Spurs Trivia

[Blake]

Johnny Moore almost had the first quadruple as a Spur in a game against the Seattle Supersonics. In the 80's he came within 1 steal. Does anyone know what game that was?

January 8, 1985 v Golden State

So close....

[BanditHiro]

1993? Strange choice of arbitrary years

i took a stab at Robinson's rookie year.

[Blake]

i took a stab at Robinson's rookie year.

Why are you here

[Blake]

Question 11: The Navy decided to allow David Robinson to not have to serve a full five year active duty commitment upon graduating from the Academy. This was due in part to his [new] height of 7ft and the Navy figuring out what a huge recruiting asset he would be.

How many years of active service did David perform before finally joining the Spurs in 1989?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 1993

Question 12: Which player did David say he chose #50 because of?

A. George Mikan
B. Ralph Sampson
C. Bob McAdoo
D. Elgin Baylor
E. 1993

Question 13: Besides David, how many other players received first place votes for 1989-90 rookie of the year?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 1993

Question 14: Tim and David are 1-2 in total career rebounds in Spurs history.
Who is third?

A. George Gervin
B. Larry Kenon
C. Mike Mitc
D. Sean Elliott
E. 1993

Question 15: Who is the Spurs all time leader in 3pt field goals made?

A. Bruce Bowen
B. Sean Elliott
C. George Gervin
D. Alvin Robertson
E. 1993

[FromWayDowntown]

These are probably more curiosities than trivia, but:

1. Since the start of the 1998-99 NBA season, the Spurs have won 32 player of the week awards. Tim Duncan has won the award 20 times, Tony Parker has won it 7 times, and Manu Ginobili has won it 3 times. Two other players have each won the award once -- who are they?

2. Who was the last Spur to win the league's Rookie of the Month award?

3. Tim Duncan (453) and David Robinson (312) are first and second in franchise history in blocked shots in playoff games. Who is third?

4. How many current members of the Basketball Hall of Fame were drafted by the Spurs organization and who are they?

5. The Spurs have played every current Western Conference franchise other than the Clippers in at least one playoff series since joining the NBA.

a. against which teams (other than LAC) are the Spurs undefeated?

b. against which teams (other than LAC) are the Spurs winless?

c. the Spurs have played the Lakers (12) and the Suns (10) most frequently; other than those teams, which franchise have the Spurs faced most often in playoff series?

[FromWayDowntown]

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[Blake]

These are probably more curiosities than trivia, but:

1. Since the start of the 1998-99 NBA season, the Spurs have won 32 player of the week awards. Tim Duncan has won the award 20 times, Tony Parker has won it 7 times, and Manu Ginobili has won it 3 times. Two other players have each won the award once -- who are they?

2. Who was the last Spur to win the league's Rookie of the Month award?

3. Tim Duncan (453) and David Robinson (312) are first and second in franchise history in blocked shots in playoff games. Who is third?

4. How many current members of the Basketball Hall of Fame were drafted by the Spurs organization and who are they?

5. The Spurs have played every current Western Conference franchise other than the Clippers in at least one playoff series since joining the NBA.

a. against which teams (other than LAC) are the Spurs undefeated?

b. against which teams (other than LAC) are the Spurs winless?

c. the Spurs have played the Lakers (12) and the Suns (10) most frequently; other than those teams, which franchise have the Spurs faced most often in playoff series?

1. Might be a guy like Derek Anderson or SJax, but I'll go with David and Malik

2. Tough one.....Tony?

3. Gervin?

4. ........is Scola already in?

5.
A. Nuggets?

B. Rockets?

C. Nuggets...jazz.......I'll say Jazz

[FromWayDowntown]

1. Might be a guy like Derek Anderson or SJax, but I'll go with David and Malik

2. Tough one.....Tony?

3. Gervin?

4. ........is Scola already in?

5.
A. Nuggets?

B. Rockets?

C. Nuggets...jazz.......I'll say Jazz

This stuff is really pretty trivial. So you'll know:

1. incorrect (though close)

2. incorrect

3. incorrect

4. incorrect

5. a. partially correct
b. partially correct
c. incorrect (but close)

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

1. Jefferson's had some stellar starts to the season, him and the Admiral?

2. Blair

3. Playoffs blocks? Bowen? If the stats say that's wrong they can kiss my ass. That block on Billups should count as 300 on its own.

4. I'll guess four even though I can only say Robinson for sure.

5. a. Wolves, Nuggets, Sonics, Hornets, Kings
b. Rockets, Warriors
c. Blazers?

[FromWayDowntown]

1. Jefferson's had some stellar starts to the season, him and the Admiral?

2. Blair

3. Playoffs blocks? Bowen? If the stats say that's wrong they can kiss my ass. That block on Billups should count as 300 on its own.

4. I'll guess four even though I can only say Robinson for sure.

5. a. Wolves, Nuggets, Sonics, Hornets, Kings
b. Rockets, Warriors
c. Blazers?

1. still not right. David Robinson is not an answer to this question.

2. Incorrect.

3. Bruce is 4th. But I agree about the Billups block.

4. 4 is close. David is definitely one.

5. a. overinclusive. The Spurs lost a series to Denver in 1985. But they are 3-0 against the Sonics/Thunder franchise, 2-0 against the Wolves, and 1-0 against both the Hornets and Kings

b. Correct.

c. The Spurs have only played the Blazers three times (1990, 1993, 1999).

[Blake]

Somehow I missed that 5ab said teams, just went with first team I thought of.

Cost me the trophy, tbh.

[FromWayDowntown]

No idea when I can get back to this, so answers below:

These are probably more curiosities than trivia, but:

1. Since the start of the 1998-99 NBA season, the Spurs have won 32 player of the week awards. Tim Duncan has won the award 20 times, Tony Parker has won it 7 times, and Manu Ginobili has won it 3 times. Two other players have each won the award once -- who are they? Derek Anderson (March 5, 2001) and Bruce Bowen (January 9, 2005)

2. Who was the last Spur to win the league's Rookie of the Month award? Beno Udrih (December 2004)

3. Tim Duncan (453) and David Robinson (312) are first and second in franchise history in blocked shots in playoff games. Who is third? Robert Horry

4. How many current members of the Basketball Hall of Fame were drafted by the Spurs organization and who are they? 5 -- Pat Riley, Tiny Archibald, Bill Walton, Robert Parish, David Robinson

5. The Spurs have played every current Western Conference franchise other than the Clippers in at least one playoff series since joining the NBA.

a. against which teams (other than LAC) are the Spurs undefeated?

As SFIE noted, Seattle (3-0), Minnesota (2-0), Sacramento and New Orleans (1-0 each)

b. against which teams (other than LAC) are the Spurs winless?

Houston (0-3), Golden State (0-1)

c. the Spurs have played the Lakers (12) and the Suns (10) most frequently; other than those teams, which franchise have the Spurs faced most often in playoff series?

Denver; the Spurs and Nuggets have met 6 times (1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2005, 2007) in the playoffs (the Spurs are 5-1 in those meetings); the Spurs and Mavericks have met 5 times (2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010) and the Spurs and Jazz have met 4 times (1994, 1996, 1998, 2007)

[pgardn]

The Baseline Bums were an outstanding group of drunk ass fans back in the Hemisfair days that would give opposing players all sorts of .

Nowadays, they are a simply a group of regulated old asshats that don't even sit along the baseline. There are rules to get into their "club" and none of those rules including being a bum.

What opposing coach did they throw Guacamole on in the Arena?

Get this right and it makes you old and nothing else.

[FromWayDowntown]

What opposing coach did they throw Guacamole on in the Arena?

Get this right and it makes you old and nothing else.

Larry, Larry, Larry.

[pgardn]

Larry, Larry, Larry.

Bingo.

We have an elderly winner.

Why Guacamole as the projectile of choice?

[FromWayDowntown]

Bingo.

We have an elderly winner.

Why Guacamole as the projectile of choice?

The only good thing about San Antonio, some say, is the guacamole.