1979–80 San Antonio Spurs season explained

The 1979–80 NBA season was the Spurs' fourth season in the NBA, the 7th in San Antonio, and the 13th season as a franchise.^[1]

Draft picks

See main article: article and 1979 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19		SG		Mississippi State
3	63				Jackson State
4	84				Furman
5	106				Arkansas
6	125				Pittsburgh
7	146				Texas
8	182				Nevada-Las Vegas
10	199				Harvard

Regular season

Season standings

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1979-80 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
	—	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3
	4–2	—	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–0	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	5–1	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	3–3	0–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	0–2
	2–4	2–4	0–2	—	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	—	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–6	1–5	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–1
	0–6	0–6	1–1	0–6	1–1	—	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4
	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	3–3	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	0–2	3–3	0–6	3–3	0–2
	4–2	0–6	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4
	2–4	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–4	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–4	4–2	1–5	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
	2–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	6–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–4	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	1–1	5–1	3–3	6–0	2–0
	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	—	3–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	2–0	5–1	4–2	6–0	1–1
	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	4–2	1–1
	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
	2–4	1–5	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–6	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
	2–4	3–3	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	6–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	6–0	2–0
	0–2	0–2	3–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	4–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	—	1–1	4–2	1–5	3–3	1–1
San Antonio	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	0–2	—	3–3	5–1	1–1
	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	5–1	1–1	3–3	—	5–1	1–1
	0–2	0–2	4–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–6	0–6	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	—	0–2
Washington	3–3	2–4	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–3	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Game log

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 2| @ Houston| L 85–95| George Gervin (19)| Gervin, Kenon (9)| Gervin, Olberding (4)| The Summit
14,454| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 4| Houston| W 106–101| George Gervin (44)| Mark Olberding (12)| Mike Gale (9)| HemisFair Arena
12,894| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 6| @ Houston| L 120–141| George Gervin (37)| John Shumate (8)| George Gervin (6)| The Summit
15,676| 1–2|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SF	82		1,966	386	189	54	12	874	24.0	4.7	2.3	.7	.1	10.7
	C	82		1,812	438	250	81	53	520	22.1	5.3	3.0	1.0	.6	6.3
	SG	79		1,246	107	230	60	9	486	15.8	1.4	2.9	.8	.1	6.2
	SG	78		2,934	403	202	110	79	2,585	37.6	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	33.1
	PF	78		2,798	775	231	111	18	1,565	35.9	9.9	3.0	1.4	.2	20.1
	PG	77		2,293	167	347	61	14	1,365	29.8	2.2	4.5	.8	.2	17.7
	SF	75		2,111	418	327	67	22	792	28.1	5.6	4.4	.9	.3	10.6
	PG	67		1,474	152	312	123	13	441	22.0	2.3	4.7	1.8	.2	6.6
	SF	52		628	183	33	17	23	180	12.1	3.5	.6	.3	.4	3.5
^†	C	47		1,213	321	118	47	45	444	25.8	6.8	2.5	1.0	1.0	9.4
^†	PF	27		777	214	52	23	31	391	28.8	7.9	1.9	.9	1.1	14.5
	SF	26		212	40	19	10	2	82	8.2	1.5	.7	.4	.1	3.2
	C	17		189	43	6	3	12	40	11.1	2.5	.4	.2	.7	2.4
^†	PF	5		72	15	10	3	0	10	14.4	3.0	2.0	.6	.0	2.0
	SF	4		30	6	0	1	0	13	7.5	1.5	.0	.3	.0	3.3

Playoffs

Player
	SG	3		122	20	12	5	3	100	40.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	33.3
	SF	3		97	22	11	2	1	29	32.3	7.3	3.7	.7	.3	9.7
	PG	3		90	7	9	6	1	43	30.0	2.3	3.0	2.0	.3	14.3
	PF	3		81	13	4	0	0	26	27.0	4.3	1.3	.0	.0	8.7
	PF	3		78	13	5	4	4	21	26.0	4.3	1.7	1.3	1.3	7.0
	SF	3		74	16	3	0	1	38	24.7	5.3	1.0	.0	.3	12.7
	PG	3		69	6	16	5	0	21	23.0	2.0	5.3	1.7	.0	7.0
	C	3		69	15	6	0	1	20	23.0	5.0	2.0	.0	.3	6.7
	PF	3		19	1	0	0	0	2	6.3	.3	.0	.0	.0	.7
	SG	2		12	2	2	0	0	11	6.0	1.0	1.0	.0	.0	5.5
	SF	2		9	3	0	0	1	0	4.5	1.5	.0	.0	.5	.0

Awards and records

• George Gervin, All-NBA First Team

See also

• 1979-80 NBA season

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/1980.html 1979-80 San Antonio Spurs