1978-79 San Antonio Spurs Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 7-7 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Washington Bullets 4-3
Coach: Doug Moe (48-34)
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Attendance: 489,207, Avg. 11,932 in 41 home dates

1978-79 San Antonio Spurs Roster
1978-79 San Antonio Spurs Results

The San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.

San Antonio led the league with 9,780 points. The team yielded 9,355 points.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1978-79 San Antonio Spurs lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George Gervin	G-F	80	80	2888	1749	947			570	471	142	258	400	219	137	91	286	275	2365
Larry Kenon	F	81	0	2947	1484	748			349	295	260	530	790	335	154	19	300	192	1791
James Silas	G	79	0	2171	922	466			402	334	35	148	183	273	76	20	199	215	1266
Billy Paultz	C-F	79	0	2122	758	399			194	114	169	456	625	178	35	125	157	204	912
Mark Olberding	F	80	0	1885	551	261			290	233	96	333	429	211	53	18	163	282	755
Mike Gale	G	82	0	2121	612	284			108	91	40	146	186	374	152	40	153	192	659
Mike Green	C-F	76	0	1641	477	235			144	101	131	223	354	116	37	122	89	230	571
Coby Dietrick	C-F	76	0	1487	400	209			99	79	88	227	315	198	72	38	92	206	497
Allan Bristow	F-G	74	0	1324	354	174			149	124	80	167	247	231	56	15	108	154	472
Lou Dampier	G	70	0	760	251	123			39	29	15	48	63	124	35	8	39	42	275
Frankie Sanders	F-G	22	0	263	127	50			41	32	13	46	59	35	14	3	32	44	132
Glenn Mosley	F	26	0	221	75	31			38	23	27	37	64	19	8	10	20	35	85
Totals		825	80	19830	7760	3927	0	0	2423	1926	1096	2619	3715	2313	829	509	1638	2071	9780

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George Gervin	G-F	80	80	36.1	54.1	82.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	29.6
Larry Kenon	F	81	0	36.4	50.4	84.5	3.2	6.5	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	3.7	2.4	22.1
James Silas	G	79	0	27.5	50.5	83.1	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.5	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.7	16.0
Billy Paultz	C-F	79	0	26.9	52.6	58.8	2.1	5.8	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	11.5
Mark Olberding	F	80	0	23.6	47.4	80.3	1.2	4.2	5.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	2.0	3.5	9.4
Mike Gale	G	82	0	25.9	46.4	84.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.6	1.9	0.5	1.9	2.3	8.0
Mike Green	C-F	76	0	21.6	49.3	70.1	1.7	2.9	4.7	1.5	0.5	1.6	1.2	3.0	7.5
Coby Dietrick	C-F	76	0	19.6	52.3	79.8	1.2	3.0	4.1	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.7	6.5
Allan Bristow	F-G	74	0	17.9	49.2	83.2	1.1	2.3	3.3	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.1	6.4
Lou Dampier	G	70	0	10.9	49.0	74.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.6	3.9
Frankie Sanders	F-G	22	0	12.0	39.4	78.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.0	6.0
Glenn Mosley	F	26	0	8.5	41.3	60.5	1.0	1.4	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.3
Averages		825	80	24.0	50.6	79.5	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.5	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George Gervin	G-F	14	513	295	158			104	84	33	49	82	35	27	15	40	51	400
Larry Kenon	F	14	557	292	128			53	39	57	103	160	42	20	1	33	42	295
James Silas	G	14	475	215	102			80	63	12	30	42	66	21	1	36	39	267
Mark Olberding	F	14	359	103	41			37	29	12	57	69	33	12	5	29	53	111
Mike Green	C-F	14	350	114	48			21	14	35	38	73	11	13	35	18	59	110
Mike Gale	G	14	302	87	38			22	19	10	19	29	56	16	4	16	33	95
Billy Paultz	C-F	13	299	80	30			33	22	24	74	98	30	4	13	14	33	82
Coby Dietrick	C-F	14	281	88	39			8	4	26	39	65	26	12	3	18	41	82
Allan Bristow	F-G	13	163	49	20			21	16	12	15	27	28	9	5	11	17	56
Lou Dampier	G	7	55	14	8			7	4	1	4	5	8	3	1	1	8	20
Glenn Mosley	F	3	6	3	2			3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	5
Totals		134	3360	1340	614	0	0	389	295	222	429	651	336	137	84	216	376	1523

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George Gervin	G-F	14	36.6	53.6	80.8	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	28.6
Larry Kenon	F	14	39.8	43.8	73.6	4.1	7.4	11.4	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.4	3.0	21.1
James Silas	G	14	33.9	47.4	78.8	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.5	0.1	2.6	2.8	19.1
Mark Olberding	F	14	25.6	39.8	78.4	0.9	4.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	7.9
Mike Green	C-F	14	25.0	42.1	66.7	2.5	2.7	5.2	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.3	4.2	7.9
Mike Gale	G	14	21.6	43.7	86.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	4.0	1.1	0.3	1.1	2.4	6.8
Billy Paultz	C-F	13	23.0	37.5	66.7	1.8	5.7	7.5	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.5	6.3
Coby Dietrick	C-F	14	20.1	44.3	50.0	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.9	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.9	5.9
Allan Bristow	F-G	13	12.5	40.8	76.2	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.3	4.3
Lou Dampier	G	7	7.9	57.1	57.1	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.1	2.9
Glenn Mosley	F	3	2.0	66.7	33.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7
Averages		825	25.1	45.8	75.8	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.8	11.4