1979-1980 Cleveland Cavaliers: 37-45 .451
Previous Season Home record: 28-13 (4837 points scored, 4600 allowed) Road record: 9-32 (4523 points scored, 4732 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Stan Albeck 9360 points scored (3rd of 22 teams), 9332 points allowed (19th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Austin Carr 6'4 200 31 Notre Dame Kenny Carr 6'7 220 24 North Carolina State Don Ford 6'8 215 26 California - Santa Barbara Walt Frazier 6'4 200 34 Southern Illinois John Lambert 6'10 225 26 Southern California Butch Lee 6'0 185 23 Marquette Mike Mitchell 6'7 215 23 Auburn Dave Robisch 6'10 235 30 Kansas Campy Russell 6'8 215 27 Michigan Bingo Smith 6'5 195 33 Tulsa Randy Smith 6'3 180 31 SUNY - Buffalo Willie Smith 6'2 170 26 Missouri Earl Tatum 6'4 185 26 Marquette Foots Walker 6'0 172 28 West Georgia Bill Willoughby 6'8 205 22 None Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Mike Mitchell 82 2802 775 1482 0 6 270 343 206 385 591 93 70 77 172 259 1820 22.2 G Randy Smith 82 2677 599 1326 10 53 233 283 93 163 256 363 125 7 200 190 1441 17.6 C Dave Robisch 82 2670 489 940 0 3 277 329 225 433 658 192 53 53 138 211 1255 15.3 F Kenny Carr 74 1781 371 752 0 4 171 261 194 377 571 76 64 51 145 240 913 12.3 G Austin Carr 77 1595 390 839 2 6 127 172 81 84 165 150 39 3 108 120 909 11.8 F Campy Russell 41 1331 284 630 1 9 178 239 76 149 225 173 72 20 148 113 747 18.2 G Foots Walker 76 2422 258 568 1 9 195 243 78 209 287 607 155 12 157 202 712 9.4 F Bill Willoughby 78 1447 219 457 1 9 96 127 122 207 329 72 32 62 68 189 535 6.9 C John Lambert 74 1324 165 400 0 3 73 101 138 214 352 56 47 42 64 203 403 5.4 G Willie Smith 62 1051 121 315 17 71 40 52 56 65 121 259 75 1 95 110 299 4.8 F Don Ford 21 419 65 144 1 2 22 25 21 66 87 29 11 6 21 45 153 7.3 G Earl Tatum 33 225 36 94 2 6 11 19 11 15 26 20 16 5 17 29 85 2.6 F Bingo Smith 8 135 33 72 1 5 7 8 2 12 14 7 3 2 9 21 74 9.2 G Walt Frazier 3 27 4 11 0 1 2 2 1 2 3 8 2 1 4 2 10 3.3 G Butch Lee 3 24 2 11 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 1.3
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 26 Bruce Flowers 53 Notre Dame
3 65 Bill Laimbeer 1068 Notre Dame [pick acquired from SEA]
4 70 Rick Swing Citadel
5 91 Matt Simpkins Georgia Southern
6 112 Joe Manning North Texas State
7 131 Steve Skaggs Ohio
8 151 Mark Haymore Massachusetts
9 169 Tim Joyce Ohio
10 188 Terry Peavy Point Park
Traded draft picks:
#1 to DET via MIL (Greg Kelser)
#3 to CHI (Calvin Garrett)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 95-102 0-1 10/13/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 117-139 0-2 10/16/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 137-117 1-2 10/17/1979 at Boston Celtics L 108-127 1-3 10/18/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 141-134 2-3 10/20/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 127-129 2-4 10/23/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 111-121 2-5 10/24/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 118-128 2-6 10/27/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 106-112 2-7 10/30/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 124-112 3-7 10/31/1979 at Washington Bullets L 105-114 3-8 11/01/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 127-125 4-8 11/03/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 123-110 5-8 11/06/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 134-117 6-8 11/09/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 106-110 6-9 11/11/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 126-140 6-10 11/13/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 110-116 6-11 11/16/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-108 6-12 11/17/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-103 6-13 11/20/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 119-107 7-13 11/21/1979 at Washington Bullets W 122-103 8-13 11/22/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 120-93 9-13 11/24/1979 at New York Knicks L 113-133 9-14 11/25/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 112-103 10-14 11/28/1979 at Houston Rockets L 111-113 10-15 11/29/1979 vs New York Knicks W 117-115 11-15 12/01/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 105-117 11-16 12/02/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-108 12-16 12/04/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 115-112 13-16 12/05/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 99-118 13-17 12/08/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 116-100 14-17 12/13/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 113-115 14-18 12/15/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 117-111 15-18 12/18/1979 at Utah Jazz L 103-105 15-19 12/19/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 128-125 16-19 12/22/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 117-126 16-20 12/25/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 111-101 17-20 12/27/1979 vs New York Knicks W 125-110 18-20 12/29/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 124-106 19-20 01/03/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 108-109 19-21 01/05/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 98-99 19-22 01/06/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 100-108 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1980 vs Houston Rockets L 115-118 19-24 01/09/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 107-111 19-25 01/11/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-116 19-26 01/12/1980 at Houston Rockets L 96-112 19-27 01/15/1980 at New York Knicks W 129-110 20-27 01/17/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 116-112 21-27 01/19/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-111 21-28 01/22/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 114-91 22-28 01/23/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 103-117 22-29 01/26/1980 vs Indiana Pacers L 114-115 22-30 01/27/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 121-123 22-31 01/29/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 154-153 23-31 01/30/1980 at Boston Celtics L 103-110 23-32 02/05/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 121-123 23-33 02/06/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-111 23-34 02/08/1980 at Houston Rockets L 104-105 23-35 02/10/1980 vs Chicago Bulls L 117-123 23-36 02/13/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 107-102 24-36 02/14/1980 vs Indiana Pacers L 114-118 24-37 02/16/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-104 25-37 02/17/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-115 25-38 02/19/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 128-109 26-38 02/21/1980 at Washington Bullets L 115-118 26-39 02/23/1980 at New York Knicks L 112-127 26-40 02/24/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 100-115 26-41 02/29/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-111 26-42 03/02/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 123-119 27-42 03/04/1980 at San Diego Clippers L 105-116 27-43 03/07/1980 at Kansas City Kings W 111-104 28-43 03/09/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 113-107 29-43 03/11/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 122-119 30-43 03/15/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 100-98 31-43 03/16/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-109 32-43 03/18/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 108-107 33-43 03/20/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 109-96 34-43 03/22/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 109-105 35-43 03/25/1980 vs New York Knicks L 115-128 35-44 03/27/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 118-111 36-44 03/28/1980 at Boston Celtics L 122-130 36-45 03/30/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-102 37-45 |