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1977-78 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Stats

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Record: 52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Doug Moe (52-30)

PTS/G: 114.5 (2nd of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.1 (18th of 22)
SRS: 3.20 (4th of 22) ▪ Pace: 109.0 (4th of 22)
Off Rtg: 104.5 (2nd of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.4 (13th of 22)
Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 22)

Arena: HemisFair Arena ▪ Attendance: 373,707 (16th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Washington Bullets

Central Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
30 Allan Bristow SF 6-7 210 August 23, 1951 4 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
10 Louie Dampier PG 6-0 170 November 20, 1944 10 University of Kentucky
25 Coby Dietrick PF 6-10 220 July 23, 1948 7 San Jose State University
24 Jim Eakins C 6-11 215 May 24, 1946 9 Brigham Young University
12 Mike Gale SG 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 6 Elizabeth City State University
44 George Gervin SG 6-7 180 April 27, 1952 5 Eastern Michigan University
23 Mike Green C 6-10 200 August 6, 1951 4 Louisiana Tech University
22 George Karl PG 6-2 185 May 12, 1951 4 University of North Carolina
35 Larry Kenon SF 6-9 205 December 13, 1952 4 University of Memphis
1 Mo Layton PG 6-1 180 December 24, 1948 4 University of Southern California
53 Mark Olberding PF 6-8 225 April 21, 1956 2 University of Minnesota
5 Billy Paultz C 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 7 St. John's University
13 James Silas PG 6-1 180 February 11, 1949 5 Stephen F. Austin State University
20 Scott Sims PG 6-1 170 April 18, 1955 R University of Missouri

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 3794 7594 .500 1797 2234 .804 1030 2594 3624 2240 797 553 1665 1871 9385 114.5
Lg Rank 15 3 15 1 9 15 1 22 16 20 4 13 2 12 21 2 2
Opponent 82 19780 3808 8063 .472 1494 1996 .748 1345 2576 3921 2145 837 379 1662 2059 9110 111.1
Lg Rank 15 22 21 13 3 3 7 19 8 15 19 16 7 11 10 18 18

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 49 33 3.35 -0.15 3.20 104.5 101.4 109.0 .500 16.3 28.6 .237 .472 15.7 65.9 .185 HemisFair Arena 373,707
Lg Rank 4 4 4 19 4 2 13 4 1 14 22 9 13 13 22 2 16

Totals

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 George Gervin 25 82 2857 864 1611 .536 504 607 .830 118 302 420 302 136 110 306 255 2232
2 Larry Kenon 25 81 2869 698 1426 .489 276 323 .854 245 528 773 268 115 24 279 209 1672
3 Billy Paultz 29 80 2479 518 979 .529 230 306 .752 172 503 675 213 42 194 167 222 1266
4 Louie Dampier 33 82 2037 336 660 .509 76 101 .752 24 98 122 285 87 13 95 84 748
5 Allan Bristow 26 82 1481 257 538 .478 152 208 .731 99 158 257 194 69 4 146 150 666
6 Mark Olberding 21 79 1773 231 480 .481 184 227 .811 104 269 373 131 45 26 118 235 646
7 Mike Gale 27 70 2091 275 581 .473 87 100 .870 57 166 223 376 159 25 176 170 637
8 Coby Dietrick 29 79 1876 250 543 .460 89 114 .781 73 285 358 217 81 55 144 231 589
9 Mike Green 26 63 1132 195 427 .457 86 111 .775 108 196 304 66 24 87 83 167 476
10 Mo Layton 29 41 498 85 168 .506 12 13 .923 4 28 32 108 21 4 59 51 182
11 James Silas 28 37 311 43 97 .443 60 73 .822 4 19 23 38 11 1 30 29 146
12 Jim Eakins 31 16 251 30 52 .577 29 34 .853 17 29 46 17 3 10 24 46 89
13 Scott Sims 22 12 95 10 26 .385 10 15 .667 5 8 13 20 3 0 19 16 30
14 George Karl 26 4 30 2 6 .333 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 5 1 0 4 6 6

Per Game

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 George Gervin 25 82 34.8 10.5 19.6 .536 6.1 7.4 .830 1.4 3.7 5.1 3.7 1.7 1.3 3.7 3.1 27.2
2 Larry Kenon 25 81 35.4 8.6 17.6 .489 3.4 4.0 .854 3.0 6.5 9.5 3.3 1.4 0.3 3.4 2.6 20.6
3 Billy Paultz 29 80 31.0 6.5 12.2 .529 2.9 3.8 .752 2.2 6.3 8.4 2.7 0.5 2.4 2.1 2.8 15.8
4 Louie Dampier 33 82 24.8 4.1 8.0 .509 0.9 1.2 .752 0.3 1.2 1.5 3.5 1.1 0.2 1.2 1.0 9.1
5 Mike Gale 27 70 29.9 3.9 8.3 .473 1.2 1.4 .870 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.4 2.3 0.4 2.5 2.4 9.1
6 Mark Olberding 21 79 22.4 2.9 6.1 .481 2.3 2.9 .811 1.3 3.4 4.7 1.7 0.6 0.3 1.5 3.0 8.2
7 Allan Bristow 26 82 18.1 3.1 6.6 .478 1.9 2.5 .731 1.2 1.9 3.1 2.4 0.8 0.0 1.8 1.8 8.1
8 Mike Green 26 63 18.0 3.1 6.8 .457 1.4 1.8 .775 1.7 3.1 4.8 1.0 0.4 1.4 1.3 2.7 7.6
9 Coby Dietrick 29 79 23.7 3.2 6.9 .460 1.1 1.4 .781 0.9 3.6 4.5 2.7 1.0 0.7 1.8 2.9 7.5
10 Jim Eakins 31 16 15.7 1.9 3.3 .577 1.8 2.1 .853 1.1 1.8 2.9 1.1 0.2 0.6 1.5 2.9 5.6
11 Mo Layton 29 41 12.1 2.1 4.1 .506 0.3 0.3 .923 0.1 0.7 0.8 2.6 0.5 0.1 1.4 1.2 4.4
12 James Silas 28 37 8.4 1.2 2.6 .443 1.6 2.0 .822 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 3.9
13 Scott Sims 22 12 7.9 0.8 2.2 .385 0.8 1.3 .667 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.6 1.3 2.5
14 George Karl 26 4 7.5 0.5 1.5 .333 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5

Per 36 Minutes

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 George Gervin 25 82 2857 10.9 20.3 .536 6.4 7.6 .830 1.5 3.8 5.3 3.8 1.7 1.4 3.9 3.2 28.1
2 Larry Kenon 25 81 2869 8.8 17.9 .489 3.5 4.1 .854 3.1 6.6 9.7 3.4 1.4 0.3 3.5 2.6 21.0
3 Billy Paultz 29 80 2479 7.5 14.2 .529 3.3 4.4 .752 2.5 7.3 9.8 3.1 0.6 2.8 2.4 3.2 18.4
4 James Silas 28 37 311 5.0 11.2 .443 6.9 8.5 .822 0.5 2.2 2.7 4.4 1.3 0.1 3.5 3.4 16.9
5 Allan Bristow 26 82 1481 6.2 13.1 .478 3.7 5.1 .731 2.4 3.8 6.2 4.7 1.7 0.1 3.5 3.6 16.2
6 Mike Green 26 63 1132 6.2 13.6 .457 2.7 3.5 .775 3.4 6.2 9.7 2.1 0.8 2.8 2.6 5.3 15.1
7 Mo Layton 29 41 498 6.1 12.1 .506 0.9 0.9 .923 0.3 2.0 2.3 7.8 1.5 0.3 4.3 3.7 13.2
8 Louie Dampier 33 82 2037 5.9 11.7 .509 1.3 1.8 .752 0.4 1.7 2.2 5.0 1.5 0.2 1.7 1.5 13.2
9 Mark Olberding 21 79 1773 4.7 9.7 .481 3.7 4.6 .811 2.1 5.5 7.6 2.7 0.9 0.5 2.4 4.8 13.1
10 Jim Eakins 31 16 251 4.3 7.5 .577 4.2 4.9 .853 2.4 4.2 6.6 2.4 0.4 1.4 3.4 6.6 12.8
11 Scott Sims 22 12 95 3.8 9.9 .385 3.8 5.7 .667 1.9 3.0 4.9 7.6 1.1 0.0 7.2 6.1 11.4
12 Coby Dietrick 29 79 1876 4.8 10.4 .460 1.7 2.2 .781 1.4 5.5 6.9 4.2 1.6 1.1 2.8 4.4 11.3
13 Mike Gale 27 70 2091 4.7 10.0 .473 1.5 1.7 .870 1.0 2.9 3.8 6.5 2.7 0.4 3.0 2.9 11.0
14 George Karl 26 4 30 2.4 7.2 .333 2.4 2.4 1.000 0.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 1.2 0.0 4.8 7.2 7.2

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 George Gervin 25 82 2857 24.7 .594 .536 4.5 10.6 7.7 16.1 2.1 1.9 14.0 29.5 111 101 9.2 2.7 12.0 .201
2 Billy Paultz 29 80 2479 19.8 .568 .529 7.6 20.4 14.3 11.5 0.7 3.8 13.0 20.0 111 100 5.6 3.0 8.6 .166
3 Larry Kenon 25 81 2869 19.0 .533 .489 9.4 18.5 14.1 13.1 1.8 0.4 15.1 24.9 103 101 4.5 3.0 7.5 .126
4 Louie Dampier 33 82 2037 13.7 .531 .509 1.3 4.8 3.1 17.6 1.9 0.3 11.9 15.2 108 105 3.0 1.0 4.0 .094
5 Mark Olberding 21 79 1773 12.1 .557 .481 6.4 15.2 11.0 8.9 1.1 0.7 16.9 15.2 107 103 2.5 1.4 3.9 .105
6 Mike Gale 27 70 2091 13.3 .510 .473 3.0 8.0 5.6 21.7 3.3 0.6 22.0 14.8 98 101 1.1 2.2 3.3 .076
7 Allan Bristow 26 82 1481 14.6 .529 .478 7.3 10.7 9.1 16.7 2.1 0.1 18.8 20.2 101 103 1.6 1.2 2.8 .089
8 Coby Dietrick 29 79 1876 11.3 .496 .460 4.3 15.3 10.0 14.0 1.9 1.4 19.5 15.2 95 101 0.5 2.0 2.5 .063
9 Mike Green 26 63 1132 14.3 .500 .457 10.5 17.4 14.1 7.4 0.9 3.8 14.9 19.1 100 100 1.0 1.3 2.2 .095
10 James Silas 28 37 311 13.3 .565 .443 1.4 6.1 3.9 14.9 1.6 0.2 18.9 19.8 105 105 0.5 0.1 0.6 .095
11 Jim Eakins 31 16 251 11.1 .665 .577 7.4 11.6 9.6 8.1 0.5 2.0 26.4 14.0 109 104 0.4 0.2 0.5 .103
12 Mo Layton 29 41 498 11.6 .524 .506 0.9 5.6 3.4 27.5 1.9 0.4 25.4 18.1 93 105 0.0 0.3 0.3 .031
13 George Karl 26 4 30 3.4 .436 .333 0.0 16.7 8.7 18.7 1.5 0.0 36.8 14.0 73 102 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.048
14 Scott Sims 22 12 95 5.2 .460 .385 5.8 8.5 7.2 24.7 1.4 0.0 36.8 21.0 77 105 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.088

Playoffs Totals

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 George Gervin 25 6 227 78 142 .549 43 56 .768 11 23 34 19 6 16 19 23 199
2 Larry Kenon 25 6 200 46 103 .447 14 19 .737 16 39 55 22 5 2 19 23 106
3 Billy Paultz 29 6 191 29 63 .460 11 17 .647 7 34 41 14 5 5 6 10 69
4 Mike Green 26 6 174 28 58 .483 9 10 .900 17 27 44 11 5 16 8 21 65
5 Mark Olberding 21 6 152 25 51 .490 13 15 .867 9 21 30 14 6 6 8 23 63
6 Mike Gale 27 6 201 25 56 .446 2 4 .500 7 18 25 31 7 4 17 15 52
7 Louie Dampier 33 6 129 17 37 .459 1 4 .250 1 6 7 15 4 2 4 7 35
8 Coby Dietrick 29 6 96 14 27 .519 1 2 .500 8 17 25 4 5 5 9 18 29
9 Allan Bristow 26 5 51 9 15 .600 4 6 .667 4 7 11 7 2 0 5 10 22
10 James Silas 28 3 19 3 10 .300 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 7

Playoffs Per Game

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 George Gervin 25 6 37.8 13.0 23.7 .549 7.2 9.3 .768 1.8 3.8 5.7 3.2 1.0 2.7 3.2 3.8 33.2
2 Larry Kenon 25 6 33.3 7.7 17.2 .447 2.3 3.2 .737 2.7 6.5 9.2 3.7 0.8 0.3 3.2 3.8 17.7
3 Billy Paultz 29 6 31.8 4.8 10.5 .460 1.8 2.8 .647 1.2 5.7 6.8 2.3 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.7 11.5
4 Mike Green 26 6 29.0 4.7 9.7 .483 1.5 1.7 .900 2.8 4.5 7.3 1.8 0.8 2.7 1.3 3.5 10.8
5 Mark Olberding 21 6 25.3 4.2 8.5 .490 2.2 2.5 .867 1.5 3.5 5.0 2.3 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.8 10.5
6 Mike Gale 27 6 33.5 4.2 9.3 .446 0.3 0.7 .500 1.2 3.0 4.2 5.2 1.2 0.7 2.8 2.5 8.7
7 Louie Dampier 33 6 21.5 2.8 6.2 .459 0.2 0.7 .250 0.2 1.0 1.2 2.5 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.2 5.8
8 Coby Dietrick 29 6 16.0 2.3 4.5 .519 0.2 0.3 .500 1.3 2.8 4.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.5 3.0 4.8
9 Allan Bristow 26 5 10.2 1.8 3.0 .600 0.8 1.2 .667 0.8 1.4 2.2 1.4 0.4 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.4
10 James Silas 28 3 6.3 1.0 3.3 .300 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 2.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 George Gervin 25 6 227 12.4 22.5 .549 6.8 8.9 .768 1.7 3.6 5.4 3.0 1.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 31.6
2 Larry Kenon 25 6 200 8.3 18.5 .447 2.5 3.4 .737 2.9 7.0 9.9 4.0 0.9 0.4 3.4 4.1 19.1
3 Allan Bristow 26 5 51 6.4 10.6 .600 2.8 4.2 .667 2.8 4.9 7.8 4.9 1.4 0.0 3.5 7.1 15.5
4 Mark Olberding 21 6 152 5.9 12.1 .490 3.1 3.6 .867 2.1 5.0 7.1 3.3 1.4 1.4 1.9 5.4 14.9
5 Mike Green 26 6 174 5.8 12.0 .483 1.9 2.1 .900 3.5 5.6 9.1 2.3 1.0 3.3 1.7 4.3 13.4
6 James Silas 28 3 19 5.7 18.9 .300 1.9 3.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.9 0.0 1.9 1.9 13.3
7 Billy Paultz 29 6 191 5.5 11.9 .460 2.1 3.2 .647 1.3 6.4 7.7 2.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.9 13.0
8 Coby Dietrick 29 6 96 5.2 10.1 .519 0.4 0.7 .500 3.0 6.4 9.4 1.5 1.9 1.9 3.4 6.8 10.9
9 Louie Dampier 33 6 129 4.7 10.3 .459 0.3 1.1 .250 0.3 1.7 2.0 4.2 1.1 0.6 1.1 2.0 9.8
10 Mike Gale 27 6 201 4.5 10.0 .446 0.4 0.7 .500 1.3 3.2 4.5 5.6 1.3 0.7 3.0 2.7 9.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 George Gervin 25 6 227 29.4 .597 .549 5.2 10.3 7.9 13.8 1.2 3.5 10.2 32.8 117 105 1.0 0.2 1.2 .247
2 Mike Green 26 6 174 17.2 .521 .483 10.5 15.8 13.3 8.0 1.3 4.6 11.4 16.2 110 102 0.3 0.2 0.5 .134
3 Billy Paultz 29 6 191 14.5 .490 .460 4.0 18.2 11.3 9.2 1.2 1.3 7.8 16.1 106 104 0.2 0.2 0.4 .093
4 Mark Olberding 21 6 152 16.4 .547 .490 6.4 14.1 10.4 11.7 1.8 2.0 12.2 17.3 112 103 0.3 0.1 0.4 .139
5 Larry Kenon 25 6 200 16.3 .476 .447 8.6 19.9 14.4 15.2 1.2 0.5 14.6 26.2 96 104 0.1 0.2 0.2 .054
6 Louie Dampier 33 6 129 9.9 .451 .459 0.8 4.8 2.8 14.2 1.4 0.8 9.4 13.3 99 108 0.0 0.0 0.1 .032
7 Coby Dietrick 29 6 96 11.2 .520 .519 9.0 18.1 13.7 5.2 2.4 2.6 24.4 15.4 90 100 0.0 0.1 0.1 .043
8 Allan Bristow 26 5 51 16.2 .624 .600 8.5 14.0 11.3 17.7 1.8 0.0 22.1 17.8 111 105 0.1 0.0 0.1 .133
9 Mike Gale 27 6 201 9.8 .450 .446 3.8 9.1 6.5 18.6 1.6 1.0 22.7 14.9 89 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .001
10 James Silas 28 3 19 3.3 .322 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 2.4 0.0 8.4 25.1 70 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.155