Trivia Time

[FromWayDowntown]

Seeing as I wasn't born yet, it's kinda hard to remember. From my view out of the womb, the Spurs were up late when he called some guy out of bounds. Replays showed he wasn't even close to being out of bounds. That's all I could see.

You weren't even born yet, but you're pretty close to right. Game 4 of the 1976 ABA Semifinals between the New York Nets and the San Antonio Spurs, was a strange game filled with fights and drama. SA lead 2 games to 1 in the best of 7. Early in the 2nd Quarter, George Karl and Brian Taylor got mixed up. Former Spur Rich Jones jumped in a bloodied both Karl, Allen Bristow, and Larry Kenon.

After everything settled down, the Spurs managed to grab a 1-point lead with less than 20 seconds to go. At that juncture, Jones (who had somehow avoided an ejection) missed a jumper. When George Gervin had the rebound, Taylor of the Nets stripped the ball away. Julius Erving picked up the loose ball, dunked it, and got the and-1, making a one point Spurs lead a 2-point Nets lead. Drucker was the official on the spot and he made no call on Taylor's strip. The Spurs argued that Taylor was standing out of bounds when he made the strip, and replays showed that they were right. Instead of going up 3 games to 1, the Spurs were forced to go back to Long Island tied 2 a piece, and had to play without James Silas, who had broken an ankle.

Many still believe that Drucker's non-call cost the Spurs their first championship appearance, and might very well have cost them a le.

[Jimcs50]

Malik Rose

Everybody blocks Malik's shots three times on one possession, that is nothing special.

[timvp]

Tim Duncan blocked John "Hot Rod" Williams three times in one possession in his first playoff series.

Trivia Question:

What NBA player had the nickname of "Hot Plate"?

[whottt]

Everybody blocks Malik's shots three times on one possession, that is nothing special.

Yeah but what made it special is that they were teamates.

[whottt]

Tim Duncan blocked John "Hot Rod" Williams three times in one possession in his first playoff series.

Trivia Question:

What NBA player had the nickname of "Hot Plate"?

John Hot plate Williams

[FromWayDowntown]

I never got a response to this one, so I'll try again:

3 players from San Antonio's 1989 AAU National Championship team have ever appeared in NBA games. Shaquille O'Neal and Bo Outlaw are two. Can you name the third?

Very good question. I used to know the answer but I can't come up with it. I think it was some scrubby guard who didn't last in the league too long.

Hmmmm....

I'll give two hints to this one:

1. He is the son of a former NBA player (but not a Spur).

2. He has one of the top 5 scoring outputs in NCAA post-season history.

(and since he's a friend of mine, I should take some exception to the "scrubby guard" comment, but I know where you're coming from . . . .)

Just to get this one over with, the answer is Ski Jones (Askia Jones) who played some games with the T'Wolves in the mid-90's. He's the son of Wali Jones, who started at PG for the 1967 Sixers championship team.

FWIW -- Ski owns a 62 point game (including 45 in the second half, 28 of which came in the first 7 mintues of that half) in the 1994 NIT for Kansas State against Fresno State -- a game in which he hit an NCAA post-season record 14 three pointers, including 9 straight.

[timvp]

Ahhhh ... yes.

[whottt]

1.Name the 4 players who never finished lower than second place in their division in a season in which they were healthy(in a career spanning 10 years or more).


2.Name the players who won the first game of their careers in the regular season as a rookie and won the last game of their career in the NBA finals, playing for the same team throughout.

3.Name the first 3 players to finish the season ranked in the top 10 in 5 different statistical categories.

4.Name the last player to shoot 1000% from the field in an NBA finals game(minimum 7 shots)

5.Name the only 2 players in NBA history to lead all players in blocks pg and rebounds pg in a single postseason.

[FromWayDowntown]

1. How many times have the Spurs swept a playoff series and what series were those?

2. How many times have the Spurs been swept in a playoff series and what series were those?

[FromWayDowntown]

1.Name the 4 players who never finished lower than second place in their division in a season in which they were healthy(in a career spanning 10 years or more).


2.Name the players who won the first game of their careers in the regular season as a rookie and won the last game of their career in the NBA finals, playing for the same team throughout.

3.Name the first 3 players to finish the season ranked in the top 10 in 5 different statistical categories.

4.Name the last player to shoot 1000% from the field in an NBA finals game(minimum 7 shots)

5.Name the only 2 players in NBA history to lead all players in blocks pg and rebounds pg in a single postseason.

I'll just take a wild stab that David Robinson is a correct answer to each of those questions. I know David is a correct answer to questions 1 and 2; I suspect David is a correct answer to questions 3 and 5.

[whottt]

I'll just take a wild stab that David Robinson is a correct answer to each of those questions. I know David is a correct answer to questions 1 and 2; I suspect David is a correct answer to questions 3 and 5.

LOL perhaps...there are others as well...

[whottt]

1. How many times have the Spurs swept a playoff series and what series were those?

2. How many times have the Spurs been swept in a playoff series and what series were those?

1.Lemme think about it...I know we've swept Denver at least twice, LA , Portland....

2.I can think of 4 off hand...the Lakers 3 times, twice in the mid/late 80's, the 2001 WCF, and once by the Celtics.

[whottt]

I'll just take a wild stab that David Robinson is a correct answer to each of those questions. I know David is a correct answer to questions 1 and 2; I suspect David is a correct answer to questions 3 and 5.

And BTW, the only one of those questions to which Drob is the solo answer is #4.

[whottt]

2. How many times have the Spurs been swept in a playoff series and what series were those?

Just thought of the Phoenix series from the year Drob injured his thumb.

I think that's it...

3 times by LA, twice in the 80's, the 2001 WCF, once by the Celts, and the Phoenix series where Drob was out...

[whottt]

1. How many times have the Spurs swept a playoff series and what series were those? ?

Forgot the Grizz from last season...

So...Denver twice, once when DRob was a rookie, and once a long time ago in the 80's, LA 99, Port 99 and the Grizz last season.

[Jimcs50]

1.Name the 4 players who never finished lower than second place in their division in a season in which they were healthy(in a career spanning 10 years or more).


2.Name the players who won the first game of their careers in the regular season as a rookie and won the last game of their career in the NBA finals, playing for the same team throughout.

3.Name the first 3 players to finish the season ranked in the top 10 in 5 different statistical categories.

4.Name the last player to shoot 1000% from the field in an NBA finals game(minimum 7 shots)

5.Name the only 2 players in NBA history to lead all players in blocks pg and rebounds pg in a single postseason.

1. DRob, Bird, Magic and Jabbar

2. Drob, Russell


3. DRob, Shaq and Dream

[whottt]

Drob is right Jim, Shaq and Hakeem are not...Drob was the 3rd man to do it...two others did it before...You can cheat on these questions by the way...they are hard to answer even if you do...

[FromWayDowntown]

And BTW, the only one of those questions to which Drob is the solo answer is #4.

Which game of which Finals was that?

By my count, David never made 7 FG in any Finals game and his best shooting nights were both 6-8's against NJ in 2003 (Games 1 and 6).

From my research, here's DRob's Finals Shooting:
1999
Game 1: 3-10
Game 2: 5-8
Game 3: 6-12
Game 4: 6-15
Game 5: 5-14

2003
Game 1: 6-8
Game 2: 3-6
Game 3: 1-5
Game 4: 4-5
Game 5: 2-4
Game 6: 6-8

[whottt]

Pretty sure it was game 1 of the 2003 finals...let me get my link FWDT...you know it's possible I confused that game with game 1 of the Phoenix series...but let me make sure.

[FromWayDowntown]

Actually, whottt, the answer to your question no. 4 is John Paxson, who was 8-8 in Game 2 of the 1991 Finals. Scott Wedman has the most shots made without a miss at 11, in Game 1 of the 1985 Finals.

. . . . and, yes, I did look it up:NBA Finals Shooting Records

[whottt]

My bad FWDT...it was game 1 of the Phoenix series where Drob went 8-8. I think he still might have been the last guy to do that though.

[FromWayDowntown]

No biggie. I was surprised that I had forgotten such a performance by David. Then I found out that I hadn't forgotten it . . . .

I was relieved -- thought I might have lost my "Uber Spurs Nerd" card!!!

[whottt]

Yeah, unless someone did it last season, Drob was the last guy to do it in the playoffs(minimum 8 shots)...subs ute playoffs for finals...I just got it confused and probably should have rechecked it before I asked the question.

Last guy to do it in the playoffs...minimum 8 shots. Game 1 VS Phoenix in 03. Unless someone did it in the playoffs last year...

[Jimcs50]

1. DRob, Bird, Magic and Jabbar

2. Drob, Russell


3. DRob, Shaq and Dream

4. Paxon

5. Drob and Shaq

[whottt]

Still pretty impressive he did it in the playoffs...

Highest FG Pct (min 8 made), Game 
1.000 Wilt Chamberlain (9/9) LA Lakers at Atlanta 4/17/69 
  Tom Kozelko (8/8) Capital at New York 4/12/74 
  Larry McNeill (12/12) KC-Omaha vs Chicago 4/13/75 
  Scott Wedman (11/11) Boston vs LA Lakers 5/27/85 
  Brad Davis (8/8) Dallas at Utah 4/25/86 
  Bob Hansen (9/9) Utah vs Dallas 4/25/86 
  Robert Parish (8/8) Boston at Atlanta 5/16/88 
  John Paxson (8/8) Chicago vs LA Lakers 6/5/91 
  Horace Grant (8/8) Chicago vs Cleveland 5/13/93

See he's not even in this yet...and I know he did it against Phoenix.


Feel free to debunk my questions #1's and #2 as well, that's why I said people could cheat if they wanted...I kinda had to do that research myself and I am not entirely sure I am right about those...I'm about 99% certain I am right about #1...