1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats

Record: 23-59, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Fitch (23-59)

PTS/G: 105.8 (16th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 113.4 (14th of 17)
SRS: -7.90 (15th of 17)
Expected W-L: 22-60 (15th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena ▪ Attendance: 214,119 (13th of 17)

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
21	Butch Beard	PG	6-3	185	May 4, 1947	1	University of Louisville
22	Austin Carr	SG	6-4	200	March 10, 1948	R	University of Notre Dame
18	Charlie Davis	SG	6-2	160	September 7, 1949	R	Wake Forest University
40	Greg Howard	PF	6-9	215	January 8, 1948	1	University of New Mexico
32	John Johnson	SF	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	1	University of Iowa
50	Steve Patterson	C	6-9	225	June 24, 1948	R	University of California, Los Angeles
45	Luther Rackley	C	6-10	220	June 11, 1946	2	Xavier University
23	Jackie Ridgle	SG	6-4	195	February 13, 1948	R	University of California
30	Rick Roberson	PF	6-9	231	July 7, 1947	2	University of Cincinnati
7	Bingo Smith	SF	6-5	195	February 26, 1946	2	University of Tulsa
15	Dave Sorenson	PF	6-8	225	July 8, 1948	1	Ohio State University
11	John Warren	SG	6-3	180	July 7, 1947	2	St. John's University
17	Bobby Washington	PG	5-11	175	July 11, 1947	2	Eastern Kentucky University
44	Walt Wesley	C	6-11	220	January 25, 1945	5	University of Kansas

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19755	3458	8074	.428	1758	2390	.736	4098	2060	1936	8674	105.8
Lg Rank		11	15	3	17	15	13	14	11	6	10	16	16
Opponent	82	19755	3653	7537	.485	1994	2611	.764	4034	2322	1937	9300	113.4
Lg Rank		11	14	3	16	12	10	16	5	17	9	14	14

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Johnson	24	82	3041	557	1286	.433	277	353	.785	631	415	268	1391
2	Bingo Smith	25	82	2734	527	1190	.443	178	224	.795	502	247	222	1232
3	Butch Beard	24	68	2434	394	849	.464	260	342	.760	276	456	213	1048
4	Walt Wesley	27	82	2185	412	1006	.410	196	291	.674	711	76	245	1020
5	Austin Carr	23	43	1539	381	894	.426	149	196	.760	150	148	99	911
6	Rick Roberson	24	63	2207	304	688	.442	215	366	.587	801	109	251	823
7	Charlie Davis	22	61	1144	229	569	.402	142	169	.840	92	123	143	600
8	Dave Sorenson	23	76	1162	213	475	.448	106	136	.779	301	81	120	532
9	Bobby Washington	24	69	967	123	309	.398	104	128	.813	129	223	135	350
10	John Warren	24	68	969	144	345	.417	49	58	.845	133	91	92	337
11	Steve Patterson	23	65	775	94	263	.357	23	46	.500	228	54	80	211
12	Greg Howard	24	48	426	50	131	.382	39	51	.765	108	27	50	139
13	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	107	19	44	.432	19	26	.731	15	7	15	57
14	Luther Rackley	25	9	65	11	25	.440	1	4	.250	21	3	3	23

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Austin Carr	23	43	35.8	8.9	20.8	.426	3.5	4.6	.760	3.5	3.4	2.3	21.2
2	John Johnson	24	82	37.1	6.8	15.7	.433	3.4	4.3	.785	7.7	5.1	3.3	17.0
3	Butch Beard	24	68	35.8	5.8	12.5	.464	3.8	5.0	.760	4.1	6.7	3.1	15.4
4	Bingo Smith	25	82	33.3	6.4	14.5	.443	2.2	2.7	.795	6.1	3.0	2.7	15.0
5	Rick Roberson	24	63	35.0	4.8	10.9	.442	3.4	5.8	.587	12.7	1.7	4.0	13.1
6	Walt Wesley	27	82	26.6	5.0	12.3	.410	2.4	3.5	.674	8.7	0.9	3.0	12.4
7	Charlie Davis	22	61	18.8	3.8	9.3	.402	2.3	2.8	.840	1.5	2.0	2.3	9.8
8	Dave Sorenson	23	76	15.3	2.8	6.3	.448	1.4	1.8	.779	4.0	1.1	1.6	7.0
9	Bobby Washington	24	69	14.0	1.8	4.5	.398	1.5	1.9	.813	1.9	3.2	2.0	5.1
10	John Warren	24	68	14.3	2.1	5.1	.417	0.7	0.9	.845	2.0	1.3	1.4	5.0
11	Steve Patterson	23	65	11.9	1.4	4.0	.357	0.4	0.7	.500	3.5	0.8	1.2	3.2
12	Greg Howard	24	48	8.9	1.0	2.7	.382	0.8	1.1	.765	2.3	0.6	1.0	2.9
13	Luther Rackley	25	9	7.2	1.2	2.8	.440	0.1	0.4	.250	2.3	0.3	0.3	2.6
14	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	3.3	0.6	1.4	.432	0.6	0.8	.731	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.8

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Austin Carr	23	43	1539	8.9	20.9	.426	3.5	4.6	.760	3.5	3.5	2.3	21.3
2	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	107	6.4	14.8	.432	6.4	8.7	.731	5.0	2.4	5.0	19.2
3	Charlie Davis	22	61	1144	7.2	17.9	.402	4.5	5.3	.840	2.9	3.9	4.5	18.9
4	Walt Wesley	27	82	2185	6.8	16.6	.410	3.2	4.8	.674	11.7	1.3	4.0	16.8
5	Dave Sorenson	23	76	1162	6.6	14.7	.448	3.3	4.2	.779	9.3	2.5	3.7	16.5
6	John Johnson	24	82	3041	6.6	15.2	.433	3.3	4.2	.785	7.5	4.9	3.2	16.5
7	Bingo Smith	25	82	2734	6.9	15.7	.443	2.3	2.9	.795	6.6	3.3	2.9	16.2
8	Butch Beard	24	68	2434	5.8	12.6	.464	3.8	5.1	.760	4.1	6.7	3.2	15.5
9	Rick Roberson	24	63	2207	5.0	11.2	.442	3.5	6.0	.587	13.1	1.8	4.1	13.4
10	Bobby Washington	24	69	967	4.6	11.5	.398	3.9	4.8	.813	4.8	8.3	5.0	13.0
11	Luther Rackley	25	9	65	6.1	13.8	.440	0.6	2.2	.250	11.6	1.7	1.7	12.7
12	John Warren	24	68	969	5.3	12.8	.417	1.8	2.2	.845	4.9	3.4	3.4	12.5
13	Greg Howard	24	48	426	4.2	11.1	.382	3.3	4.3	.765	9.1	2.3	4.2	11.7
14	Steve Patterson	23	65	775	4.4	12.2	.357	1.1	2.1	.500	10.6	2.5	3.7	9.8

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Butch Beard	24	68	2434	15.7	.524	.464	5.5	26.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	.115
2	John Johnson	24	82	3041	15.4	.483	.433	10.1	19.7	1.6	3.0	4.6	.073
3	Rick Roberson	24	63	2207	13.6	.485	.442	17.6	6.7	0.9	2.5	3.5	.075
4	Bingo Smith	25	82	2734	13.5	.478	.443	8.9	13.2	1.0	2.3	3.3	.057
5	Dave Sorenson	23	76	1162	14.6	.497	.448	12.6	10.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	.086
6	Bobby Washington	24	69	967	13.9	.479	.398	6.5	30.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	.073
7	Walt Wesley	27	82	2185	13.2	.450	.410	15.8	5.1	-1.1	2.3	1.2	.026
8	Austin Carr	23	43	1539	14.5	.465	.426	4.7	15.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	.030
9	Charlie Davis	22	61	1144	12.3	.466	.402	3.9	15.9	0.1	0.7	0.8	.034
10	John Warren	24	68	969	9.9	.455	.417	6.7	12.9	-0.2	0.7	0.5	.026
11	Greg Howard	24	48	426	10.3	.453	.382	12.3	8.4	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.034
12	Jackie Ridgle	23	32	107	13.7	.514	.432	6.8	9.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	.102
13	Luther Rackley	25	9	65	12.0	.430	.440	15.7	6.5	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.009
14	Steve Patterson	23	65	775	8.4	.372	.357	14.3	9.2	-1.5	0.8	-0.7	-0.042

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