1978-1979 San Antonio Spurs: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (5112 points scored, 4603 allowed) Road record: 19-22 (4668 points scored, 4752 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Doug Moe 9780 points scored (1st of 22 teams), 9355 points allowed (20th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Allan Bristow 6'7 210 27 Virginia Tech Louie Dampier 6'0 170 34 Kentucky Coby Dietrick 6'10 220 30 San Jose State Mike Gale 6'4 185 28 Elizabeth City State George Gervin 6'7 180 26 Eastern Michigan Mike Green 6'10 200 27 Louisiana State Larry Kenon 6'9 205 26 Memphis Glenn Mosley 6'8 195 23 Seton Hall Mark Olberding 6'8 225 22 Minnesota Billy Paultz 6'11 235 30 St. John's Frankie Sanders 6'6 200 21 Southern James Silas 6'1 180 29 Stephen F. Austin Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G George Gervin 80 2888 947 1749 0 0 471 570 142 258 400 219 137 91 286 275 2365 29.6 F Larry Kenon 81 2947 748 1484 0 0 295 349 260 530 790 335 154 19 300 192 1791 22.1 G James Silas 79 2171 466 922 0 0 334 402 35 148 183 273 76 20 199 215 1266 16.0 C Billy Paultz 79 2122 399 758 0 0 114 194 169 456 625 178 35 125 157 204 912 11.5 F Mark Olberding 80 1885 261 551 0 0 233 290 96 333 429 211 53 18 163 282 755 9.4 G Mike Gale 82 2121 284 612 0 0 91 108 40 146 186 374 152 40 153 192 659 8.0 C Mike Green 76 1641 235 477 0 0 101 144 131 223 354 116 37 122 89 230 571 7.5 C Coby Dietrick 76 1487 209 400 0 0 79 99 88 227 315 198 72 38 92 206 497 6.5 F Allan Bristow 74 1324 174 354 0 0 124 149 80 167 247 231 56 15 108 154 472 6.4 G Louie Dampier 70 760 123 251 0 0 29 39 15 48 63 124 35 8 39 42 275 3.9 F Frankie Sanders 22 263 50 127 0 0 32 41 13 46 59 35 14 3 32 44 132 6.0 F Glenn Mosley 26 221 31 75 0 0 23 38 27 37 64 19 8 10 20 35 85 3.3
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 20 Frankie Sanders 69 Southern
3 64 Gerald Henderson 871 Virginia Commonwealth
4 86 Rich Adams Illinois
5 108 Eugene Parker Purdue
6 129 Harry Morgan Indiana State
7 150 Hector Olivencia Sacred Heart
8 168 Henry Taylor Texas-Pan American
9 185 Rick Taylor Arizona State
10 200 Larry Brewster Florida
Traded draft picks:
#2 to SEA (Kevin McDonald)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/15/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-106
04/17/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 121-120
04/20/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 115-123
04/22/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 115-112
04/26/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 97-120
04/29/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 90-92
05/02/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-108
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Eastern Finals
05/04/1979 at Washington Bullets W 118-97
05/06/1979 at Washington Bullets L 95-115
05/09/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 116-114
05/11/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 118-102
05/13/1979 at Washington Bullets L 103-107
05/16/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 100-108
05/18/1979 at Washington Bullets L 105-107
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G George Gervin 14 513 158 295 84 104 33 49 82 35 27 14 40 51 400 28.6
F Larry Kenon 14 557 128 292 39 53 57 103 160 42 20 1 33 42 295 21.1
G James Silas 14 475 102 215 63 80 12 30 42 66 21 1 36 39 267 19.1
F Mark Olberding 14 359 41 103 29 37 12 57 69 33 12 5 29 53 111 7.9
C Mike Green 14 350 48 114 14 21 35 38 73 11 13 36 18 59 110 7.9
G Mike Gale 14 302 38 87 19 22 10 19 29 56 16 4 16 33 95 6.8
C Billy Paultz 13 299 30 80 22 33 24 74 98 30 4 13 14 33 82 6.3
C Coby Dietrick 14 281 39 88 4 8 26 39 65 26 12 3 18 41 82 5.9
F Allan Bristow 13 163 20 49 16 21 12 15 27 28 9 5 11 17 56 4.3
G Louie Dampier 7 55 8 14 4 7 1 4 5 8 3 1 1 8 20 2.9
F Glenn Mosley 3 6 2 3 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1.7
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 117-118 0-1 10/14/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 153-111 1-1 10/17/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 110-107 2-1 10/18/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 127-125 3-1 10/20/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 117-133 3-2 10/22/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 121-134 3-3 10/24/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 132-109 4-3 10/28/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 150-126 5-3 10/31/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 138-139 5-4 11/01/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 115-116 5-5 11/03/1978 at Boston Celtics W 110-103 6-5 11/04/1978 at Washington Bullets L 119-124 6-6 11/08/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 163-125 7-6 11/10/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 102-113 7-7 11/11/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 143-124 8-7 11/15/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 119-125 8-8 11/18/1978 at Houston Rockets L 120-126 8-9 11/21/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 103-108 8-10 11/23/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 116-114 9-10 11/25/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 151-110 10-10 11/29/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-120 10-11 12/02/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 93-104 10-12 12/06/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-111 11-12 12/08/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 123-105 12-12 12/10/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 99-112 12-13 12/12/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 103-107 12-14 12/13/1978 vs New York Knicks W 139-109 13-14 12/15/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 125-113 14-14 12/16/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 104-96 15-14 12/19/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-106 16-14 12/20/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 131-102 17-14 12/22/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 103-92 18-14 12/23/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 130-126 19-14 12/26/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 124-111 20-14 12/27/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 107-115 20-15 12/28/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 112-103 21-15 12/30/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers W 100-94 22-15 01/03/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 123-97 23-15 01/05/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 110-104 24-15 01/06/1979 at New York Knicks L 105-108 24-16 01/09/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-114 25-16 01/11/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 140-111 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-103 27-16 01/17/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 119-101 28-16 01/19/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 113-115 28-17 01/20/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 113-118 28-18 01/24/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 124-95 29-18 01/26/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 125-108 30-18 01/27/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 113-120 30-19 01/28/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 110-123 30-20 01/30/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 112-108 31-20 02/01/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 122-123 31-21 02/02/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 108-133 31-22 02/06/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 111-119 31-23 02/07/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 126-113 32-23 02/09/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 106-125 32-24 02/11/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 125-107 33-24 02/14/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 149-119 34-24 02/16/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 121-120 35-24 02/18/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 104-124 35-25 02/20/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-102 36-25 02/25/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 127-107 37-25 02/28/1979 vs New York Knicks W 135-112 38-25 03/02/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 129-125 39-25 03/04/1979 at Washington Bullets L 128-129 39-26 03/06/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 103-99 40-26 03/10/1979 at New York Knicks W 111-110 41-26 03/14/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 125-112 42-26 03/15/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 122-124 42-27 03/16/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 122-128 42-28 03/18/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 127-147 42-29 03/20/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 120-124 42-30 03/21/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 123-116 43-30 03/23/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 108-115 43-31 03/25/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 113-121 43-32 03/28/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-94 44-32 03/30/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 116-117 44-33 04/01/1979 at Boston Celtics W 112-110 45-33 04/03/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-112 46-33 04/04/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 110-103 47-33 04/07/1979 at Houston Rockets L 106-123 47-34 04/08/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-101 48-34 |