1974-1975 Cleveland Cavaliers: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4069 points scored, 3872 allowed) Road record: 11-30 (4048 points scored, 4275 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8117 points scored (16th of 18 teams), 8147 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Brewer 6'9 210 23 Minnesota Austin Carr 6'4 200 26 Notre Dame Jim Chones 6'11 220 25 Marquette Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 25 Ohio State Dwight Davis 6'8 220 25 Houston Fred Foster 6'5 210 28 Miami Steve Patterson 6'9 225 26 UCLA Campy Russell 6'8 215 22 Michigan Bingo Smith 6'5 195 28 Tulsa Dick Snyder 6'5 207 30 Davidson Foots Walker 6'0 172 23 West Georgia Luke Witte 7'0 235 24 Ohio State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Bingo Smith 82 2636 585 1212 0 0 132 160 108 299 407 229 80 26 0 227 1302 15.9 G Dick Snyder 82 2590 498 988 0 0 165 195 37 201 238 281 69 43 0 226 1161 14.2 C Jim Chones 72 2427 446 916 0 0 152 224 156 521 677 132 49 120 0 247 1044 14.5 G Jim Cleamons 74 2691 369 768 0 0 144 181 97 232 329 381 84 21 0 194 882 11.9 F Dwight Davis 78 1964 295 666 0 0 176 245 108 356 464 150 45 39 0 254 766 9.8 F Jim Brewer 82 1991 291 639 0 0 103 159 205 304 509 128 77 43 0 150 685 8.4 G Austin Carr 41 1081 252 538 0 0 89 106 51 56 107 154 48 2 0 57 593 14.5 F Fred Foster 73 1136 217 521 0 0 69 97 56 54 110 103 22 2 0 130 503 6.9 F Campy Russell 68 754 150 365 0 0 124 165 43 109 152 45 21 3 0 100 424 6.2 C Steve Patterson 81 1269 161 387 0 0 48 73 112 217 329 93 21 20 0 128 370 4.6 G Foots Walker 72 1070 111 275 0 0 80 117 47 99 146 192 80 7 0 126 302 4.2 C Luke Witte 39 271 33 96 0 0 19 31 38 54 92 15 4 22 0 42 85 2.2
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 8 Campy Russell 566 Michigan [pick acquired from SEA]
3 38 Foots Walker 658 West Georgia [pick acquired from POR]
3 39 Kevin Restani 550 San Francisco
4 57 Jim Foster 89 Connecticut
5 75 Gary Novak Notre Dame
6 93 Aron Stewart Richmond
7 111 Mike Robinson Michigan State
8 129 Kerry Hughes Wisconsin
9 147 Jim Buskofsky Upper Iowa
10 164 Jim Kelly Loras
Traded draft picks:
#1 to SEA (Tom Burleson)
#2 to LA (Billy Knight)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 129-131 0-1 10/19/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 110-113 0-2 10/20/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-100 0-3 10/23/1974 at Boston Celtics W 108-107 1-3 10/24/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-97 2-3 10/26/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 90-88 3-3 10/29/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 92-107 3-4 10/31/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-101 4-4 11/03/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 104-101 5-4 11/06/1974 at Washington Bullets W 107-99 6-4 11/12/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 94-112 6-5 11/14/1974 at New York Knicks L 89-94 6-6 11/16/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 92-89 7-6 11/19/1974 at Houston Rockets L 85-94 7-7 11/21/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 106-74 8-7 11/23/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 121-100 9-7 11/24/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 94-109 9-8 11/26/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 102-94 10-8 11/28/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-103 11-8 12/03/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 97-91 12-8 12/05/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 124-91 13-8 12/06/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 91-117 13-9 12/08/1974 vs Washington Bullets L 75-88 13-10 12/11/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 97-95 14-10 12/13/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 84-85 14-11 12/17/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 119-106 15-11 12/19/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 106-104 16-11 12/21/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 74-87 16-12 12/23/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 95-79 17-12 12/26/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 89-99 17-13 12/29/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 110-103 18-13 12/30/1974 at Washington Bullets L 90-103 18-14 01/03/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 95-83 19-14 01/04/1975 at New York Knicks L 102-103 19-15 01/05/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 97-86 20-15 01/07/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 112-113 20-16 01/10/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 100-104 20-17 01/11/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 81-91 20-18 01/16/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 89-81 21-18 01/18/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 108-106 22-18 01/19/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 98-100 22-19 01/21/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 88-97 22-20 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/23/1975 vs New York Knicks L 89-100 22-21 01/25/1975 at Washington Bullets L 92-94 22-22 01/26/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 93-96 22-23 01/28/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 97-125 22-24 01/30/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 91-97 22-25 01/31/1975 at Boston Celtics L 99-121 22-26 02/01/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 112-109 23-26 02/02/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-96 24-26 02/04/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 97-111 24-27 02/06/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 98-90 25-27 02/08/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 92-91 26-27 02/11/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 100-86 27-27 02/12/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 105-102 28-27 02/13/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 96-93 29-27 02/14/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-112 29-28 02/16/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 100-95 30-28 02/18/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 93-104 30-29 02/20/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 106-95 31-29 02/23/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-105 32-29 02/25/1975 at Houston Rockets L 87-114 32-30 02/26/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 96-108 32-31 02/28/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-109 32-32 03/01/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 95-110 32-33 03/04/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-117 32-34 03/07/1975 at Houston Rockets L 86-93 32-35 03/09/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 86-90 32-36 03/11/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 123-114 33-36 03/13/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 104-85 34-36 03/15/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 88-96 34-37 03/16/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 113-111 35-37 03/18/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 112-98 36-37 03/20/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 87-83 37-37 03/22/1975 at Washington Bullets L 97-100 37-38 03/23/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 101-95 38-38 03/25/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 84-89 38-39 03/27/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 86-83 39-39 03/28/1975 at Houston Rockets L 105-112 39-40 03/29/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 97-103 39-41 04/03/1975 vs New York Knicks W 100-95 40-41 04/06/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 94-95 40-42 |