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 |