1979-80 San Diego Clippers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 35-47
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Gene Shue (35-47)
Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 325,012, Avg. 7,927 in 41 home dates

1979-80 San Diego Clippers Roster
1979-80 San Diego Clippers Results

The San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 35 wins and 47 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference.

The Clippers scored 8,820 points and allowed 9,160. World Free scored a team-best 2,055 points for San Diego, and Freeman Williams averaged 17 or more per game also. Swen Nater contributed 1,216 rebounds. Brian Taylor dished out 335 assists for the squad.

On defense, Brian Taylor added 147 steals.

Gene Shue coached the team.

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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
World Free	G	68	65	2585	1556	737	25	9	760	572	129	109	238	283	81	32	228	195	2055
Freeman Williams	G-F	82	0	2118	1343	645	128	42	238	194	103	89	192	166	72	9	171	145	1526
Swen Nater	C	81	0	2860	799	443	2	0	273	196	352	864	1216	233	45	37	257	259	1082
Brian Taylor	G	78	0	2754	895	418	239	90	162	130	76	112	188	335	147	25	141	246	1056
Bingo Smith	F-G	70	0	1988	819	352	76	22	107	93	92	153	245	93	59	15	72	188	819
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	81	0	2328	682	294	34	5	217	161	171	345	516	144	102	39	170	258	754
Sidney Wicks	F-C	71	0	2146	496	210	1	0	152	83	138	271	409	213	76	52	167	241	503
Nick Weatherspoon	F	57	0	1124	378	164	0	0	91	63	83	125	208	54	34	17	86	136	391
Stan Pietkiewicz	G-F	50	0	577	179	91	36	9	46	37	26	19	45	94	25	4	51	52	228
Bill Walton	C-F	14	7	337	161	81	0	0	54	32	28	98	126	34	8	38	37	37	194
Marvin Barnes	F-C	20	0	287	60	24	0	0	32	16	34	43	77	18	5	12	18	52	64
Jerome Whitehead	C-F	18	0	225	45	27	0	0	18	5	29	41	70	6	1	6	8	32	59
Steve Malovic	F	28	0	277	42	23	0	0	9	7	27	31	58	12	5	1	14	35	53
Bob Carrington	G-F	10	0	134	37	15	2	0	8	6	6	7	13	3	4	1	5	18	36
John Olive	F	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals		729	72	19755	7494	3524	543	177	2167	1595	1294	2308	3602	1688	664	288	1427	1896	8820

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
World Free	G	68	65	38.0	47.4	36.0	75.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	3.4	2.9	30.2
Freeman Williams	G-F	82	0	25.8	48.0	32.8	81.5	1.3	1.1	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.8	18.6
Swen Nater	C	81	0	35.3	55.4	0.0	71.8	4.3	10.7	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	3.2	3.2	13.4
Brian Taylor	G	78	0	35.3	46.7	37.7	80.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	1.8	3.2	13.5
Bingo Smith	F-G	70	0	28.4	43.0	28.9	86.9	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.3	0.8	0.2	1.0	2.7	11.7
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	81	0	28.7	43.1	14.7	74.2	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	2.1	3.2	9.3
Sidney Wicks	F-C	71	0	30.2	42.3	0.0	54.6	1.9	3.8	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.7	2.4	3.4	7.1
Nick Weatherspoon	F	57	0	19.7	43.4		69.2	1.5	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.4	6.9
Stan Pietkiewicz	G-F	50	0	11.5	50.8	25.0	80.4	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.0	4.6
Bill Walton	C-F	14	7	24.1	50.3		59.3	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	13.9
Marvin Barnes	F-C	20	0	14.4	40.0		50.0	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.6	3.2
Jerome Whitehead	C-F	18	0	12.5	60.0		27.8	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.8	3.3
Steve Malovic	F	28	0	9.9	54.8		77.8	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.3	1.9
Bob Carrington	G-F	10	0	13.4	40.5	0.0	75.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	3.6
John Olive	F	1	0	15.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		729	72	27.1	47.0	32.6	73.6	1.8	3.2	4.9	2.3	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.6	12.1