1978-79 San Antonio Spurs Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Doug Moe (48-34)

PTS/G: 119.3 (1st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 114.1 (20th of 22)

SRS: 4.97 (1st of 22) Pace: 110.6 (1st of 22)

Off Rtg: 107.1 (3rd of 22) Def Rtg: 102.4 (7th of 22) Net Rtg: +4.7 (2nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (1st of 22)

Arena: HemisFair Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		117	118	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		153	111	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		110	107	2	1	W 2
4	Wed, Oct 18, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		127	125	3	1	W 3
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		117	133	3	2	L 1
6	Sun, Oct 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		121	134	3	3	L 2
7	Tue, Oct 24, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		132	109	4	3	W 1
8	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		150	126	5	3	W 2
9	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L	OT	138	139	5	4	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		115	116	5	5	L 2
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		110	103	6	5	W 1
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		119	124	6	6	L 1
13	Wed, Nov 8, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		163	125	7	6	W 1
14	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		102	113	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		143	124	8	7	W 1
16	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		119	125	8	8	L 1
17	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		120	126	8	9	L 2
18	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		103	108	8	10	L 3
19	Thu, Nov 23, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	114	9	10	W 1
20	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		151	110	10	10	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	114	120	10	11	L 1
22	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		93	104	10	12	L 2
23	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	111	11	12	W 1
24	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		123	105	12	12	W 2
25	Sun, Dec 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	112	12	13	L 1
26	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		103	107	12	14	L 2
27	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		139	109	13	14	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		125	113	14	14	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		104	96	15	14	W 3
30	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	106	16	14	W 4
31	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		131	102	17	14	W 5
32	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		103	92	18	14	W 6
33	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		130	126	19	14	W 7
34	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		124	111	20	14	W 8
35	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		107	115	20	15	L 1
36	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	103	21	15	W 1
37	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		100	94	22	15	W 2
38	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		123	97	23	15	W 3
39	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		110	104	24	15	W 4
40	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	108	24	16	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		116	114	25	16	W 1
42	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		140	111	26	16	W 2
43	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	103	27	16	W 3
44	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		119	101	28	16	W 4
45	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		113	115	28	17	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		113	118	28	18	L 2
47	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		124	95	29	18	W 1
48	Fri, Jan 26, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		125	108	30	18	W 2
49	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		113	120	30	19	L 1
50	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		110	123	30	20	L 2
51	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	OT	112	108	31	20	W 1
52	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		122	123	31	21	L 1
53	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		108	133	31	22	L 2
54	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	111	119	31	23	L 3
55	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		126	113	32	23	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	125	32	24	L 1
57	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		125	107	33	24	W 1
58	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		149	119	34	24	W 2
59	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	121	120	35	24	W 3
60	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		104	124	35	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		118	102	36	25	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		127	107	37	25	W 2
63	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		135	112	38	25	W 3
64	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W	OT	129	125	39	25	W 4
65	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		128	129	39	26	L 1
66	Tue, Mar 6, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		103	99	40	26	W 1
67	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		111	110	41	26	W 2
68	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		125	112	42	26	W 3
69	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		122	124	42	27	L 1
70	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		122	128	42	28	L 2
71	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		127	147	42	29	L 3
72	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		120	124	42	30	L 4
73	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		123	116	43	30	W 1
74	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		108	115	43	31	L 1
75	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		113	121	43	32	L 2
76	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		122	94	44	32	W 1
77	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		116	117	44	33	L 1
78	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		112	110	45	33	W 1
79	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	112	46	33	W 2
80	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		110	103	47	33	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		106	123	47	34	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	101	48	34	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sun, Apr 15, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	119	106	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Apr 17, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	121	120	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Apr 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	115	123	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Apr 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	115	112	3	1	W 1
5	Thu, Apr 26, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	97	120	3	2	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	90	92	3	3	L 2
7	Wed, May 2, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	111	108	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
8	Fri, May 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W	118	97	5	3	W 2
9	Sun, May 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	95	115	5	4	L 1
10	Wed, May 9, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	116	114	6	4	W 1
11	Fri, May 11, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	118	102	7	4	W 2
12	Sun, May 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	103	107	7	5	L 1
13	Wed, May 16, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	100	108	7	6	L 2
14	Fri, May 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	105	107	7	7	L 3

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