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1973-74 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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29-53, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (29-53)

Points Per Game: 100.3 (17th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.6 (6th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-53 (15th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena ▪ Attendance: 164,520 (16th of 17)

SRS: -4.16 (15th of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.1 (16th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 96.0 (15th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.1 (14th of 17)

1973-74 Cleveland Cavaliers:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1973 Houston Rockets L 99 106 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Oct 14, 1973 Detroit Pistons L 83 95 0 2 L 2
3 Fri, Oct 19, 1973 New York Knickerbockers L 90 92 0 3 L 3
4 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 88 101 0 4 L 4
5 Tue, Oct 23, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 103 96 1 4 W 1
6 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 N Buffalo Braves L 97 104 1 5 L 1 at Toronto, Canada
7 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 Buffalo Braves L 101 111 1 6 L 2
8 Sun, Oct 28, 1973 Boston Celtics W 102 99 2 6 W 1
9 Wed, Oct 31, 1973 @ Boston Celtics L 110 128 2 7 L 1
10 Fri, Nov 2, 1973 Milwaukee Bucks L 100 118 2 8 L 2
11 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 105 2 9 L 3
12 Sun, Nov 4, 1973 Atlanta Hawks L 110 115 2 10 L 4
13 Tue, Nov 6, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W 115 96 3 10 W 1
14 Fri, Nov 9, 1973 Houston Rockets W 111 106 4 10 W 2
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 @ New York Knickerbockers L 90 100 4 11 L 1
16 Sun, Nov 11, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 93 103 4 12 L 2
17 Tue, Nov 13, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors L 115 128 4 13 L 3
18 Fri, Nov 16, 1973 @ Seattle Supersonics L 93 117 4 14 L 4
19 Sun, Nov 18, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 100 102 4 15 L 5
20 Thu, Nov 22, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 104 96 5 15 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 23, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 85 83 6 15 W 2
22 Sun, Nov 25, 1973 Boston Celtics L 101 107 6 16 L 1
23 Tue, Nov 27, 1973 Seattle Supersonics W 120 118 7 16 W 1
24 Wed, Nov 28, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons W 96 91 8 16 W 2
25 Fri, Nov 30, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 112 110 9 16 W 3
26 Sat, Dec 1, 1973 @ New York Knickerbockers L 99 119 9 17 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 2, 1973 Houston Rockets L 104 130 9 18 L 2
28 Wed, Dec 5, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 89 75 10 18 W 1
29 Fri, Dec 7, 1973 Chicago Bulls L 91 96 10 19 L 1
30 Sun, Dec 9, 1973 Phoenix Suns L 106 117 10 20 L 2
31 Tue, Dec 11, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W OT 101 100 11 20 W 1
32 Fri, Dec 14, 1973 Buffalo Braves L 98 102 11 21 L 1
33 Tue, Dec 18, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves L 93 100 11 22 L 2
34 Wed, Dec 19, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 92 106 11 23 L 3 at Omaha, NE
35 Fri, Dec 21, 1973 Seattle Supersonics W 101 96 12 23 W 1
36 Sat, Dec 22, 1973 @ Atlanta Hawks W 108 98 13 23 W 2
37 Sun, Dec 23, 1973 Houston Rockets W 99 91 14 23 W 3
38 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 110 123 14 24 L 1
39 Thu, Dec 27, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 100 110 14 25 L 2
40 Sat, Dec 29, 1973 N Boston Celtics L 92 111 14 26 L 3 at Providence, RI
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Dec 30, 1973 Atlanta Hawks L 94 99 14 27 L 4
42 Fri, Jan 4, 1974 Capital Bullets L 91 94 14 28 L 5
43 Sat, Jan 5, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks L 86 99 14 29 L 6
44 Wed, Jan 9, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 86 90 14 30 L 7
45 Fri, Jan 11, 1974 Detroit Pistons L 96 106 14 31 L 8
46 Sat, Jan 12, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons W OT 117 112 15 31 W 1
47 Sun, Jan 13, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers W 96 94 16 31 W 2
48 Thu, Jan 17, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 86 101 16 32 L 1
49 Sat, Jan 19, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 108 111 16 33 L 2
50 Tue, Jan 22, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers W OT 111 110 17 33 W 1
51 Wed, Jan 23, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns L 103 110 17 34 L 1
52 Fri, Jan 25, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 87 84 18 34 W 1
53 Sat, Jan 26, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors L 93 106 18 35 L 1
54 Tue, Jan 29, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 118 111 19 35 W 1
55 Wed, Jan 30, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 108 120 19 36 L 1
56 Fri, Feb 1, 1974 Capital Bullets L 99 107 19 37 L 2
57 Sat, Feb 2, 1974 @ New York Knickerbockers L 87 103 19 38 L 3
58 Sun, Feb 3, 1974 Chicago Bulls L 94 108 19 39 L 4
59 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 87 102 19 40 L 5
60 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 @ Houston Rockets L 106 120 19 41 L 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 9, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks L 90 99 19 42 L 7
62 Sun, Feb 10, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 125 121 20 42 W 1
63 Tue, Feb 12, 1974 Capital Bullets L 99 107 20 43 L 1
64 Sat, Feb 16, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 106 101 21 43 W 1
65 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 @ Seattle Supersonics L 97 106 21 44 L 1
66 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 Golden State Warriors L 98 104 21 45 L 2
67 Thu, Feb 21, 1974 Golden State Warriors L 103 122 21 46 L 3
68 Fri, Feb 22, 1974 New York Knickerbockers L 110 117 21 47 L 4
69 Sat, Feb 23, 1974 @ Capital Bullets W 104 101 22 47 W 1
70 Sun, Feb 24, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 101 97 23 47 W 2
71 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 110 93 24 47 W 3
72 Sun, Mar 3, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 93 98 24 48 L 1
73 Sat, Mar 9, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns L 100 109 24 49 L 2
74 Sun, Mar 10, 1974 @ Houston Rockets L 108 113 24 50 L 3
75 Tue, Mar 12, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 95 84 25 50 W 1
76 Fri, Mar 15, 1974 Boston Celtics W 104 103 26 50 W 2
77 Sat, Mar 16, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 105 114 26 51 L 1
78 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers W 115 99 27 51 W 1
79 Tue, Mar 19, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W 107 103 28 51 W 2
80 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 91 101 28 52 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sun, Mar 24, 1974 New York Knickerbockers W 114 92 29 52 W 1
82 Tue, Mar 26, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 98 104 29 53 L 1