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1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (49-33)

Points Per Game: 101.7 (17th of 18) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 99.2 (2nd of 18)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (2nd of 18)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 519,010 (5th of 18)

SRS: 2.34 (2nd of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.6 (17th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 99.5 (3rd of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.0 (4th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Washington Bullets

1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Butch Beard G 6-3 185 May 4, 1947 5 University of Louisville
52 Jim Brewer F-C 6-9 210 December 3, 1951 2 University of Minnesota
34 Austin Carr G 6-4 200 March 10, 1948 4 University of Notre Dame
22 Jim Chones C-F 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 3 Marquette University
35 Jim Cleamons G 6-3 185 September 13, 1949 4 Ohio State University
41 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 R University of San Francisco
23 Rowland Garrett F 6-6 210 July 16, 1950 3 Florida State University
24 John Lambert C-F 6-10 225 January 14, 1953 R University of Southern California
50 Steve Patterson C 6-9 225 June 24, 1948 4 University of California, Los Angeles
20 Campy Russell F 6-8 215 January 12, 1952 1 University of Michigan
7 Bingo Smith F-G 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 6 University of Tulsa
10 Dick Snyder G-F 6-5 207 February 1, 1944 9 Davidson College
42 Nate Thurmond C-F 6-11 225 July 25, 1941 12 Bowling Green State University
14 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 1 State University of West Georgia
44 Luke Witte C 7-0 235 October 19, 1950 2 Ohio State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 3497 7709 .454 1346 1827 .737 1192 2588 3780 1844 638 397 1330 1871 8340 101.7
Opponent 82 19805 3262 7188 .454 1610 2152 .748 1134 2792 3926 1728 610 325 1579 1860 8134 99.2

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Jim Chones 26 82 2741 563 1258 .448 172 260 .662 197 542 739 163 42 93 241 1298
2 Campy Russell 24 82 1961 483 1003 .482 266 344 .773 134 211 345 107 69 10 231 1232
3 Bingo Smith 29 81 2338 495 1121 .442 111 136 .816 83 258 341 155 58 36 231 1101
4 Dick Snyder 31 82 2274 441 881 .501 155 188 .824 50 148 198 220 59 33 215 1037
5 Jim Cleamons 26 82 2835 413 887 .466 174 218 .798 124 230 354 428 124 20 214 1000
6 Jim Brewer 24 82 2913 400 874 .458 140 214 .654 298 593 891 209 94 89 214 940
7 Austin Carr 27 65 1282 276 625 .442 106 134 .791 67 65 132 122 37 2 92 658
8 Foots Walker 24 81 1280 143 369 .388 84 108 .778 53 129 182 288 98 5 136 370
9 Nate Thurmond 34 65 1133 122 292 .418 54 105 .514 101 243 344 68 18 86 145 298
10 John Lambert 23 54 333 49 110 .445 25 37 .676 37 65 102 16 8 12 54 123
11 Rowland Garrett 25 41 216 51 127 .402 15 21 .714 18 24 42 10 17 3 36 117
12 Butch Beard 28 15 255 35 90 .389 27 37 .730 14 29 43 45 10 2 36 97
13 Steve Patterson 27 14 136 15 38 .395 8 10 .800 7 21 28 9 3 5 11 38
14 Luke Witte 25 22 99 11 32 .344 9 15 .600 9 29 38 4 1 1 14 31
15 Eric Fernsten 22 4 9 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Per Game

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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 Jim Chones 26 82 33.4 6.9 15.3 .448 2.1 3.2 .662 2.4 6.6 9.0 2.0 0.5 1.1 2.9 15.8
2 Campy Russell 24 82 23.9 5.9 12.2 .482 3.2 4.2 .773 1.6 2.6 4.2 1.3 0.8 0.1 2.8 15.0
3 Bingo Smith 29 81 28.9 6.1 13.8 .442 1.4 1.7 .816 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.9 0.7 0.4 2.9 13.6
4 Dick Snyder 31 82 27.7 5.4 10.7 .501 1.9 2.3 .824 0.6 1.8 2.4 2.7 0.7 0.4 2.6 12.6
5 Jim Cleamons 26 82 34.6 5.0 10.8 .466 2.1 2.7 .798 1.5 2.8 4.3 5.2 1.5 0.2 2.6 12.2
6 Jim Brewer 24 82 35.5 4.9 10.7 .458 1.7 2.6 .654 3.6 7.2 10.9 2.5 1.1 1.1 2.6 11.5
7 Austin Carr 27 65 19.7 4.2 9.6 .442 1.6 2.1 .791 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.9 0.6 0.0 1.4 10.1
8 Butch Beard 28 15 17.0 2.3 6.0 .389 1.8 2.5 .730 0.9 1.9 2.9 3.0 0.7 0.1 2.4 6.5
9 Nate Thurmond 34 65 17.4 1.9 4.5 .418 0.8 1.6 .514 1.6 3.7 5.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 2.2 4.6
10 Foots Walker 24 81 15.8 1.8 4.6 .388 1.0 1.3 .778 0.7 1.6 2.2 3.6 1.2 0.1 1.7 4.6
11 Rowland Garrett 25 41 5.3 1.2 3.1 .402 0.4 0.5 .714 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.9 2.9
12 Steve Patterson 27 14 9.7 1.1 2.7 .395 0.6 0.7 .800 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.7
13 John Lambert 23 54 6.2 0.9 2.0 .445 0.5 0.7 .676 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.3
14 Luke Witte 25 22 4.5 0.5 1.5 .344 0.4 0.7 .600 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.4
15 Eric Fernsten 22 4 2.3 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Campy Russell 24 82 1961 8.9 18.4 .482 4.9 6.3 .773 2.5 3.9 6.3 2.0 1.3 0.2 4.2 22.6
2 Rowland Garrett 25 41 216 8.5 21.2 .402 2.5 3.5 .714 3.0 4.0 7.0 1.7 2.8 0.5 6.0 19.5
3 Austin Carr 27 65 1282 7.8 17.6 .442 3.0 3.8 .791 1.9 1.8 3.7 3.4 1.0 0.1 2.6 18.5
4 Bingo Smith 29 81 2338 7.6 17.3 .442 1.7 2.1 .816 1.3 4.0 5.3 2.4 0.9 0.6 3.6 17.0
5 Jim Chones 26 82 2741 7.4 16.5 .448 2.3 3.4 .662 2.6 7.1 9.7 2.1 0.6 1.2 3.2 17.0
6 Dick Snyder 31 82 2274 7.0 13.9 .501 2.5 3.0 .824 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.5 0.9 0.5 3.4 16.4
7 Butch Beard 28 15 255 4.9 12.7 .389 3.8 5.2 .730 2.0 4.1 6.1 6.4 1.4 0.3 5.1 13.7
8 John Lambert 23 54 333 5.3 11.9 .445 2.7 4.0 .676 4.0 7.0 11.0 1.7 0.9 1.3 5.8 13.3
9 Jim Cleamons 26 82 2835 5.2 11.3 .466 2.2 2.8 .798 1.6 2.9 4.5 5.4 1.6 0.3 2.7 12.7
10 Jim Brewer 24 82 2913 4.9 10.8 .458 1.7 2.6 .654 3.7 7.3 11.0 2.6 1.2 1.1 2.6 11.6
11 Luke Witte 25 22 99 4.0 11.6 .344 3.3 5.5 .600 3.3 10.5 13.8 1.5 0.4 0.4 5.1 11.3
12 Foots Walker 24 81 1280 4.0 10.4 .388 2.4 3.0 .778 1.5 3.6 5.1 8.1 2.8 0.1 3.8 10.4
13 Steve Patterson 27 14 136 4.0 10.1 .395 2.1 2.6 .800 1.9 5.6 7.4 2.4 0.8 1.3 2.9 10.1
14 Nate Thurmond 34 65 1133 3.9 9.3 .418 1.7 3.3 .514 3.2 7.7 10.9 2.2 0.6 2.7 4.6 9.5
15 Eric Fernsten 22 4 9 0.0 8.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jim Brewer 24 82 2913 14.9 .485 .458 10.2 21.7 15.7 9.6 1.5 1.7 94 3.4 4.5 7.9
2 Jim Cleamons 26 82 2835 14.9 .509 .466 4.3 8.6 6.4 20.5 2.1 0.4 98 4.2 2.9 7.1
3 Campy Russell 24 82 1961 19.0 .534 .482 6.8 11.5 9.0 8.6 1.7 0.3 98 4.7 2.0 6.7
4 Dick Snyder 31 82 2274 14.7 .538 .501 2.2 6.9 4.5 14.0 1.2 0.8 100 4.4 1.8 6.2
5 Jim Chones 26 82 2741 15.5 .473 .448 7.1 21.0 13.9 8.8 0.7 1.9 96 2.3 3.6 6.0
6 Bingo Smith 29 81 2338 13.1 .466 .442 3.5 11.7 7.5 9.9 1.2 0.8 99 1.5 2.3 3.7
7 Austin Carr 27 65 1282 15.2 .481 .442 5.2 5.4 5.3 14.3 1.4 0.1 101 1.7 0.9 2.6
8 Foots Walker 24 81 1280 15.3 .444 .388 4.1 10.7 7.3 29.2 3.6 0.2 95 0.4 1.9 2.3
9 Nate Thurmond 34 65 1133 12.1 .441 .418 8.9 22.8 15.6 7.7 0.8 4.2 94 0.1 1.9 1.9
10 John Lambert 23 54 333 13.9 .487 .445 11.0 20.8 15.7 6.5 1.1 2.0 95 0.3 0.5 0.7
11 Butch Beard 28 15 255 14.5 .456 .389 5.5 12.1 8.7 23.7 1.9 0.4 97 0.1 0.3 0.4
12 Steve Patterson 27 14 136 10.9 .448 .395 5.1 16.4 10.6 8.6 1.0 2.0 97 0.0 0.2 0.2
13 Rowland Garrett 25 41 216 15.0 .429 .402 8.3 11.8 10.0 7.2 3.7 0.8 93 -0.1 0.4 0.2
14 Luke Witte 25 22 99 10.2 .402 .344 9.0 31.2 19.7 5.2 0.5 0.6 94 -0.1 0.2 0.1
15 Eric Fernsten 22 4 9 -6.5 .000 .000 0.0 11.8 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 102 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Jim Cleamons 26 13 503 73 184 33 40 23 71 61 8 3 34 179 .397 .825 38.7 13.8 5.5 4.7
2 Campy Russell 24 13 328 65 161 47 55 25 71 14 8 7 51 177 .404 .855 25.2 13.6 5.5 1.1
3 Bingo Smith 29 13 379 71 164 22 25 11 43 30 11 3 41 164 .433 .880 29.2 12.6 3.3 2.3
4 Dick Snyder 31 13 364 69 153 18 22 10 29 31 11 6 35 156 .451 .818 28.0 12.0 2.2 2.4
5 Austin Carr 27 13 273 66 138 22 36 11 23 26 6 3 29 154 .478 .611 21.0 11.8 1.8 2.0
6 Jim Brewer 24 13 489 44 101 26 48 40 140 37 13 12 34 114 .436 .542 37.6 8.8 10.8 2.8
7 Jim Chones 26 7 242 47 114 11 18 14 50 6 1 6 23 105 .412 .611 34.6 15.0 7.1 0.9
8 Nate Thurmond 34 13 375 37 79 13 32 38 117 28 6 29 52 87 .468 .406 28.8 6.7 9.0 2.2
9 Foots Walker 24 13 125 11 27 8 10 5 16 23 7 1 17 30 .407 .800 9.6 2.3 1.2 1.8
10 Luke Witte 25 7 28 6 11 4 4 4 9 4 0 0 4 16 .545 1.000 4.0 2.3 1.3 0.6
11 John Lambert 23 6 34 5 13 2 2 2 11 1 1 2 7 12 .385 1.000 5.7 2.0 1.8 0.2
12 Rowland Garrett 25 4 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jim Brewer 24 13 489 12.7 .467 .436 8.3 22.9 15.3 10.9 1.3 1.4 93 0.2 0.9 1.2
2 Nate Thurmond 34 13 375 13.4 .467 .468 10.3 23.6 16.6 10.9 0.8 4.5 91 0.1 0.8 0.9
3 Campy Russell 24 13 328 16.0 .478 .404 7.8 15.7 11.5 7.3 1.2 1.3 95 0.2 0.5 0.8
4 Jim Cleamons 26 13 503 12.6 .444 .397 4.7 10.7 7.5 18.9 0.8 0.3 98 0.2 0.6 0.8
5 Dick Snyder 31 13 364 13.3 .479 .451 2.8 5.8 4.3 14.3 1.5 1.0 98 0.3 0.5 0.7
6 Bingo Smith 29 13 379 12.9 .469 .433 3.0 9.4 6.1 13.2 1.4 0.5 97 0.2 0.5 0.7
7 Austin Carr 27 13 273 16.7 .501 .478 4.1 4.9 4.5 17.5 1.1 0.6 99 0.4 0.3 0.6
8 Foots Walker 24 13 125 13.3 .478 .407 4.1 9.8 6.8 26.4 2.8 0.5 94 0.0 0.2 0.3
9 Jim Chones 26 7 242 11.4 .431 .412 5.9 16.6 11.0 4.2 0.2 1.5 97 -0.1 0.3 0.2
10 Luke Witte 25 7 28 24.8 .627 .545 14.6 20.0 17.1 25.0 0.0 0.0 97 0.1 0.0 0.2
11 John Lambert 23 6 34 12.2 .432 .385 6.0 29.6 17.3 4.6 1.5 3.4 88 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Rowland Garrett 25 4 5 9.8 .568 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0