The 2011–12 San Antonio Spurs season is the 45th season of the franchise, 39th in San Antonio and 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.April 27: Defeating Golden State in the season finale, the Spurs achieved their 13th consecutive 50+ win season, a new NBA record.May 1: Gregg Popovich announced as the recipient of the 2011–2012 NBA Coach of the Year Award.May 7: With an 87-81 win the Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz in a 4-0 series sweep in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs.May 20: Spurs completed another series sweep, defeating the L.A. Clippers with a 102-99 win in the second round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs.May 29: With the Spurs Game 2 victory over the Thunder, their 20th consecutive, the Spurs became only the 4th team in NBA history to win 20 or more straight victories.June 6: The Spurs are defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals in a six-game series.Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scraped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
