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+ 2011–2012: Chasing the fifth championship
Coming off the off-season, fresh from the early playoff exit against the Grizzlies, the Spurs made major changes including sending George Hill to his hometown, the Indiana Pacers for San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard, selected #15 overall by the Pacers in the 2011 NBA Draft. They also selected Texas Longhorns' Cory Joseph as the #29 overall pick. During the lockout, Danny Green, DeJuan Blair, and Tony Parker played overseas. After the lockout, the Spurs signed T.J. Ford, who would eventually retire in the middle of the season after playing only 14 games due to a stinger after being elbowed by Baron Davis during a game against the New York Knicks on March 7, 2012. He officially announced his retirement on March 12, 2012 on his Twitter account. The Spurs started their season winning every home game and losing every road game, injuries from Manu Ginobili in two separate occasions, and Tiago Splitter, led to the emergence of Danny Green, and Tony Parker carrying the scoring burden for the team with Ginóbili being out the most. In the month of February, the Spurs only lost 2 games and had an 11-game winning streak from January 30 to February 21. The streak ended against the Portland Trail Blazers, with a 40 point loss due to both Parker and Duncan sitting out.
Before the trade deadline, the Spurs decided to part ways with Richard Jefferson and sent him to the Golden State Warriors for Stephen Jackson, who was a pivotal part of the2003 championship team. Despite their setbacks, the Spurs clinched the Western Conference's top seed for the playoffs. Recently the Spurs signed forward Boris Diaw after Diaw cleared waivers. They also signed former Portland Trail Blazers guard Patrick Mills who played for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the CBA during the lockout giving the Spurs a deeper bench for their playoff run. On April 6, 2012, Ginóbili became the first player in the history of the Spurs to score one thousand three-pointers. The Spurs had another impressive 11-game winning streak from March 21 to April 8 including their back-to-back-to-back games against the Dallas Mavericks, the New Orleans Hornets, and the Philadelphia 76ers from March 23-25, they lost to the Utah Jazz after playing against them the previous night that snapped their second 11-game winning streak of the season with The Big Three sitting out. Popovich would go on to be named Coach Of The Month for both February and March. Spurs won their second back-to-back-to-back set of games against the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Sacramento Kings, the first NBA team to ever do so, and would eventually clinch the division, and at the same time the conference, for the second straight season. Despite the shortened 66-game NBA season due to the NBA lockout, the Spurs managed to make it to 50 wins at the end of the season, tying the Chicago Bulls for the season record, and extending their 50+ win seasons to 13 since 1999-00 season, a new NBA record. On May 2, 2012, Popovich won his second Coach of the Year for the 2012 season .