1970-1971 Cleveland Cavaliers: 15-67 .183
Next Season Home record: 11-30 (4365 points scored, 4614 allowed) Road record: 2-36 (3688 points scored, 4377 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (320 points scored, 298 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8373 points scored (17th of 17 teams), 9289 points allowed (11th) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Cliff Anderson 6'2 200 26 St. Joseph's Len Chappell 6'8 240 29 Wake Forest Joe Cooke 6'3 175 22 Indiana Johnny Egan 5'11 180 31 Providence Gary Freeman 6'9 210 22 Oregon State John Johnson 6'7 200 23 Iowa Bobby Lewis 6'3 175 25 North Carolina McCoy McLemore 6'7 230 28 Drake Larry Mikan 6'7 210 22 Minnesota Luke Rackley 6'10 220 24 Xavier Bingo Smith 6'5 195 24 Tulsa Dave Sorenson 6'8 225 22 Ohio State Gary Suiter 6'9 225 25 Midwestern State Johnny Warren 6'3 180 23 St. John's Bobby Washington 5'11 175 23 Eastern Kentucky Walt Wesley 6'11 220 25 Kansas Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Walt Wesley 82 2425 565 1241 0 0 325 473 0 0 713 83 0 0 0 295 1455 17.7 F Bingo Smith 77 2332 495 1106 0 0 178 234 0 0 429 258 0 0 0 175 1168 15.2 F John Johnson 67 2310 435 1032 0 0 240 298 0 0 453 323 0 0 0 251 1110 16.6 G Johnny Warren 82 2610 380 899 0 0 180 217 0 0 344 347 0 0 0 299 940 11.5 F Dave Sorenson 79 1940 353 794 0 0 184 229 0 0 486 163 0 0 0 181 890 11.3 F McCoy McLemore 58 1839 254 654 0 0 170 220 0 0 463 176 0 0 0 169 678 11.7 C Luke Rackley 74 1434 219 470 0 0 121 190 0 0 394 66 0 0 0 186 559 7.6 G Bobby Lewis 79 1852 179 484 0 0 109 152 0 0 206 244 0 0 0 176 467 5.9 G Bobby Washington 47 823 123 310 0 0 104 140 0 0 105 190 0 0 0 105 350 7.4 G Joe Cooke 73 725 134 341 0 0 48 59 0 0 114 93 0 0 0 135 316 4.3 F Larry Mikan 53 536 62 186 0 0 34 55 0 0 139 41 0 0 0 56 158 3.0 G Johnny Egan 26 410 40 98 0 0 25 28 0 0 32 58 0 0 0 31 105 4.0 G Cliff Anderson 23 171 19 59 0 0 41 60 0 0 37 16 0 0 0 22 79 3.4 C Gary Suiter 30 140 19 54 0 0 4 9 0 0 41 2 0 0 0 20 42 1.4 F Len Chappell 6 86 15 38 0 0 11 14 0 0 18 1 0 0 0 9 41 6.8 F Gary Freeman 11 47 7 12 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 4 15 1.4
1970 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 7 John Johnson 869 Iowa
2 26 Dave Sorenson 213 Ohio State
3 41 Surry Oliver Stephen F. Austin
4 60 Glen Vidnovic Iowa
5 75 Wayne Sokolowski Ashland
6 94 Joe Cooke 73 Indiana
7 109 Narvis Anderson Stephen F. Austin
8 128 Walter Robertson Loyola (IL)
9 143 Tom Lagodich Kent State
10 162 Ken Johnson Indiana
11 175 Dave Schneider Wayne State
12 189 Ollie Taylor 262 Houston
13 198 Kevin Wilson Ashland
14 209 Don Tomilson Missouri
15 217 Steve Wannamaker Drake
16 227 Steve Wilson 48 Hanover
17 231 Bob Peterson Concordia
18 236 John Cannon Grambling
19 238 Allen Waller St. Mary of the Plains
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1970 at Buffalo Braves L 92-107 0-1 10/16/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers L 112-115 0-2 10/17/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 108-128 0-3 10/20/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-120 0-4 10/22/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 110-140 0-5 10/23/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 104-108 0-6 10/25/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 96-123 0-7 10/28/1970 vs San Diego Rockets L 99-110 0-8 10/30/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals L 110-125 0-9 11/01/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks L 107-131 0-10 11/02/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 87-141 0-11 11/04/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 108-110 0-12 11/07/1970 at Buffalo Braves L 91-103 0-13 11/08/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics L 105-111 0-14 11/10/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 74-109 0-15 11/12/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers W 105-103 1-15 11/13/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 91-111 1-16 11/14/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers L 116-126 1-17 11/16/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 86-98 1-18 11/18/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 98-111 1-19 11/20/1970 at Boston Celtics L 112-116 1-20 11/21/1970 at New York Knicks L 94-102 1-21 11/22/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-114 1-22 11/25/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors L 99-108 1-23 11/27/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 102-111 1-24 11/28/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 86-105 1-25 11/29/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 99-120 1-26 12/04/1970 vs Boston Celtics L 107-118 1-27 12/06/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 108-106 2-27 12/09/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 102-109 2-28 12/11/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-134 2-29 12/12/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 95-114 2-30 12/13/1970 vs San Diego Rockets L 95-118 2-31 12/15/1970 at New York Knicks L 92-110 2-32 12/16/1970 vs New York Knicks L 84-108 2-33 12/18/1970 at Buffalo Braves L 94-113 2-34 12/19/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 123-112 3-34 12/20/1970 vs Chicago Bulls L 103-116 3-35 12/22/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 80-121 3-36 12/25/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 100-117 3-37 12/26/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 120-107 4-37 12/27/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 114-101 5-37 | Date Opponent Result Record 12/29/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 97-119 5-38 12/31/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 85-119 5-39 01/01/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 105-128 5-40 01/02/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 73-118 5-41 01/04/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 106-119 5-42 01/06/1971 vs New York Knicks L 94-127 5-43 01/07/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-110 5-44 01/09/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 111-89 6-44 01/14/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 106-108 6-45 01/16/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-115 6-46 01/19/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 111-79 7-46 01/24/1971 at Boston Celtics L 110-121 7-47 01/25/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 117-116 8-47 01/27/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 118-104 9-47 01/29/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-119 9-48 01/31/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 117-108 10-48 02/02/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 101-91 11-48 02/03/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 95-98 11-49 02/05/1971 at San Diego Rockets L 105-116 11-50 02/06/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 91-119 11-51 02/07/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers L 103-112 11-52 02/09/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-116 11-53 02/12/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 105-114 11-54 02/13/1971 vs Buffalo Braves L 106-111 11-55 02/14/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 83-108 11-56 02/17/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 104-109 11-57 02/19/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 125-109 12-57 02/21/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-123 12-58 02/24/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-123 12-59 02/28/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 90-107 12-60 03/06/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 109-120 12-61 03/07/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 104-100 13-61 03/09/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 113-124 13-62 03/12/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 107-119 13-63 03/14/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals L 103-115 13-64 03/16/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 108-103 14-64 03/17/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 109-113 14-65 03/20/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-103 15-65 03/21/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 110-113 15-66 03/23/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 112-114 15-67 |