. . . where the 1970s live forever!


1979-1980 San Antonio Spurs: 41-41 .500
Previous Season Home record: 27-14 (5028 points scored, 4882 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4760 points scored, 4937 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coaches: Doug Moe (33-33), Bob Bass (8-8) 9788 points scored (1st of 22 teams), 9819 points allowed (22th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tim Bassett 6'8 225 28 Georgia Harry Davis 6'7 220 23 Florida State Mike Evans 6'1 170 24 Kansas State Mike Gale 6'4 185 29 Elizabeth City State George Gervin 6'7 180 27 Eastern Michigan Paul Griffin 6'9 205 25 Western Michigan Larry Kenon 6'9 205 27 Memphis Irv Kiffin 6'9 225 28 Oklahoma Baptist Sylvester Norris 6'11 220 22 Jackson State Mark Olberding 6'8 225 23 Minnesota Billy Paultz 6'11 235 31 St. John's Wiley Peck 6'7 220 22 Mississippi State Kevin Restani 6'9 225 28 San Francisco John Shumate 6'9 235 27 Notre Dame James Silas 6'1 180 30 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 78 2934 1024 1940 32 102 505 593 154 249 403 202 110 79 254 208 2585 33.1 F Larry Kenon 78 2798 647 1333 1 9 270 345 258 517 775 231 111 18 232 192 1565 20.1 G James Silas 77 2293 513 999 0 4 339 382 45 122 167 347 61 14 192 206 1365 17.7 F Kevin Restani 82 1966 369 727 5 29 131 161 142 244 386 189 54 12 129 186 874 10.7 F Mark Olberding 75 2111 291 609 0 3 210 264 83 335 418 327 67 22 180 274 792 10.6 F Paul Griffin 82 1812 173 313 0 0 174 240 154 284 438 250 81 53 131 306 520 6.3 G Mike Evans 79 1246 208 464 12 42 58 85 29 78 107 230 60 9 128 194 486 6.2 C Billy Paultz 47 1213 189 381 0 1 66 100 95 226 321 118 47 45 58 127 444 9.4 G Mike Gale 67 1474 171 377 2 13 97 120 34 118 152 312 123 13 115 134 441 6.6 F John Shumate 27 777 138 263 0 1 115 147 65 149 214 52 23 31 50 71 391 14.5 G Wiley Peck 52 628 73 169 0 2 34 55 66 117 183 33 17 23 48 100 180 3.5 F Irv Kiffin 26 212 32 96 0 0 18 25 12 28 40 19 10 2 30 43 82 3.2 C Sylvester Norris 17 189 18 43 0 0 4 6 10 33 43 6 3 12 19 41 40 2.4 F Harry Davis 4 30 6 12 0 0 1 2 2 4 6 0 1 0 3 8 13 3.2 F Tim Bassett 5 72 4 12 0 0 2 3 4 11 15 10 3 0 5 13 10 2.0
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   19  Wiley Peck                52          Mississippi State              
  3   63  Sylvester Norris          17          Jackson State                  
  4   84  Al Daniel                             Furman                         
  5  106  Steve Schall                          Arkansas                       
  6  125  Terry Knight                          Pittsburgh                     
  7  146  Tyrone Branyan                        Texas                          
  9  182  Eddie McLeod                          Nevada-Las Vegas               
 10  199  Glen Fine                             Harvard                        

Traded draft picks:

#2 to POR via SEA  (Andrew Fields)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/02/1980 at Houston Rockets L 85-95 04/04/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 106-101 04/06/1980 at Houston Rockets L 120-141
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 3 122 37 74 0 2 26 30 9 11 20 12 5 3 9 8 100 33.3 G James Silas 3 90 16 36 0 0 11 11 1 6 7 9 6 1 5 8 43 14.3 F Kevin Restani 3 74 17 28 0 1 4 9 8 8 16 3 0 1 2 8 38 12.7 F Mark Olberding 3 97 13 23 0 0 3 4 5 17 22 11 2 1 3 14 29 9.7 F Larry Kenon 3 81 10 34 0 0 6 11 6 7 13 4 0 0 5 6 26 8.7 F John Shumate 3 78 9 20 0 0 3 3 7 6 13 5 4 4 5 9 21 7.0 G Mike Gale 3 69 8 20 1 4 4 7 1 5 6 16 5 0 3 6 21 7.0 F Paul Griffin 3 69 7 14 0 0 6 6 3 12 15 6 0 1 7 9 20 6.7 G Mike Evans 2 12 3 8 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 11 5.5 F Tim Bassett 3 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 0.7 G Wiley Peck 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1979 vs Detroit Pistons L 110-112 0-1 10/16/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 118-116 1-1 10/18/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 134-141 1-2 10/20/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 129-127 2-2 10/23/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 129-120 3-2 10/26/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 129-113 4-2 10/27/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 128-121 5-2 10/30/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 109-142 5-3 10/31/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 130-123 6-3 11/02/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 107-117 6-4 11/04/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 124-127 6-5 11/06/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 108-95 7-5 11/07/1979 at Boston Celtics L 105-117 7-6 11/09/1979 at Washington Bullets L 116-125 7-7 11/10/1979 at New York Knicks W 123-119 8-7 11/13/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 131-127 9-7 11/15/1979 vs New York Knicks W 136-132 10-7 11/16/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 106-105 11-7 11/18/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 105-107 11-8 11/20/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-118 11-9 11/23/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 128-108 12-9 11/27/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 120-143 12-10 11/30/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-100 13-10 12/01/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 124-134 13-11 12/04/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 121-127 13-12 12/05/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 120-132 13-13 12/07/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 117-105 14-13 12/08/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 138-129 15-13 12/11/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 121-127 15-14 12/13/1979 at Utah Jazz L 114-144 15-15 12/15/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 102-101 16-15 12/16/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 119-121 16-16 12/19/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 127-123 17-16 12/21/1979 at Boston Celtics L 114-133 17-17 12/22/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 141-112 18-17 12/26/1979 at Houston Rockets L 110-143 18-18 12/27/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-118 18-19 12/29/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 127-125 19-19 01/01/1980 at New York Knicks L 120-128 19-20 01/02/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-109 20-20 01/04/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 106-115 20-21 01/05/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 119-111 21-21
Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 137-134 22-21 01/11/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-109 23-21 01/12/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 101-120 23-22 01/13/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks L 104-107 23-23 01/15/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 123-119 24-23 01/17/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 112-116 24-24 01/19/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 130-117 25-24 01/22/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 129-109 26-24 01/23/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 144-130 27-24 01/25/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 125-116 28-24 01/27/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks L 111-118 28-25 01/30/1980 at Houston Rockets W 118-111 29-25 02/05/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 115-123 29-26 02/09/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 127-131 29-27 02/10/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 148-128 30-27 02/12/1980 vs Houston Rockets L 118-120 30-28 02/14/1980 vs New York Knicks L 124-128 30-29 02/15/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 131-124 31-29 02/17/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 135-134 32-29 02/20/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 125-117 33-29 02/22/1980 at Washington Bullets L 117-123 33-30 02/24/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 123-129 33-31 02/27/1980 at Boston Celtics L 125-130 33-32 02/28/1980 at New York Knicks L 124-133 33-33 03/02/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 119-123 33-34 03/04/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 108-137 33-35 03/07/1980 vs New York Knicks L 112-118 33-36 03/09/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 118-134 33-37 03/11/1980 at Washington Bullets W 111-104 34-37 03/14/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 113-102 35-37 03/15/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 98-100 35-38 03/16/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 120-107 36-38 03/18/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 100-94 37-38 03/19/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers W 105-99 38-38 03/21/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-109 39-38 03/23/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 95-103 39-39 03/25/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 126-107 40-39 03/26/1980 at Houston Rockets L 101-113 40-40 03/28/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 122-127 40-41 03/30/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 144-124 41-41

Logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.


  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us