YEAR-BY-YEAR RECAPS 1976–77 RECAP RECORD PLAYOFFS 44-38 (31-10 home: 13-28 road) Lost to Boston, First Round, 2-0 Third in Central Division SPURS LEADERS HONORS Scoring: George Gervin 23.1 ppg George Gervin, All-NBA Second Team Rebounding: Larry Kenon 11.3 rpg George Gervin, NBA All-Star Assists: Mike Gale 5.8 apg Head Coach: Doug Moe Assistant: Bob Bass Larry Kenon 1976–77 SEASON NOTES • On June 17, 1976, the Spurs were officially accepted into the NBA along with three other ABA fran- chises – Denver, Indiana and the New York Nets. • New Head Coach Doug Moe, and the rest of the Spurs, were forced to start their first NBA season with- out James Silas, who injured his knee in the preseason … Silas returned later in the season but appeared in just 22 games due to the injury. • The Spurs played their first NBA game on 10/22 in Philadelphia … a crowd of 17,196 Sixers fans were on hand to witness the Spurs claim a 121-118 win … Billy Paultz led the Spurs with 27 points … also making his NBA debut that evening was Dr. J. • The Spurs finished as the top-scoring team in the NBA, averaging 115.0 points per game … George Gervin and Larry Kenon led the Spurs high-speed attack … Gervin finished ninth in the NBA in scoring, averaging 23.1 ppg, and fourth in FG percentage, with a .544 mark, while Kenon was 12th in scoring, with 21.9 ppg, and 10th in rebounding, grabbing 11.3 rebounds per contest. 1976–77 SPURS FINAL STATISTICS (44-38) REBOUNDING SCORING PLAYER G MIN FGM-FGA PCT. FTM-FTA PCT. OFF DEF TOT AVG. AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG. Gervin 82 2705 726-1335 .544 443-532 .833 134 320 454 5.5 238 286-12 105 104 1895 23.1 Kenon 78 2936 706-1435 .492 293-356 .823 282 597 879 11.3 229 190-0 167 60 1705 21.9 Paultz 82 2694 521-1102 .473 238-320 .744 192 495 687 8.4 223 262-5 55 173 1280 15.6 Bristow 82 2017 365-747 .489 206-258 .798 119 229 348 4.2 240 195-1 89 2 936 11.4 Olberding 82 1949 301-598 .503 251-316 .794 162 287 449 5.5 119 277-6 59 29 853 10.4 Gale 82 2598 353-754 .468 137-167 .820 54 219 273 3.3 473 224-3 191 50 843 10.3 Silas 22 356 61-142 .430 87-107 .813 7 25 32 1.5 50 36-0 13 3 209 9.5 Calvin 35 606 93-237 .392 123-146 .842 11 20 31 0.9 104 58-0 23 1 309 8.8 Dietrick 82 1772 285-620 .460 119-166 .717 111 261 372 4.5 148 267-8 88 57 689 8.4 Dampier 80 1634 233-507 .460 64-86 .744 22 54 76 1.0 234 93-0 49 15 530 6.6 Nelson 4 57 7-14 .500 4-7 .571 2 5 7 1.8 3 9-0 2 0 18 4.5 Ward 27 171 34-90 .378 15-17 .882 10 23 33 1.2 6 30-0 6 5 83 3.1 Karl 29 251 25-73 .342 29-42 .690 4 13 17 0.6 46 36-0 10 0 79 2.7 D’Antoni 2 9 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.0 2 3-0 0 0 3 1.5 SPURS 82 3711-7657 .485 2010-2522.797 1110 2550 3660 44.6 2115 1966-35 857 499 9432 115.0 OPPONENTS 82 3955-8075 .490 1512-2059.734 1329 2687 4016 49.0 2159 2189-40 811 420 9382 114.4 162 BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 1976–77 GAME-BY-GAME 44-38 (THIRD IN CENTRAL DIVISION) DATE OPPONENT W-L SCORE REC. 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HI-SCORER HI-REBOUNDER OCTOBER RECORD: 2-4 (HOME: 1-1, ROAD: 1-3) 10-22 @ Philadelphia W 121-118 1-0 17,196 27-Paultz 9-Kenon 10-23 @ NY Knicks L 98-117 1-1 13,512 20-Gervin 9-Paultz 10-26 @ Atlanta L 114-122 1-2 4,575 23-Paultz 11-Paultz 10-27 PHOENIX W 115-106 2-2 8,919 41-Kenon 12-Kenon 10-29 @ Kansas City L 102-130 2-3 8,832 18-Gervin 12-Kenon 10-30 BOSTON L 117-126 2-4 12,594 37-Gervin 11-Paultz NOVEMBER RECORD: 9-5 (HOME: 8-0, ROAD: 1-5) 11-3 @ Indiana L 97-113 2-5 7,332 19-Gervin 11-Paultz 11-5 @ New Orleans L 119-127 2-6 10,182 22-Paultz/Kenon 10-Kenon 11-6 INDIANA W 113-94 3-6 6,532 27-Gervin 14-Paultz 11-9 SEATTLE W 138-114 4-6 6,391 24-Kenon 8-Gervin 11-11 NY NETS W 108-104 5-6 6,043 30-Gervin 10-Kenon 11-13 PORTLAND W 113-101 6-6 9,113 32-Gervin 10-Bristow 11-16 BUFFALO W 114-112 7-6 6,945 25-Kenon 14-Kenon 11-18 KANSAS CITY W 129-104 8-6 7,776 25-Paultz 14-Kenon 11-20 @ Washington L 103-109 8-7 12,640 33-Gervin 14-Kenon 11-23 @ Buffalo W 122-115 9-7 8,178 34-Gervin 10-Paultz/Gervin 11-24 @ NY Nets L 91-99 9-8 6,583 16-Kenon 12-Kenon 11-26 GOLDEN ST. W 123-121 10-8 12,306 29-Kenon 15-Kenon/Paultz 11-27 @ Houston L 116-125 10-9 8,126 30-Gervin 11-Dietrick 11-30 DETROIT W 130-129 11-9 8,159 28-Kenon/Gervin 19-Kenon DECEMBER RECORD: 7-7 (HOME: 6-2, ROAD: 1-5) 12-2 @ Golden St. L 116-124 11-10 10,649 26-Kenon 13-Paultz 12-3 @ Los Angeles L 105-114 11-11 10,297 22-Kenon 18-Kenon 12-5 @ Phoenix L 98-103 (OT) 11-12 8,235 20-Gervin 19-Kenon 12-8 ATLANTA L 106-117 11-13 8,593 25-Bristow 6-Olberding/Gervin 12-10 @ Milwaukee W 136-120 12-13 10,526 23-Kenon 12-Kenon 12-11 NEW ORLEANS W 121-106 13-13 8,857 30-Gervin 10-Olberding 12-14 NY KNICKS W 111-98 14-13 8,687 28-Kenon/Paultz 10-Bristow/Dietrick 12-15 @ Indiana L 102-116 14-14 6,404 22-Bristow/Paultz 12-Olberding 12-17 @ Chicago L 101-103 14-15 7,148 22-Kenon 12-Kenon 12-18 @ Cleveland L 105-106 14-16 10,056 24-Gervin 15-Kenon 12-21 GOLDEN ST. W 123-120 15-16 9,264 27-Gervin 11-Paultz 12-23 WASHINGTON W 118-116 16-16 8,491 26-Kenon 10-Kenon/Paultz 12-26 KANSAS CITY W 110-105 17-16 5,342 29-Kenon 15-Kenon 12-29 PHILADELPHIA W 127-116 18-16 12,367 29-Gervin 15-Kenon JANUARY RECORD: 7-7 (HOME: 6-2, ROAD: 1-5) 1-2 @ Denver L 120-145 18-17 16,924 31-Gervin 15-Kenon 1-3 BUFFALO W 142-109 19-17 6,527 24-Gervin 11-Kenon 1-5 DENVER W 137-133 20-17 11,237 30-Gervin 10-Paultz/Gervin 1-7 @ Seattle L 124-131 20-18 12,176 27-Gervin 15-Kenon 1-9 @ Portland L 113-150 20-19 11,751 22-Gervin 10-Kenon 1-12 MILWAUKEE L 121-127 20-20 10,096 26-Gervin 19-Paultz 1-14 LOS ANGELES L 106-109 20-21 11,246 27-Gervin 15-Kenon 1-16 INDIANA W 122-115 21-21 8,435 32-Kenon 13-Olberding 1-19 CHICAGO W 115-107 22-21 7,568 36-Kenon 12-Kenon 1-21 @ Boston L 90-103 22-22 13,065 22-Olberding 10-Kenon 1-23 PORTLAND W 123-118 23-22 10,041 41-Gervin 7-Kenon 1-25 @ Phoenix W 116-108 24-22 10,814 38-Kenon 21-Kenon 1-27 @ Portland L 104-112 24-23 12,524 20-Kenon 12-Kenon 1-30 SEATTLE W 126-118 (OT) 25-23 14,098 42-Gervin 9-Bristow/Kenon FEBRUARY RECORD: 8-5 (HOME: 5-3, ROAD: 3-2) 2-1 CLEVELAND W 92-87 26-23 9,179 32-Gervin 14-Kenon 2-3 CHICAGO L 98-107 26-24 7,839 33-Kenon 17-Kenon 2-6 NY KNICKS W 119-96 27-24 10,411 24-Kenon 13-Paultz 2-8 @ Chicago L 89-111 27-25 5,193 22-Paultz 9-Paultz/Gervin 2-9 @ Detroit W 135-129 28-25 9,142 29-Kenon 12-Paultz 2-11 @ Houston W 117-104 29-25 8,411 29-Gervin 8-Kenon/Paultz 2-15 SEATTLE W 109-106 (OT) 30-25 7,781 33-Gervin 18-Kenon 2-17 HOUSTON L 99-113 30-26 9,478 20-Gervin 7-Gervin 2-20 NEW ORLEANS W 129-109 31-26 8,469 24-Dietrick 12-Dietrick 2-22 LOS ANGELES W 135-103 32-26 10,966 25-Gervin 9-Olberding/Dietrick 2-24 MILWAUKEE L 121-131 32-27 9,116 31-Gervin 11-Dietrick 2-26 @ Atlanta L 111-119 32-28 5,210 26-Gervin 11-Olberding/Dietrick 2-27 @ New Orleans W 135-118 33-28 8,320 31-Paultz 14-Paultz MARCH RECORD: 10-6 (HOME: 6-2, ROAD: 4-4) 3-1 @ NY Knicks W 132-127 34-28 13,050 30-Kenon 10-Paultz 3-4 @ NY Nets W 135-121 35-28 5,776 39-Kenon 10-Kenon 3-5 @ Buffalo W 120-109 36-28 6,950 24-Paultz 12-Kenon 3-8 PHOENIX W 122-115 37-28 10,011 29-Kenon/Gervin 11-Paultz 3-10 CLEVELAND W 106-100 38-28 9,088 26-Paultz 14-Paultz 3-13 DETROIT L 97-102 38-29 9,793 27-Gervin 14-Paultz 3-16 NY NETS W 118-108 39-29 7,391 22-Olberding 13-Olberding 3-19 @ Cleveland L 89-94 39-30 16,257 28-Kenon 13-Paultz 3-20 @ Washington L 116-135 39-31 12,916 26-Gervin 10-Paultz 3-22 BOSTON L 104-108 39-32 11,246 24-Kenon 18-Kenon 3-23 @ Denver W 122-120 40-32 18,044 38-Gervin 17-Kenon 3-24 HOUSTON W 118-112 41-32 10,434 28-Paultz 17-Kenon 3-25 @ Philadelphia L 110-113 41-33 14,753 26-Kenon 14-Kenon 3-27 KANSAS CITY W 139-129 42-33 8,549 43-Kenon 20-Kenon 3-29 WASHINGTON W 122-116 43-33 10,391 31-Gervin 10-Kenon/Olberding 3-31 @ Golden St.