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1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 14, 1970 @ Buffalo Braves L 92 107 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Oct 16, 1970 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 112 115 0 2 L 2
3 Sat, Oct 17, 1970 @ San Francisco Warriors L 108 128 0 3 L 3 at Oakland, CA
4 Tue, Oct 20, 1970 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 98 120 0 4 L 4
5 Thu, Oct 22, 1970 @ San Diego Rockets L 110 140 0 5 L 5
6 Fri, Oct 23, 1970 @ Phoenix Suns L 104 108 0 6 L 6
7 Sun, Oct 25, 1970 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 96 123 0 7 L 7
8 Wed, Oct 28, 1970 San Diego Rockets L 99 110 0 8 L 8
9 Fri, Oct 30, 1970 Cincinnati Royals L 110 125 0 9 L 9
10 Sun, Nov 1, 1970 Atlanta Hawks L 107 131 0 10 L 10
11 Mon, Nov 2, 1970 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 87 141 0 11 L 11
12 Wed, Nov 4, 1970 Milwaukee Bucks L 108 110 0 12 L 12
13 Sat, Nov 7, 1970 @ Buffalo Braves L 91 103 0 13 L 13
14 Sun, Nov 8, 1970 Seattle Supersonics L 105 111 0 14 L 14
15 Tue, Nov 10, 1970 @ San Francisco Warriors L 74 109 0 15 L 15
16 Thu, Nov 12, 1970 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 105 103 1 15 W 1
17 Fri, Nov 13, 1970 @ Seattle Supersonics L 91 111 1 16 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 14, 1970 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 116 126 1 17 L 2
19 Mon, Nov 16, 1970 @ Baltimore Bullets L 86 98 1 18 L 3
20 Wed, Nov 18, 1970 Baltimore Bullets L 98 111 1 19 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 20, 1970 @ Boston Celtics L 112 116 1 20 L 5
22 Sat, Nov 21, 1970 @ New York Knickerbockers L 94 102 1 21 L 6
23 Sun, Nov 22, 1970 Phoenix Suns L 99 114 1 22 L 7
24 Wed, Nov 25, 1970 San Francisco Warriors L 99 108 1 23 L 8
25 Fri, Nov 27, 1970 Portland Trail Blazers L 102 111 1 24 L 9
26 Sat, Nov 28, 1970 @ Cincinnati Royals L 86 105 1 25 L 10
27 Sun, Nov 29, 1970 Detroit Pistons L 99 120 1 26 L 11
28 Fri, Dec 4, 1970 Boston Celtics L 107 118 1 27 L 12
29 Sun, Dec 6, 1970 Buffalo Braves W 108 106 2 27 W 1
30 Wed, Dec 9, 1970 Portland Trail Blazers L 102 109 2 28 L 1
31 Fri, Dec 11, 1970 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 92 134 2 29 L 2
32 Sat, Dec 12, 1970 @ Cincinnati Royals L 95 114 2 30 L 3
33 Sun, Dec 13, 1970 San Diego Rockets L 95 118 2 31 L 4
34 Tue, Dec 15, 1970 @ New York Knickerbockers L 92 110 2 32 L 5
35 Wed, Dec 16, 1970 New York Knickerbockers L 84 108 2 33 L 6
36 Fri, Dec 18, 1970 @ Buffalo Braves L 94 113 2 34 L 7
37 Sat, Dec 19, 1970 Buffalo Braves W 123 112 3 34 W 1
38 Sun, Dec 20, 1970 Chicago Bulls L 103 116 3 35 L 1
39 Tue, Dec 22, 1970 @ Chicago Bulls L 80 121 3 36 L 2
40 Fri, Dec 25, 1970 @ Cincinnati Royals L 100 117 3 37 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Dec 26, 1970 Buffalo Braves W 120 107 4 37 W 1
42 Sun, Dec 27, 1970 Philadelphia 76ers W 114 101 5 37 W 2
43 Tue, Dec 29, 1970 Milwaukee Bucks L 97 119 5 38 L 1
44 Thu, Dec 31, 1970 @ Atlanta Hawks L 85 119 5 39 L 2
45 Fri, Jan 1, 1971 Baltimore Bullets L 105 128 5 40 L 3
46 Sat, Jan 2, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 73 118 5 41 L 4
47 Mon, Jan 4, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers L 106 119 5 42 L 5
48 Wed, Jan 6, 1971 New York Knickerbockers L 94 127 5 43 L 6
49 Thu, Jan 7, 1971 Los Angeles Lakers L 105 110 5 44 L 7
50 Sat, Jan 9, 1971 Buffalo Braves W 111 89 6 44 W 1
51 Thu, Jan 14, 1971 @ Detroit Pistons L 106 108 6 45 L 1
52 Sat, Jan 16, 1971 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 96 115 6 46 L 2
53 Tue, Jan 19, 1971 N Buffalo Braves W 111 79 7 46 W 1 at Syracuse, NY
54 Sun, Jan 24, 1971 @ Boston Celtics L 110 121 7 47 L 1
55 Mon, Jan 25, 1971 Boston Celtics W 117 116 8 47 W 1
56 Wed, Jan 27, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers W 118 104 9 47 W 2
57 Fri, Jan 29, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks L 111 119 9 48 L 1
58 Sun, Jan 31, 1971 Buffalo Braves W 117 108 10 48 W 1
59 Tue, Feb 2, 1971 N Buffalo Braves W 101 91 11 48 W 2 at Rochester, NY
60 Wed, Feb 3, 1971 Seattle Supersonics L 95 98 11 49 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 5, 1971 @ San Diego Rockets L 105 116 11 50 L 2
62 Sat, Feb 6, 1971 @ Phoenix Suns L 91 119 11 51 L 3
63 Sun, Feb 7, 1971 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 103 112 11 52 L 4
64 Tue, Feb 9, 1971 Los Angeles Lakers L 111 116 11 53 L 5
65 Fri, Feb 12, 1971 Phoenix Suns L 105 114 11 54 L 6
66 Sat, Feb 13, 1971 Buffalo Braves L 106 111 11 55 L 7
67 Sun, Feb 14, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 83 108 11 56 L 8
68 Wed, Feb 17, 1971 Chicago Bulls L 104 109 11 57 L 9
69 Fri, Feb 19, 1971 Cincinnati Royals W 125 109 12 57 W 1
70 Sun, Feb 21, 1971 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 105 123 12 58 L 1
71 Wed, Feb 24, 1971 @ Seattle Supersonics L 101 123 12 59 L 2
72 Sun, Feb 28, 1971 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 90 107 12 60 L 3
73 Sat, Mar 6, 1971 @ Buffalo Braves L 109 120 12 61 L 4
74 Sun, Mar 7, 1971 @ Detroit Pistons W 104 100 13 61 W 1
75 Tue, Mar 9, 1971 Philadelphia 76ers L 113 124 13 62 L 1
76 Fri, Mar 12, 1971 Atlanta Hawks L 107 119 13 63 L 2
77 Sun, Mar 14, 1971 Cincinnati Royals L 103 115 13 64 L 3
78 Tue, Mar 16, 1971 San Francisco Warriors W 108 103 14 64 W 1
79 Wed, Mar 17, 1971 @ Baltimore Bullets L 109 113 14 65 L 1
80 Sat, Mar 20, 1971 Detroit Pistons W 114 103 15 65 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sun, Mar 21, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers L 110 113 15 66 L 1
82 Tue, Mar 23, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers L 112 114 15 67 L 2