2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season

The 2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season was the 45th season of the franchise, 39th in San Antonio and 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs tied the Chicago Bulls for the best record of the season at 50–16, transmuted to 62–20 in an 82-game season, as the season was shortened to 66 games due to the 2011 NBA lockout.

2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season
Division champions
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
General manager	R. C. Buford
President	Gregg Popovich
Owner(s)	Peter Holt
Arena	AT&T Center
Results
Record	50–16 (.758)
Place	Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	Western Conference finals (lost to Thunder 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FS Southwest KENS KMYS
Radio	WOAI KCOR (in Spanish)

The Spurs attained the first seed in the Western Conference, earning a berth in the 2012 NBA playoffs, where they swept both the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers in four games in the first round and semifinals, respectively, only to be eliminated in six games by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals. The Thunder would go on to lose to the Miami Heat in the Finals in five games.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
• April 27: Upon defeating Golden State in the season finale, the Spurs achieved their 13th consecutive 50-plus-win season, a new NBA record.
• May 1: Gregg Popovich announced as the recipient of the 2011–12 NBA Coach of the Year Award.
• May 7: With an 87–81 win the Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz in a 4–0 series sweep in the first round of the 2012 NBA playoffs.
• May 20: Spurs completed another series sweep, defeating the L.A. Clippers with a 102–99 win in the second round of the 2012 NBA playoffs.
• May 29: With the Spurs' game 2 victory over the Thunder, their 20th consecutive, the Spurs became only the fourth team in NBA history to win 20 or more straight victories.
• June 6: The Spurs are defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals in a six-game series.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	15	Kawhi Leonard	Small forward	United States	San Diego State
1	29	Cory Joseph	Point guard	Canada	University of Texas
2	42	Dāvis Bertāns	Small forward	Latvia	Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
2	59	Ádám Hanga	Shooting guard	Hungary	Assignia Manresa (Spain)

Roster

2011–12 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SG 25 Anderson, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1989-03-25 Oklahoma State PF 45 Blair, DeJuan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1989-04-22 Pittsburgh PF 15 Bonner, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980-04-05 Florida PF 34 Byars, Derrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-04-25 Vanderbilt PF 33 Diaw, Boris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982-04-16 France C 21 Duncan, Tim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1976-04-25 Wake Forest SG 20 Ginóbili, Manu 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1977-07-28 Argentina SG 4 Green, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1987-06-22 North Carolina SF 3 Jackson, Stephen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978-04-05 Oak Hill Academy (HS) PG 5 Joseph, Cory 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991-08-20 Texas SF 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991-06-29 San Diego State PG 8 Mills, Patty 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-08-11 Saint Mary's SG 14 Neal, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1984-10-03 Towson PG 9 Parker, Tony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1982-05-17 France C 22 Splitter, Tiago 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985-01-01 Brazil

Head coach Gregg Popovich Assistant coach(es) Brett Brown Mike Budenholzer Chip Engelland Chad Forcier Don Newman Jacque Vaughn Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: April 25, 2012

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 17 @ Houston L 87–101 DeJuan Blair Manu Ginóbili (16) DeJuan Blair (7) T. J. Ford (6) Toyota Center 12,859 0–1 2 December 21 Houston W 97–95 Tim Duncan (19) Gani Lawal T. J. Ford (5) Tony Parker Tim Duncan (5) AT&T Center 17,323 1–1
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c-San Antonio Spurs	50	16	.758	–	28‍–‍5	22‍–‍11	12–4	66
x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	26‍–‍7	15‍–‍18	7–8	66
x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	23‍–‍10	13‍–‍20	8–5	66
Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	22‍–‍11	12‍–‍21	6–8	66
New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	11‍–‍22	10‍–‍23	3–11	66

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-San Antonio Spurs *	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	47	19	.712	3.0	66
3	y-Los Angeles Lakers *	41	25	.621	9.0	66
4	x-Memphis Grizzlies	41	25	.621	9.0	66
5	x-Los Angeles Clippers	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Denver Nuggets	38	28	.576	12.0	66
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Utah Jazz	36	30	.545	14.0	66
9	Houston Rockets	34	32	.515	16.0	66
10	Phoenix Suns	33	33	.500	17.0	66
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	38	.424	22.0	66
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	26	40	.394	24.0	66
13	Golden State Warriors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
14	Sacramento Kings	22	44	.333	28.0	66
15	New Orleans Hornets	21	45	.318	29.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 50–16 (home: 28–5; road: 22–11)
December: 3–1 (home: 3–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 26 Memphis W 95–82 Manu Ginóbili (24) Tiago Splitter (8) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 December 28 L. A. Clippers W 115–90 Manu Ginóbili (24) Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard (8) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 2–0 3 December 29 @ Houston L 85–105 DeJuan Blair (22) DeJuan Blair (8) Tiago Splitter (3) Toyota Center 18,267 2–1 4 December 31 Utah W 104–89 Manu Ginóbili (23) DeJuan Blair (10) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 17,769 3–1
January : 10–8 (home: 7–1; road: 3–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 2 @ Minnesota L 96–106 Richard Jefferson, Tim Duncan (16) Matt Bonner (6) Tony Parker (9) Target Center 14,514 3–2 6 January 4 Golden State W 101–96 Tony Parker (21) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker, T. J. Ford (8) AT&T Center 16,751 4–2 7 January 5 Dallas W 93–71 Matt Bonner (17) Richard Jefferson (7) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 5–2 8 January 7 Denver W 121–117 Danny Green (24) DeJuan Blair (10) T. J. Ford (7) AT&T Center 17,537 6–2 9 January 8 @ Oklahoma City L 96–108 Gary Neal (18) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–3 10 January 10 @ Milwaukee L 93–96 Tony Parker (22) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker (8) Bradley Center 11,585 6–4 11 January 11 Houston W 101–95 (OT) Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 17,381 7–4 12 January 13 Portland W 99–83 Tony Parker (20) DeJuan Blair (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 8–4 13 January 15 Phoenix W 102–91 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 9–4 14 January 17 @ Miami L 98–120 Danny Green (20) Tim Duncan (7) Richard Jefferson (5) American Airlines Arena 19,600 9–5 15 January 18 @ Orlando W 85–83 (OT) Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (9) Amway Center 18,846 10–5 16 January 20 Sacramento L 86–88 Tony Parker (24) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 10–6 17 January 21 @ Houston L 102–105 Tiago Splitter (25) Kawhi Leonard (11) Tony Parker (13) Toyota Center 15,285 10–7 18 January 23 @ New Orleans W 104–102 Tim Duncan (28) Tim Duncan (7) Tony Parker (17) New Orleans Arena 12,599 11–7 19 January 25 Atlanta W 105–83 Matt Bonner, DeJuan Blair (17) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 17,888 12–7 20 January 27 @ Minnesota L 79–87 Tony Parker (20) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan (4) Target Center 16,699 12–8 21 January 29 @ Dallas L 100–101 (OT) Gary Neal (19) DeJuan Blair (9) Gary Neal (7) American Airlines Center 20,262 12–9 22 January 30 @ Memphis W 83–73 Matt Bonner (15) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (12) FedExForum 15,118 13–9
February : 11–2 (home: 3–1; road: 8–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 February 1 Houston W 99–91 Tim Duncan (25) Matt Bonner (10) Tony Parker, Danny Green (4) AT&T Center 18,581 14–9 24 February 2 New Orleans W 93–81 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,082 15–9 25 February 4 Oklahoma City W 107–96 Tony Parker (42) Tim Duncan (15) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 16–9 26 February 6 @ Memphis W 89–84 Tony Parker (21) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (7) FedExForum 13,527 17–9 27 February 8 @ Philadelphia W 100–90 Tony Parker (37) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) Wells Fargo Center 18,070 18–9 28 February 11 @ New Jersey W 103–89 Gary Neal (18) Tim Duncan (10) Tim Duncan, Tony Parker (5) Prudential Center 15,272 19–9 29 February 14 @ Detroit W 99–95 Tim Duncan (18) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,533 20–9 30 February 15 @ Toronto W 113–106 Tony Parker (34) Danny Green (7) Tony Parker (14) Air Canada Centre 15,999 21–9 31 February 18 @ L. A. Clippers W 103–100 (OT) Tony Parker (30) Tim Duncan (17) Tony Parker (10) Staples Center 19,217 22–9 32 February 20 @ Utah W 106–102 Tony Parker (23) Kawhi Leonard (8) Tony Parker (11) EnergySolutions Arena 19,105 23–9 33 February 21 @ Portland L 97–137 Kawhi Leonard (24) Kawhi Leonard (10) Richard Jefferson, Cory Joseph, Gary Neal (3) Rose Garden 20,567 23–10 34 February 23 @ Denver W 114–99 Dejuan Blair (28) DeJuan Blair (12) Tony Parker (12) Pepsi Center 18,875 24–10 All-Star Break 35 February 29 Chicago L 89–96 Gary Neal (21) Tim Duncan (10) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 24–11
March : 11–3 (home: 8–2; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 2 Charlotte W 102–72 Tony Parker (15) DeJuan Blair (11) Tony Parker (4) AT&T Center 18,581 25–11 37 March 4 Denver L 94–99 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 25–12 38 March 7 New York W 118–105 Tony Parker (32) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (6) AT&T Center 18,581 26–12 39 March 9 L. A. Clippers L 108–120 Manu Ginóbili (22) Matt Bonner, Kawhi Leonard (6) Manu Ginóbili (6) AT&T Center 18,581 26–13 40 March 12 Washington W 112–97 Tony Parker (31) DeJuan Blair (12) Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 27–13 41 March 14 Orlando W 122–111 Tony Parker (31) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (12) AT&T Center 18,581 28–13 42 March 16 @ Oklahoma City W 114–105 Tony Parker (25) Tim Duncan (19) Tony Parker (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 29–13 43 March 17 @ Dallas L 99–106 Danny Green, Tim Duncan (17) Tiago Splitter (6) Tony Parker (11) American Airlines Center 20,528 29–14 44 March 21 Minnesota W 116–100 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (15) Manu Ginóbili (8) AT&T Center 18,581 30–14 45 March 23 Dallas W 104–87 Danny Green (18) Tim Duncan (12) Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 31–14 46 March 24 @ New Orleans W 89–86 DeJuan Blair (23) Tim Duncan, DeJuan Blair, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green (7) Tony Parker (10) New Orleans Arena 16,118 32–14 47 March 25 Philadelphia W 93–76 Tony Parker (21) Kawhi Leonard (10) Tony Parker (7) AT&T Center 18,581 33–14 48 March 27 @ Phoenix W 107–100 Tim Duncan (26) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (7) US Airways Center 16,573 34–14 49 March 28 @ Sacramento W 117–112 Manu Ginóbili (20) Kawhi Leonard (9) Tony Parker (10) Power Balance Pavilion 13,119 35–14 50 March 31 Indiana W 112–103 Tim Duncan (23) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili (5) AT&T Center 18,581 36–14
April: 12–2 (home: 6–1; road: 6–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 April 3 @ Cleveland W 125–90 Patrick Mills (20) Tim Duncan (8) Boris Diaw (8) Quicken Loans Arena 19,574 37–14 52 April 4 @ Boston W 87–86 Danny Green (14) Tim Duncan (16) Gary Neal (4) TD Garden 18,624 38–14 53 April 6 New Orleans W 128–103 Tim Duncan (19) Stephen Jackson (7) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 39–14 54 April 8 Utah W 114–100 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (13) Danny Green (5) AT&T Center 18,581 40–14 55 April 9 @ Utah L 84–91 Gary Neal (14) DeJuan Blair (8) Gary Neal (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 40–15 56 April 11 L. A. Lakers L 84–98 Danny Green (22) Kawhi Leonard, Stephen Jackson (5) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 40–16 57 April 12 Memphis W 107–97 Tim Duncan (28) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 41–16 58 April 14 Phoenix W 105–91 Tim Duncan (19) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (5) AT&T Center 18,581 42–16 59 April 16 @ Golden State W 120–99 Gary Neal (17) Boris Diaw (9) Gary Neal, Tony Parker (5) Oracle Arena 18,471 43–16 60 April 17 @ L. A. Lakers W 112–91 Tony Parker (29) Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner (8) Tony Parker (13) Staples Center 18,997 44–16 61 April 18 @ Sacramento W 127–102 Gary Neal, Tiago Splitter (17) Tiago Splitter (7) Tony Parker (8) Power Balance Pavilion 16,954 45–16 62 April 20 L. A. Lakers W 121–97 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (8) Tony Parker (10) AT&T Center 18,581 46–16 63 April 22 Cleveland W 114–98 Manu Ginóbili (20) Tiago Splitter, Boris Diaw, Kawhi Leonard, DeJuan Blair (7) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 47–16 64 April 23 Portland W 124–89 Danny Green, Tim Duncan (18) Tim Duncan (8) Boris Diaw, Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 48–16 65 April 25 @ Phoenix W 110–106 Patrick Mills (27) DeJuan Blair (8) Stephen Jackson (6) US Airways Center 17,172 49–16 66 April 26 @ Golden State W 107–101 Patrick Mills (34) DeJuan Blair (13) Patrick Mills (12) Oracle Arena 18,124 50–16
2011–12 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2012 playoff game log
First round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 29 Utah W 106–91 Tony Parker (28) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (8) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 May 2 Utah W 114–83 Tony Parker (18) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (9) AT&T Center 18,581 2–0 3 May 5 @ Utah W 102–90 Tony Parker (27) Tiago Splitter (8) Manu Ginóbili (10) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 3–0 4 May 7 @ Utah W 87–81 Manu Ginóbili (17) Stephen Jackson (6) Tony Parker (3) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 4–0
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 15 L. A. Clippers W 108–92 Tim Duncan (26) Boris Diaw (12) Tony Parker (11) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 May 17 L. A. Clippers W 105–88 Tony Parker (22) Kawhi Leonard (6) Tony Parker (5) Manu Ginóbili (5) AT&T Center 18,581 2–0 3 May 19 @ L. A. Clippers W 96–86 Tony Parker (23) Tim Duncan (13) Tony Parker (10) Staples Center 19,060 3–0 4 May 20 @ L. A. Clippers W 102–99 Tim Duncan (21) Tim Duncan (9) Tony Parker (5) Staples Center 19,060 4–0
Conference finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 27 Oklahoma City W 101–98 Manu Ginóbili (26) Tim Duncan (11) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 1–0 2 May 29 Oklahoma City W 120–111 Tony Parker (34) Tim Duncan (12) Tony Parker (6) AT&T Center 18,581 2–0 3 May 31 @ Oklahoma City L 82–102 Tony Parker (16) S. Jackson (16) Manu Ginóbili (6) Kawhi Leonard (6) Gary Neal (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2–1 4 June 2 @ Oklahoma City L 103–109 Tim Duncan (21) Kawhi Leonard (9) Gary Neal (4) Manu Ginóbili (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2–2 5 June 4 Oklahoma City L 103–108 Manu Ginóbili (34) Tim Duncan (12) Manu Ginóbili (7) AT&T Center 18,581 2–3 6 June 6 @ Oklahoma City L 99–107 Tony Parker (29) Tim Duncan (14) Tony Parker (12) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2–4
2012 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Danny Green	SG	66	38	1,522	228	86	58	46	603	23.1	3.5	1.3	.9	.7	9.1
Matt Bonner	PF	65	2	1,326	214	61	15	21	429	20.4	3.3	.9	.2	.3	6.6
DeJuan Blair	PF	64	62	1,363	351	78	59	12	611	21.3	5.5	1.2	.9	.2	9.5
Kawhi Leonard	SF	64	39	1,534	327	70	85	24	507	24.0	5.1	1.1	1.3	.4	7.9
Tony Parker	PG	60	60	1,923	171	463	57	5	1,095	32.1	2.9	7.7	1.0	.1	18.3
Tiago Splitter	C	59	2	1,121	306	65	21	47	549	19.0	5.2	1.1	.4	.8	9.3
Tim Duncan	C	58	58	1,634	520	132	38	88	895	28.2	9.0	2.3	.7	1.5	15.4
Gary Neal	SG	56	7	1,206	118	117	27	2	557	21.5	2.1	2.1	.5	.0	9.9
James Anderson	SG	51	2	603	79	41	8	2	190	11.8	1.5	.8	.2	.0	3.7
Richard Jefferson†	SF	41	41	1,168	143	55	25	12	379	28.5	3.5	1.3	.6	.3	9.2
Manu Ginóbili	SG	34	7	792	116	151	24	12	440	23.3	3.4	4.4	.7	.4	12.9
Cory Joseph	PG	29	1	266	25	34	7	3	58	9.2	.9	1.2	.2	.1	2.0
Stephen Jackson†	SF	21	1	500	81	41	28	7	187	23.8	3.9	2.0	1.3	.3	8.9
Boris Diaw†	PF	20	7	406	85	47	14	6	93	20.3	4.3	2.4	.7	.3	4.7
Patty Mills	PG	16	3	261	28	39	10	1	165	16.3	1.8	2.4	.6	.1	10.3
T. J. Ford	PG	14	0	191	18	45	9	2	51	13.6	1.3	3.2	.6	.1	3.6
Eric Dawson	C	4	0	39	10	0	1	2	15	9.8	2.5	.0	.3	.5	3.8
Malcolm Thomas	PF	3	0	15	3	1	1	1	1	5.0	1.0	.3	.3	.3	.3
Derrick Byars	PF	2	0	37	11	1	2	0	10	18.5	5.5	.5	1.0	.0	5.0
Justin Dentmon†	PG	2	0	19	1	1	1	0	4	9.5	.5	.5	.5	.0	2.0
Ike Diogu	PF	2	0	14	1	0	0	0	2	7.0	.5	.0	.0	.0	1.0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tony Parker	PG	14	14	506	50	95	13	0	282	36.1	3.6	6.8	.9	.0	20.1
Tim Duncan	C	14	14	463	131	39	10	29	243	33.1	9.4	2.8	.7	2.1	17.4
Kawhi Leonard	SF	14	14	379	83	8	17	6	121	27.1	5.9	.6	1.2	.4	8.6
Boris Diaw	PF	14	14	346	73	35	11	4	87	24.7	5.2	2.5	.8	.3	6.2
Danny Green	SG	14	12	289	45	15	7	10	103	20.6	3.2	1.1	.5	.7	7.4
Manu Ginóbili	SG	14	2	390	49	56	10	4	201	27.9	3.5	4.0	.7	.3	14.4
Stephen Jackson	SF	14	0	299	28	24	9	3	116	21.4	2.0	1.7	.6	.2	8.3
Gary Neal	SG	14	0	217	18	19	2	0	105	15.5	1.3	1.4	.1	.0	7.5
Tiago Splitter	C	13	0	168	36	10	5	4	76	12.9	2.8	.8	.4	.3	5.8
Matt Bonner	PF	13	0	165	25	9	2	4	31	12.7	1.9	.7	.2	.3	2.4
DeJuan Blair	PF	10	0	76	23	2	3	1	37	7.6	2.3	.2	.3	.1	3.7
Patty Mills	PG	8	0	31	3	5	1	0	15	3.9	.4	.6	.1	.0	1.9
James Anderson	SG	8	0	31	5	3	1	0	11	3.9	.6	.4	.1	.0	1.4

Transactions

Trades

March 15, 2012	To San Antonio Spurs Stephen Jackson	To Golden State Warriors Richard Jefferson T. J. Ford Conditional 2012 first-round pick
June 23, 2011	To San Antonio Spurs Draft rights to 15th pick Kawhi Leonard Draft rights to 42nd pick Dāvis Bertāns Draft rights to Erazem Lorbek	To Indiana Pacers George Hill

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Eric Dawson	Signed 10-day contract	Austin Toros
T. J. Ford	Undisclosed	Indiana Pacers
Gani Lawal	Undisclosed	Phoenix Suns
Ike Diogu	Undisclosed	Los Angeles Clippers
Malcolm Thomas	Undisclosed	Los Angeles D-Fenders
Boris Diaw	Undisclosed	Charlotte Bobcats
Patrick Mills	Undisclosed	Portland Trail Blazers
Justin Dentmon	Signed 10-day contract	Austin Toros

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Da'Sean Butler	Waived	Austin Toros
T. J. Ford	Retired	N/A
Steve Novak	Waived	New York Knicks
Antonio McDyess	Waived	N/A
Gani Lawal	Waived	Chorale Roanne
Ike Diogu	Waived	Capitanes de Arecibo
Malcolm Thomas	Waived	Los Angeles D-Fenders

Award winners

• Tony Parker, NBA All-Star Western Conference reserve (4th appearance)
• Tony Parker, Guard, All-NBA Second Team
• Kawhi Leonard, Forward, All-Rookie First Team
• Gregg Popovich, Western Conference Coach of the Month (February)
• Gregg Popovich, Western Conference Coach of the Month (March)
• Gregg Popovich, NBA Coach of the Year