1978-1979 San Diego Clippers: 43-39 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4768 points scored, 4623 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4510 points scored, 4801 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Gene Shue 9278 points scored (6th of 22 teams), 9424 points allowed (22th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bob Bigelow 6'7 215 25 Penn Lloyd Free 6'2 185 25 Guilford Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 27 Iowa Scott Lloyd 6'10 230 26 Arizona State Swen Nater 6'11 240 28 UCLA Connie Norman 6'3 175 25 Arizona John Olive 6'7 210 23 Villanova Stan Pietkiewicz 6'5 200 22 Auburn Randy Smith 6'3 180 30 SUNY - Buffalo Brian Taylor 6'2 185 27 Princeton Kermit Washington 6'8 230 27 American Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 28 Illinois Jerome Whitehead 6'10 220 22 Marquette Sidney Wicks 6'8 225 29 UCLA Freeman Williams 6'4 190 22 Portland State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Lloyd Free 78 2954 795 1653 0 0 654 865 127 174 301 340 111 35 297 253 2244 28.8 G Randy Smith 82 3111 693 1523 0 0 292 359 102 193 295 395 177 5 255 177 1678 20.5 F Nick Weatherspoon 82 2642 479 998 0 0 176 238 179 275 454 135 80 37 184 287 1134 13.8 F Kermit Washington 82 2764 350 623 0 0 227 330 296 504 800 125 85 121 185 317 927 11.3 C Swen Nater 79 2006 357 627 0 0 132 165 218 483 701 140 38 29 170 244 846 10.7 F Sidney Wicks 79 2022 312 676 0 0 147 226 159 246 405 126 70 36 180 274 771 9.8 G Freeman Williams 72 1195 335 683 0 0 76 98 48 50 98 83 42 2 99 88 746 10.4 C Kevin Kunnert 81 1684 234 501 0 0 56 85 202 367 569 113 45 118 141 309 524 6.5 G Connie Norman 22 323 71 165 0 0 19 23 13 19 32 24 10 3 22 35 161 7.3 F Bob Bigelow 29 413 36 90 0 0 13 21 15 31 46 25 12 2 18 37 85 2.9 G Brian Taylor 20 212 30 83 0 0 16 18 13 13 26 20 24 0 17 34 76 3.8 F John Olive 34 189 13 40 0 0 18 23 3 16 19 3 4 0 13 32 44 1.3 C Jerome Whitehead 31 152 15 34 0 0 8 18 16 34 50 7 3 4 11 29 38 1.2 G Stan Pietkiewicz 4 32 1 8 0 0 2 2 0 6 6 3 1 0 1 5 4 1.0 C Scott Lloyd 5 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 8 6 0 0.0
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 114-128 0-1 10/14/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 89-117 0-2 10/15/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 94-98 0-3 10/17/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-94 1-3 10/18/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 125-127 1-4 10/20/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 110-94 2-4 10/21/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 119-125 2-5 10/24/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 124-123 3-5 10/25/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 125-116 4-5 10/27/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 101-113 4-6 10/29/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 103-100 5-6 11/02/1978 vs New York Knicks L 122-127 5-7 11/03/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-119 5-8 11/04/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 106-112 5-9 11/07/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 121-115 6-9 11/08/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 125-163 6-10 11/09/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 101-125 6-11 11/11/1978 at Houston Rockets L 123-136 6-12 11/14/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-106 7-12 11/16/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 112-109 8-12 11/18/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 114-111 9-12 11/21/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 107-113 9-13 11/24/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 120-134 9-14 11/25/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 87-86 10-14 11/26/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 105-103 11-14 11/30/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 104-113 11-15 12/02/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 113-120 11-16 12/06/1978 at Boston Celtics L 111-117 11-17 12/09/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 120-125 11-18 12/10/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 107-106 12-18 12/12/1978 at New York Knicks W 105-103 13-18 12/13/1978 at Washington Bullets L 117-134 13-19 12/17/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 116-110 14-19 12/19/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 113-124 14-20 12/25/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 123-118 15-20 12/26/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-109 16-20 12/28/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 114-116 16-21 12/29/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 111-107 17-21 12/30/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 114-111 18-21 01/02/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 137-119 19-21 01/04/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 99-108 19-22 01/06/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 93-104 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 114-107 20-23 01/11/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 111-140 20-24 01/13/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 119-124 20-25 01/14/1979 at Washington Bullets L 91-125 20-26 01/17/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-117 21-26 01/24/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 122-121 22-26 01/26/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 107-91 23-26 01/27/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-110 24-26 01/28/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 118-128 24-27 01/30/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 117-113 25-27 01/31/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 112-104 26-27 02/02/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 124-100 27-27 02/07/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 113-126 27-28 02/09/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-117 27-29 02/11/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 98-104 27-30 02/13/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 136-138 27-31 02/15/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-112 28-31 02/16/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 118-104 29-31 02/18/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-101 30-31 02/23/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 117-116 31-31 02/25/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 131-116 32-31 02/27/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 124-107 33-31 02/28/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 122-120 34-31 03/02/1979 at Boston Celtics W 106-99 35-31 03/03/1979 at New York Knicks L 108-111 35-32 03/07/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 138-115 36-32 03/10/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-115 37-32 03/14/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-105 38-32 03/17/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 107-102 39-32 03/18/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 110-98 40-32 03/20/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 109-115 40-33 03/21/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 106-103 41-33 03/23/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 119-156 41-34 03/27/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 109-115 41-35 03/29/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 111-116 41-36 03/30/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 121-130 41-37 04/01/1979 vs New York Knicks W 126-116 42-37 04/04/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 107-115 42-38 04/06/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 117-118 42-39 04/07/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-116 43-39 |