# Temporada 1979-80 de los San Antonio Spurs

La temporada 1979-80 fue la cuarta de los San Antonio Spurs en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, seis en Dallas y tres en San Antonio. La temporada regular acabó con 41 victorias y 41 derrotas, ocupando el quinto puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Houston Rockets.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 19 | Wiley Peck | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Mississippi State |
| 3 | 63 | Sylvester Norris | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Jackson State |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Atlanta Hawks | 50 | 32 | .610 | – | 32–9 | 18–23 | 21–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 20–10 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 27–14 | 14–27 | 14–16 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 28–13 | 9–32 | 16–14 |
| Indiana Pacers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 26–15 | 11–30 | 15–15 |
| Detroit Pistons | 16 | 66 | .195 | 34 | 13–28 | 3–38 | 4–26 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 2 de abril | Houston Rockets 95, San Antonio Spurs 85 | Houston |
| 4 de abril | San Antonio Spurs 106, Houston Rockets 101 | San Antonio |
| 6 de abril | Houston Rockets 141, San Antonio Spurs 120 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 2-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | 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 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| George Gervin | Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |