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1979-80 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Moe (33-33), Bob Bass (8-8)

Points Per Game: 119.4 (1st of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 119.7 (22nd of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-42 (11th of 22)

Arena: HemisFair Arena ▪ Attendance: 468,657 (9th of 22)

SRS: -0.25 (11th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 109.5 (1st of 22)
Offensive Rating: 108.6 (3rd of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.0 (20th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Houston Rockets

1979-80 San Antonio Spurs:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Tim Bassett F-C 6-8 225 April 1, 1951 6 University of Georgia
23 Harry Davis F 6-7 220 January 27, 1956 1 Florida State University
1 Mike Evans G 6-1 170 April 19, 1955 R Kansas State University
12 Mike Gale G 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 8 Elizabeth City State University
44 George Gervin G-F 6-7 180 April 27, 1952 7 Eastern Michigan University
30 Paul Griffin F-C 6-9 205 January 20, 1954 3 Western Michigan University
35 Larry Kenon F 6-9 205 December 13, 1952 6 University of Memphis
21 Irv Kiffin F 6-9 225 August 8, 1951 R Oklahoma Baptist University
40 Sylvester Norris C 6-11 220 February 18, 1957 R Jackson State University
53 Mark Olberding F 6-8 225 April 21, 1956 4 University of Minnesota
5 Billy Paultz C-F 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 9 St. John's University
54 Wiley Peck G 6-7 220 September 15, 1957 R Mississippi State University
31 Kevin Restani F-C 6-9 225 December 23, 1951 5 University of San Francisco
34 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 April 6, 1952 3 University of Notre Dame
13 James Silas G 6-1 180 February 11, 1949 7 Stephen F. Austin State 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 82 19755 3856 7738 .498 52 206 .252 2024 2528 .801 1153 2515 3668 2326 771 333 1589 2103 9788 119.4
Opponent 82 19755 4000 7997 .500 88 288 .306 1731 2283 .758 1248 2472 3720 2537 828 457 1513 2192 9819 119.7

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 George Gervin 27 78 2934 1024 1940 .528 32 102 .314 505 593 .852 154 249 403 202 110 79 254 208 2585
2 Larry Kenon 27 78 2798 647 1333 .485 1 9 .111 270 345 .783 258 517 775 231 111 18 232 192 1565
3 James Silas 30 77 2293 513 999 .514 0 4 .000 339 382 .887 45 122 167 347 61 14 192 206 1365
4 Kevin Restani 28 82 1966 369 727 .508 5 29 .172 131 161 .814 142 244 386 189 54 12 129 186 874
5 Mark Olberding 23 75 2111 291 609 .478 0 3 .000 210 264 .795 83 335 418 327 67 22 180 274 792
6 Paul Griffin 26 82 1812 173 313 .553 0 0 174 240 .725 154 284 438 250 81 53 131 306 520
7 Mike Evans 24 79 1246 208 464 .448 12 42 .286 58 85 .682 29 78 107 230 60 9 128 194 486
8 Billy Paultz 31 47 1213 189 381 .496 0 1 .000 66 100 .660 95 226 321 118 47 45 58 127 444
9 Mike Gale 29 67 1474 171 377 .454 2 13 .154 97 120 .808 34 118 152 312 123 13 115 134 441
10 John Shumate 27 27 777 138 263 .525 0 1 .000 115 147 .782 65 149 214 52 23 31 50 71 391
11 Wiley Peck 22 52 628 73 169 .432 0 2 .000 34 55 .618 66 117 183 33 17 23 48 100 180
12 Irv Kiffin 28 26 212 32 96 .333 0 0 18 25 .720 12 28 40 19 10 2 30 43 82
13 Sylvester Norris 22 17 189 18 43 .419 0 0 4 6 .667 10 33 43 6 3 12 19 41 40
14 Harry Davis 24 4 30 6 12 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 2 4 6 0 1 0 3 8 13
15 Tim Bassett 28 5 72 4 12 .333 0 0 2 3 .667 4 11 15 10 3 0 5 13 10

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 George Gervin 27 78 37.6 13.1 24.9 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.5 7.6 .852 2.0 3.2 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.1
2 Larry Kenon 27 78 35.9 8.3 17.1 .485 0.0 0.1 .111 3.5 4.4 .783 3.3 6.6 9.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 3.0 2.5 20.1
3 James Silas 30 77 29.8 6.7 13.0 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.0 .887 0.6 1.6 2.2 4.5 0.8 0.2 2.5 2.7 17.7
4 John Shumate 27 27 28.8 5.1 9.7 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.4 .782 2.4 5.5 7.9 1.9 0.9 1.1 1.9 2.6 14.5
5 Kevin Restani 28 82 24.0 4.5 8.9 .508 0.1 0.4 .172 1.6 2.0 .814 1.7 3.0 4.7 2.3 0.7 0.1 1.6 2.3 10.7
6 Mark Olberding 23 75 28.1 3.9 8.1 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.5 .795 1.1 4.5 5.6 4.4 0.9 0.3 2.4 3.7 10.6
7 Billy Paultz 31 47 25.8 4.0 8.1 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .660 2.0 4.8 6.8 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.7 9.4
8 Mike Gale 29 67 22.0 2.6 5.6 .454 0.0 0.2 .154 1.4 1.8 .808 0.5 1.8 2.3 4.7 1.8 0.2 1.7 2.0 6.6
9 Paul Griffin 26 82 22.1 2.1 3.8 .553 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.9 .725 1.9 3.5 5.3 3.0 1.0 0.6 1.6 3.7 6.3
10 Mike Evans 24 79 15.8 2.6 5.9 .448 0.2 0.5 .286 0.7 1.1 .682 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.5 6.2
11 Wiley Peck 22 52 12.1 1.4 3.3 .432 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .618 1.3 2.3 3.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.9 3.5
12 Harry Davis 24 4 7.5 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .500 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 2.0 3.3
13 Irv Kiffin 28 26 8.2 1.2 3.7 .333 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .720 0.5 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 1.2 1.7 3.2
14 Sylvester Norris 22 17 11.1 1.1 2.5 .419 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .667 0.6 1.9 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.1 2.4 2.4
15 Tim Bassett 28 5 14.4 0.8 2.4 .333 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .667 0.8 2.2 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.0 1.0 2.6 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 George Gervin 27 78 2934 12.6 23.8 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.2 7.3 .852 1.9 3.1 4.9 2.5 1.3 1.0 3.1 2.6 31.7
2 James Silas 30 77 2293 8.1 15.7 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 5.3 6.0 .887 0.7 1.9 2.6 5.4 1.0 0.2 3.0 3.2 21.4
3 Larry Kenon 27 78 2798 8.3 17.2 .485 0.0 0.1 .111 3.5 4.4 .783 3.3 6.7 10.0 3.0 1.4 0.2 3.0 2.5 20.1
4 John Shumate 27 27 777 6.4 12.2 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 5.3 6.8 .782 3.0 6.9 9.9 2.4 1.1 1.4 2.3 3.3 18.1
5 Kevin Restani 28 82 1966 6.8 13.3 .508 0.1 0.5 .172 2.4 2.9 .814 2.6 4.5 7.1 3.5 1.0 0.2 2.4 3.4 16.0
6 Harry Davis 24 4 30 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.4 .500 2.4 4.8 7.2 0.0 1.2 0.0 3.6 9.6 15.6
7 Mike Evans 24 79 1246 6.0 13.4 .448 0.3 1.2 .286 1.7 2.5 .682 0.8 2.3 3.1 6.6 1.7 0.3 3.7 5.6 14.0
8 Irv Kiffin 28 26 212 5.4 16.3 .333 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.2 .720 2.0 4.8 6.8 3.2 1.7 0.3 5.1 7.3 13.9
9 Mark Olberding 23 75 2111 5.0 10.4 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 3.6 4.5 .795 1.4 5.7 7.1 5.6 1.1 0.4 3.1 4.7 13.5
10 Billy Paultz 31 47 1213 5.6 11.3 .496 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.0 .660 2.8 6.7 9.5 3.5 1.4 1.3 1.7 3.8 13.2
11 Mike Gale 29 67 1474 4.2 9.2 .454 0.0 0.3 .154 2.4 2.9 .808 0.8 2.9 3.7 7.6 3.0 0.3 2.8 3.3 10.8
12 Paul Griffin 26 82 1812 3.4 6.2 .553 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.8 .725 3.1 5.6 8.7 5.0 1.6 1.1 2.6 6.1 10.3
13 Wiley Peck 22 52 628 4.2 9.7 .432 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 3.2 .618 3.8 6.7 10.5 1.9 1.0 1.3 2.8 5.7 10.3
14 Sylvester Norris 22 17 189 3.4 8.2 .419 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .667 1.9 6.3 8.2 1.1 0.6 2.3 3.6 7.8 7.6
15 Tim Bassett 28 5 72 2.0 6.0 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 2.0 5.5 7.5 5.0 1.5 0.0 2.5 6.5 5.0

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 27 78 2934 24.0 .587 .536 5.7 8.9 7.3 11.0 1.6 1.4 10.3 31.7 115 110 9.3 1.3 10.6
2 James Silas 30 77 2293 16.7 .585 .514 2.1 5.6 3.9 20.1 1.2 0.3 14.1 22.4 114 113 5.3 0.2 5.5
3 Larry Kenon 27 78 2798 17.2 .527 .486 10.1 19.4 14.8 11.1 1.7 0.3 13.5 23.2 106 108 3.4 2.0 5.4
4 Paul Griffin 26 82 1812 13.2 .621 .553 9.3 16.5 12.9 15.7 2.0 1.5 23.8 11.5 116 107 2.9 1.5 4.4
5 Kevin Restani 28 82 1966 13.9 .548 .511 7.9 13.0 10.5 12.2 1.2 0.3 13.9 17.8 110 111 2.7 0.7 3.5
6 Mark Olberding 23 75 2111 12.4 .546 .478 4.3 16.7 10.6 18.5 1.4 0.5 19.9 16.2 105 109 1.9 1.2 3.1
7 Billy Paultz 31 47 1213 14.7 .522 .496 8.5 19.6 14.2 11.9 1.7 1.9 12.0 15.1 111 107 1.6 1.1 2.6
8 John Shumate 27 27 777 18.0 .597 .525 9.1 20.1 14.7 8.4 1.3 2.0 13.2 18.4 118 107 1.8 0.6 2.5
9 Mike Gale 29 67 1474 13.3 .513 .456 2.5 8.4 5.5 24.6 3.7 0.5 21.1 14.0 104 107 1.0 1.2 2.2
10 Wiley Peck 22 52 628 8.9 .466 .432 11.5 19.6 15.6 6.1 1.2 1.9 19.9 14.5 94 108 -0.2 0.5 0.3
11 Mike Evans 24 79 1246 9.8 .485 .461 2.5 6.6 4.6 22.8 2.1 0.4 20.3 19.1 94 110 -0.4 0.5 0.1
12 Harry Davis 24 4 30 5.8 .505 .500 7.3 14.0 10.7 0.0 1.5 0.0 18.9 20.0 87 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Tim Bassett 28 5 72 5.3 .375 .333 6.1 16.0 11.1 15.1 1.8 0.0 27.3 9.6 86 109 -0.1 0.0 0.0
14 Sylvester Norris 22 17 189 3.3 .438 .419 5.8 18.3 12.2 3.6 0.7 3.3 29.4 12.9 74 108 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
15 Irv Kiffin 28 26 212 3.7 .383 .333 6.2 13.9 10.1 10.9 2.1 0.5 21.9 24.5 74 108 -0.7 0.1 -0.6

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 27 3 122 37 74 0 2 26 30 9 20 12 5 3 9 8 100 .500 .000 .867 40.7 33.3 6.7 4.0
2 James Silas 30 3 90 16 36 0 0 11 11 1 7 9 6 1 5 8 43 .444 1.000 30.0 14.3 2.3 3.0
3 Kevin Restani 28 3 74 17 28 0 1 4 9 8 16 3 0 1 2 8 38 .607 .000 .444 24.7 12.7 5.3 1.0
4 Mark Olberding 23 3 97 13 23 0 0 3 4 5 22 11 2 1 3 14 29 .565 .750 32.3 9.7 7.3 3.7
5 Larry Kenon 27 3 81 10 34 0 0 6 11 6 13 4 0 0 5 6 26 .294 .545 27.0 8.7 4.3 1.3
6 John Shumate 27 3 78 9 20 0 0 3 3 7 13 5 4 4 5 9 21 .450 1.000 26.0 7.0 4.3 1.7
7 Mike Gale 29 3 69 8 20 1 4 4 7 1 6 16 5 0 3 6 21 .400 .250 .571 23.0 7.0 2.0 5.3
8 Paul Griffin 26 3 69 7 14 0 0 6 6 3 15 6 0 1 7 9 20 .500 1.000 23.0 6.7 5.0 2.0
9 Mike Evans 24 2 12 3 8 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 11 .375 .500 .750 6.0 5.5 1.0 1.0
10 Tim Bassett 28 3 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 .500 6.3 0.7 0.3 0.0
11 Wiley Peck 22 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 4.5 0.0 1.5 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 27 3 122 28.2 .573 .500 7.7 10.2 8.9 18.3 2.0 1.4 9.4 33.4 117 115 0.5 0.0 0.5
2 Kevin Restani 28 3 74 18.6 .594 .607 11.3 12.3 11.7 6.6 0.0 0.7 5.9 19.4 123 119 0.2 -0.1 0.2
3 Mark Olberding 23 3 97 14.1 .586 .565 5.4 19.9 12.3 16.1 1.0 0.6 10.8 12.1 122 114 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 James Silas 30 3 90 16.4 .526 .444 1.2 7.6 4.2 15.1 3.3 0.6 10.9 21.5 107 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Mike Gale 29 3 69 15.1 .455 .425 1.5 8.2 4.7 32.0 3.6 0.0 11.5 16.0 105 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Mike Evans 24 2 12 29.1 .564 .500 0.0 18.9 9.1 28.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.4 130 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 John Shumate 27 3 78 11.7 .492 .450 9.4 8.7 9.1 8.8 2.5 2.8 19.0 14.3 98 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Paul Griffin 26 3 69 9.0 .601 .500 4.5 19.7 11.8 11.8 0.0 0.8 29.6 14.5 97 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Tim Bassett 28 3 19 -4.4 .500 .500 5.5 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 6.7 79 123 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Wiley Peck 22 2 9 -3.7 .000 .000 0.0 37.8 18.1 0.0 0.0 6.1 0.0 14.1 0 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Larry Kenon 27 3 81 3.5 .335 .294 7.7 9.8 8.7 6.9 0.0 0.0 11.4 22.9 76 120 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 George Gervin $600,000
2 Larry Kenon $400,000
3 Mark Olberding $300,000
4 John Shumate $200,000
5 James Silas $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)