1977-1978 Cleveland Cavaliers: 43-39 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4375 points scored, 4177 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4186 points scored, 4345 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8561 points scored (19th of 22 teams), 8522 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Brewer 6'9 210 26 Minnesota Austin Carr 6'4 200 29 Notre Dame Jim Chones 6'11 220 28 Marquette Walt Frazier 6'4 200 32 Southern Illinois Terry Furlow 6'4 190 23 Michigan State Eddie Jordan 6'1 170 22 Rutgers John Lambert 6'10 225 24 Southern California Campy Russell 6'8 215 25 Michigan Bingo Smith 6'5 195 31 Tulsa Elmore Smith 7'0 250 28 Kentucky State Dick Snyder 6'5 207 33 Davidson Foots Walker 6'0 172 26 West Georgia Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Campy Russell 72 2520 523 1168 0 0 352 469 154 304 458 278 88 12 206 193 1398 19.4 C Jim Chones 82 2906 525 1113 0 0 180 250 219 625 844 131 52 58 184 235 1230 15.0 G Austin Carr 82 2186 414 945 0 0 183 225 76 111 187 225 68 19 146 168 1011 12.3 C Elmore Smith 81 1996 402 809 0 0 205 309 178 500 678 57 50 176 141 241 1009 12.5 F Bingo Smith 82 1581 369 840 0 0 108 135 65 142 207 91 38 21 81 155 846 10.3 G Walt Frazier 51 1664 336 714 0 0 153 180 54 155 209 209 77 9 113 124 825 16.2 G Foots Walker 81 2496 287 641 0 0 159 221 76 218 294 453 176 24 181 218 733 9.0 G Terry Furlow 53 827 192 443 0 0 88 99 47 60 107 72 21 14 77 67 472 8.9 F Jim Brewer 80 1798 175 390 0 0 46 100 182 313 495 98 60 48 103 178 396 5.0 C John Lambert 76 1075 142 336 0 0 27 48 125 199 324 38 27 50 62 169 311 4.1 G Dick Snyder 58 660 112 252 0 0 56 64 9 40 49 56 23 19 48 74 280 4.8 G Eddie Jordan 22 171 19 56 0 0 12 16 2 9 11 32 12 1 14 10 50 2.3
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 33 Eddie Jordan 420 Rutgers
3 55 Steve Grote Michigan
4 77 Melvin Jones West Texas State
5 99 Al Smith Jackson State
6 121 Ron Cox Eastern Washington
7 141 Bob Riddle Eastern Michigan
8 160 Tom Cutter Western Michigan
Traded draft picks:
#1 to MIL (Ernie Grunfeld)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/12/1978 vs New York Knicks L 114-132
04/14/1978 at New York Knicks L 107-109
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 2 88 19 39 17 21 7 8 15 11 3 1 10 9 55 27.5
G Austin Carr 2 69 10 27 15 16 3 5 8 5 2 1 4 8 35 17.5
G Terry Furlow 2 50 13 27 6 6 3 2 5 5 0 0 3 1 32 16.0
C Jim Chones 2 82 13 27 4 8 3 12 15 7 2 1 4 7 30 15.0
G Foots Walker 2 70 10 26 5 5 5 2 7 10 3 2 6 7 25 12.5
C Elmore Smith 2 56 11 24 3 6 6 13 19 0 3 3 5 9 25 12.5
F Bingo Smith 2 34 8 13 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 16 8.0
C John Lambert 2 19 1 3 1 2 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.5
F Jim Brewer 1 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
G Dick Snyder 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 88-91 0-1 10/20/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 107-104 1-1 10/22/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 101-107 1-2 10/25/1977 at New York Knicks W 117-112 2-2 10/27/1977 vs Kansas City Kings L 104-119 2-3 10/29/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 103-98 3-3 11/01/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 110-93 4-3 11/02/1977 at Boston Celtics W 104-101 5-3 11/03/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 100-91 6-3 11/05/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 105-93 7-3 11/11/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 88-82 8-3 11/15/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 102-95 9-3 11/18/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 104-108 9-4 11/19/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 67-109 9-5 11/20/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 115-108 10-5 11/24/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 97-82 11-5 11/26/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 105-87 12-5 11/29/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-101 13-5 12/01/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 92-105 13-6 12/03/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 97-111 13-7 12/04/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 94-100 13-8 12/06/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 94-116 13-9 12/07/1977 at Washington Bullets L 95-96 13-10 12/10/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 102-87 14-10 12/13/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-104 15-10 12/16/1977 at New Jersey Nets L 106-116 15-11 12/17/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 116-129 15-12 12/18/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 101-95 16-12 12/22/1977 vs New York Knicks W 112-100 17-12 12/25/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 111-105 18-12 12/27/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 102-113 18-13 12/29/1977 at Houston Rockets L 99-104 18-14 12/30/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-122 18-15 01/01/1978 at New York Knicks L 87-96 18-16 01/04/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 93-108 18-17 01/05/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 110-94 19-17 01/07/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 107-109 19-18 01/13/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 98-104 19-19 01/15/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 104-113 19-20 01/17/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 89-104 19-21 01/19/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 117-109 20-21 01/22/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 93-89 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/24/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 96-92 22-21 01/28/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 105-115 22-22 01/29/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 116-120 22-23 01/31/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 107-116 22-24 02/02/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 110-93 23-24 02/03/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 104-101 24-24 02/07/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-99 25-24 02/09/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 88-94 25-25 02/10/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-108 25-26 02/12/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 88-101 25-27 02/14/1978 vs New York Knicks W 136-127 26-27 02/16/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 119-87 27-27 02/17/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 99-96 28-27 02/18/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 105-101 29-27 02/20/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 95-106 29-28 02/21/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-127 29-29 02/24/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 98-101 29-30 02/25/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-112 29-31 02/27/1978 at Houston Rockets W 110-97 30-31 03/01/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 110-104 31-31 03/04/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-105 31-32 03/05/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 117-128 31-33 03/08/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 108-118 31-34 03/10/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 117-118 31-35 03/12/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 95-90 32-35 03/14/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 119-98 33-35 03/16/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 112-102 34-35 03/19/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 112-123 34-36 03/20/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 104-127 34-37 03/22/1978 at Boston Celtics L 99-105 34-38 03/26/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-78 35-38 03/27/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 98-88 36-38 03/28/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-100 37-38 03/30/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 95-99 37-39 03/31/1978 at Washington Bullets W 102-101 38-39 04/01/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 113-99 39-39 04/04/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 116-105 40-39 04/06/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 117-105 41-39 04/07/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 111-109 42-39 04/09/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 120-117 43-39 |