliott 29 36 36 1012 122 303 .403 34 90 .378 56 78 .718 16 108 124 62 24 14 57 92 334
10 Carl Herrera 31 58 1 516 76 175 .434 0 1 .000 18 44 .409 24 67 91 22 19 12 38 71 170
11 Cory Alexander 24 37 3 501 60 145 .414 20 64 .313 25 37 .676 7 40 47 71 25 5 47 53 165
12 Malik Rose 23 53 0 429 59 136 .434 1 3 .333 39 61 .639 40 50 90 19 21 7 44 79 158
13 Reggie Geary 24 62 2 685 56 169 .331 12 40 .300 28 56 .500 19 48 67 74 37 12 42 95 152
14 Willie Burton 29 13 0 43 8 21 .381 3 9 .333 8 12 .667 3 6 9 1 2 2 1 7 27
15 Brad Lohaus 33 9 0 102 7 21 .333 4 14 .286 1 3 .333 3 9 12 5 1 2 3 10 19

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 David Robinson 32 73 73 33.7 7.5 14.6 .511 0.0 0.1 .250 6.6 9.0 .735 3.3 7.3 10.6 2.7 0.9 2.6 2.8 2.8 21.6
2 Tim Duncan 21 82 82 39.1 8.6 15.7 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 5.9 .662 3.3 8.6 11.9 2.7 0.7 2.5 3.4 3.1 21.1
3 Avery Johnson 32 75 73 35.7 4.3 8.9 .478 0.0 0.2 .154 1.6 2.2 .726 0.4 1.6 2.0 7.9 1.1 0.2 2.2 1.9 10.2
4 Vinny Del Negro 31 54 38 31.9 3.9 8.9 .441 0.3 0.7 .436 1.4 1.7 .796 0.2 2.6 2.8 3.4 0.7 0.1 1.0 2.1 9.5
5 Sean Elliott 29 36 36 28.1 3.4 8.4 .403 0.9 2.5 .378 1.6 2.2 .718 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.7 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.6 9.3
6 Jaren Jackson 30 82 45 27.1 3.1 8.0 .394 1.4 3.6 .377 1.1 1.4 .797 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.3 2.7 8.8
7 Chuck Person 33 61 11 23.9 2.3 6.5 .359 1.6 4.5 .344 0.5 0.6 .757 0.3 3.1 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.2 1.1 2.0 6.7
8 Monty Williams 26 72 16 18.3 2.3 5.1 .448 0.0 0.0 .500 1.7 2.5 .670 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.2 0.5 0.3 1.1 1.8 6.3
9 Will Perdue 32 79 30 18.9 2.1 3.7 .549 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.7 .526 2.2 4.5 6.8 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.7 5.0
10 Cory Alexander 24 37 3 13.5 1.6 3.9 .414 0.5 1.7 .313 0.7 1.0 .676 0.2 1.1 1.3 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.3 1.4 4.5
11 Malik Rose 23 53 0 8.1 1.1 2.6 .434 0.0 0.1 .333 0.7 1.2 .639 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.5 3.0
12 Carl Herrera 31 58 1 8.9 1.3 3.0 .434 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.8 .409 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.2 2.9
13 Reggie Geary 24 62 2 11.0 0.9 2.7 .331 0.2 0.6 .300 0.5 0.9 .500 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.7 1.5 2.5
14 Brad Lohaus 33 9 0 11.3 0.8 2.3 .333 0.4 1.6 .286 0.1 0.3 .333 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.1
15 Willie Burton 29 13 0 3.3 0.6 1.6 .381 0.2 0.7 .333 0.6 0.9 .667 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 2.1

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 David Robinson 32 73 73 2457 8.0 15.6 .511 0.0 0.1 .250 7.1 9.7 .735 3.5 7.9 11.4 2.9 0.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 23.1
2 Willie Burton 29 13 0 43 6.7 17.6 .381 2.5 7.5 .333 6.7 10.0 .667 2.5 5.0 7.5 0.8 1.7 1.7 0.8 5.9 22.6
3 Tim Duncan 21 82 82 3204 7.9 14.5 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 5.4 .662 3.1 7.9 11.0 2.5 0.6 2.3 3.1 2.9 19.4
4 Malik Rose 23 53 0 429 5.0 11.4 .434 0.1 0.3 .333 3.3 5.1 .639 3.4 4.2 7.6 1.6 1.8 0.6 3.7 6.6 13.3
5 Monty Williams 26 72 16 1314 4.5 10.1 .448 0.0 0.1 .500 3.3 5.0 .670 1.8 3.1 4.9 2.4 0.9 0.7 2.2 3.6 12.4
6 Sean Elliott 29 36 36 1012 4.3 10.8 .403 1.2 3.2 .378 2.0 2.8 .718 0.6 3.8 4.4 2.2 0.9 0.5 2.0 3.3 11.9
7 Carl Herrera 31 58 1 516 5.3 12.2 .434 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 3.1 .409 1.7 4.7 6.3 1.5 1.3 0.8 2.7 5.0 11.9
8 Cory Alexander 24 37 3 501 4.3 10.4 .414 1.4 4.6 .313 1.8 2.7 .676 0.5 2.9 3.4 5.1 1.8 0.4 3.4 3.8 11.9
9 Jaren Jackson 30 82 45 2226 4.2 10.6 .394 1.8 4.8 .377 1.5 1.9 .797 0.9 2.5 3.4 2.5 1.0 0.1 1.7 3.6 11.7
10 Vinny Del Negro 31 54 38 1721 4.4 10.0 .441 0.4 0.8 .436 1.5 1.9 .796 0.3 2.9 3.2 3.8 0.8 0.1 1.1 2.4 10.7
11 Avery Johnson 32 75 73 2674 4.3 9.0 .478 0.0 0.2 .154 1.6 2.3 .726 0.4 1.6 2.0 8.0 1.1 0.2 2.2 1.9 10.3
12 Chuck Person 33 61 11 1455 3.5 9.8 .359 2.4 6.8 .344 0.7 0.9 .757 0.4 4.6 5.0 2.1 0.7 0.2 1.7 3.0 10.1
13 Will Perdue 32 79 30 1491 3.9 7.1 .549 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 3.2 .526 4.3 8.6 12.9 1.4 0.5 1.2 2.0 3.3 9.5
14 Reggie Geary 24 62 2 685 2.9 8.9 .331 0.6 2.1 .300 1.5 2.9 .500 1.0 2.5 3.5 3.9 1.9 0.6 2.2 5.0 8.0
15 Brad Lohaus 33 9 0 102 2.5 7.4 .333 1.4 4.9 .286 0.4 1.1 .333 1.1 3.2 4.2 1.8 0.4 0.7 1.1 3.5 6.7

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 David Robinson 32 73 2457 27.8 .581 .511 12.0 23.7 18.2 15.9 1.4 5.5 13.0 29.7 114 94 7.8 6.0 13.8 .269
2 Tim Duncan 21 82 3204 22.6 .577 .549 10.5 23.8 17.6 13.7 0.9 4.5 15.7 26.0 108 95 5.6 7.2 12.8 .192
3 Avery Johnson 32 75 2674 14.1 .514 .480 1.4 4.9 3.2 36.2 1.7 0.5 18.1 16.0 109 104 3.5 3.2 6.7 .120
4 Will Perdue 32 79 1491 14.8 .557 .549 14.6 26.1 20.7 6.1 0.8 2.4 18.6 13.7 108 96 1.5 3.2 4.7 .151
5 Jaren Jackson 30 82 2226 9.7 .511 .480 3.0 7.6 5.4 11.4 1.5 0.3 12.8 17.1 102 103 1.3 2.8 4.1 .088
6 Vinny Del Negro 31 54 1721 11.1 .493 .458 0.9 8.8 5.1 17.5 1.2 0.2 9.3 15.6 107 103 1.6 2.1 3.7 .104
7 Monty Williams 26 72 1314 11.3 .505 .450 6.3 9.2 7.9 11.2 1.4 1.3 15.5 18.9 100 102 0.5 1.9 2.3 .086
8 Chuck Person 33 61 1455 8.3 .494 .479 1.4 13.9 8.1 9.3 1.1 0.5 13.9 15.5 96 102 -0.1 2.1 2.1 .068
9 Sean Elliott 29 36 1012 9.5 .495 .459 1.9 11.6 7.1 10.0 1.3 1.0 14.5 18.3 96 102 -0.1 1.5 1.4 .065
10 Cory Alexander 24 37 501 11.1 .512 .483 1.7 8.7 5.4 23.2 2.7 0.7 22.6 19.5 94 100 -0.2 0.8 0.7 .065
11 Malik Rose 23 53 429 10.1 .485 .438 11.5 12.6 12.1 7.5 2.7 1.2 21.3 22.6 90 98 -0.4 0.8 0.4 .044
12 Reggie Geary 24 62 685 6.8 .392 .367 3.4 7.6 5.6 16.6 2.9 1.2 17.8 16.1 84 99 -0.9 1.2 0.3 .023
13 Willie Burton 29 13 43 21.4 .514 .452 8.6 15.1 12.1 4.3 2.5 3.3 3.7 29.8 112 96 0.1 0.1 0.2 .229
14 Carl Herrera 31 58 516 8.1 .437 .434 5.7 14.1 10.2 7.3 2.0 1.6 16.4 21.1 83 99 -0.9 0.9 0.1 .006
15 Brad Lohaus 33 9 102 5.2 .426 .429 3.6 9.6 6.8 7.4 0.5 1.4 11.8 11.6 92 104 0.0 0.1 0.1 .043

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Tim Duncan 21 9 374 73 140 0 1 40 60 20 81 17 5 23 25 24 186 .521 .000 .667 41.6 20.7 9.0 1.9
2 David Robinson 32 9 353 57 134 0 0 61 96 41 127 23 11 30 25 28 175 .425 .635 39.2 19.4 14.1 2.6
3 Avery Johnson 32 9 342 61 101 0 2 34 51 3 13 55 9 0 21 27 156 .604 .000 .667 38.0 17.3 1.4 6.1
4 Vinny Del Negro 31 9 283 39 81 2 10 16 17 2 24 29 8 0 13 30 96 .481 .200 .941 31.4 10.7 2.7 3.2
5 Jaren Jackson 30 9 319 30 88 18 59 14 19 4 39 14 5 1 12 31 92 .341 .305 .737 35.4 10.2 4.3 1.6
6 Chuck Person 33 9 196 18 53 14 40 2 2 0 27 7 4 0 6 15 52 .340 .350 1.000 21.8 5.8 3.0 0.8
7 Will Perdue 32 9 191 9 27 0 0 18 21 24 60 1 6 9 11 26 36 .333 .857 21.2 4.0 6.7 0.1
8 Monty Williams 26 5 28 5 8 0 0 2 3 2 6 1 0 0 4 2 12 .625 .667 5.6 2.4 1.2 0.2
9 Malik Rose 23 5 18 4 6 0 0 2 4 3 7 1 1 0 4 2 10 .667 .500 3.6 2.0 1.4 0.2
10 Reggie Geary 24 7 46 3 7 1 4 2 4 0 2 6 1 0 2 10 9 .429 .250 .500 6.6 1.3 0.3 0.9
11 Carl Herrera 31 5 25 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 2 .333 5.0 0.4 0.8 0.2
12 Brad Lohaus 33 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Avery Johnson 32 9 342 19.5 .632 .604 1.1 3.3 2.2 31.6 1.5 0.0 14.5 20.5 121 107 1.1 0.3 1.4 .196
2 David Robinson 32 9 353 24.1 .496 .425 14.5 27.2 21.2 12.4 1.7 6.0 12.4 27.7 105 93 0.5 0.9 1.3 .183
3 Tim Duncan 21 9 374 20.4 .559 .521 6.7 18.2 12.8 9.3 0.7 4.3 13.1 24.8 107 100 0.6 0.7 1.2 .155
4 Vinny Del Negro 31 9 283 12.7 .542 .494 0.9 8.7 5.0 18.7 1.6 0.0 12.8 17.4 109 105 0.3 0.3 0.7 .115
5 Will Perdue 32 9 191 11.6 .497 .333 15.7 21.1 18.5 0.8 1.7 3.3 23.3 12.0 102 97 0.1 0.4 0.5 .117
6 Jaren Jackson 30 9 319 7.7 .477 .443 1.6 12.3 7.2 7.4 0.9 0.2 11.1 16.5 97 105 0.0 0.4 0.4 .054
7 Chuck Person 33 9 196 7.6 .483 .472 0.0 15.4 8.1 6.0 1.1 0.0 10.0 14.8 96 103 0.0 0.3 0.2 .058
8 Reggie Geary 24 7 46 5.8 .514 .500 0.0 4.9 2.6 21.0 1.2 0.0 18.6 11.3 104 106 0.0 0.0 0.1 .071
9 Carl Herrera 31 5 25 -0.3 .333 .333 0.0 17.9 9.4 6.2 0.0 0.0 25.0 7.8 63 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.023
10 Malik Rose 23 5 18 20.9 .644 .667 20.8 24.8 22.9 12.0 3.1 0.0 34.0 31.7 91 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 .049
11 Brad Lohaus 33 4 10 8.6 .000 .000 0.0 22.4 11.8 14.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 4.9 52 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 .060
12 Monty Williams 26 5 28 12.6 .644 .625 8.9 16.0 12.6 7.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 23.1 94 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .025

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 David Robinson $12,397,440
2 Sean Elliott $5,333,333
3 Charles Smith $3,957,143
4 Avery Johnson $3,000,000
5 Tim Duncan $2,967,840
6 Chuck Person $2,470,000
7 Vinny Del Negro $2,298,777
8 Will Perdue $1,987,500
9 Carl Herrera $1,820,000
10 Monty Williams $1,235,000
11 Cory Alexander $562,380
12 Jaren Jackson $272,250
13 Malik Rose $272,250
14 Reggie Geary $272,250