1973-1974 Cleveland Cavaliers: 29-53 .354
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 18-23 (4186 points scored, 4284 allowed) Road record: 11-28 (3846 points scored, 4077 allowed) Other sites: 0-2 (189 points scored, 215 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8221 points scored (17th of 17 teams), 8576 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Brewer 6'9 210 22 Minnesota Austin Carr 6'4 200 25 Notre Dame Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 24 Ohio State Barry Clemens 6'6 210 30 Ohio Wesleyan Dwight Davis 6'8 220 24 Houston Fred Foster 6'5 210 27 Miami Steve Patterson 6'9 225 25 UCLA Bob Rule 6'9 220 29 Colorado State Bingo Smith 6'5 195 27 Tulsa Cornell Warner 6'9 220 25 Jackson State Johnny Warren 6'3 180 26 St. John's Lenny Wilkens 6'1 180 36 Providence Luke Witte 7'0 235 23 Ohio State 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 81 3100 748 1682 0 0 279 326 139 150 289 305 92 14 0 189 1775 21.9 G Lenny Wilkens 74 2483 462 994 0 0 289 361 80 197 277 522 97 17 0 165 1213 16.4 F Bingo Smith 82 2612 536 1179 0 0 139 169 134 301 435 198 89 30 0 242 1211 14.8 F Dwight Davis 76 2477 376 862 0 0 197 274 174 470 644 186 63 74 0 291 949 12.5 C Steve Patterson 76 1910 262 599 0 0 69 112 223 396 619 165 48 58 0 193 593 7.8 G Jim Cleamons 81 1642 236 545 0 0 93 133 63 167 230 227 61 17 0 152 565 7.0 F Jim Brewer 82 1862 210 548 0 0 80 123 207 317 524 149 46 35 0 192 500 6.1 F Barry Clemens 71 913 163 346 0 0 62 73 42 124 166 80 36 2 0 136 388 5.5 G Johnny Warren 69 790 132 291 0 0 35 41 42 86 128 62 27 6 0 117 299 4.3 F Fred Foster 58 649 112 288 0 0 54 64 43 65 108 62 19 6 0 79 278 4.8 C Luke Witte 57 728 105 243 0 0 46 62 80 147 227 41 8 22 0 91 256 4.5 C Bob Rule 26 540 76 192 0 0 34 46 43 60 103 47 12 10 0 71 186 7.2 F Cornell Warner 5 49 2 13 0 0 4 4 5 12 17 4 0 2 0 7 8 1.6
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 2 Jim Brewer 703 Minnesota [pick acquired from POR]
2 26 Allan Hornyak Ohio State [pick acquired from PHO]
3 37 Jim O'Brien 58 Maryland [pick acquired from POR]
3 40 Ozzie Edwards Oklahoma City
3 41 James Lister Sam Houston State [pick acquired from HOU]
4 57 Luke Witte 118 Ohio State
5 74 John Coughran 24 California
6 91 Willie Calvert Abilene Christian
7 108 Larry Farmer UCLA
8 125 John Ritter Indiana
9 142 Les Taylor Murray State
10 156 Dean Martin Baldwin-Wallace
11 169 Floyd Lewis Harvard
12 178 Chris McMurray San Diego State
13 185 John Pennebacker Hawaii
14 191 Charles Mitchell Eastern Kentucky
15 196 Reese Stovall Texas-Pan American
16 201 Tom O'Connor Iowa
17 205 Phil Elderkin Boston University
Traded draft picks:
#1 to LA (Kermit Washington)
#2 to LA (Billy Schaeffer)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 99-106 0-1 10/14/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 83-95 0-2 10/19/1973 vs New York Knicks L 90-92 0-3 10/20/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-101 0-4 10/23/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 103-96 1-4 10/26/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 97-104 1-5 10/27/1973 vs Buffalo Braves L 101-111 1-6 10/28/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 102-99 2-6 10/31/1973 at Boston Celtics L 110-128 2-7 11/02/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 100-118 2-8 11/03/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 94-105 2-9 11/04/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 110-115 2-10 11/06/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-96 3-10 11/09/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 111-106 4-10 11/10/1973 at New York Knicks L 90-100 4-11 11/11/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 93-103 4-12 11/13/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 115-128 4-13 11/16/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-117 4-14 11/18/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-102 4-15 11/22/1973 at Houston Rockets W 104-96 5-15 11/23/1973 at Houston Rockets W 85-83 6-15 11/25/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 101-107 6-16 11/27/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-118 7-16 11/28/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 96-91 8-16 11/30/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-110 9-16 12/01/1973 at New York Knicks L 99-119 9-17 12/02/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 104-130 9-18 12/05/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 89-75 10-18 12/07/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 91-96 10-19 12/09/1973 vs Phoenix Suns L 106-117 10-20 12/11/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 101-100 11-20 12/14/1973 vs Buffalo Braves L 98-102 11-21 12/18/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 93-100 11-22 12/19/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 92-106 11-23 12/21/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-96 12-23 12/22/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 108-98 13-23 12/23/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 99-91 14-23 12/26/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 110-123 14-24 12/27/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 100-110 14-25 12/29/1973 at Boston Celtics L 92-111 14-26 12/30/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 94-99 14-27 01/04/1974 vs Capitol Bullets L 91-94 14-28 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/05/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 86-99 14-29 01/09/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 86-90 14-30 01/11/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 96-106 14-31 01/12/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 117-112 15-31 01/13/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 96-94 16-31 01/17/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 86-101 16-32 01/19/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 108-111 16-33 01/22/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 111-110 17-33 01/23/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 103-110 17-34 01/25/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 87-84 18-34 01/26/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 93-106 18-35 01/29/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-111 19-35 01/30/1974 at Boston Celtics L 108-120 19-36 02/01/1974 vs Capitol Bullets L 99-107 19-37 02/02/1974 at New York Knicks L 87-103 19-38 02/03/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 94-108 19-39 02/05/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 87-102 19-40 02/08/1974 at Houston Rockets L 106-120 19-41 02/09/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 90-99 19-42 02/10/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 125-121 20-42 02/12/1974 vs Capitol Bullets L 99-107 20-43 02/16/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 106-101 21-43 02/17/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-106 21-44 02/19/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 98-104 21-45 02/21/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 103-122 21-46 02/22/1974 vs New York Knicks L 110-117 21-47 02/23/1974 at Capitol Bullets W 104-101 22-47 02/24/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 101-97 23-47 03/01/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 110-93 24-47 03/03/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 93-98 24-48 03/09/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 100-109 24-49 03/10/1974 at Houston Rockets L 108-113 24-50 03/12/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 95-84 25-50 03/15/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 104-103 26-50 03/16/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 105-114 26-51 03/17/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 115-99 27-51 03/19/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-103 28-51 03/20/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 91-101 28-52 03/24/1974 vs New York Knicks W 114-92 29-52 03/26/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 98-104 29-53 |