1989–90 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1989–90 NBA season was the Spurs' 14th season in the National Basketball Association, and 23rd season as a franchise. This marked the first NBA season for David Robinson, who was selected by the Spurs as the first overall pick in the 1987 NBA draft. In the 1989 NBA draft, the team had the third overall pick, and selected Sean Elliott from the University of Arizona, and acquired All-Star forward Terry Cummings from the Milwaukee Bucks, and acquired All-Star guard Maurice Cheeks and David Wingate from the Philadelphia 76ers during the off-season. The Spurs held a 32–14 record at the All-Star break, finished with a franchise-best 56–26 regular season record, first place in the Midwest Division, and surpassing the 53-win season of 1982–83.

As the 1980s ended, the 1989–90 season proved to be the rebirth of the Spurs franchise. With his tour of duty at the Navy over, Robinson arrived to the Spurs along with Elliott, Cummings and Cheeks, who only spent half the season in San Antonio, and was traded at midseason to the New York Knicks in exchange for second-year guard Rod Strickland. This season would mark a turning point for the franchise, the Spurs would miss the playoffs only once between 1990 and 2019 (that coming in 1996–97).

Although there was speculation that Robinson might choose not to sign with the Spurs and to become a free agent once his Navy commitment ended, Robinson decided to play in San Antonio. Robinson joined the Spurs for the 1989-90 season, and he helped the team produce the second greatest single season turnaround in NBA history. Robinson had one of the most successful rookie seasons for a center in NBA history, finishing the season as the Rookie of the Year, averaging 24.3 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game, earning All-NBA Third Team, NBA All-Rookie First Team, and NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors, while being selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, which was his first ever All-Star appearance. He also finished in sixth place in Most Valuable Player voting. In addition, Cummings averaged 22.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, while second-year guard Willie Anderson provided the team with 15.7 points, 4.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Elliott contributed 10.0 points per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Spurs swept the Denver Nuggets in three straight games. However, they would lose in a full seven game series to the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semi-finals. The Blazers would lose to the defending champion Detroit Pistons in five games in the NBA Finals. Following the season, Frank Brickowski was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.

For the season, the Spurs introduced a new primary logo, which featured the fiesta colors of turquoise, fuchsia and orange. The uniforms remained silver and black, although starting this season, the team name "Spurs" replaced the city name "San Antonio" on the road jerseys. The "fiesta" logo and the new uniforms both remained in use until 2002.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Sean Elliott	SF	United States	Arizona

Roster

1989–90 San Antonio Spurs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	40	Anderson, Willie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1967–01–08	Georgia
C	33	Blab, Uwe	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1962–03–26	Indiana
C	43	Brickowski, Frank	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1959–08–14	Penn State
F	34	Cummings, Terry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1961–03–15	DePaul
F	32	Elliott, Sean	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1968–02–02	Arizona
F	27	Jones, Caldwell	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1950–08–04	Albany State
F	34	Mitchell, Mike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1956–01–01	Auburn
G	00	Moore, Johnny	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1958–03–03	North Carolina
C	50	Robinson, David	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1965–08–06	Navy
G	1	Strickland, Rod	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1966–07–11	DePaul
F	2	Williams, Reggie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1964–03–05	Georgetown
G	25	Wingate, David	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1963–12–15	Georgetown

Head coach

Larry Brown

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 22, 1990

Roster Notes

Small forward Mike Mitchell was signed by the Spurs before the playoffs began. He did not play during the regular season.

Regular season

The Spurs went from 21–61 in the 1988–89 NBA season to 56–26 in 1989–90, for a remarkable 35-game improvement. They advanced to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs where they lost in seven games to the eventual western conference champions, the Portland Trail Blazers. Following the 1989–90 season, David Robinson was unanimously named the NBA Rookie of the Year, and subsequently SEGA produced a game featuring him entitled David Robinson's Supreme Court.

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	–	34–7	22–19	19–9
x-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	1	36–5	19–22	21–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	47	35	.573	9	30–11	17–24	17–11
x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	13	28–13	15–26	15–13
x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	15	31–10	10–31	13–15
Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	34	17–24	5–36	6–22
Charlotte Hornets	19	63	.232	37	13–28	6–35	7–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	63	19	.768	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	7
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	4
4	x-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	20
8	x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	22

9	Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	26
11	Los Angeles Clippers	30	52	.366	33
12	Sacramento Kings	23	59	.280	40
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	41
14	Charlotte Hornets	19	63	.232	44

Record vs. opponents

1989-90 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–3	2–0	0–5	2–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–1	—	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–2	1–1	5–1	4–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3
Charlotte	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	0–5	0–2
Chicago	5–0	2–2	2–0	—	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	3–2	1–3	1–1	0–5	—	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	—	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	—	0–2	2–2	4–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1
Detroit	2–3	2–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	5–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	2–2	1–1
Houston	0–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–4	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–1
Indiana	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	—	1–4	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–5	2–3	0–4	3–2	0–4	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	—	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	5–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1
Miami	0–4	0–5	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–4	1–5	3–1	0–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Milwaukee	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	4–0	2–2	5–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–5	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	0–5	1–1
New Jersey	2–2	1–5	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	4–1	0–4	1–1	—	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–3
New York	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	5–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	—	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0
Orlando	0–5	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–5	1–1	3–1	2–2	—	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4
Philadelphia	2–2	2–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	5–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–3	5–0	0–4	3–2	3–1	2–0
Portland	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	—	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	0–4	—	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	—	3–1	3–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–3	3–1	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–5	4–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1989–90 game log
Total: 56–26 (home: 34–7; road: 22–19)

November: 8–5 (home: 5–1; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 4	L.A. Lakers	W 106–98	HemisFair Arena	1–0
2	November 8	Portland	L 104–108	HemisFair Arena	1–1
3	November 10	@ Utah	L 92–106	Salt Palace	1–2
4	November 11	Denver	W 122–108	HemisFair Arena	2–2
5	November 14	@ Milwaukee	L 97–108	Bradley Center	2–3
6	November 15	@ Minnesota	W 86–76	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	3–3
7	November 17	@ Philadelphia	L 101–108	The Spectrum	3–4
8	November 18	@ New Jersey	W 110–95	Brendan Byrne Arena	4–4
9	November 21	Phoenix	W 107–98	HemisFair Arena	5–4
10	November 24	@ L.A. Clippers	W 90–89	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	6–4
11	November 26	@ L.A. Lakers	L 112–132	Great Western Forum	6–5
12	November 28	Seattle	W 117–104	HemisFair Arena	7–5
13	November 30	Dallas	W 93–89	HemisFair Arena	8–5

December: 11–2 (home: 7–0; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 2	Charlotte	W 118–110	HemisFair Arena	9–5
15	December 6	Golden State	W 121–119	HemisFair Arena	10–5
16	December 8	@ Dallas	W 99–93	Reunion Arena	11–5
17	December 9	New Jersey	W 109–92	HemisFair Arena	12–5
18	December 12	@ Atlanta	L 94–102	The Omni	12–6
19	December 14	Houston	W 104–100	HemisFair Arena	13–6
20	December 16	Orlando	W 125–116	HemisFair Arena	14–6
21	December 20	Sacramento	W 103–100	HemisFair Arena	15–6
22	December 22	@ Phoenix	W 119–115	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16–6
23	December 23	Utah	W 115–98	HemisFair Arena	17–6
24	December 26	@ Charlotte	W 107–82	Charlotte Coliseum	18–6
25	December 27	@ Washington	W 107–97	Capital Centre	19–6
26	December 29	@ Chicago	L 97–101	Chicago Stadium	19–7

January: 10–6 (home: 7–0; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
27	January 3	Philadelphia	W 103–94	HemisFair Arena	20–7
28	January 6	Minnesota	W 109–96	HemisFair Arena	21–7
29	January 8	@ Orlando	L 102–111	Orlando Arena	21–8
30	January 9	@ Miami	W 107–102	Miami Arena	22–8
31	January 12	@ Boston	W 97–90	Boston Garden	23–8
32	January 13	@ New York	L 101–107	Madison Square Garden	23–9
33	January 15	@ Cleveland	L 89–92	Richfield Coliseum	23–10
34	January 17	New York	W 101–97	HemisFair Arena	24–10
35	January 19	Cleveland	W 104–101	HemisFair Arena	25–10
36	January 20	@ Denver	L 99–126	McNichols Sports Arena	25–11
37	January 22	Washington	W 124–115	HemisFair Arena	26–11
38	January 24	L.A. Clippers	W 106–98	HemisFair Arena	25–13
39	January 26	@ Portland	L 103–109	Memorial Coliseum	26–13
40	January 27	@ Seattle	L 98–109	Seattle Center Coliseum	26–14
41	January 29	@ L.A. Lakers	W 86–84	Great Western Forum	28–13
42	January 31	Charlotte	W 129–95	HemisFair Arena	29–13

February: 8–5 (home: 4–3; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
43	February 2	@ Charlotte	W 118–107	Charlotte Coliseum	30–13
44	February 3	Chicago	W 112–111	HemisFair Arena	31–13
45	February 6	Atlanta	W 105–94	HemisFair Arena	32–13
46	February 8	Indiana	L 100–105	HemisFair Arena	32–14
47	February 13	@ Dallas	L 96–103	Reunion Arena	32–15
48	February 14	Boston	L 95–106	HemisFair Arena	32–16
49	February 16	Utah	W 100–86	HemisFair Arena	33–16
50	February 17	@ Houston	W 104–102	The Summit	34–16
51	February 20	L.A. Lakers	L 114–115 (OT)	HemisFair Arena	34–17
52	February 23	Minnesota	W 105–95	HemisFair Arena	35–17
53	February 25	@ L.A. Clippers	W 107–106	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	36–17
54	February 26	@ Sacramento	W 105–96	ARCO Arena	37–17
55	February 28	@ Golden State	L 135–144 (OT)	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	37–18

March: 11–5 (home: 7–2; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
56	March 2	Golden State	W 131–115	HemisFair Arena	38–18
57	March 3	@ Utah	L 98–112	Salt Palace	38–19
58	March 5	Houston	L 105–109	HemisFair Arena	38–20
59	March 10	Denver	W 118–111	HemisFair Arena	39–20
60	March 12	@ Minnesota	W 92–88	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	40–20
61	March 13	@ Indiana	W 103–102	Market Square Arena	41–20
62	March 15	@ Detroit	L 98–110	Palace of Auburn Hills	41–21
63	March 17	Miami	W 111–98	HemisFair Arena	42–21
64	March 19	@ Phoenix	W 113–102	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	43–21
65	March 20	@ Seattle	W 128–106	Seattle Center Coliseum	44–21
66	March 22	Portland	W 107–106	HemisFair Arena	45–21
67	March 24	Detroit	W 105–98	HemisFair Arena	46–21
68	March 26	@ Houston	L 95–113	The Summit	46–22
69	March 27	Seattle	W 115–103	HemisFair Arena	47–22
70	March 29	Dallas	L 105–109	HemisFair Arena	47–23
71	March 31	Milwaukee	W 107–100	HemisFair Arena	48–23

April: 7–6 (home: 4–1; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
72	April 3	Minnesota	L 90–92	HemisFair Arena	48–24
73	April 4	@ Dallas	L 98–104	Reunion Arena	48–25
74	April 7	@ Sacramento	W 111–93	ARCO Arena	49–25
75	April 8	@ Portland	L 105–112	Memorial Coliseum	49–26
76	April 10	@ Golden State	W 132–122	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	50–26
77	April 12	L.A. Clippers	W 105–98	HemisFair Arena	51–26
78	April 14	Sacramento	W 105–94	HemisFair Arena	52–26
79	April 16	@ Charlotte	W 110–101	Charlotte Coliseum	53–26
80	April 18	Utah	W 102–93	HemisFair Arena	54–26
81	April 20	@ Denver	W 112–108	McNichols Sports Arena	55–26
82	April 22	Phoenix	W 108–93	HemisFair Arena	56–26

1989–90 schedule

Playoffs

1990 playoff game log

First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 26	Denver	W 119–103	Willie Anderson (27)	David Robinson (13)	Rod Strickland (9)	HemisFair Arena 15,910	1–0
2	April 28	Denver	W 129–120	David Robinson (31)	Terry Cummings (13)	Rod Strickland (13)	HemisFair Arena 15,910	2–0
3	May 1	@ Denver	W 131–120	Terry Cummings (28)	David Robinson (16)	Rod Strickland (9)	McNichols Sports Arena 15,604	3–0

Conference semifinals: 3–4 (home: 3–0; road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 5	@ Portland	L 94–107	Frank Brickowski (20)	David Robinson (9)	Rod Strickland (9)	Memorial Coliseum 12,884	0–1
2	May 8	@ Portland	L 112–122	Terry Cummings (33)	David Robinson (8)	Rod Strickland (14)	Memorial Coliseum 12,884	0–2
3	May 10	Portland	W 121–98	David Robinson (28)	Strickland, Cummings (9)	Rod Strickland (17)	HemisFair Arena 15,910	1–2
4	May 12	Portland	W 115–105	Terry Cummings (35)	Terry Cummings (11)	Rod Strickland (14)	HemisFair Arena 15,910	2–2
5	May 15	@ Portland	L 132–138 (2OT)	Terry Cummings (32)	David Robinson (15)	Rod Strickland (7)	Memorial Coliseum 12,884	2–3
6	May 17	Portland	W 112–97	Willie Anderson (30)	David Robinson (13)	Rod Strickland (12)	HemisFair Arena 15,910	3–3
7	May 19	@ Portland	L 105–108 (OT)	Terry Cummings (27)	David Robinson (16)	Rod Strickland (8)	Memorial Coliseum 12,884	3–4

1990 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Robinson	C	82	81	3,002	983	164	138	319	1,993	36.6	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	24.3
Willie Anderson	SG	82	81	2,788	372	364	111	58	1,288	34.0	4.5	4.4	1.4	.7	15.7
Terry Cummings	PF	81	78	2,821	677	219	110	52	1,818	34.8	8.4	2.7	1.4	.6	22.4
Sean Elliott	SF	81	69	2,032	297	154	45	14	810	25.1	3.7	1.9	.6	.2	10.0
Frank Brickowski	C	78	12	1,438	327	105	66	37	517	18.4	4.2	1.3	.8	.5	6.6
David Wingate	SG	78	2	1,856	195	208	89	18	527	23.8	2.5	2.7	1.1	.2	6.8
Caldwell Jones	PF	72	2	885	230	20	20	27	173	12.3	3.2	.3	.3	.4	2.4
Johnny Moore	PG	53	8	516	52	82	32	3	118	9.7	1.0	1.5	.6	.1	2.2
Maurice Cheeks	PG	50	49	1,766	167	302	82	5	545	35.3	3.3	6.0	1.6	.1	10.9
Vernon Maxwell	SG	49	2	1,118	141	146	42	5	340	22.8	2.9	3.0	.9	.1	6.9
Rod Strickland	PG	31	24	1,121	133	249	57	6	439	36.2	4.3	8.0	1.8	.2	14.2
Žarko Paspalj	SF	28	1	181	30	10	3	7	72	6.5	1.1	.4	.1	.3	2.6
Chris Welp	C	13	1	56	12	5	1	0	15	4.3	.9	.4	.1	.0	1.2
Reggie Williams	SF	10	0	68	8	5	1	3	42	6.8	.8	.5	.1	.3	4.2
Uwe Blab	C	7	0	50	9	1	0	0	15	7.1	1.3	.1	.0	.0	2.1
Jeff Lebo	SG	4	0	32	4	3	2	0	6	8.0	1.0	.8	.5	.0	1.5

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
Rod Strickland	PG	10	10	384	53	112	14	0	123	38.4	5.3	11.2	1.4	.0	12.3
Terry Cummings	PF	10	10	375	94	22	7	4	249	37.5	9.4	2.2	.7	.4	24.9
David Robinson	C	10	10	375	120	23	11	40	243	37.5	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	24.3
Willie Anderson	SG	10	10	375	54	52	9	4	205	37.5	5.4	5.2	.9	.4	20.5
Sean Elliott	SF	10	10	291	41	18	9	6	127	29.1	4.1	1.8	.9	.6	12.7
David Wingate	SG	10	0	293	37	38	18	3	91	29.3	3.7	3.8	1.8	.3	9.1
Frank Brickowski	C	10	0	161	44	11	8	1	79	16.1	4.4	1.1	.8	.1	7.9
Johnny Moore	PG	9	0	86	11	21	7	1	16	9.6	1.2	2.3	.8	.1	1.8
Caldwell Jones	PF	9	0	66	13	2	0	3	8	7.3	1.4	.2	.0	.3	.9
Reggie Williams	SF	9	0	49	11	3	2	0	20	5.4	1.2	.3	.2	.0	2.2
Mike Mitchell	F	4	0	15	3	2	0	0	6	3.8	.8	.5	.0	.0	1.5
Uwe Blab	C	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	3	2.5	1.0	.0	.0	.0	1.5

Award winners

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External links

1989–90 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Orlando

Western

Midwest	Charlotte Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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