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1972-73 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats

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Record: 32-50, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Fitch (32-50)

PTS/G: 102.7 (17th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (7th of 17)
SRS: -2.64 (13th of 17)
Expected W-L: 34-48 (12th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena ▪ Attendance: 186,477 (16th of 17)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Austin Carr SG 6-4 200 March 10, 1948 1 University of Notre Dame
5 Jim Cleamons PG 6-3 185 September 13, 1949 1 Ohio State University
40 Barry Clemens SF 6-6 210 May 1, 1943 7 Ohio Wesleyan University
18 Charlie Davis SG 6-2 160 September 7, 1949 1 Wake Forest University
42 Dwight Davis PF 6-8 220 October 28, 1949 R University of Houston
32 John Johnson SF 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 2 University of Iowa
50 Steve Patterson C 6-9 225 June 24, 1948 1 University of California, Los Angeles
35 Rick Roberson C 6-9 231 July 7, 1947 3 University of Cincinnati
45 Bob Rule C 6-9 220 June 29, 1944 5 Colorado State University
7 Bingo Smith SG 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 3 University of Tulsa
15 Dave Sorenson PF 6-8 225 July 8, 1948 2 Ohio State University
15 Cornell Warner C 6-9 220 August 12, 1948 2 Jackson State University
11 John Warren SG 6-3 180 July 7, 1947 3 St. John's University
44 Walt Wesley C 6-11 220 January 25, 1945 6 University of Kansas
19 Lenny Wilkens PG 6-1 180 October 28, 1937 12 Providence College

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 3431 7884 .435 1556 2084 .747 4063 2106 1941 8418 102.7
Lg Rank 1 17 8 16 11 8 11 11 7 7 17 17
Opponent 82 19830 3465 7673 .452 1707 2230 .765 4115 2311 1932 8637 105.3
Lg Rank 1 4 4 7 12 12 13 8 16 13 7 7

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 34 48 -2.67 0.03 -2.64 .435 .197 .452 .222 Cleveland Arena 186,477
Lg Rank 12 12 12 8 13 16 9 7 16 16

Totals

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 Austin Carr 24 82 3097 702 1575 .446 281 342 .822 369 279 185 1685
2 Lenny Wilkens 35 75 2973 572 1275 .449 394 476 .828 346 628 221 1538
3 John Johnson 25 82 2815 492 1143 .430 199 271 .734 552 309 246 1183
4 Rick Roberson 25 62 2127 307 709 .433 167 290 .576 693 134 249 781
5 Dwight Davis 23 81 2151 293 748 .392 176 222 .793 563 118 297 762
6 Bingo Smith 26 73 1068 268 603 .444 64 81 .790 199 108 80 600
7 Barry Clemens 29 72 1119 209 405 .516 53 68 .779 211 115 136 471
8 Jim Cleamons 23 80 1392 192 423 .454 75 101 .743 167 205 108 459
9 Cornell Warner 24 68 1323 166 404 .411 58 88 .659 507 66 172 390
10 Steve Patterson 24 62 710 71 198 .359 34 65 .523 228 51 79 176
11 Bob Rule 28 49 440 60 157 .382 20 31 .645 106 37 66 140
12 John Warren 25 40 290 54 111 .486 18 19 .947 42 34 45 126
13 Charlie Davis 23 6 86 20 41 .488 4 7 .571 5 10 20 44
14 Walt Wesley 28 12 110 14 47 .298 8 12 .667 38 7 21 36
15 Dave Sorenson 24 10 129 11 45 .244 5 11 .455 37 5 16 27

Per Game

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 Lenny Wilkens 35 75 39.6 7.6 17.0 .449 5.3 6.3 .828 4.6 8.4 2.9 20.5
2 Austin Carr 24 82 37.8 8.6 19.2 .446 3.4 4.2 .822 4.5 3.4 2.3 20.5
3 John Johnson 25 82 34.3 6.0 13.9 .430 2.4 3.3 .734 6.7 3.8 3.0 14.4
4 Rick Roberson 25 62 34.3 5.0 11.4 .433 2.7 4.7 .576 11.2 2.2 4.0 12.6
5 Dwight Davis 23 81 26.6 3.6 9.2 .392 2.2 2.7 .793 7.0 1.5 3.7 9.4
6 Bingo Smith 26 73 14.6 3.7 8.3 .444 0.9 1.1 .790 2.7 1.5 1.1 8.2
7 Charlie Davis 23 6 14.3 3.3 6.8 .488 0.7 1.2 .571 0.8 1.7 3.3 7.3
8 Barry Clemens 29 72 15.5 2.9 5.6 .516 0.7 0.9 .779 2.9 1.6 1.9 6.5
9 Cornell Warner 24 68 19.5 2.4 5.9 .411 0.9 1.3 .659 7.5 1.0 2.5 5.7
10 Jim Cleamons 23 80 17.4 2.4 5.3 .454 0.9 1.3 .743 2.1 2.6 1.4 5.7
11 John Warren 25 40 7.3 1.4 2.8 .486 0.5 0.5 .947 1.1 0.9 1.1 3.2
12 Walt Wesley 28 12 9.2 1.2 3.9 .298 0.7 1.0 .667 3.2 0.6 1.8 3.0
13 Bob Rule 28 49 9.0 1.2 3.2 .382 0.4 0.6 .645 2.2 0.8 1.3 2.9
14 Steve Patterson 24 62 11.5 1.1 3.2 .359 0.5 1.0 .523 3.7 0.8 1.3 2.8
15 Dave Sorenson 24 10 12.9 1.1 4.5 .244 0.5 1.1 .455 3.7 0.5 1.6 2.7

Per 36 Minutes

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 Bingo Smith 26 73 1068 9.0 20.3 .444 2.2 2.7 .790 6.7 3.6 2.7 20.2
2 Austin Carr 24 82 3097 8.2 18.3 .446 3.3 4.0 .822 4.3 3.2 2.2 19.6
3 Lenny Wilkens 35 75 2973 6.9 15.4 .449 4.8 5.8 .828 4.2 7.6 2.7 18.6
4 Charlie Davis 23 6 86 8.4 17.2 .488 1.7 2.9 .571 2.1 4.2 8.4 18.4
5 John Warren 25 40 290 6.7 13.8 .486 2.2 2.4 .947 5.2 4.2 5.6 15.6
6 Barry Clemens 29 72 1119 6.7 13.0 .516 1.7 2.2 .779 6.8 3.7 4.4 15.2
7 John Johnson 25 82 2815 6.3 14.6 .430 2.5 3.5 .734 7.1 4.0 3.1 15.1
8 Rick Roberson 25 62 2127 5.2 12.0 .433 2.8 4.9 .576 11.7 2.3 4.2 13.2
9 Dwight Davis 23 81 2151 4.9 12.5 .392 2.9 3.7 .793 9.4 2.0 5.0 12.8
10 Jim Cleamons 23 80 1392 5.0 10.9 .454 1.9 2.6 .743 4.3 5.3 2.8 11.9
11 Walt Wesley 28 12 110 4.6 15.4 .298 2.6 3.9 .667 12.4 2.3 6.9 11.8
12 Bob Rule 28 49 440 4.9 12.8 .382 1.6 2.5 .645 8.7 3.0 5.4 11.5
13 Cornell Warner 24 68 1323 4.5 11.0 .411 1.6 2.4 .659 13.8 1.8 4.7 10.6
14 Steve Patterson 24 62 710 3.6 10.0 .359 1.7 3.3 .523 11.6 2.6 4.0 8.9
15 Dave Sorenson 24 10 129 3.1 12.6 .244 1.4 3.1 .455 10.3 1.4 4.5 7.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Lenny Wilkens 35 75 2973 19.3 .518 .449 5.6 31.4 5.7 3.9 9.5 .154
2 Austin Carr 24 82 3097 15.4 .488 .446 5.8 14.1 2.9 2.9 5.9 .091
3 John Johnson 25 82 2815 13.8 .469 .430 9.5 15.9 0.8 3.5 4.3 .073
4 Rick Roberson 25 62 2127 13.3 .467 .433 15.8 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.6 .080
5 Barry Clemens 29 72 1119 14.9 .541 .516 9.1 15.2 2.2 1.3 3.5 .150
6 Jim Cleamons 23 80 1392 12.4 .491 .454 5.8 20.3 1.0 1.6 2.6 .089
7 Dwight Davis 23 81 2151 10.9 .451 .392 12.7 7.5 -0.5 2.8 2.3 .051
8 Cornell Warner 24 68 1323 11.8 .440 .411 18.6 6.7 -0.5 2.2 1.7 .060
9 Bingo Smith 26 73 1068 16.3 .470 .444 9.0 16.5 0.4 1.3 1.6 .074
10 John Warren 25 40 290 14.0 .528 .486 7.0 17.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 .136
11 Charlie Davis 23 6 86 11.8 .499 .488 2.8 18.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 .099
12 Steve Patterson 24 62 710 9.6 .388 .359 15.6 9.4 -0.9 1.1 0.1 .009
13 Bob Rule 28 49 440 9.3 .410 .382 11.7 11.5 -0.5 0.6 0.1 .009
14 Walt Wesley 28 12 110 7.8 .344 .298 16.8 8.6 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.082
15 Dave Sorenson 24 10 129 3.4 .271 .244 13.9 5.0 -0.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.147