SPURS WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS BY THE NUMBERS
CONSISTENSY
Tim Duncan has played in 200 playoff games and becomes the seventh player in NBA postseason history to reach the 200-game plateau.
Robert Horry 237 Playoff Longevity 244 Kareem Abdul Jabbar
With a 92-91 victory vs. the Dallas Mavericks on March 14, 2013 the Spurs clinched a playoff berth for the 16th consecutive season, which is the longest active streak in the NBA. The Silver and Black currently rank tied for sixth all-time in NBA history for Kobe Bryant Shaquille O’Neal 220 216 consecutive playoff appearances. Here’s a look at the longest active and all-time consecutive playoff streaks:
Scottie Pippen ACTIVE consecutive NBA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 208 240 SPURS ‘98 ’13 16 Tim duncan
NUGGETS ‘04 ’13 10 Derek Fisher 200 NBA ALL-TIME consecutive PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
NATIONALS/76ERS ‘50 ’63 / ‘64 ’71 22 TRAILBLAZERS ‘83 ’03 21 3,097 JAZZ ‘84 ’03 20 ACTIVE POINT GUARDS CELTICS ‘51 ’69 19 Tony Parker has become one of the LA LAKERS ‘77 ’93 17 premiere point guards in NBA history. MPLS/LA LAKERS ‘59 ’60 / ‘61 ’74 16 He is the NBA’s all-time postseason leader for points among point guards SPURS ‘98 ’13 16 with 3,097 points. ACTIVE CONS. PLAYOFF APPEARANCES IN ALL 4 PRO SPORTS RED WINGS 22 all-time Playoff SPURS 16 Double Doubles RAVENS 5 MAGIC JOHNSON 157 YANKEES 4 WILT CHAMBERLIN 143
TIM DUNCAN 143 TOP 5 ALL-TIME PLAYOFF WINNING PERCENTAGE SHAQUILLE O’NEAL 142 BILL RUSSELL 137 LAKERS .597 440 297 CELTICS .576 334 253 1/12 HEAT .556 95 76 BULLS .551 177 144 SPURS .549 178 146
19 WINS Manu Ginobili has enjoyed a The number of victories Head Coach Gregg Popovich has successful career in the postseason. won in Western Conference Finals. His 19 victories are Ginobili is 1 of 12 players (Larry 19 the most among all active head coaches and ranks Bird, Kobe Bryant, Clyde Drexler, second behind Phil Jackson’s 28 Western Conference Julius Erving, Dennis Johnson, Finals wins in the Tim Duncan era. Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Jason Kidd, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen and John Stockton) to record at least 2,000 points, 600 rebounds, 500 assists and 200 steals for their postseason career. 40 POINT GAMES Tim Duncan’s 40 points vs. Dallas on May 19, 2003 and 40 points vs. LA Lakers on May 21, 2001 are 40 the most points scored by a Spur in the Western Conference Finals. 36,068 RECORD ATTENDANCE
PLAYER-COACH TANDEM The highest attendance for a Western With a 102-91 win vs. L.A. Lakers on 4.24.13, Tim Duncan & Conference Final game in Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich won their 119 playoff game, franchise history was when 36,068 surpassing Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson for the most wins 125 fans watched the Spurs face the Los by a player-coach duo in NBA postseason history. Angeles Lakers on May 19, 2001 in the Alamodome.