1978-1979 Cleveland Cavaliers team stats

1978-1979 Cleveland Cavaliers: 30-52 .366
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-21 (4424 points scored, 4368 allowed) Road record: 10-31 (4308 points scored, 4669 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Bill Fitch 8732 points scored (20th of 22 teams), 9037 points allowed (10th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team)


Team Roster:

Player                 Hgt   Wgt  Age  School
Jim Brewer             6'9   210   27  Minnesota
Austin Carr            6'4   200   30  Notre Dame
Jim Chones             6'11  220   29  Marquette
Harry Davis            6'7   220   22  Florida State
Walt Frazier           6'4   200   33  Southern Illinois
Terry Furlow           6'4   190   24  Michigan State
Kenny Higgs            6'0   180   23  Louisiana State
John Lambert           6'10  225   25  Southern California
Butch Lee              6'0   185   22  Marquette
Mike Mitchell          6'7   215   22  Auburn
Campy Russell          6'8   215   26  Michigan
Bingo Smith            6'5   195   32  Tulsa
Elmore Smith           7'0   250   29  Kentucky State
Foots Walker           6'0   172   27  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          74  2859   603  1268    0    0  417  523  147   356   503  348   98   25  259  222  1623  21.9
 G   Austin Carr            82  2714   551  1161    0    0  292  358  155   135   290  217   77   14  175  210  1394  17.0
 C   Jim Chones             82  2850   472  1073    0    0  158  215  260   582   842  181   47  102  187  278  1102  13.4
 F   Mike Mitchell          80  1576   362   706    0    0  131  178  127   202   329   60   51   29  102  215   855  10.7
 F   Bingo Smith            72  1650   361   784    0    0   83  106   77   129   206  121   43    7   75  188   805  11.2
 G   Terry Furlow           49  1110   275   569    0    0  103  125   44    52    96  103   40   17   87   80   653  13.3
 G   Foots Walker           55  1753   208   448    0    0  137  175   59   139   198  321  130   18  127  153   553  10.1
 G   Butch Lee              33   782   146   321    0    0   87  113   22    45    67  126   30    0   58   58   379  11.5
 G   Kenny Higgs            68  1050   127   279    0    0   85  111   18    84   102  141   66   11   47  176   339   5.0
 C   John Lambert           70  1030   148   329    0    0   35   55  116   174   290   43   25   29   65  163   331   4.7
 F   Jim Brewer             55  1301   114   259    0    0   23   48  125   245   370   74   48   56   78  136   251   4.6
 F   Harry Davis            40   394    66   153    0    0   30   43   27    39    66   16   13    8   23   66   162   4.0
 C   Elmore Smith           24   332    69   130    0    0   18   26   45    61   106   13    7   16   42   60   156   6.5
 G   Walt Frazier           12   279    54   122    0    0   21   27    7    13    20   32   13    2   22   22   129  10.8

1978 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   15  Mike Mitchell            759          Auburn                           [pick acquired from MIL]
  2   33  Harry Davis               44          Florida State                  
  3   57  Ken Higgs                             Louisiana State                
  4   78  Stan Rome                             Clemson                        
  5   99  Ken Koenigs                           Kansas                         
  6  123  Ron Bell                              Virginia Tech                  
  7  143  Tony Smith                            Nevada-Las Vegas               
  8  161  Roland Martin                         Missouri Southern              
  9  180  Steve Bayless                         Central State (OH)             
 10  194  Gary Winston                          Army                           

Traded draft picks:

#1 to MIL (George Johnson)

Regular Season Game Log:

Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 at Boston Celtics W 115-101 1-0 10/17/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-111 2-0 10/21/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-104 3-0 10/24/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-104 4-0 10/25/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 105-110 4-1 10/27/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 108-123 4-2 10/29/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 94-99 4-3 10/31/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 114-119 4-4 11/01/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 107-122 4-5 11/03/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 93-110 4-6 11/04/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 112-106 5-6 11/05/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-117 5-7 11/08/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 96-118 5-8 11/10/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 95-109 5-9 11/12/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 91-98 5-10 11/14/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 106-122 5-11 11/16/1978 vs New York Knicks L 93-97 5-12 11/18/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 90-92 5-13 11/21/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 108-110 5-14 11/24/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 104-98 6-14 11/28/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 112-98 7-14 11/30/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 97-98 7-15 12/02/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 100-106 7-16 12/05/1978 at Washington Bullets L 102-117 7-17 12/07/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 105-121 7-18 12/09/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 115-107 8-18 12/12/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 127-110 9-18 12/15/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 110-106 10-18 12/16/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 100-108 10-19 12/17/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-91 11-19 12/19/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 106-113 11-20 12/21/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 101-90 12-20 12/23/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 91-109 12-21 12/28/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 116-114 13-21 12/30/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 104-94 14-21 01/02/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 113-116 14-22 01/04/1979 vs New York Knicks W 117-103 15-22 01/06/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 105-94 16-22 01/07/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 112-108 17-22 01/12/1979 at Houston Rockets L 96-107 17-23 01/13/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 103-117 17-24 01/16/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 79-86 17-25

Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-107 17-26 01/19/1979 at New York Knicks L 101-105 17-27 01/21/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 94-93 18-27 01/23/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 108-107 19-27 01/24/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 123-114 20-27 01/27/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 110-111 20-28 01/28/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 109-137 20-29 02/01/1979 vs Detroit Pistons L 116-120 20-30 02/02/1979 at Boston Celtics L 98-112 20-31 02/06/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 119-100 21-31 02/07/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 105-120 21-32 02/09/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 103-106 21-33 02/11/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 101-136 21-34 02/13/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-111 22-34 02/15/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 113-100 23-34 02/17/1979 at New York Knicks W 127-117 24-34 02/20/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 109-119 24-35 02/22/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-107 25-35 02/24/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz L 96-105 25-36 02/25/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 117-108 26-36 02/28/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 117-139 26-37 03/02/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 111-109 27-37 03/04/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 102-106 27-38 03/07/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 103-101 28-38 03/10/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 115-121 28-39 03/13/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 120-124 28-40 03/15/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 98-104 28-41 03/17/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 114-117 28-42 03/18/1979 at Washington Bullets L 112-126 28-43 03/20/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 109-115 28-44 03/22/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 106-108 28-45 03/24/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 117-139 28-46 03/27/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 111-109 29-46 03/29/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 103-120 29-47 03/30/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 93-129 29-48 04/01/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 114-105 30-48 04/03/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 112-116 30-49 04/04/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 95-102 30-50 04/06/1979 at Houston Rockets L 110-112 30-51 04/08/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-117 30-52

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