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. George Gervin scored a team-leading 2,365 points for the Spurs, and Larry Kenon averaged 19 or more per game, too. Larry Kenon contributed 790 rebounds. Mike Gale dished out 374 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Kenon added 154 steals, while Billy Paultz blocked 125 shots.

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