1977-78 San Antonio Spurs Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Washington Bullets 4-2
Coach: Doug Moe (52-30)
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Attendance: 373,707, Avg. 9,115 in 41 home dates

1977-78 San Antonio Spurs Roster
1977-78 San Antonio Spurs Results

The San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

San Antonio tossed in 9,385 points and allowed 9,110. George Gervin scored a team-leading 2,232 points for the Spurs, while Larry Kenon netted 18 or more per game, too. Larry Kenon contributed 773 rebounds. Mike Gale dished out 376 assists for the squad.

On defense, Mike Gale added 159 thefts, and Billy Paultz blocked 194 shots.

Doug Moe coached the team. The 1977-78 San Antonio Spurs lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	82	82	2857	1611	864			607	504	118	302	420	302	136	110	306	255	2232
Larry Kenon	F	81	0	2869	1426	698			323	276	245	528	773	268	115	24	279	209	1672
Billy Paultz	C-F	80	0	2479	979	518			306	230	172	503	675	213	42	194	167	222	1266
Lou Dampier	G	82	0	2037	660	336			101	76	24	98	122	285	87	13	95	84	748
Allan Bristow	F-G	82	0	1481	538	257			208	152	99	158	257	194	69	4	146	150	666
Mark Olberding	F	79	0	1773	480	231			227	184	104	269	373	131	45	26	118	235	646
Mike Gale	G	70	0	2091	581	275			100	87	57	166	223	376	159	25	176	170	637
Coby Dietrick	C-F	79	0	1876	543	250			114	89	73	285	358	217	81	55	144	231	589
Mike Green	C-F	63	0	1132	427	195			111	86	108	196	304	66	24	87	83	167	476
Mo Layton	G	41	0	498	168	85			13	12	4	28	32	108	21	4	59	51	182
James Silas	G	37	0	311	97	43			73	60	4	19	23	38	11	1	30	29	146
Jim Eakins	C	16	1	251	52	30			34	29	17	29	46	17	3	10	24	46	89
Scott Sims	G	12	0	95	26	10			15	10	5	8	13	20	3	0	19	16	30
George Karl	G	4	0	30	6	2			2	2	0	5	5	5	1	0	4	6	6
Totals		808	83	19780	7594	3794	0	0	2234	1797	1030	2594	3624	2240	797	553	1650	1871	9385

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George Gervin	G-F	82	82	34.8	53.6	83.0	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	27.2
Larry Kenon	F	81	0	35.4	48.9	85.4	3.0	6.5	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	3.4	2.6	20.6
Billy Paultz	C-F	80	0	31.0	52.9	75.2	2.2	6.3	8.4	2.7	0.5	2.4	2.1	2.8	15.8
Lou Dampier	G	82	0	24.8	50.9	75.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.5	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.0	9.1
Allan Bristow	F-G	82	0	18.1	47.8	73.1	1.2	1.9	3.1	2.4	0.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	8.1
Mark Olberding	F	79	0	22.4	48.1	81.1	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.0	8.2
Mike Gale	G	70	0	29.9	47.3	87.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	5.4	2.3	0.4	2.5	2.4	9.1
Coby Dietrick	C-F	79	0	23.7	46.0	78.1	0.9	3.6	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.9	7.5
Mike Green	C-F	63	0	18.0	45.7	77.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	7.6
Mo Layton	G	41	0	12.1	50.6	92.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.2	4.4
James Silas	G	37	0	8.4	44.3	82.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.9
Jim Eakins	C	16	1	15.7	57.7	85.3	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.1	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.6
Scott Sims	G	12	0	7.9	38.5	66.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.3	2.5
George Karl	G	4	0	7.5	33.3	100.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5
Averages		808	83	24.5	50.0	80.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	11.6

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	6	227	142	78			56	43	11	23	34	19	6	16	19	23	199
Larry Kenon	F	6	200	103	46			19	14	16	39	55	22	5	2	19	23	106
Billy Paultz	C-F	6	191	63	29			17	11	7	34	41	14	5	5	6	10	69
Mike Green	C-F	6	174	58	28			10	9	17	27	44	11	5	16	8	21	65
Mark Olberding	F	6	152	51	25			15	13	9	21	30	14	6	6	8	23	63
Mike Gale	G	6	201	56	25			4	2	7	18	25	31	7	4	17	15	52
Lou Dampier	G	6	129	37	17			4	1	1	6	7	15	4	2	4	7	35
Coby Dietrick	C-F	6	96	27	14			2	1	8	17	25	4	5	5	9	18	29
Allan Bristow	F-G	5	51	15	9			6	4	4	7	11	7	2	0	5	10	22
James Silas	G	3	19	10	3			2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	7
Totals		56	1440	562	274	0	0	135	99	80	192	272	138	46	56	96	151	647

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George Gervin	G-F	6	37.8	54.9	76.8	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	33.2
Larry Kenon	F	6	33.3	44.7	73.7	2.7	6.5	9.2	3.7	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.8	17.7
Billy Paultz	C-F	6	31.8	46.0	64.7	1.2	5.7	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	11.5
Mike Green	C-F	6	29.0	48.3	90.0	2.8	4.5	7.3	1.8	0.8	2.7	1.3	3.5	10.8
Mark Olberding	F	6	25.3	49.0	86.7	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.8	10.5
Mike Gale	G	6	33.5	44.6	50.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.2	1.2	0.7	2.8	2.5	8.7
Lou Dampier	G	6	21.5	45.9	25.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.2	5.8
Coby Dietrick	C-F	6	16.0	51.9	50.0	1.3	2.8	4.2	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.8
Allan Bristow	F-G	5	10.2	60.0	66.7	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.4
James Silas	G	3	6.3	30.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.3
Averages		808	25.7	48.8	73.3	1.4	3.4	4.9	2.5	0.8	1.0	1.7	2.7	11.6