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1975-76 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Statistics

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50-34, Finished 3rd in ABA(Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bob Bass (50-34)

Points Per Game: 115.6 (2nd of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.5 (4th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 52-32 (2nd of 9)

Arena: HemisFair Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 3.83 (2nd of 9) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.8 (4th of 9)
Offensive Rating: 107.5 (3rd of 9) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.6 (5th of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus New York Nets

1975-76 San Antonio Spurs:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
30 Allan Bristow F-G 6-7 210 August 23, 1951 2 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
25 Coby Dietrick C-F 6-10 220 July 23, 1948 5 San Jose State University
23 William Franklin F 6-7 220 October 19, 1949 2 Purdue University
12 Mike Gale G 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 4 Elizabeth City State University
44 George Gervin G-F 6-7 180 April 27, 1952 3 Eastern Michigan University
23 Stew Johnson F-C 6-8 220 August 19, 1944 8 Murray State University
22 George Karl G 6-2 185 May 12, 1951 2 University of North Carolina
35 Larry Kenon F 6-9 205 December 13, 1952 2 University of Memphis
53 Mark Olberding F 6-8 225 April 21, 1956 R University of Minnesota
42 Tom Owens C-F 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 4 University of South Carolina
5 Billy Paultz C-F 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 5 St. John's University
13 James Silas G 6-1 180 February 11, 1949 3 Stephen F. Austin State University
52 Ken Smith F 6-7 185 July 12, 1953 R University of Tulsa
30 Dennis Van Zant F 6-9 210 June 1, 1952 R Azusa Pacific University
15 Henry Ward G-F 6-4 195 January 30, 1952 R Jackson State University
10 Skip Wise G 6-2 170 July 25, 1955 R Clemson University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 84 20310 3888 7945 .489 26 130 .200 1905 2342 .813 1305 2927 4232 2146 759 583 1576 2032 9707 115.6
Opponent 84 20310 3760 8111 .464 122 419 .291 1720 2254 .763 1307 2628 3935 2036 822 457 1475 2141 9362 111.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 James Silas 26 84 3112 718 1384 .519 0 2 .000 564 647 .872 111 224 335 452 155 24 254 263 2000
2 George Gervin 23 81 2748 706 1414 .499 14 55 .255 342 399 .857 179 367 546 201 110 119 217 288 1768
3 Larry Kenon 23 81 2920 647 1344 .481 0 1 .000 221 283 .781 287 610 897 151 91 43 243 165 1515
4 Billy Paultz 27 83 2958 566 1124 .504 0 2 .000 238 324 .735 210 652 862 340 61 253 231 232 1370
5 Mark Olberding 19 70 1621 233 463 .503 0 0 161 204 .789 149 276 425 124 40 30 114 197 627
6 Mike Gale 25 78 1782 230 506 .455 3 17 .176 64 80 .800 48 159 207 244 123 40 143 145 527
7 Coby Dietrick 27 81 1467 200 403 .496 1 7 .143 68 82 .829 109 240 349 159 67 43 112 257 469
8 George Karl 24 75 1200 150 334 .449 0 9 .000 81 106 .764 13 53 66 250 60 3 108 149 381
9 Henry Ward 24 61 688 154 333 .462 6 23 .261 16 27 .593 45 95 140 35 16 10 45 99 330
10 Allan Bristow 24 47 882 125 271 .461 0 1 .000 78 92 .848 68 106 174 121 24 2 63 81 328
11 Tom Owens 26 39 538 90 182 .495 0 0 46 60 .767 54 101 155 41 3 13 29 97 226
12 Ken Smith 22 19 164 34 83 .410 1 5 .200 13 16 .813 9 15 24 7 4 0 8 22 82
13 Stew Johnson 31 10 123 21 78 .269 1 8 .125 2 4 .500 10 9 19 15 2 0 2 16 45
14 William Franklin 26 10 95 12 22 .545 0 0 9 16 .563 12 17 29 5 3 3 5 16 33
15 Skip Wise 20 2 10 2 4 .500 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 4
16 Dennis Van Zant 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 James Silas 26 84 37.0 8.5 16.5 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 6.7 7.7 .872 1.3 2.7 4.0 5.4 1.8 0.3 3.0 3.1 23.8
2 George Gervin 23 81 33.9 8.7 17.5 .499 0.2 0.7 .255 4.2 4.9 .857 2.2 4.5 6.7 2.5 1.4 1.5 2.7 3.6 21.8
3 Larry Kenon 23 81 36.0 8.0 16.6 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.5 .781 3.5 7.5 11.1 1.9 1.1 0.5 3.0 2.0 18.7
4 Billy Paultz 27 83 35.6 6.8 13.5 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.9 .735 2.5 7.9 10.4 4.1 0.7 3.0 2.8 2.8 16.5
5 Mark Olberding 19 70 23.2 3.3 6.6 .503 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.9 .789 2.1 3.9 6.1 1.8 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.8 9.0
6 Allan Bristow 24 47 18.8 2.7 5.8 .461 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.0 .848 1.4 2.3 3.7 2.6 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.7 7.0
7 Mike Gale 25 78 22.8 2.9 6.5 .455 0.0 0.2 .176 0.8 1.0 .800 0.6 2.0 2.7 3.1 1.6 0.5 1.8 1.9 6.8
8 Coby Dietrick 27 81 18.1 2.5 5.0 .496 0.0 0.1 .143 0.8 1.0 .829 1.3 3.0 4.3 2.0 0.8 0.5 1.4 3.2 5.8
9 Tom Owens 26 39 13.8 2.3 4.7 .495 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.5 .767 1.4 2.6 4.0 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.5 5.8
10 Henry Ward 24 61 11.3 2.5 5.5 .462 0.1 0.4 .261 0.3 0.4 .593 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.6 5.4
11 George Karl 24 75 16.0 2.0 4.5 .449 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.4 .764 0.2 0.7 0.9 3.3 0.8 0.0 1.4 2.0 5.1
12 Stew Johnson 31 10 12.3 2.1 7.8 .269 0.1 0.8 .125 0.2 0.4 .500 1.0 0.9 1.9 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.6 4.5
13 Ken Smith 22 19 8.6 1.8 4.4 .410 0.1 0.3 .200 0.7 0.8 .813 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.2 4.3
14 William Franklin 26 10 9.5 1.2 2.2 .545 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.6 .563 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.6 3.3
15 Dennis Van Zant 23 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
16 Skip Wise 20 2 5.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dennis Van Zant 23 1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 36.0 1.000 0.0 18.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 36.0
2 George Gervin 23 81 2748 9.2 18.5 .499 0.2 0.7 .255 4.5 5.2 .857 2.3 4.8 7.2 2.6 1.4 1.6 2.8 3.8 23.2
3 James Silas 26 84 3112 8.3 16.0 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 6.5 7.5 .872 1.3 2.6 3.9 5.2 1.8 0.3 2.9 3.0 23.1
4 Larry Kenon 23 81 2920 8.0 16.6 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.5 .781 3.5 7.5 11.1 1.9 1.1 0.5 3.0 2.0 18.7
5 Ken Smith 22 19 164 7.5 18.2 .410 0.2 1.1 .200 2.9 3.5 .813 2.0 3.3 5.3 1.5 0.9 0.0 1.8 4.8 18.0
6 Henry Ward 24 61 688 8.1 17.4 .462 0.3 1.2 .261 0.8 1.4 .593 2.4 5.0 7.3 1.8 0.8 0.5 2.4 5.2 17.3
7 Billy Paultz 27 83 2958 6.9 13.7 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.9 .735 2.6 7.9 10.5 4.1 0.7 3.1 2.8 2.8 16.7
8 Tom Owens 26 39 538 6.0 12.2 .495 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.0 .767 3.6 6.8 10.4 2.7 0.2 0.9 1.9 6.5 15.1
9 Skip Wise 20 2 10 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 7.2 10.8 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4 14.4
10 Mark Olberding 19 70 1621 5.2 10.3 .503 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.5 .789 3.3 6.1 9.4 2.8 0.9 0.7 2.5 4.4 13.9
11 Allan Bristow 24 47 882 5.1 11.1 .461 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 3.8 .848 2.8 4.3 7.1 4.9 1.0 0.1 2.6 3.3 13.4
12 Stew Johnson 31 10 123 6.1 22.8 .269 0.3 2.3 .125 0.6 1.2 .500 2.9 2.6 5.6 4.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 4.7 13.2
13 William Franklin 26 10 95 4.5 8.3 .545 0.0 0.0 3.4 6.1 .563 4.5 6.4 11.0 1.9 1.1 1.1 1.9 6.1 12.5
14 Coby Dietrick 27 81 1467 4.9 9.9 .496 0.0 0.2 .143 1.7 2.0 .829 2.7 5.9 8.6 3.9 1.6 1.1 2.7 6.3 11.5
15 George Karl 24 75 1200 4.5 10.0 .449 0.0 0.3 .000 2.4 3.2 .764 0.4 1.6 2.0 7.5 1.8 0.1 3.2 4.5 11.4
16 Mike Gale 25 78 1782 4.6 10.2 .455 0.1 0.3 .176 1.3 1.6 .800 1.0 3.2 4.2 4.9 2.5 0.8 2.9 2.9 10.6

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 James Silas 26 84 3112 21.2 .599 .519 3.7 6.9 5.4 20.0 2.2 0.4 13.2 23.8 119 106 10.5 2.6 13.1
2 George Gervin 23 81 2748 20.0 .556 .504 6.7 12.8 9.9 10.4 1.8 2.3 12.0 25.3 111 103 6.1 3.2 9.3
3 Billy Paultz 27 83 2958 18.6 .541 .504 7.3 21.1 14.5 15.0 0.9 4.5 15.4 19.5 108 100 4.3 4.4 8.7
4 Larry Kenon 23 81 2920 16.6 .516 .481 10.2 20.0 15.3 7.0 1.4 0.8 14.2 22.6 102 103 2.7 3.5 6.2
5 Mark Olberding 19 70 1621 13.9 .567 .503 9.5 16.3 13.0 9.4 1.1 1.0 17.1 15.8 111 104 2.6 1.6 4.2
6 Coby Dietrick 27 81 1467 12.2 .534 .498 7.7 15.7 11.8 13.2 2.1 1.5 20.3 14.5 104 102 1.1 1.9 3.0
7 Mike Gale 25 78 1782 11.2 .487 .458 2.8 8.6 5.8 16.5 3.1 1.2 20.9 14.8 95 103 -0.2 2.2 2.0
8 Allan Bristow 24 47 882 13.5 .527 .461 8.0 11.5 9.8 16.8 1.2 0.1 16.8 16.3 109 106 1.2 0.7 1.9
9 Tom Owens 26 39 538 13.9 .542 .495 10.4 18.0 14.3 9.6 0.3 1.3 12.2 17.0 114 105 1.0 0.5 1.5
10 George Karl 24 75 1200 10.4 .500 .449 1.1 4.2 2.7 25.0 2.2 0.1 22.1 15.7 99 107 0.4 0.9 1.3
11 Henry Ward 24 61 688 11.6 .478 .471 6.8 13.2 10.1 6.9 1.0 0.8 11.5 21.8 97 106 0.1 0.6 0.7
12 William Franklin 26 10 95 14.0 .568 .545 13.0 17.2 15.2 6.3 1.4 1.7 14.7 13.8 116 103 0.2 0.1 0.3
13 Ken Smith 22 19 164 10.6 .455 .416 5.7 8.8 7.3 5.7 1.1 0.0 8.2 23.0 98 107 0.1 0.1 0.2
14 Dennis Van Zant 23 1 2 39.4 1.136 0.0 48.0 24.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.9 250 96 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Skip Wise 20 2 10 2.5 .500 .500 10.3 19.2 14.9 13.2 0.0 0.0 33.3 23.1 78 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Stew Johnson 31 10 123 4.7 .282 .276 8.4 7.0 7.7 15.5 0.7 0.0 2.4 25.6 80 109 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 George Gervin 23 7 288 67 128 0 3 56 69 23 64 19 4 14 17 22 190 .523 .000 .812 41.1 27.1 9.1 2.7
2 Larry Kenon 23 7 277 61 131 1 3 27 30 30 80 16 5 4 33 16 150 .466 .333 .900 39.6 21.4 11.4 2.3
3 Billy Paultz 27 7 254 43 97 0 0 35 40 15 72 19 2 16 14 29 121 .443 .875 36.3 17.3 10.3 2.7
4 Mike Gale 25 7 286 45 98 0 2 13 17 9 40 50 24 10 23 16 103 .459 .000 .765 40.9 14.7 5.7 7.1
5 Coby Dietrick 27 7 208 27 55 0 0 8 13 16 41 15 7 6 17 28 62 .491 .615 29.7 8.9 5.9 2.1
6 Allan Bristow 24 7 97 13 35 0 1 19 24 9 14 12 5 0 8 14 45 .371 .000 .792 13.9 6.4 2.0 1.7
7 George Karl 24 6 64 10 22 0 1 6 9 1 4 17 5 0 5 12 26 .455 .000 .667 10.7 4.3 0.7 2.8
8 Tom Owens 26 7 89 8 24 0 1 7 14 11 24 2 2 2 3 15 23 .333 .000 .500 12.7 3.3 3.4 0.3
9 Mark Olberding 19 7 73 5 15 0 0 3 6 7 22 3 3 2 4 15 13 .333 .500 10.4 1.9 3.1 0.4
10 James Silas 26 1 26 3 10 0 0 4 4 2 4 0 1 0 2 3 10 .300 1.000 26.0 10.0 4.0 0.0
11 Henry Ward 24 5 18 4 12 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 10 .333 1.000 3.6 2.0 0.4 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 George Gervin 23 7 288 23.0 .600 .523 7.9 13.0 10.6 10.7 0.7 2.7 9.7 24.0 124 106 1.0 0.3 1.4
2 Billy Paultz 27 7 254 17.1 .528 .443 5.9 20.5 13.5 11.0 0.4 3.4 10.9 19.9 113 102 0.4 0.4 0.8
3 Mike Gale 25 7 286 16.0 .488 .459 3.1 9.9 6.7 25.2 3.9 1.9 17.9 17.7 101 101 0.1 0.5 0.6
4 Larry Kenon 23 7 277 15.5 .520 .469 10.8 16.5 13.8 9.2 0.8 0.8 18.6 25.2 99 105 0.0 0.3 0.4
5 George Karl 24 6 64 15.2 .501 .455 1.6 4.3 3.0 38.2 3.7 0.0 16.1 19.0 108 105 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Allan Bristow 24 7 97 13.9 .494 .371 9.2 4.7 6.9 17.2 2.4 0.0 14.9 21.7 106 107 0.1 0.1 0.2
7 Coby Dietrick 27 7 208 9.8 .511 .491 7.6 11.0 9.4 10.0 1.6 1.6 21.9 14.7 96 105 0.0 0.3 0.2
8 Tom Owens 26 7 89 7.5 .381 .333 12.3 13.4 12.9 3.0 1.1 1.2 9.0 14.7 94 105 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Mark Olberding 19 7 73 6.4 .368 .333 9.5 18.8 14.4 5.3 1.9 1.5 18.5 11.7 84 101 -0.1 0.1 0.1
10 James Silas 26 1 26 6.7 .425 .300 7.6 7.0 7.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 14.5 20.8 90 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Henry Ward 24 5 18 7.2 .417 .417 5.5 5.1 5.3 0.0 2.6 3.0 7.7 28.4 90 104 0.0 0.0 0.0