1979–80 San Antonio Spurs season

March 2026 August 2023 San Antonio Spurs 1980 41 41 Central 3 5 Doug Moe (fired) Bob Bass (interim) Bob Bass Angelo Drossos HemisFair Arena KMOL-TV WOAI First round(lost to Rockets 1–2) SAS The 1979–80 San Antonio Spurs season was the Spurs' fourth season in the NBA, the 7th in San Antonio, and the 13th season as a franchise.1979-80 San Antonio Spurs Draft picks 1979 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 19 Wiley Peck SG Mississippi State 3 63 Sylvester Norris Jackson State 4 84 Al Daniel Furman 5 106 Steve Schall Arkansas 6 125 Terry Knight Pittsburgh 7 146 Tyrone Branyan Texas 8 182 Eddie McLeod Nevada-Las Vegas 10 199 Glen Fine Harvard Roster San Antonio Spurs 1979–80 #000000 #FFFFFF silver #000000 21 Tim Bassett PF 6 8 225 –– Georgia 1 Mike Evans basketball SG 6 1 170 –– Kansas State 12 Mike Gale PG 6 4 185 –– Elizabeth City State 44 George Gervin GF 6 7 180 –– Eastern Michigan 30 Paul Griffin basketball C 6 9 205 –– Western Michigan 35 Larry Kenon PF 6 9 205 –– Memphis 40 Sylvester Norris basketball C 6 11 220 –– Jackson State 53 Mark Olberding SF 6 8 225 –– Minnesota 54 Wiley Peck SF 6 7 220 –– Mississippi State 31 Kevin Restani SF 6 9 225 –– San Francisco 34 John Shumate PF 6 9 235 –– Notre Dame 13 James Silas PG 6 1 180 –– Stephen F. Austin Bob Bass George Karl https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1980.html March 22, 1980 Regular season Season standings SAS SAS z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log January 2011 Playoffs San Antonio Spurs 1980 yes #000000 #C0C0C0 San Antonio Spurs First Round yes yes no #C0C0C0 #000000 1 0 0 2 |- | 1 | April 2 | @ Houston | L 85–95 | George Gervin (19) | Gervin, Kenon (9) | Gervin, Olberding (4) | The Summit14,454 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 4 | Houston | W 106–101 | George Gervin (44) | Mark Olberding (12) | Mike Gale (9) | HemisFair Arena12,894 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 6 | @ Houston | L 120–141 | George Gervin (37) | John Shumate (8) | George Gervin (6) | The Summit15,676 | 1–2 |- SAS 1980 yes Player statistics Ragular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameKevin RestaniSF82 1,966 386 189 54 12 874 24.0 4.7 2.3 .7 .1 10.7Paul Griffin basketballC82 1,812 438 250 81 53 520 22.1 5.3 3.0 1.0 .6 6.3Mike Evans basketballSG 79 1,246 107 230 60 9 486 15.8 1.4 2.9 .8 .1 6.2George GervinSG 78 2,934 403 202 110 79 2,585 37.6 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 33.1Larry KenonPF 78 2,798 775 231 111 18 1,565 35.9 9.9 3.0 1.4 .2 20.1James SilasPG 77 2,293 167 347 61 14 1,365 29.8 2.2 4.5 .8 .2 17.7Mark OlberdingSF 75 2,111 418 327 67 22 792 28.1 5.6 4.4 .9 .3 10.6Mike GalePG 67 1,474 152 312 123 13 441 22.0 2.3 4.7 1.8 .2 6.6Wiley PeckSF 52 628 183 33 17 23 180 12.1 3.5 .6 .3 .4 3.5Billy Paultz†C 47 1,213 321 118 47 45 444 25.8 6.8 2.5 1.0 1.0 9.4John Shumate†PF 27 777 214 52 23 31 391 28.8 7.9 1.9 .9 1.1 14.5Irv KiffinSF 26 212 40 19 10 2 82 8.2 1.5 .7 .4 .1 3.2Sylvester Norris basketballC 17 189 43 6 3 12 40 11.1 2.5 .4 .2 .7 2.4Tim Bassett†PF 5 72 15 10 3 0 10 14.4 3.0 2.0 .6 .0 2.0Harry Davis basketballSF 4 30 6 0 1 0 13 7.5 1.5 .0 .3 .0 3.3 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only. Playoffs Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameGeorge GervinSG3 122 20 12 5 3 100 40.7 6.7 4.0 1.7 1.0 33.3Mark OlberdingSF3 97 22 11 2 1 29 32.3 7.3 3.7 .7 .3 9.7James SilasPG3 90 7 9 6 1 43 30.0 2.3 3.0 2.0 .3 14.3Larry KenonPF3 81 13 4 0 0 26 27.0 4.3 1.3 .0 .0 8.7John ShumatePF3 78 13 5 4 4 21 26.0 4.3 1.7 1.3 1.3 7.0Kevin RestaniSF3 74 16 3 0 1 38 24.7 5.3 1.0 .0 .3 12.7Mike GalePG3 69 6 16 5 0 21 23.0 2.0 5.3 1.7 .0 7.0Paul Griffin basketballC3 69 15 6 0 1 20 23.0 5.0 2.0 .0 .3 6.7Tim BassettPF3 19 1 0 0 0 2 6.3 .3 .0 .0 .0 .7Mike Evans basketballSG 2 12 2 2 0 0 11 6.0 1.0 1.0 .0 .0 5.5Wiley PeckSF 2 9 3 0 0 1 0 4.5 1.5 .0 .0 .5 .0 Awards and records George Gervin, All-NBA First Team References See also 1979-80 NBA season Category:San Antonio Spurs seasons San Category:1979 in sports in Texas San Antonio Spurs