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1972-1973 Cleveland Cavaliers: 32-50  .390
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-21 (4314 points scored, 4210 allowed) Road record: 10-27 (3675 points scored, 3992 allowed) Other sites: 2-2 (429 points scored, 435 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8418 points scored (17th of 17 teams), 8637 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Austin Carr 6'4 200 24 Notre Dame Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 23 Ohio State Barry Clemens 6'6 210 29 Ohio Wesleyan Charlie Davis 6'1 160 23 Wake Forest Dwight Davis 6'8 220 23 Houston John Johnson 6'7 200 25 Iowa Steve Patterson 6'9 225 24 UCLA Rick Roberson 6'9 231 25 Cincinnati Bob Rule 6'9 220 28 Colorado State Bingo Smith 6'5 195 26 Tulsa Dave Sorenson 6'8 225 24 Ohio State Cornell Warner 6'9 220 24 Jackson State Johnny Warren 6'3 180 25 St. John's Walt Wesley 6'11 220 27 Kansas Lenny Wilkens 6'1 180 35 Providence Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Austin Carr 82 3097 702 1575 0 0 281 342 0 0 369 279 0 0 0 185 1685 20.5 G Lenny Wilkens 75 2973 572 1275 0 0 394 476 0 0 346 628 0 0 0 221 1538 20.5 F John Johnson 82 2815 492 1143 0 0 199 271 0 0 552 309 0 0 0 246 1183 14.4 C Rick Roberson 62 2127 307 709 0 0 167 290 0 0 693 134 0 0 0 249 781 12.6 F Dwight Davis 81 2151 293 748 0 0 176 222 0 0 563 118 0 0 0 297 762 9.4 F Bingo Smith 73 1068 268 603 0 0 64 81 0 0 199 108 0 0 0 80 600 8.2 F Barry Clemens 72 1119 209 405 0 0 53 68 0 0 211 115 0 0 0 136 471 6.5 G Jim Cleamons 80 1392 192 423 0 0 75 101 0 0 167 205 0 0 0 108 459 5.7 F Cornell Warner 68 1323 166 404 0 0 58 88 0 0 507 66 0 0 0 172 390 5.7 C Steve Patterson 62 710 71 198 0 0 34 65 0 0 228 51 0 0 0 79 176 2.8 C Bob Rule 49 440 60 157 0 0 20 31 0 0 106 37 0 0 0 66 140 2.9 G Johnny Warren 40 290 54 111 0 0 18 19 0 0 42 34 0 0 0 45 126 3.1 G Charlie Davis 6 86 20 41 0 0 4 7 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 20 44 7.3 C Walt Wesley 12 110 14 47 0 0 8 12 0 0 38 7 0 0 0 21 36 3.0 F Dave Sorenson 10 129 11 45 0 0 5 11 0 0 37 5 0 0 0 16 27 2.7
1972 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    3  Dwight Davis             340          Houston                        
  2   24  Steve Hawes              688          Washington                       [pick acquired from NYK]
  4   50  Hank Siemiontkowski                   Villanova                      
  5   66  Sam Cash                          7   California-Riverside           
  6   83  Tom Parker                            Kentucky                       
  7  100  Steve Davidson                        West Texas State               
  8  116  Roger Evans                           Kent State                     
  9  132  Greg Starrick                         Southern Illinois              
 10  145  Kent Martens                          Abilene Christian              

Traded draft picks:

#2 to LA (Jim Price)
#3 to PHO (Scott English)



Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/10/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         L  90-102    0-1
10/13/1972   vs Houston Rockets           L 108-109    0-2
10/15/1972   vs Los Angeles Lakers        L  83-95     0-3
10/20/1972   vs New York Knicks           L  89-92     0-4
10/21/1972   at Detroit Pistons           L  96-103    0-5
10/22/1972   vs Milwaukee Bucks           L  84-104    0-6
10/24/1972   at New York Knicks           L  90-123    0-7
10/25/1972   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 113-108    1-7
10/27/1972   at Boston Celtics            L  97-123    1-8
10/29/1972   vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings   W 115-97     2-8
10/31/1972   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 126-116    3-8
11/03/1972   vs Buffalo Braves            W 124-97     4-8
11/04/1972   at Baltimore Bullets         L  98-108    4-9
11/05/1972   vs Phoenix Suns              L 106-107    4-10
11/08/1972   at Phoenix Suns              L  99-107    4-11
11/10/1972   at Los Angeles Lakers        L  88-118    4-12
11/12/1972   at Seattle Supersonics       W 113-107    5-12
11/14/1972   at Portland Trail Blazers    L  91-100    5-13
11/17/1972   at Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L  96-115    5-14
11/19/1972   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 109-98     6-14
11/21/1972   vs Seattle Supersonics       W  98-88     7-14
11/25/1972   at Buffalo Braves            W 103-90     8-14
11/26/1972   vs Portland Trail Blazers    L 102-105    8-15
11/28/1972   at New York Knicks           L  84-107    8-16
12/01/1972   vs Detroit Pistons           L 113-114    8-17
12/03/1972   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 105-103    9-17
12/05/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         L 100-103    9-18
12/08/1972   vs Boston Celtics            L  87-96     9-19
12/09/1972   at Boston Celtics            L  88-123    9-20
12/10/1972   vs Golden State Warriors     L 100-103    9-21
12/12/1972   at Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L  99-100    9-22
12/15/1972   at Milwaukee Bucks           L  82-98     9-23
12/16/1972   at Atlanta Hawks             L  94-100    9-24
12/17/1972   vs Houston Rockets           L 109-110    9-25
12/22/1972   vs New York Knicks           L  87-98     9-26
12/26/1972   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 115-96     10-26
12/28/1972   at Golden State Warriors     L 105-118    10-27
12/29/1972   at Seattle Supersonics       L  91-99     10-28
01/02/1973   vs Phoenix Suns              W 111-88     11-28
01/03/1973   at Baltimore Bullets         L  80-89     11-29
01/06/1973   vs Los Angeles Lakers        W 108-93     12-29
01/07/1973   vs Houston Rockets           W 102-97     13-29
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/09/1973   at Buffalo Braves            L 102-106    13-30
01/12/1973   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 113-109    14-30
01/13/1973   at Houston Rockets           W 123-115    15-30
01/16/1973   at Golden State Warriors     W 100-98     16-30
01/19/1973   at Houston Rockets           W 108-104    17-30
01/20/1973   at Atlanta Hawks             L  84-96     17-31
01/26/1973   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 105-100    18-31
01/28/1973   vs Baltimore Bullets         L  93-102    18-32
01/30/1973   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 112-98     19-32
01/31/1973   at Boston Celtics            L  89-94     19-33
02/03/1973   at New York Knicks           L  90-95     19-34
02/04/1973   vs New York Knicks           L  97-114    19-35
02/06/1973   vs Boston Celtics            W 110-105    20-35
02/08/1973   at Atlanta Hawks             W 136-132    21-35
02/09/1973   vs Chicago Bulls             L  97-103    21-36
02/11/1973   vs Atlanta Hawks             L 107-115    21-37
02/13/1973   vs Golden State Warriors     L  90-103    21-38
02/16/1973   at Chicago Bulls             L  92-100    21-39
02/17/1973   at Detroit Pistons           W 106-104    22-39
02/18/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            W 122-98     23-39
02/20/1973   at Milwaukee Bucks           L 100-118    23-40
02/23/1973   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 121-102    24-40
02/25/1973   vs Boston Celtics            L  92-105    24-41
02/27/1973   at Baltimore Bullets         L  95-99     24-42
03/02/1973   at Portland Trail Blazers    L  92-106    24-43
03/04/1973   at Los Angeles Lakers        L  84-127    24-44
03/06/1973   at Phoenix Suns              L 102-110    24-45
03/07/1973   at Houston Rockets           W 118-100    25-45
03/10/1973   at Houston Rockets           L 116-131    25-46
03/13/1973   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 115-107    26-46
03/16/1973   vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings   W 114-99     27-46
03/17/1973   at Buffalo Braves            W 114-97     28-46
03/18/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            W 102-101    29-46
03/20/1973   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 131-105    30-46
03/21/1973   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 112-109    31-46
03/23/1973   vs Baltimore Bullets         L 104-106    31-47
03/24/1973   at Baltimore Bullets         L 116-120    31-48
03/25/1973   vs Chicago Bulls             W 112-105    32-48
03/27/1973   at Chicago Bulls             L 105-121    32-49
03/28/1973   vs Detroit Pistons           L 119-131    32-50

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