1995–96 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1995–96 NBA season was the 20th season for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association, and their 29th season as a franchise. The Spurs hosted the NBA All-Star Game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas this season. During the off-season, the team acquired Will Perdue from the Chicago Bulls, and signed free agents Carl Herrera, who previously won two championships with the Houston Rockets, former Spurs center Greg Anderson, and three-point specialist Brad Lohaus.

The Spurs got off to a solid 11–4 start to the regular season, holding a 31–14 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded Lohaus, and J.R. Reid to the New York Knicks in exchange for Charles D. Smith, and second-year forward Monty Williams. The Spurs posted a 17-game winning streak in March, where they went undefeated posting a 16–0 record, which matched the 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers' record. The Spurs went on to win their second consecutive Midwest Division title with a 59–23 record, and earned the #2 seed in the Western Conference.

David Robinson averaged 25.0 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 3.3 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. In addition, Sean Elliott averaged 20.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, and contributed 161 three-point field goals, while Vinny Del Negro provided the team with 14.5 points per game, and Avery Johnson provided with 13.1 points, 9.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Off the bench, sixth man and three-point specialist Chuck Person contributed 10.9 points per game, and led the Spurs with 190 three-point field goals, and Perdue averaged 5.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.

Robinson and Elliott were both selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game. Robinson also finished in second place in Most Valuable Player voting, and in fourth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, while Del Negro finished tied in fourteenth place in Most Improved Player voting, Person finished in sixth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting, and head coach Bob Hill finished tied in third place in Coach of the Year voting.

In their seventh consecutive trip to the NBA playoffs, the Spurs would easily beat the Phoenix Suns in four games in the Western Conference First Round of the 1996 NBA playoffs. However, in the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Spurs would again stumble in the postseason losing to Karl Malone, John Stockton and the 3rd-seeded Utah Jazz in six games, including a 108–81 road loss in Game 6. Following the season, Doc Rivers retired to become a broadcast analyst for Turner Sports, ending his 13-year career in the NBA.

A notable highlight of the regular season was the Spurs defeating the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies, 111–62 at the Alamodome on November 8, 1995. Vancouver's 62 points were the fifth-lowest number of points scored in a game in NBA history at the time.