1975-1976 Cleveland Cavaliers: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4192 points scored, 3914 allowed) Road record: 19-20 (3946 points scored, 4024 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (202 points scored, 196 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8340 points scored (17th of 18 teams), 8134 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Butch Beard 6'3 185 28 Louisville Jim Brewer 6'9 210 24 Minnesota Austin Carr 6'4 200 27 Notre Dame Jim Chones 6'11 220 26 Marquette Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 26 Ohio State Eric Fernsten 6'10 205 22 San Francisco Rowland Garrett 6'6 210 25 Florida State John Lambert 6'10 225 22 Southern California Steve Patterson 6'9 225 27 UCLA Campy Russell 6'8 215 23 Michigan Bingo Smith 6'5 195 29 Tulsa Dick Snyder 6'5 207 31 Davidson Nate Thurmond 6'11 225 34 Bowling Green Foots Walker 6'0 172 24 West Georgia Luke Witte 7'0 235 25 Ohio State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Jim Chones 82 2741 563 1258 0 0 172 260 197 542 739 163 42 93 0 241 1298 15.8 F Campy Russell 82 1961 483 1003 0 0 266 344 134 211 345 107 69 10 0 231 1232 15.0 F Bingo Smith 81 2338 495 1121 0 0 111 136 83 258 341 155 58 36 0 231 1101 13.6 G Dick Snyder 82 2274 441 881 0 0 155 188 50 148 198 220 59 33 0 215 1037 12.6 G Jim Cleamons 82 2835 413 887 0 0 174 218 124 230 354 428 124 20 0 214 1000 12.2 F Jim Brewer 82 2913 400 874 0 0 140 214 298 593 891 209 94 89 0 214 940 11.5 G Austin Carr 65 1282 276 625 0 0 106 134 67 65 132 122 37 2 0 92 658 10.1 G Foots Walker 81 1280 143 369 0 0 84 108 53 129 182 288 98 5 0 136 370 4.6 C Nate Thurmond 65 1133 122 292 0 0 54 105 101 243 344 68 18 86 0 145 298 4.6 C John Lambert 54 333 49 110 0 0 25 37 37 65 102 16 8 12 0 54 123 2.3 F Rowland Garrett 41 216 51 127 0 0 15 21 18 24 42 10 17 3 0 36 117 2.9 G Butch Beard 15 255 35 90 0 0 27 37 14 29 43 45 10 2 0 36 97 6.5 C Steve Patterson 14 136 15 38 0 0 8 10 7 21 28 9 3 5 0 11 38 2.7 C Luke Witte 22 99 11 32 0 0 9 15 9 29 38 4 1 1 0 14 31 1.4 C Eric Fernsten 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 15 John Lambert 446 USC [pick acquired from GOL]
2 28 Dan Roundfield 746 67 Central Michigan
2 33 Mel Utley St. John's [pick acquired from GOL]
3 45 Ted Hathaway Cleveland State
4 62 Eric Fernsten 218 San Francisco
5 79 Jim Lee Syracuse [pick acquired from MIL]
5 82 Mike Odems Western Kentucky
6 99 Henry Ward 27 61 Jackson State
7 116 Shawn Leftwick Jacksonville
8 136 Andre McCarter 103 UCLA
9 152 Skip Howard Bowling Green
10 167 Eric Anderson McAlister
Traded draft picks:
#1 to LA (Junior Bridgeman)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/13/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 95-100
04/15/1976 at Washington Bullets W 80-79
04/17/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 88-76
04/21/1976 at Washington Bullets L 98-109
04/22/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 92-91
04/26/1976 at Washington Bullets L 98-102 (OT)
04/29/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 87-85
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Eastern Finals
05/06/1976 at Boston Celtics L 99-111
05/09/1976 at Boston Celtics L 89-94
05/11/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 83-78
05/14/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 106-87
05/16/1976 at Boston Celtics L 94-99
05/18/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 87-94
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Jim Cleamons 13 503 73 184 33 40 23 48 71 61 8 3 34 179 13.8
F Campy Russell 13 328 65 161 47 55 25 46 71 14 8 7 51 177 13.6
F Bingo Smith 13 379 71 164 22 25 11 32 43 30 11 3 41 164 12.6
G Dick Snyder 13 364 69 153 18 22 10 19 29 31 11 6 35 156 12.0
G Austin Carr 13 273 66 138 22 36 11 12 23 26 6 3 29 154 11.8
F Jim Brewer 13 489 44 101 26 48 40 100 140 37 13 12 34 114 8.8
C Jim Chones 7 242 47 114 11 18 14 36 50 6 1 6 23 105 15.0
C Nate Thurmond 13 375 37 79 13 32 38 79 117 28 6 29 52 87 6.7
G Foots Walker 13 125 11 27 8 10 5 11 16 23 7 1 17 30 2.3
C Luke Witte 7 28 6 11 4 4 4 5 9 4 0 0 4 16 2.3
C John Lambert 6 34 5 13 2 2 2 9 11 1 1 2 7 12 2.0
F Rowland Garrett 4 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/23/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 83-89 0-1 10/25/1975 at New York Knicks L 91-100 0-2 10/30/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-91 1-2 11/01/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz L 91-103 1-3 11/04/1975 at Washington Bullets L 96-113 1-4 11/06/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 113-108 2-4 11/07/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 94-90 3-4 11/08/1975 at Houston Rockets L 112-116 3-5 11/11/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 98-103 3-6 11/14/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-100 3-7 11/15/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 99-95 4-7 11/18/1975 vs Houston Rockets L 91-95 4-8 11/20/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 115-118 4-9 11/22/1975 at New York Knicks W 95-94 5-9 11/23/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 90-105 5-10 11/25/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 98-94 6-10 11/27/1975 vs Kansas City Kings L 91-95 6-11 11/29/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 124-108 7-11 12/02/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 91-80 8-11 12/04/1975 at Kansas City Kings L 101-105 8-12 12/05/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 88-125 8-13 12/09/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 85-100 8-14 12/11/1975 vs New York Knicks W 109-95 9-14 12/12/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 109-91 10-14 12/13/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 112-90 11-14 12/16/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 123-103 12-14 12/17/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 115-101 13-14 12/19/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 128-124 14-14 12/21/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 99-98 15-14 12/26/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks L 97-98 15-15 12/27/1975 at Washington Bullets W 106-100 16-15 12/28/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 111-88 17-15 12/30/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 110-106 18-15 01/02/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-112 18-16 01/03/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 100-104 18-17 01/07/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 118-119 18-18 01/08/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 115-105 19-18 01/10/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-100 20-18 01/11/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 106-104 21-18 01/14/1976 at Washington Bullets L 88-92 21-19 01/15/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks L 91-98 21-20 01/17/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 105-85 22-20 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 98-85 23-20 01/22/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 109-99 24-20 01/24/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 132-89 25-20 01/27/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 85-83 26-20 01/28/1976 at Houston Rockets L 93-108 26-21 01/30/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 91-89 27-21 02/01/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 95-96 27-22 02/06/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers W 92-87 28-22 02/08/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 83-78 29-22 02/12/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 86-83 30-22 02/13/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 101-96 31-22 02/14/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 114-111 32-22 02/17/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 112-92 33-22 02/19/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 112-94 34-22 02/22/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 107-103 35-22 02/23/1976 at Houston Rockets L 114-117 35-23 02/25/1976 at Detroit Pistons W 108-101 36-23 02/29/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 97-108 36-24 03/03/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 92-108 36-25 03/05/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers W 113-100 37-25 03/06/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 106-117 37-26 03/11/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-99 38-26 03/13/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 99-77 39-26 03/16/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-109 39-27 03/18/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-104 40-27 03/19/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 81-103 40-28 03/20/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 107-99 41-28 03/21/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 95-92 42-28 03/25/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 94-109 42-29 03/26/1976 at Boston Celtics L 93-95 42-30 03/27/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 103-99 43-30 03/30/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 95-86 44-30 03/31/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 110-101 45-30 04/01/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 88-95 45-31 04/03/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 101-104 45-32 04/04/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 120-92 46-32 04/06/1976 at Boston Celtics W 101-92 47-32 04/08/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 111-97 48-32 04/10/1976 vs New York Knicks W 99-94 49-32 04/11/1976 at New York Knicks L 78-103 49-33 |