San Antonio Spurs Trivia
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59 free San Antonio Spurs trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This San Antonio Spurs trivia quiz covers the whole franchise: the Dallas Chaparrals, the Gunslingers name that never took the court, the Iceman's 63-point scoring-title night, the Rodeo Road Trip, David Robinson's Navy service, the Twin Towers, five championships under Gregg Popovich, the 2013 heartbreak and 2014 redemption, Kawhi Leonard's exit, and the Victor Wembanyama era. Expect easy questions on the arena, the mascot and the biggest names, plenty of history for regular fans, and hard ones about the 35 businessmen who leased the team, the Spirits of St. Louis' payout and the record Alamodome crowd. Uniforms, from Fiesta colours to SATX, get their turn too. Every answer was checked against primary and encyclopaedic sources before it went in, so when you miss one you can trust the explanation. Play it solo or run it as a round at your next River Walk watch party. For the wider league, our NBA trivia page is the natural next stop.
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Q 01What name did the Spurs' arena, opened in 2002 under a telecom sponsor, take in 2023?
Frost Bank Center
Frost Bank Center became the name in September 2023 after AT&T, which had moved its headquarters out of San Antonio, chose not to renew its naming deal. The arena opened in 2002 as the SBC Center.
Q 02Which championship trophy did the Spurs lift in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014?
Larry O'Brien Trophy
Larry O'Brien Trophy goes to the NBA champions. After the 2014 title the Spurs let players take it home on a 'Trophy Tour' that reached Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France and Italy.
Q 03Under what name did the Spurs franchise begin play in the ABA in 1967?
Dallas Chaparrals
Dallas Chaparrals became the Texas Chaparrals for 1970–71, playing some games in Fort Worth and Lubbock to win a wider following, then dropped the experiment after one season.
Q 04What was the team briefly called after its 1973 move, before it became the Spurs?
Gunslingers
Gunslingers was the San Antonio investors' first choice of name, but they soon changed it to Spurs and gave the team its black-and-silver look.
Q 05Which San Antonio car dealer helped bring the Spurs to town in 1973?
Red McCombs
Red McCombs and his partners leased the struggling ABA club with an option to buy, then tore up the lease after one season and bought it outright once the crowds came.
Q 06Which future Hall of Famer did the Spurs acquire from the Virginia Squires in January 1974?
George Gervin
George Gervin was sold by the cash-strapped Squires. The ABA commissioner tried to void the deal, but a judge in San Antonio sided with the Spurs.
Q 07Which shot was the signature move of the Spurs' 'Iceman', a four-time NBA scoring champion?
Finger roll
Finger roll in hand, he won his first scoring title on the last day of 1977–78: David Thompson had scored 73 that afternoon, so he needed 58 and got 63, with 33 in one quarter.
Q 08Which defending champions came back from 3–1 down to beat the Spurs in the 1979 Eastern Conference finals?
Washington Bullets
Washington Bullets took Game 7 107–105, and the Spurs had to wait 20 more years to reach their first NBA Finals.
Q 09What annual event forces the Spurs onto an extended February road trip each year?
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo takes over the Spurs' arena each February, so the team leaves on its 'Rodeo Road Trip', a stretch it has often used to turn a season around.
Q 10How do the Spurs traditionally celebrate NBA championships?
Boat parades on the River Walk
Boat parades on the River Walk have followed all five Spurs titles; in 2014 the celebration then moved to the Alamodome, the team's former home, for an evening ceremony.
Q 11Whom did David Robinson edge for the 1993–94 scoring title with 71 points in the Spurs' last regular-season game?
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal averaged 29.3 to Robinson's 29.8 after the Spur scored 71 against the Clippers, breaking a team record of 63 set in 1978, when another Spur also won a scoring title on the last day.
Q 12Which famed college coach did the Spurs hire in 1992 and fire just 20 games into the season?
Jerry Tarkanian
Jerry Tarkanian had won the 1990 national title at UNLV but went 9–11 in San Antonio. His successor John Lucas finished the season 39–22.
Q 13Which Caterpillar dealer bought into the Spurs in 1996 and was chairman for all five of their NBA titles?
Peter Holt
Q 21Whose three-pointer in the final seconds of overtime won Game 5 of the 2005 Finals in Detroit for the Spurs?
Robert Horry
Robert Horry had not scored in the first half, then poured in 21 points off the bench and hit the winner for a 96–95 victory.
Q 22Who was named Finals MVP when the Spurs swept Cleveland in 2007?
Tony Parker
Tony Parker helped the Spurs win the 2003 title, then watched them try to sign Jason Kidd, another point guard, that summer; four years later he was the first European-born Finals MVP.
Q 23A Spurs veteran's hip check on which Suns star in Game 4 of the 2007 series led to a two-game suspension?
Steve Nash
Peter Holt joined three years after local investors bought the team for $75 million, then led the campaign for the public vote that funded its new arena.
Q 14Which rebounder did the Spurs acquire from Detroit in 1993, then trade to Chicago two years later?
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman led the NBA in rebounding in both his Spurs seasons, then won three straight titles with the Bulls after San Antonio dealt him for Will Perdue.
Q 15Which college produced Tim Duncan, whom the Spurs drafted first overall in 1997 after a 20–62 season?
Wake Forest
Wake Forest's star fell to San Antonio only because injuries cost David Robinson almost the whole season, the team sank to 20–62 and then won the draft lottery.
Q 16Whose baseline jumper with 47 seconds left clinched the Spurs' first NBA title in 1999?
Avery Johnson
Avery Johnson, the 'Little General', had bounced around five teams and been released by the Spurs themselves before his shot won Game 5 78–77.
Q 17Which team did the Spurs sweep in the 1999 West semifinals?
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers fell in four straight during the Spurs' 11–1 run through the West, and Game 4 was their last playoff game at the Forum. They then hired Phil Jackson and won the next three titles.
Q 18Which Spurs player returned in March 2000 after receiving a kidney transplant from his brother?
Sean Elliott
Sean Elliott had the transplant weeks after starting every game of the 1999 title season, with a kidney from his older brother Noel, and came back to play the last 19 games of the next one.
Q 19Which team did the Spurs beat in six games in the 2003 NBA Finals?
New Jersey Nets
New Jersey Nets lost the first Finals between two former ABA teams. David Robinson retired a champion after 13 points and 17 rebounds in the clincher.
Q 20Which Lakers guard hit the shot with 0.4 seconds left that stunned the Spurs in Game 5 in 2004?
Derek Fisher
Derek Fisher caught, turned and shot in one motion after Tim Duncan's fadeaway had put the Spurs up 73–72 with 0.4 seconds left. The Lakers won 74–73 and took the series in six.
Steve Nash was knocked into the scorer's table late in a Suns win. Two Phoenix players who left the bench, Amar'e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw, were each suspended for the next game.
Q 24Whom did the Spurs draft 57th overall in 1999?
Manu Ginóbili
Manu Ginóbili stayed in Italy for three more seasons, winning the 2001 EuroLeague with Bologna, and only joined the Spurs in 2002.
Q 25Which guard did the Spurs trade to Indiana on 2011 draft night for the rights to the 15th pick?
George Hill
George Hill went home: he was born in Indianapolis and played college ball there. The pick he fetched became a forward Gregg Popovich soon called the future face of the Spurs.
Q 26Which service academy did Gregg Popovich attend before becoming the Spurs' longtime head coach?
Air Force Academy
Air Force Academy, class of 1970: the Spurs' first title teams paired an Air Force coach with a Navy centre, Naval Academy graduate David Robinson.
Q 27Whose late three-pointer in Game 6 of the 2013 Finals denied the Spurs a title that night?
Ray Allen
Ray Allen tied a game the Spurs had led by five with 28 seconds left. Tim Duncan was on the bench when Chris Bosh grabbed the rebound that set up the shot, and Miami won in overtime.
Q 28Who was named Finals MVP when the Spurs beat Miami in five games in 2014?
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard scored just nine points in each of the first two games, then led the Spurs in scoring in the last three. At 22 he was the youngest Finals MVP since Magic Johnson in 1982.
Q 29Which Spur won the Three-Point Contest at the 2014 All-Star Weekend?
Marco Belinelli
Marco Belinelli beat Bradley Beal in a tiebreaker, then helped the Spurs win 19 straight games that spring and became the first Italian NBA champion.
Q 30Which WNBA star did the Spurs hire in 2014 as the first full-time female coach in a major US pro league?
Becky Hammon
Becky Hammon was still a San Antonio Stars guard when she was hired. A year later she coached the Spurs' Summer League team to the Las Vegas title, the first woman to lead one.