1976-1977 Cleveland Cavaliers: 43-39 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4294 points scored, 4073 allowed) Road record: 14-27 (4076 points scored, 4205 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8370 points scored (20th of 22 teams), 8278 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Brewer 6'9 210 25 Minnesota Gary Brokaw 6'4 178 22 Notre Dame Austin Carr 6'4 200 28 Notre Dame Jim Chones 6'11 220 27 Marquette Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 27 Ohio State Rowland Garrett 6'6 210 26 Florida State Mo Howard 6'2 170 22 Maryland John Lambert 6'10 225 23 Southern California Campy Russell 6'8 215 24 Michigan Bingo Smith 6'5 195 30 Tulsa Elmore Smith 7'0 250 27 Kentucky State Dick Snyder 6'5 207 32 Davidson Nate Thurmond 6'11 225 35 Bowling Green Foots Walker 6'0 172 25 West Georgia Chuckie Williams 6'3 180 23 Kansas 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 82 2409 558 1221 0 0 213 268 120 120 240 220 57 10 0 221 1329 16.2 F Bingo Smith 81 2135 513 1149 0 0 148 181 92 225 317 152 61 30 0 211 1174 14.5 F Campy Russell 70 2109 435 1003 0 0 288 370 144 275 419 189 70 24 0 196 1158 16.5 C Jim Chones 82 2378 450 972 0 0 155 212 208 480 688 104 32 77 0 258 1055 12.9 G Dick Snyder 82 1685 316 693 0 0 127 149 47 102 149 160 45 30 0 177 759 9.3 F Jim Brewer 81 2672 296 657 0 0 97 178 275 487 762 195 94 82 0 214 689 8.5 G Jim Cleamons 60 2045 257 592 0 0 112 148 99 174 273 308 66 23 0 126 626 10.4 G Foots Walker 62 1216 157 349 0 0 89 115 55 105 160 254 83 4 0 124 403 6.5 C Elmore Smith 36 675 128 254 0 0 56 108 62 169 231 13 16 75 0 98 312 8.7 G Gary Brokaw 39 596 112 240 0 0 58 82 12 47 59 117 14 13 0 79 282 7.2 C Nate Thurmond 49 997 100 246 0 0 68 106 121 253 374 83 16 81 0 128 268 5.5 C John Lambert 63 555 67 157 0 0 25 36 62 92 154 31 16 18 0 75 159 2.5 F Rowland Garrett 29 215 40 93 0 0 18 22 10 30 40 7 7 3 0 30 98 3.4 G Chuckie Williams 22 65 14 47 0 0 9 12 3 1 4 7 1 0 0 7 37 1.7 G Mo Howard 9 28 8 15 0 0 5 6 2 3 5 5 1 2 0 7 21 2.3
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 15 Chuckie Williams 22 Kansas State
2 32 Mo Howard 32 Maryland
3 50 Gary Cole Wisconsin-Parkside
4 66 John Engles Penn
5 84 Ed Lawrence 3 McNeese State
6 102 Harry Davis Morris Brown
7 120 Johnny Britt Western Kentucky
8 123 Dave Koehler Wisconsin [pick acquired from CHI]
8 138 Tim Sisneros Middle Tennessee State
9 155 Bruce Parkinson Purdue
10 171 Elisha McSweeney Mankato State
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/13/1977 at Washington Bullets L 100-109
04/15/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 91-83
04/17/1977 at Washington Bullets L 98-104
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Campy Russell 3 100 21 54 11 15 10 16 26 10 3 1 10 53 17.7
G Foots Walker 3 95 18 37 11 15 4 8 12 20 4 1 12 47 15.7
C Elmore Smith 3 56 18 33 5 8 6 18 24 1 5 3 10 41 13.7
C Jim Chones 3 99 16 27 7 7 11 20 31 3 0 1 9 39 13.0
F Jim Brewer 3 113 11 27 1 1 11 25 36 5 4 4 11 23 7.7
G Austin Carr 3 83 11 39 1 3 4 6 10 10 2 1 13 23 7.7
F Bingo Smith 3 57 9 39 3 3 3 5 8 4 3 1 5 21 7.0
G Gary Brokaw 3 44 9 19 2 6 3 1 4 12 2 1 7 20 6.7
G Dick Snyder 3 53 8 27 2 5 2 3 5 4 1 2 6 18 6.0
C John Lambert 3 19 2 4 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 4 4 1.3
C Nate Thurmond 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 106-95 1-0 10/24/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 100-95 2-0 10/28/1976 vs New York Knicks W 114-90 3-0 10/30/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 109-105 4-0 10/31/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 106-92 5-0 11/01/1976 at New York Nets W 82-75 6-0 11/04/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 96-88 7-0 11/06/1976 vs New York Nets W 101-93 8-0 11/07/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 97-107 8-1 11/09/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 111-90 9-1 11/10/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 112-123 9-2 11/13/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 103-90 10-2 11/14/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers W 97-95 11-2 11/17/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 78-92 11-3 11/21/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 92-97 11-4 11/25/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 111-105 12-4 11/26/1976 at Boston Celtics W 108-92 13-4 11/27/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-104 14-4 11/30/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 99-93 15-4 12/01/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 98-91 16-4 12/03/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 109-112 16-5 12/05/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 89-93 16-6 12/07/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 104-120 16-7 12/09/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 94-104 16-8 12/11/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks L 94-95 16-9 12/16/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-105 17-9 12/18/1976 at New York Knicks L 113-115 17-10 12/19/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 106-105 18-10 12/21/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 108-101 19-10 12/25/1976 at Washington Bullets L 99-117 19-11 12/26/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 96-103 19-12 12/28/1976 vs Kansas City Kings L 106-113 19-13 12/30/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 105-100 20-13 01/01/1977 at New York Knicks L 110-121 20-14 01/02/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 104-80 21-14 01/06/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 129-100 22-14 01/07/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-116 22-15 01/08/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 114-107 23-15 01/11/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 99-101 23-16 01/14/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 96-116 23-17 01/15/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 79-94 23-18 01/18/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 101-93 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 91-99 24-19 01/22/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 130-116 25-19 01/26/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 93-106 25-20 01/27/1977 vs New York Knicks W 113-111 26-20 02/01/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 87-92 26-21 02/04/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 102-101 27-21 02/06/1977 vs New York Nets L 90-94 27-22 02/08/1977 at Houston Rockets L 81-97 27-23 02/10/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-101 28-23 02/11/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 94-101 28-24 02/15/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 117-96 29-24 02/17/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 103-112 29-25 02/19/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 92-88 30-25 02/20/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-112 30-26 02/24/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-86 31-26 02/26/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 98-104 31-27 03/02/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 105-85 32-27 03/04/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers W 113-101 33-27 03/06/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-104 33-28 03/08/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 102-112 33-29 03/10/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 100-106 33-30 03/13/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 115-113 34-30 03/15/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 102-133 34-31 03/17/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 87-88 34-32 03/18/1977 at New York Nets W 101-88 35-32 03/19/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 94-89 36-32 03/20/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 115-108 37-32 03/22/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 108-104 38-32 03/23/1977 at Washington Bullets L 90-95 38-33 03/24/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 87-92 38-34 03/26/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 99-94 39-34 03/27/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 90-95 39-35 03/29/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 110-82 40-35 04/01/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 115-106 41-35 04/02/1977 at Houston Rockets L 93-106 41-36 04/03/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 113-107 42-36 04/05/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 113-119 42-37 04/07/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 108-94 43-37 04/09/1977 vs Detroit Pistons L 96-103 43-38 04/10/1977 at Boston Celtics L 105-115 43-39 |