1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 23-59, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

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) Pace: 111.5 (9th of 17)

Off Rtg: 94.5 (15th of 17) Def Rtg: 101.4 (13th of 17) Net Rtg: -6.8 (15th of 17)

Expected W-L: 22-60 (15th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1971-10-15		BUF	L	109	111	46	92	.500				17	28	.607		44	30				27	41	84	.488				29	45	.644		50	29				24
2	2	1971-10-16	@	BUF	W	93	89	36	81	.444				21	28	.750		51	15				19	35	90	.389				19	23	.826		46	19				25
3	3	1971-10-17		NYK	L	120	121	47	93	.505				26	33	.788		46	37				23	50	101	.495				21	24	.875		42	33				30
4	4	1971-10-19	@	MIL	L	82	116	32	104	.308				18	21	.857		47	17				22	49	91	.538				18	25	.720		57	26				21
5	5	1971-10-20		GSW	L	98	115	36	105	.343				26	35	.743		51	25			12	25	44	90	.489				27	36	.750		54	36			22	28
6	6	1971-10-23	N	BAL	W	109	101	39	85	.459				31	34	.912		48	22				25	36	93	.387				29	32	.906		46	22				25
7	7	1971-10-24		PHI	L	93	111	38	92	.413				17	27	.630		36	29				21	47	90	.522				17	25	.680		50	40				25
8	8	1971-10-27	@	PHI	L	106	120	38	85	.447				30	40	.750		44	17				25	51	98	.520				18	27	.667		50	24				31
9	9	1971-10-29		ATL	L	97	98	41	96	.427				15	20	.750		51	30				21	39	89	.438				20	29	.690		54	28				18
10	10	1971-10-31		MIL	L	102	118	41	104	.394				20	25	.800		48	24				23	48	85	.565				22	35	.629		52	35				27
11	11	1971-11-05		PHO	L	87	107	28	104	.269				31	43	.721		53	21				31	39	81	.481				29	38	.763		51	27				29
12	12	1971-11-07		POR	W	120	99	49	103	.476				22	28	.786		56	40			19	21	37	94	.394				25	30	.833		44	28			20	20
13	13	1971-11-11	@	SEA	L	91	110	37	96	.385				17	29	.586		54	19			23	26	42	92	.457				26	36	.722		53	24			18	20
14	14	1971-11-12	@	POR	W	106	104	40	76	.526				26	44	.591		55	25			30	26	38	104	.365				28	36	.778		52	28			18	32
15	15	1971-11-14	@	PHO	L	105	119	42	97	.433				21	40	.525		57	18			21	33	42	90	.467				35	48	.729		43	28			17	28
16	16	1971-11-16	@	LAL	L	90	108	38	105	.362				14	18	.778		51	20				13	49	94	.521				10	14	.714		56	23				18
17	17	1971-11-19	@	POR	L	105	118	38	105	.362				29	40	.725		57	25			23	25	49	88	.557				20	28	.714		52	35			29	33
18	18	1971-11-21		BOS	L	105	128	44	123	.358				17	21	.810		63	32				18	57	98	.582				14	21	.667		49	40				18
19	19	1971-11-23		BAL	W	104	102	45	98	.459				14	17	.824		57	25			22	20	41	97	.423				20	21	.952		43	26			18	16
20	20	1971-11-26		CIN	W	128	114	52	104	.500				24	34	.706		53	34			20	28	44	87	.506				26	35	.743		35	34			19	32
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1971-11-27	@	ATL	W	103	95	37	83	.446				29	37	.784		51	17				27	35	80	.438				25	38	.658		39	15				34
22	22	1971-11-28		PHI	W	124	120	47	94	.500				30	36	.833		43	35				21	49	109	.450				22	27	.815		54	31				28
23	23	1971-12-01		HOU	W	116	106	50	102	.490				16	23	.696		51	32			17	16	45	96	.469				16	21	.762		46	30			20	21
24	24	1971-12-03	@	BUF	L	90	91	33	85	.388				24	31	.774		42	16			11	16	36	84	.429				19	25	.760		53	18			20	26
25	25	1971-12-05		SEA	L	91	99	37	91	.407				17	30	.567		47	27			23	27	36	77	.468				27	34	.794		45	24			23	23
26	26	1971-12-07	@	CHI	L	99	115	33	78	.423				33	43	.767		54	17			18	26	44	96	.458				27	37	.730		48	29			11	29
27	27	1971-12-08	@	BOS	L	107	126	37	95	.389				33	44	.750		51	22			25	23	49	109	.450				28	35	.800		54	32			18	29
28	28	1971-12-10		DET	W	112	111	40	98	.408				32	38	.842		52	30			15	21	45	88	.511				21	29	.724		40	29			18	28
29	29	1971-12-11	@	CIN	L	95	103	34	87	.391				27	41	.659		50	17			18	26	39	77	.506				25	31	.806		44	21			19	29
30	30	1971-12-12		NYK	L	92	103	38	91	.418				16	25	.640		46	25			19	21	42	85	.494				19	24	.792		48	25			21	21
31	31	1971-12-14	@	BAL	W	88	85	31	91	.341				26	36	.722		57	15			18	23	31	89	.348				23	33	.697		56	18			23	26
32	32	1971-12-17		BOS	L	109	115	45	87	.517				19	26	.731		39	33			21	21	45	95	.474				25	29	.862		42	30			13	20
33	33	1971-12-18	@	NYK	L	84	104	32	89	.360				20	32	.625		50	9				22	44	106	.415				16	20	.800		64	24				21
34	34	1971-12-19		CHI	L	101	119	43	93	.462				15	30	.500		49	28			22	28	45	88	.511				29	36	.806		43	35			16	24
35	35	1971-12-22	@	DET	L	94	104	38	86	.442				18	24	.750		42	20			21	24	40	82	.488				24	31	.774		44	15			23	22
36	36	1971-12-23		ATL	W	115	110	49	102	.480				17	27	.630		59	36			19	22	47	98	.480				16	22	.727		44	33			20	22
37	37	1971-12-26		BAL	W	108	102	43	89	.483				22	28	.786		49	32			19	16	44	97	.454				14	18	.778		40	24			17	23
38	38	1971-12-28		POR	W	112	111	44	104	.423				24	27	.889		58	31			19	20	45	91	.495				21	26	.808		35	32			15	23
39	39	1971-12-29	N	PHI	W	103	102	44	95	.463				15	28	.536		56	24			18	28	38	107	.355				26	32	.813		68	26			23	23
40	40	1972-01-02		PHI	L	119	148	44	106	.415				31	37	.838		44	36			20	32	53	86	.616				42	51	.824		40	39			20	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1972-01-05		LAL	L	103	113	44	110	.400				15	17	.882		53	31				20	48	97	.495				17	27	.630		50	36				20
42	42	1972-01-07	@	SEA	L	111	125	49	110	.445				13	18	.722		43	25			17	18	51	97	.526				23	27	.852		60	35			24	17
43	43	1972-01-08	@	POR	L	102	125	41	103	.398				20	30	.667		44	25			14	20	50	98	.510				25	33	.758		64	33			22	20
44	44	1972-01-11	@	GSW	L	92	101	39	88	.443				14	22	.636		44	15			18	25	40	92	.435				21	26	.808		54	20			18	19
45	45	1972-01-14	@	PHO	L	107	117	45	97	.464				17	22	.773		44	22			13	21	48	93	.516				21	28	.750		47	25			20	23
46	46	1972-01-15	@	HOU	L	109	112	44	92	.478				21	28	.750		45	20			16	25	45	100	.450				22	29	.759		47	25			10	26
47	47	1972-01-16	N	CIN	L	108	128	43	107	.402				22	30	.733		50	17			15	28	51	85	.600				26	33	.788		50	30			23	28
48	48	1972-01-21	@	MIL	L	91	120	38	113	.336				15	21	.714		53	21			18	25	47	96	.490				26	40	.650		57	24			20	17
49	49	1972-01-22	@	CIN	L	96	113	33	81	.407				30	33	.909		43	22			22	27	43	89	.483				27	40	.675		48	29			22	27
50	50	1972-01-25		GSW	L	111	117	46	111	.414				19	26	.731		50	29			16	21	49	101	.485				19	27	.704		55	31			22	21
51	51	1972-01-26	@	BOS	W	112	108	41	96	.427				30	39	.769		57	20			18	16	48	110	.436				12	18	.667		57	25			16	26
52	52	1972-01-29		CIN	L	118	120	48	109	.440				22	30	.733		51	32			16	26	40	78	.513				40	45	.889		33	30			17	26
53	53	1972-01-30		BUF	L	98	99	41	95	.432				16	24	.667		53	25			21	19	41	82	.500				17	26	.654		42	29			18	21
54	54	1972-02-01	@	BUF	W	104	99	42	82	.512				20	26	.769		47	21			17	24	39	98	.398				21	28	.750		43	21			11	20
55	55	1972-02-02	@	DET	L	108	133	48	114	.421				12	21	.571		58	30			18	21	56	104	.538				21	27	.778		55	31			18	16
56	56	1972-02-04		SEA	L	112	118	48	110	.436				16	26	.615		50	31			18	25	44	86	.512				30	38	.789		40	29			20	22
57	57	1972-02-05	@	ATL	L	117	120	44	92	.478				29	32	.906		48	22				32	42	86	.488				36	49	.735		36	19				26
58	58	1972-02-06		BUF	L	108	121	42	104	.404				24	33	.727		42	24			11	20	50	80	.625				21	24	.875		48	37			21	25
59	59	1972-02-08	@	CHI	L	90	114	35	97	.361				20	29	.690		57	19			13	22	45	85	.529				24	30	.800		48	27			17	21
60	60	1972-02-09		MIL	L	121	126	52	113	.460				17	20	.850		40	38			8	20	52	82	.634				22	25	.880		48	43			26	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1972-02-12	@	NYK	L	91	106	40	105	.381				11	17	.647		51	11				26	39	94	.415				28	33	.848		60	17				17
62	62	1972-02-13		DET	L	121	136	53	118	.449				15	20	.750		46	38			17	21	55	93	.591				26	33	.788		60	33			27	21
63	63	1972-02-16	@	PHI	L	116	126	40	113	.354				36	43	.837		62	20				29	46	97	.474				34	50	.680		59	29			20	30
64	64	1972-02-18		CIN	W	133	109	52	89	.584				29	34	.853		39	35			18	26	44	81	.543				21	26	.808		29	33			24	28
65	65	1972-02-19	@	CIN	L	92	112	37	96	.385				18	33	.545		55	17			22	27	38	78	.487				36	42	.857		48	25			21	27
66	66	1972-02-20		NYK	W	111	109	46	101	.455				19	24	.792		42	30				26	42	89	.472				25	37	.676		54	33				22
67	67	1972-02-23		BOS	L	111	113	47	95	.495				17	26	.654		46	28			24	24	43	83	.518				27	34	.794		35	30			18	19
68	68	1972-02-25		POR	W	113	104	47	109	.431				19	25	.760		54	32			14	21	42	79	.532				20	29	.690		41	36			18	19
69	69	1972-02-27		PHO	L	125	127	51	104	.490				23	30	.767		51	34			10	31	42	86	.488				43	51	.843		43	32			14	25
70	70	1972-03-01	@	BOS	L	105	115	45	110	.409				15	19	.789		57	21			23	26	45	96	.469				25	36	.694		58	25			20	21
71	71	1972-03-04	@	HOU	W	130	123	55	108	.509				20	30	.667		61	29			18	24	48	109	.440				27	33	.818		49	19			12	22
72	72	1972-03-07	@	GSW	L	112	119	44	107	.411				24	34	.706		59	16			13	32	43	91	.473				33	42	.786		56	28			12	23
73	73	1972-03-10	@	LAL	L	98	132	38	95	.400				22	28	.786		58	20				28	49	105	.467				34	47	.723		61	33				21
74	74	1972-03-12	@	ATL	L	114	135	48	119	.403				18	23	.783		51	19			14	26	51	93	.548				33	42	.786		66	24			22	19
75	75	1972-03-14	@	BAL	W	127	118	51	105	.486				25	29	.862		42	25				26	46	99	.465				26	32	.813		55	19				27
76	76	1972-03-16		BAL	L	101	105	38	89	.427				25	36	.694		42	26			18	22	43	88	.489				19	25	.760		48	29			20	23
77	77	1972-03-18		CHI	L	91	109	38	92	.413				15	23	.652		40	27			14	16	47	89	.528				15	20	.750		60	29			22	20
78	78	1972-03-19		ATL	L	105	115	43	106	.406				19	24	.792		51	24			22	22	47	85	.553				21	30	.700		49	32			29	25
79	79	1972-03-22		LAL	W	124	120	48	100	.480				28	35	.800		51	34				24	48	100	.480				24	34	.706		48	31				23
80	80	1972-03-24		HOU	L	119	127	43	99	.434				33	41	.805		53	28			19	27	50	96	.521				27	41	.659		48	35			13	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1972-03-25	@	NYK	L	83	98	37	100	.370				9	17	.529		54	18				19	39	97	.402				20	23	.870		56	23				19
82	82	1972-03-26		CIN	L	122	135	48	103	.466				26	28	.929		48	32			20	30	47	94	.500				41	47	.872		44	32			18	25

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