The 1978–79 San Antonio Spurs season was the Spurs' third season in the NBA and 12th season as a franchise.1978-79 San Antonio Spurs

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 20 Frankie Sanders Southern 3 64 Gerald Henderson PG Virginia Commonwealth 4 86 Rich Adams Illinois 5 108 Eugene Parker Purdue 6 129 Harry Morgan Indiana State 7 150 Hector Olivencia Sacred Heart 8 168 Henry Taylor Texas-Pan American 9 185 Rick Taylor Arizona State 10 200 Larry Brewster Florida

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

| 5 | | @ Seattle | L 117–133

| Kingdome20,172 | 3–2

| 12 | | @ Washington | L 119–124

| Capital Centre12,619 | 6–6 |- | 15 | | Washington | W 143–124

| HemisFair Arena12,363 | 8–7

| 25 | | @ Seattle | L 99–112

| Kingdome13,847 | 12–13

| 48 | | Seattle | W 125–108

| HemisFair Arena13,659 | 30–18

| 51 | | Washington | L 122–123

| HemisFair Arena12,516 | 31–21 |- | 61 | | Seattle | W 118–102

| HemisFair Arena11,765 | 36–25

| 65 | | @ Washington | L 128–129

| Capital Centre17,181 | 39–26

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 15 | Philadelphia | W 119–106 | Larry Kenon (30) | Billy Paultz (9) | Silas, Bristow (7) | HemisFair Arena10,253 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 17 | Philadelphia | W 121–120 | George Gervin (29) | Larry Kenon (7) | Silas, Gale (8) | HemisFair Arena16,709 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 20 | @ Philadelphia | L 115–123 | James Silas (32) | Larry Kenon (15) | Kenon, Gervin (5) | Spectrum14,039 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 22 | @ Philadelphia | W 115–112 | George Gervin (32) | Larry Kenon (9) | Larry Kenon (6) | Spectrum11,163 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 26 | Philadelphia | L 97–120 | James Silas (19) | Larry Kenon (9) | Silas, Gale (5) | HemisFair Arena16,055 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | April 29 | @ Philadelphia | L 90–92 | James Silas (27) | Larry Kenon (15) | Mike Gale (6) | Spectrum18,276 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 2 | Philadelphia | W 111–108 | George Gervin (33) | George Gervin (12) | Mark Olberding (7) | HemisFair Arena16,055 | 4–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | | @ Washington | W 118–97 | George Gervin (34) | Larry Kenon (21) | James Silas (4) | Capital Centre19,035 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | | @ Washington | L 95–115 | Larry Kenon (25) | Larry Kenon (8) | Olberding, Dietrick (3) | Capital Centre19,035 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | | Washington | W 116–114 | George Gervin (29) | Billy Paultz (12) | Kenon, Gale (5) | HemisFair Arena15,318 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | | Washington | W 118–102 | George Gervin (42) | Larry Kenon (17) | Silas, Gale (6) | HemisFair Arena16,055 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | | @ Washington | W 103–107 | George Gervin (28) | Mark Olberding (13) | James Silas (6) | Capital Centre19,035 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | | Washington | L 100–108 | George Gervin (20) | Larry Kenon (15) | James Silas (7) | HemisFair Arena16,055 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | | @ Washington | L 105–107 | George Gervin (42) | Larry Kenon (11) | James Silas (5) | Capital Centre19,035 | 3–4

Player statistics

Regular season PlayerSG82 2,121 186 374 152 40 659 25.9 2.3 4.6 1.9 .5 8.0PF 81 2,947 790 335 154 19 1,791 36.4 9.8 4.1 1.9 .2 22.1SF 80 2,888 400 219 137 91 2,365 36.1 5.0 2.7 1.7 1.1 29.6PF 80 1,885 429 211 53 18 755 23.6 5.4 2.6 .7 .2 9.4PG 79 2,171 183 273 76 20 1,266 27.5 2.3 3.5 1.0 .3 16.0C 79 2,122 625 178 35 125 912 26.9 7.9 2.3 .4 1.6 11.5C 76 1,641 354 116 37 122 571 21.6 4.7 1.5 .5 1.6 7.5C 76 1,487 315 198 72 38 497 19.6 4.1 2.6 .9 .5 6.5SF 74 1,324 247 231 56 15 472 17.9 3.3 3.1 .8 .2 6.4PG 70 760 63 124 35 8 275 10.9 .9 1.8 .5 .1 3.9PF 26 221 64 19 8 10 85 8.5 2.5 .7 .3 .4 3.3†SF 22 263 59 35 14 3 132 12.0 2.7 1.6 .6 .1 6.0

Playoffs PlayerPF14 557 160 42 20 1 295 39.8 11.4 3.0 1.4 .1 21.1SF14 513 82 35 27 14 400 36.6 5.9 2.5 1.9 1.0 28.6PG14 475 42 66 21 1 267 33.9 3.0 4.7 1.5 .1 19.1PF14 359 69 33 12 5 111 25.6 4.9 2.4 .9 .4 7.9C14 350 73 11 13 36 110 25.0 5.2 .8 .9 2.6 7.9SG14 302 29 56 16 4 95 21.6 2.1 4.0 1.1 .3 6.8C14 281 65 26 12 3 82 20.1 4.6 1.9 .9 .2 5.9C 13 299 98 30 4 13 82 23.0 7.5 2.3 .3 1.0 6.3SF 13 163 27 28 9 5 56 12.5 2.1 2.2 .7 .4 4.3PG 7 55 5 8 3 1 20 7.9 .7 1.1 .4 .1 2.9PF 3 6 1 1 0 1 5 2.0 .3 .3 .0 .3 1.7

Awards and records George Gervin, All-NBA First Team

References