NBA professional basketball team season
The 1987–88 NBA season was the Spurs' 12th season in the NBA and 21st season as a franchise.[ 1] The season saw the team draft future All-Star and 2-time NBA Champion David Robinson with the first pick in the 1987 NBA Draft, but due to his Naval service, he did not join the team until 1989.
Despite inconsistent basketball all year, the Spurs made the playoffs with a low 31–51 record. However, a sweep to the eventual champion Lakers ended the season for the Spurs. Alvin Robertson was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game .
Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 33 Anderson, Cadillac 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Houston F 6 Berry, Walter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) St. John's F 43 Brickowski, Frank 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Penn State G 24 Dawkins, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Duke F 10 Greenwood, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) UCLA C 35 Guðmundsson, Pétur 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Washington F 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Auburn G 9 Myers, Pete 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Little Rock F 32 Nealy, Ed 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Kansas State F/C 40 Nimphius, Kurt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Arizona State F 42 Rellford, Richard 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Michigan G 21 Robertson, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas G 20 Sundvold, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri G 15 Wilson, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) George Mason C 41 Zevenbergen, Phil 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Washington
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents [ edit ] 1987-88 NBA Records Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS Atlanta — 2–4 2–3 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 5–0 3–3 6–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 Boston 4–2 — 3–3 2–3 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 5–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 Chicago 3–2 3–3 — 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 5–1 5–1 3–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 Cleveland 1–5 3–2 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 5–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 6–0 Dallas 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 1–1 4–1 4–2 2–0 5–0 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 5–1 5–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 Denver 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 — 1–1 4–1 4–2 1–1 5–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 4–2 5–1 4–1 2–4 2–0 Detroit 4–2 3–3 4–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 4–2 5–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 Golden State 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 1–4 0–2 — 0–5 0–2 3–3 0–6 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–5 2–3 3–2 1–5 1–4 0–2 Houston 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–4 1–1 5–0 — 2–0 3–2 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 4–2 2–4 3–2 3–3 2–0 Indiana 2–4 0–5 3–3 2–4 0–2 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 3–3 6–0 2–3 2–4 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 0–5 1–1 3–3 2–3 1–1 — 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 0–6 3–2 0–5 1–5 1–4 0–2 L.A. Lakers 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 6–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 — 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–3 4–1 5–0 4–2 4–1 1–1 Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 1–5 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 2–0 — 3–2 3–3 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 New Jersey 0–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–2 1–1 0–6 2–0 0–2 2–3 — 3–3 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–6 New York 3–3 1–5 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 — 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 Philadelphia 0–6 2–4 2–4 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 4–2 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 Phoenix 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–3 0–2 4–2 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 0–6 3–2 2–3 2–4 2–3 0–2 Portland 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–4 2–0 6–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 — 4–1 5–0 3–3 1–4 2–0 Sacramento 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–4 0–2 3–2 2–4 0–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–4 — 3–3 1–4 1–5 0–2 San Antonio 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–5 1–1 2–3 4–2 0–2 5–0 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–5 3–3 — 3–2 3–3 0–2 Seattle 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–4 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–1 5–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–3 4–1 2–3 — 1–4 2–0 Utah 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–3 4–2 0–2 4–1 3–3 1–1 4–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 4–1 5–1 3–3 4–1 — 2–0 Washington 3–3 1–5 3–3 0–6 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 6–0 3–3 3–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 —
1987–88 game log Total: 31-51 (home: 23-18; road: 8-33) November: 5–8 (home: 4–1; road: 1–7)
December: 8–4 (home: 7–0; road: 1–4)
January: 4–10 (home: 3–5; road: 1–5)
February: 4–9 (home: 3–5; road: 1–4)
March: 5–12 (home: 4–4; road: 1–8)
April: 5–8 (home: 2–3; road: 3–5)
1987–88 schedule
1988 playoff game log First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
1988 schedule
Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Alvin Robertson SG 82 82 2,978 498 557 243 69 1,610 36.3 6.1 6.8 3.0 .8 19.6 Cadillac Anderson PF 82 45 1,984 513 79 54 122 957 24.2 6.3 1.0 .7 1.5 11.7 Walter Berry SF 73 56 1,922 395 110 55 63 1,272 26.3 5.4 1.5 .8 .9 17.4 Kurt Nimphius C 72 7 919 153 53 22 56 316 12.8 2.1 .7 .3 .8 4.4 Frank Brickowski C 70 68 2,227 483 266 74 36 1,119 31.8 6.9 3.8 1.1 .5 16.0 Pétur Guðmundsson C 69 9 1,017 323 86 18 61 395 14.7 4.7 1.2 .3 .9 5.7 Mike Mitchell SF 68 20 1,501 198 68 31 13 919 22.1 2.9 1.0 .5 .2 13.5 Ed Nealy PF 68 1 837 222 49 29 5 142 12.3 3.3 .7 .4 .1 2.1 Johnny Dawkins PG 65 61 2,179 204 480 88 2 1,027 33.5 3.1 7.4 1.4 .0 15.8 Jon Sundvold PG 52 12 1,024 48 183 27 2 421 19.7 .9 3.5 .5 .0 8.1 David Greenwood PF 45 40 1,236 300 97 33 22 385 27.5 6.7 2.2 .7 .5 8.6 Leon Wood † PG 38 8 830 51 155 22 1 352 21.8 1.3 4.1 .6 .0 9.3 Pete Myers SG 22 0 328 37 48 17 6 112 14.9 1.7 2.2 .8 .3 5.1 Ricky Wilson † PG 18 1 373 26 63 17 3 104 20.7 1.4 3.5 .9 .2 5.8 Charles Davis † SF 16 0 187 38 17 0 3 92 11.7 2.4 1.1 .0 .2 5.8 Nate Blackwell PG 10 0 112 6 18 3 0 37 11.2 .6 1.8 .3 .0 3.7 Phil Zevenbergen C 8 0 58 13 3 3 1 30 7.3 1.6 .4 .4 .1 3.8 Johnny Moore † PG 4 0 51 4 11 3 0 8 12.8 1.0 2.8 .8 .0 2.0 Richard Rellford SF 4 0 42 7 1 0 3 16 10.5 1.8 .3 .0 .8 4.0
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