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During the 2010 NBA Draft, the Spurs managed held the highest draft pick since the Tim Duncan draft a decade earlier. They drafted rookie James Anderson from Oklahoma State at #20. However, Anderson was soon sitting out of the first half of the season due to injuries. The Big Three however maintained a good healthy status for the '10 part of the season, and went on to obtain the league's best starting record of 25–4 by Christmas Eve. Also fueling the Spurs' re-emergence was a thoroughly revamped Richard Jefferson, whom Popovich personally coached over the summer to find his touch. English bigman Ryan Richards was another draftee of the Spurs, this one at No. 49, however two shoulder surgeries soon left him out of any immediate possibilities. A truly significant development however was the success of R.C. Buford in bringing the Brazilian 7-footer Tiago Splitter to San Antonio from Spain. Still, Splitter missed the preseason, and was injured during the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Yet Popovich was able to ease him lightly into the roster as the season gradually progressed. Popovich proved successful in breathing younger life into the Spurs by these modifications, and the addition of Chris Quinn and Gary Neal, who especially proved to be a valuable asset for the early surge in the season. In the first round in the playoffs Spurs faced the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1, The Spurs fell short 101–98. In Game 2 The Spurs won 93–87. The Spurs went on to lose the next two games the series was 3–1. In Game 5 The Spurs were down by three 95–92 with 9 seconds left Manu Ginobili made a three to tie the game, but the referees reviewed it and counted it as a two. With 2.9 sec Spurs fouled Zach Randolph, Randolph made both free throws the score was now 97–94, with 1.7 sec left of the game. The Spurs gave the ball to Gary Neal and Neal makes the three to send it to Overtime. The Spurs went on to win the game 110–103. The Spurs lost Game 6 99–91 and lost the series 4–2.
+ 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 .