# 1993–94 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Spurs' 18th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season as a franchise. It was also their first season playing at the Alamodome. During the off-season, the Spurs acquired controversial All-Star forward and rebound specialist Dennis Rodman from the Detroit Pistons, signed free agent Sleepy Floyd, and acquired Negele Knight from the Phoenix Suns during the first month of the regular season.
The Spurs went on an 8-game winning streak between November and December after a 4–5 start to the season. The team would then win 13 consecutive games between January and February, holding a 35–14 record at the All-Star break, but then lose seven of their final ten games, finishing second in the Midwest Division with a 55–27 record.
David Robinson captured the scoring title leading the league with 29.8 points, and contributed 10.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.7 steals and 3.3 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, NBA All-Defensive First Team, and was selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game. He also finished in second place in both Most Valuable Player, and Defensive Player of the Year voting. In addition, Rodman led the league with 17.3 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, while Dale Ellis finished second on the team in scoring with 15.2 points per game, Willie Anderson provided with 11.9 points and 4.3 assists per game, and Vinny Del Negro contributed 10.0 points and 4.2 assists per game. Off the bench, Knight averaged 9.3 points and 3.1 assists per game, and J.R. Reid contributed 9.0 points per game.
In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Spurs faced off against the 5th-seeded Utah Jazz. Despite winning Game 1 at home, 106–89, Rodman became a distraction as he scuffled with head coach John Lucas, as the Spurs lost to the Jazz in four games. Rodman had committed a flagrant foul on Jazz guard John Stockton in Game 2, and was suspended for Game 3. Following the season, Lucas departed for a job as head coach and General Manager for the Philadelphia 76ers, while Ellis signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets, Floyd re-signed with the New Jersey Nets, and Antoine Carr signed with the Utah Jazz.
One notable highlight of the season was Robinson recording a quadruple-double of 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 blocks in a 115–96 home win over the Detroit Pistons on February 17, 1994. Another notable highlight was Robinson scoring a career-high of 71 points on the final day of the regular season, in a 112–97 road win over the Los Angeles Clippers on April 24, 1994. In March, Ellis became the first player in NBA history to reach 1,000 career three-point field-goals, as he hit his 1,000 three-pointer in a 107–100 home win over the Sacramento Kings on March 19, 1994.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 47 | Chris Whitney | PG | United States | Clemson |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Midwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Houston Rockets | 58 | 24 | .707 | — | 35–6 | 23–18 | 15–11 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 55 | 27 | .671 | 3 | 32–9 | 23–18 | 16–10 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 53 | 29 | .646 | 5 | 33–8 | 20–21 | 21–5 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 16 | 28–13 | 14–27 | 14–12 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 20 | 62 | .244 | 38 | 13–28 | 7–34 | 5–21 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 13 | 69 | .159 | 45 | 6–35 | 7–34 | 7–19 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-Seattle SuperSonics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – |
| 2 | y-Houston Rockets | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 |
| 3 | x-Phoenix Suns | 56 | 26 | .683 | 7 |
| 4 | x-San Antonio Spurs | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 |
| 5 | x-Utah Jazz | 53 | 29 | .646 | 10 |
| 6 | x-Golden State Warriors | 50 | 32 | .610 | 13 |
| 7 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 16 |
| 8 | x-Denver Nuggets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 21 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 30 |
| 10 | Sacramento Kings | 28 | 54 | .341 | 35 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Clippers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 36 |
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 20 | 62 | .244 | 43 |
| 13 | Dallas Mavericks | 13 | 69 | .159 | 50 |
    z – clinched division title
    y – clinched division title
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1993-94 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 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Boston | 0–4 | — | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Charlotte | 1–4 | 4–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Chicago | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Cleveland | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Dallas | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–1 |
| Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Detroit | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Indiana | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| L.A. Clippers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| L.A. Lakers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Miami | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Milwaukee | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Minnesota | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| New Jersey | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| New York | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 |
| Orlando | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Philadelphia | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Phoenix | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Portland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Sacramento | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | — | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| San Antonio | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 |
| Seattle | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Utah | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 |
| Washington | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |

### Game log
## Playoffs

1994 playoff game log :
First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 28
Utah
W 106–89
David Robinson (25)
Dennis Rodman (11)
David Robinson (7)
Alamodome 18,257
1–0
2
April 30
Utah
L 84–96
Negele Knight (16)
Dennis Rodman (17)
Vinny Del Negro (5)
Alamodome
1–1
3
May 3
@ Utah
L 72–105
Robinson, Carr (16)
Robinson, Cummings (11)
Del Negro, Knight (4)
Delta Center 19,911
1–2
4
May 5
@ Utah
L 90–95
David Robinson (27)
Dennis Rodman (20)
Willie Anderson (7)
Delta Center 19,911
1–3 :
1994 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| David Robinson | C | 80 | 80 | 3,241 | 855 | 381 | 139 | 265 | 2,383 | 40.5 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 29.8 |
| Willie Anderson | SG | 80 | 79 | 2,488 | 242 | 347 | 71 | 46 | 955 | 31.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | .9 | .6 | 11.9 |
| Dennis Rodman | PF | 79 | 51 | 2,989 | 1,367 | 184 | 52 | 32 | 370 | 37.8 | 17.3 | 2.3 | .7 | .4 | 4.7 |
| Dale Ellis | SF | 77 | 75 | 2,590 | 255 | 80 | 66 | 11 | 1,170 | 33.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .9 | .1 | 15.2 |
| Vinny Del Negro | SG | 77 | 56 | 1,949 | 161 | 320 | 64 | 1 | 773 | 25.3 | 2.1 | 4.2 | .8 | .0 | 10.0 |
| J. R. Reid | PF | 70 | 11 | 1,344 | 220 | 73 | 43 | 25 | 627 | 19.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | .6 | .4 | 9.0 |
| Lloyd Daniels | SG | 65 | 5 | 980 | 111 | 94 | 29 | 16 | 370 | 15.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | .4 | .2 | 5.7 |
| Negele Knight$^†$ | PG | 64 | 18 | 1,430 | 103 | 197 | 34 | 10 | 593 | 22.3 | 1.6 | 3.1 | .5 | .2 | 9.3 |
| Terry Cummings | PF | 59 | 29 | 1,133 | 297 | 50 | 31 | 13 | 429 | 19.2 | 5.0 | .8 | .5 | .2 | 7.3 |
| Sleepy Floyd | PG | 53 | 2 | 737 | 70 | 101 | 12 | 8 | 200 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .2 | .2 | 3.8 |
| Chris Whitney | PG | 40 | 4 | 339 | 29 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 72 | 8.5 | .7 | 1.3 | .3 | .0 | 1.8 |
| Antoine Carr | PF | 34 | 0 | 465 | 51 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 198 | 13.7 | 1.5 | .4 | .3 | .6 | 5.8 |
| Jack Haley | PF | 28 | 0 | 94 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 | .9 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.1 |
| Chuck Nevitt | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
* $^†$ 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 |
| David Robinson | C | 4 | 4 | 146 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 80 | 36.5 | 10.0 | 3.5 | .8 | 2.5 | 20.0 |
| Dale Ellis | SF | 4 | 4 | 114 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 28.5 | 2.5 | .3 | .8 | .0 | 10.5 |
| Willie Anderson | SG | 4 | 4 | 106 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 26.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | .5 | 8.3 |
| Vinny Del Negro | SG | 4 | 4 | 93 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 23.3 | 1.8 | 4.5 | .3 | .0 | 7.3 |
| Terry Cummings | PF | 4 | 1 | 72 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 18.0 | 6.3 | .5 | 1.3 | .8 | 8.0 |
| Negele Knight | PG | 4 | 0 | 108 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 27.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | .8 | .0 | 9.3 |
| Lloyd Daniels | SG | 4 | 0 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16.5 | 2.3 | .8 | .0 | .3 | 5.5 |
| J. R. Reid | PF | 4 | 0 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14.0 | 3.0 | .8 | .3 | .5 | 3.8 |
| Sleepy Floyd | PG | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.3 | .3 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
| Dennis Rodman | PF | 3 | 3 | 114 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 38.0 | 16.0 | .7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| Antoine Carr | PF | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12.3 | .3 | 1.0 | .3 | .7 | 6.0 |
| Jack Haley | PF | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.3 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 4.3 |

## Awards and records

* David Robinson, NBA All-Star
* David Robinson, All-NBA Second Team
* David Robinson, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
* Dennis Rodman, NBA All-Defensive Second Team