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1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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15-67, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (15-67)

Points Per Game: 102.1 (17th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.3 (11th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 16-66 (17th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena ▪ Attendance: 144,252 (16th of 17)

SRS: -12.04 (17th of 17)

1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Cliff Anderson G-F 6-2 200 September 7, 1944 3 Saint Joseph's University
50 Len Chappell F-C 6-8 240 January 31, 1941 8 Wake Forest University
10 Joe Cooke G 6-3 175 August 14, 1948 R Indiana University
21 Johnny Egan G 5-11 180 January 31, 1939 9 Providence College
23 Gary Freeman F 6-9 210 July 25, 1948 R Oregon State University
32 John Johnson F 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 R University of Iowa
5 Bobby Lewis G 6-3 175 March 20, 1945 3 University of North Carolina
18 McCoy McLemore F-C 6-7 230 April 3, 1942 6 Drake University
30 Larry Mikan F 6-7 210 April 8, 1948 R University of Minnesota
45 Luther Rackley C 6-10 220 June 11, 1946 1 Xavier University
7 Bingo Smith F-G 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 1 University of Tulsa
15 Dave Sorenson F 6-8 225 July 8, 1948 R Ohio State University
40 Gary Suiter C-F 6-9 225 January 18, 1945 R Midwestern State University
11 John Warren G-F 6-3 180 July 7, 1947 1 St. John's University
17 Bobby Washington G 5-11 175 July 11, 1947 1 Eastern Kentucky University
44 Walt Wesley C 6-11 220 January 25, 1945 4 University of Kansas

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19680 3299 7778 .424 1775 2380 .746 3982 2065 2114 8373 102.1
Opponent 82 19680 3476 7480 .465 2337 3024 .773 4175 2307 1899 9289 113.3

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Walt Wesley 26 82 2425 565 1241 .455 325 473 .687 713 83 295 1455
2 Bingo Smith 24 77 2332 495 1106 .448 178 234 .761 429 258 175 1168
3 John Johnson 23 67 2310 435 1032 .422 240 298 .805 453 323 251 1110
4 John Warren 23 82 2610 380 899 .423 180 217 .829 344 347 299 940
5 Dave Sorenson 22 79 1940 353 794 .445 184 229 .803 486 163 181 890
6 McCoy McLemore 28 58 1839 254 654 .388 170 220 .773 463 176 169 678
7 Luther Rackley 24 74 1434 219 470 .466 121 190 .637 394 66 186 559
8 Bobby Lewis 25 79 1852 179 484 .370 109 152 .717 206 244 176 467
9 Bobby Washington 23 47 823 123 310 .397 104 140 .743 105 190 105 350
10 Joe Cooke 22 73 725 134 341 .393 48 59 .814 114 93 135 316
11 Larry Mikan 22 53 536 62 186 .333 34 55 .618 139 41 56 158
12 Johnny Egan 32 26 410 40 98 .408 25 28 .893 32 58 31 105
13 Cliff Anderson 26 23 171 19 59 .322 41 60 .683 37 16 22 79
14 Gary Suiter 26 30 140 19 54 .352 4 9 .444 41 2 20 42
15 Len Chappell 30 6 86 15 38 .395 11 14 .786 18 1 9 41
16 Gary Freeman 22 11 47 7 12 .583 1 2 .500 8 4 4 15

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Walt Wesley 26 82 29.6 6.9 15.1 .455 4.0 5.8 .687 8.7 1.0 3.6 17.7
2 John Johnson 23 67 34.5 6.5 15.4 .422 3.6 4.4 .805 6.8 4.8 3.7 16.6
3 Bingo Smith 24 77 30.3 6.4 14.4 .448 2.3 3.0 .761 5.6 3.4 2.3 15.2
4 McCoy McLemore 28 58 31.7 4.4 11.3 .388 2.9 3.8 .773 8.0 3.0 2.9 11.7
5 John Warren 23 82 31.8 4.6 11.0 .423 2.2 2.6 .829 4.2 4.2 3.6 11.5
6 Dave Sorenson 22 79 24.6 4.5 10.1 .445 2.3 2.9 .803 6.2 2.1 2.3 11.3
7 Luther Rackley 24 74 19.4 3.0 6.4 .466 1.6 2.6 .637 5.3 0.9 2.5 7.6
8 Bobby Washington 23 47 17.5 2.6 6.6 .397 2.2 3.0 .743 2.2 4.0 2.2 7.4
9 Len Chappell 30 6 14.3 2.5 6.3 .395 1.8 2.3 .786 3.0 0.2 1.5 6.8
10 Bobby Lewis 25 79 23.4 2.3 6.1 .370 1.4 1.9 .717 2.6 3.1 2.2 5.9
11 Joe Cooke 22 73 9.9 1.8 4.7 .393 0.7 0.8 .814 1.6 1.3 1.8 4.3
12 Johnny Egan 32 26 15.8 1.5 3.8 .408 1.0 1.1 .893 1.2 2.2 1.2 4.0
13 Cliff Anderson 26 23 7.4 0.8 2.6 .322 1.8 2.6 .683 1.6 0.7 1.0 3.4
14 Larry Mikan 22 53 10.1 1.2 3.5 .333 0.6 1.0 .618 2.6 0.8 1.1 3.0
15 Gary Suiter 26 30 4.7 0.6 1.8 .352 0.1 0.3 .444 1.4 0.1 0.7 1.4
16 Gary Freeman 22 11 4.3 0.6 1.1 .583 0.1 0.2 .500 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Walt Wesley 26 82 2425 8.4 18.4 .455 4.8 7.0 .687 10.6 1.2 4.4 21.6
2 Bingo Smith 24 77 2332 7.6 17.1 .448 2.7 3.6 .761 6.6 4.0 2.7 18.0
3 John Johnson 23 67 2310 6.8 16.1 .422 3.7 4.6 .805 7.1 5.0 3.9 17.3
4 Len Chappell 30 6 86 6.3 15.9 .395 4.6 5.9 .786 7.5 0.4 3.8 17.2
5 Cliff Anderson 26 23 171 4.0 12.4 .322 8.6 12.6 .683 7.8 3.4 4.6 16.6
6 Dave Sorenson 22 79 1940 6.6 14.7 .445 3.4 4.2 .803 9.0 3.0 3.4 16.5
7 Joe Cooke 22 73 725 6.7 16.9 .393 2.4 2.9 .814 5.7 4.6 6.7 15.7
8 Bobby Washington 23 47 823 5.4 13.6 .397 4.5 6.1 .743 4.6 8.3 4.6 15.3
9 Luther Rackley 24 74 1434 5.5 11.8 .466 3.0 4.8 .637 9.9 1.7 4.7 14.0
10 McCoy McLemore 28 58 1839 5.0 12.8 .388 3.3 4.3 .773 9.1 3.4 3.3 13.3
11 John Warren 23 82 2610 5.2 12.4 .423 2.5 3.0 .829 4.7 4.8 4.1 13.0
12 Gary Freeman 22 11 47 5.4 9.2 .583 0.8 1.5 .500 6.1 3.1 3.1 11.5
13 Gary Suiter 26 30 140 4.9 13.9 .352 1.0 2.3 .444 10.5 0.5 5.1 10.8
14 Larry Mikan 22 53 536 4.2 12.5 .333 2.3 3.7 .618 9.3 2.8 3.8 10.6
15 Johnny Egan 32 26 410 3.5 8.6 .408 2.2 2.5 .893 2.8 5.1 2.7 9.2
16 Bobby Lewis 25 79 1852 3.5 9.4 .370 2.1 3.0 .717 4.0 4.7 3.4 9.1

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Walt Wesley 26 82 2425 17.1 .502 .455 14.2 5.7 3.2 0.9 4.1
2 Dave Sorenson 22 79 1940 15.2 .497 .445 12.1 12.8 1.9 0.7 2.6
3 Bingo Smith 24 77 2332 15.5 .483 .448 8.9 17.7 1.6 0.8 2.4
4 John Johnson 23 67 2310 15.4 .477 .422 9.5 21.5 1.2 0.9 2.1
5 Luther Rackley 24 74 1434 12.5 .505 .466 13.3 6.7 1.4 0.5 1.9
6 John Warren 23 82 2610 11.4 .473 .423 6.4 19.2 0.8 0.8 1.7
7 Bobby Washington 23 47 823 15.2 .471 .397 6.2 33.5 0.4 0.3 0.7
8 McCoy McLemore 28 58 1839 12.5 .452 .388 12.1 13.7 -0.4 0.7 0.4
9 Johnny Egan 32 26 410 9.4 .476 .408 3.8 19.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
10 Gary Freeman 22 11 47 12.3 .582 .583 8.2 12.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
11 Cliff Anderson 26 23 171 13.2 .463 .322 10.4 12.9 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Len Chappell 30 6 86 11.4 .464 .395 10.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Gary Suiter 26 30 140 6.0 .362 .352 14.1 2.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
14 Bobby Lewis 25 79 1852 8.2 .424 .370 5.4 17.8 -1.0 0.6 -0.4
15 Joe Cooke 22 73 725 10.4 .431 .393 7.6 19.6 -0.6 0.2 -0.4
16 Larry Mikan 22 53 536 8.4 .376 .333 12.5 10.6 -1.0 0.2 -0.8

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walt Wesley $42,000
2 John Warren $39,000
3 Len Chappell $30,000
4 McCoy McLemore $30,000
5 Cliff Anderson $10,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)