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1997-98 San Antonio Spurs Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 31, 1997 @ Denver Nuggets W 107 96 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 1, 1997 Cleveland Cavaliers W 83 80 2 0 W 2
3 Mon, Nov 3, 1997 @ Chicago Bulls L 2OT 83 87 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, Nov 5, 1997 Vancouver Grizzlies W 87 79 3 1 W 1
5 Sat, Nov 8, 1997 Utah Jazz W 87 80 4 1 W 2
6 Mon, Nov 10, 1997 @ Toronto Raptors W 100 98 5 1 W 3
7 Tue, Nov 11, 1997 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 93 92 6 1 W 4
8 Thu, Nov 13, 1997 Los Angeles Lakers L OT 100 109 6 2 L 1
9 Sat, Nov 15, 1997 Minnesota Timberwolves L 94 105 6 3 L 2
10 Wed, Nov 19, 1997 Golden State Warriors W 108 87 7 3 W 1
11 Fri, Nov 21, 1997 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 74 94 7 4 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 22, 1997 @ Utah Jazz L 74 103 7 5 L 2
13 Tue, Nov 25, 1997 @ Dallas Mavericks W 102 91 8 5 W 1
14 Wed, Nov 26, 1997 Washington Wizards L 94 98 8 6 L 1
15 Sat, Nov 29, 1997 Dallas Mavericks W 96 87 9 6 W 1
16 Sun, Nov 30, 1997 @ Atlanta Hawks L 96 108 9 7 L 1
17 Tue, Dec 2, 1997 New York Knicks W 90 84 10 7 W 1
18 Thu, Dec 4, 1997 @ Los Angeles Clippers L OT 96 100 10 8 L 1
19 Fri, Dec 5, 1997 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 88 98 10 9 L 2
20 Tue, Dec 9, 1997 @ Houston Rockets L 78 108 10 10 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Dec 10, 1997 Los Angeles Clippers W 102 87 11 10 W 1
22 Sat, Dec 13, 1997 Orlando Magic W 107 78 12 10 W 2
23 Tue, Dec 16, 1997 @ Denver Nuggets W 99 85 13 10 W 3
24 Wed, Dec 17, 1997 Vancouver Grizzlies W 98 87 14 10 W 4
25 Sat, Dec 20, 1997 Houston Rockets W 100 87 15 10 W 5
26 Tue, Dec 23, 1997 Indiana Pacers W 91 79 16 10 W 6
27 Fri, Dec 26, 1997 Boston Celtics W 101 86 17 10 W 7
28 Sun, Dec 28, 1997 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 79 82 17 11 L 1
29 Tue, Dec 30, 1997 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 124 115 18 11 W 1
30 Fri, Jan 2, 1998 Portland Trail Blazers W 85 69 19 11 W 2
31 Sat, Jan 3, 1998 @ Miami Heat W 84 77 20 11 W 3
32 Mon, Jan 5, 1998 @ Orlando Magic W 74 69 21 11 W 4
33 Wed, Jan 7, 1998 Denver Nuggets W 96 89 22 11 W 5
34 Fri, Jan 9, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns L 79 100 22 12 L 1
35 Sat, Jan 10, 1998 Sacramento Kings W 109 67 23 12 W 1
36 Tue, Jan 13, 1998 @ Boston Celtics W 97 88 24 12 W 2
37 Wed, Jan 14, 1998 @ Washington Wizards W 89 79 25 12 W 3
38 Fri, Jan 16, 1998 @ Charlotte Hornets W 76 71 26 12 W 4
39 Sun, Jan 18, 1998 @ Milwaukee Bucks W OT 98 92 27 12 W 5
40 Mon, Jan 19, 1998 @ New Jersey Nets L 84 95 27 13 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 21, 1998 Atlanta Hawks W 90 76 28 13 W 1
42 Fri, Jan 23, 1998 Dallas Mavericks W 81 75 29 13 W 2
43 Sat, Jan 24, 1998 @ Houston Rockets L 87 112 29 14 L 1
44 Mon, Jan 26, 1998 Houston Rockets W 115 90 30 14 W 1
45 Wed, Jan 28, 1998 Los Angeles Clippers W 109 86 31 14 W 2
46 Fri, Jan 30, 1998 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 97 87 32 14 W 3
47 Sun, Feb 1, 1998 @ Sacramento Kings W 103 97 33 14 W 4
48 Tue, Feb 3, 1998 @ Golden State Warriors W 105 96 34 14 W 5
49 Wed, Feb 11, 1998 Seattle SuperSonics L 105 106 34 15 L 1
50 Sat, Feb 14, 1998 Phoenix Suns L 81 94 34 16 L 2
51 Tue, Feb 17, 1998 Detroit Pistons W 95 94 35 16 W 1
52 Thu, Feb 19, 1998 @ Dallas Mavericks W 87 81 36 16 W 2
53 Sat, Feb 21, 1998 Utah Jazz L 77 79 36 17 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 22, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns L 79 97 36 18 L 2
55 Tue, Feb 24, 1998 Minnesota Timberwolves W 105 99 37 18 W 1
56 Thu, Feb 26, 1998 Toronto Raptors W 97 86 38 18 W 2
57 Sat, Feb 28, 1998 Philadelphia 76ers W 100 88 39 18 W 3
58 Mon, Mar 2, 1998 @ Sacramento Kings W 116 95 40 18 W 4
59 Wed, Mar 4, 1998 @ Golden State Warriors L 83 90 40 19 L 1
60 Fri, Mar 6, 1998 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 84 91 40 20 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 8, 1998 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 82 78 41 20 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 10, 1998 New Jersey Nets W 79 78 42 20 W 2
63 Thu, Mar 12, 1998 Sacramento Kings W 97 86 43 20 W 3
64 Sat, Mar 14, 1998 Chicago Bulls L 86 96 43 21 L 1
65 Mon, Mar 16, 1998 Milwaukee Bucks W 96 85 44 21 W 1
66 Wed, Mar 18, 1998 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 92 76 45 21 W 2
67 Fri, Mar 20, 1998 Charlotte Hornets L 82 92 45 22 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 22, 1998 Phoenix Suns W 93 83 46 22 W 1
69 Tue, Mar 24, 1998 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 86 85 47 22 W 2
70 Wed, Mar 25, 1998 @ Detroit Pistons L 94 103 47 23 L 1
71 Fri, Mar 27, 1998 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 110 85 48 23 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 29, 1998 @ Indiana Pacers W 74 55 49 23 W 2
73 Tue, Mar 31, 1998 @ New York Knicks W 95 78 50 23 W 3
74 Thu, Apr 2, 1998 Miami Heat W 103 89 51 23 W 4
75 Sat, Apr 4, 1998 Golden State Warriors W OT 88 80 52 23 W 5
76 Mon, Apr 6, 1998 Portland Trail Blazers L 75 79 52 24 L 1
77 Wed, Apr 8, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 88 98 52 25 L 2
78 Fri, Apr 10, 1998 Seattle SuperSonics W 99 84 53 25 W 1
79 Mon, Apr 13, 1998 Los Angeles Lakers L 75 99 53 26 L 1
80 Thu, Apr 16, 1998 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 110 97 54 26 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 17, 1998 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 89 87 55 26 W 2
82 Sun, Apr 19, 1998 Denver Nuggets W 96 82 56 26 W 3

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 23, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns W 102 96 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 25, 1998 @ Phoenix Suns L 101 108 1 1 L 1
3 Mon, Apr 27, 1998 Phoenix Suns W 100 88 2 1 W 1
4 Wed, Apr 29, 1998 Phoenix Suns W 99 80 3 1 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
5 Tue, May 5, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 82 83 3 2 L 1
6 Thu, May 7, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L OT 106 109 3 3 L 2
7 Sat, May 9, 1998 Utah Jazz W 86 64 4 3 W 1
8 Sun, May 10, 1998 Utah Jazz L 73 82 4 4 L 1
9 Tue, May 12, 1998 @ Utah Jazz L 77 87 4 5 L 2