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1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 23, 1975 Golden State Warriors L 83 89 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 25, 1975 @ New York Knickerbockers L 91 100 0 2 L 2
3 Thu, Oct 30, 1975 Chicago Bulls W 108 91 1 2 W 1
4 Sat, Nov 1, 1975 New Orleans Jazz L 91 103 1 3 L 1
5 Tue, Nov 4, 1975 @ Washington Bullets L 96 113 1 4 L 2
6 Thu, Nov 6, 1975 @ Atlanta Hawks W 113 108 2 4 W 1
7 Fri, Nov 7, 1975 @ New Orleans Jazz W 94 90 3 4 W 2
8 Sat, Nov 8, 1975 @ Houston Rockets L 112 116 3 5 L 1
9 Tue, Nov 11, 1975 @ Golden State Warriors L 98 103 3 6 L 2
10 Fri, Nov 14, 1975 @ Seattle Supersonics L OT 97 100 3 7 L 3
11 Sat, Nov 15, 1975 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 99 95 4 7 W 1
12 Tue, Nov 18, 1975 Houston Rockets L 91 95 4 8 L 1
13 Thu, Nov 20, 1975 Buffalo Braves L OT 115 118 4 9 L 2
14 Sat, Nov 22, 1975 @ New York Knickerbockers W 95 94 5 9 W 1
15 Sun, Nov 23, 1975 Boston Celtics L 90 105 5 10 L 1
16 Tue, Nov 25, 1975 @ Chicago Bulls W 98 94 6 10 W 1
17 Thu, Nov 27, 1975 Kansas City Kings L 91 95 6 11 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 29, 1975 Seattle Supersonics W 124 108 7 11 W 1
19 Tue, Dec 2, 1975 Portland Trail Blazers W 91 80 8 11 W 2
20 Thu, Dec 4, 1975 @ Kansas City Kings L 101 105 8 12 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 5, 1975 @ Buffalo Braves L 88 125 8 13 L 2
22 Tue, Dec 9, 1975 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 85 100 8 14 L 3
23 Thu, Dec 11, 1975 New York Knickerbockers W 109 95 9 14 W 1
24 Fri, Dec 12, 1975 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 109 91 10 14 W 2
25 Sat, Dec 13, 1975 New Orleans Jazz W 112 90 11 14 W 3
26 Tue, Dec 16, 1975 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 123 103 12 14 W 4
27 Wed, Dec 17, 1975 @ Seattle Supersonics W 115 101 13 14 W 5
28 Fri, Dec 19, 1975 @ Phoenix Suns W 2OT 128 124 14 14 W 6
29 Sun, Dec 21, 1975 Los Angeles Lakers W 99 98 15 14 W 7
30 Fri, Dec 26, 1975 Atlanta Hawks L 97 98 15 15 L 1
31 Sat, Dec 27, 1975 @ Washington Bullets W 106 100 16 15 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 28, 1975 Buffalo Braves W 111 88 17 15 W 2
33 Tue, Dec 30, 1975 Kansas City Kings W 110 106 18 15 W 3
34 Fri, Jan 2, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 101 112 18 16 L 1
35 Sat, Jan 3, 1976 Detroit Pistons L 100 104 18 17 L 2
36 Wed, Jan 7, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons L OT 118 119 18 18 L 3
37 Thu, Jan 8, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 115 105 19 18 W 1
38 Sat, Jan 10, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks W 106 100 20 18 W 2
39 Sun, Jan 11, 1976 Washington Bullets W 106 104 21 18 W 3
40 Wed, Jan 14, 1976 @ Washington Bullets L 88 92 21 19 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 15, 1976 Atlanta Hawks L 91 98 21 20 L 2
42 Sat, Jan 17, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 105 85 22 20 W 1
43 Tue, Jan 20, 1976 Boston Celtics W 98 85 23 20 W 2
44 Thu, Jan 22, 1976 Seattle Supersonics W 109 99 24 20 W 3
45 Sat, Jan 24, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 132 89 25 20 W 4
46 Tue, Jan 27, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 85 83 26 20 W 5
47 Wed, Jan 28, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 93 108 26 21 L 1
48 Fri, Jan 30, 1976 @ Chicago Bulls W 91 89 27 21 W 1
49 Sun, Feb 1, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 95 96 27 22 L 1
50 Fri, Feb 6, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 92 87 28 22 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 8, 1976 Washington Bullets W 83 78 29 22 W 2
52 Thu, Feb 12, 1976 Chicago Bulls W 86 83 30 22 W 3
53 Fri, Feb 13, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 101 96 31 22 W 4
54 Sat, Feb 14, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves W 114 111 32 22 W 5
55 Tue, Feb 17, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 112 92 33 22 W 6
56 Thu, Feb 19, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers W 112 94 34 22 W 7
57 Sun, Feb 22, 1976 Houston Rockets W 107 103 35 22 W 8
58 Mon, Feb 23, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 114 117 35 23 L 1
59 Wed, Feb 25, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons W 108 101 36 23 W 1
60 Sun, Feb 29, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 97 108 36 24 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 3, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 92 108 36 25 L 2
62 Fri, Mar 5, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 113 100 37 25 W 1
63 Sat, Mar 6, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 106 117 37 26 L 1
64 Thu, Mar 11, 1976 Golden State Warriors W 110 99 38 26 W 1
65 Sat, Mar 13, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 99 77 39 26 W 2
66 Tue, Mar 16, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers L 105 109 39 27 L 1
67 Thu, Mar 18, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 110 104 40 27 W 1
68 Fri, Mar 19, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 81 103 40 28 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 20, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks W 107 99 41 28 W 1
70 Sun, Mar 21, 1976 Washington Bullets W 95 92 42 28 W 2
71 Thu, Mar 25, 1976 Buffalo Braves L 94 109 42 29 L 1
72 Fri, Mar 26, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 93 95 42 30 L 2
73 Sat, Mar 27, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 103 99 43 30 W 1
74 Tue, Mar 30, 1976 Houston Rockets W 95 86 44 30 W 2
75 Wed, Mar 31, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz W 110 101 45 30 W 3
76 Thu, Apr 1, 1976 Boston Celtics L 88 95 45 31 L 1
77 Sat, Apr 3, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings L 101 104 45 32 L 2 at Omaha, NE
78 Sun, Apr 4, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 120 92 46 32 W 1
79 Tue, Apr 6, 1976 @ Boston Celtics W 101 92 47 32 W 2 at Hartford, CT
80 Thu, Apr 8, 1976 New Orleans Jazz W 111 97 48 32 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 10, 1976 New York Knickerbockers W 99 94 49 32 W 4
82 Sun, Apr 11, 1976 @ New York Knickerbockers L 78 103 49 33 L 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 13, 1976 Washington Bullets L 95 100 0 1 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 15, 1976 @ Washington Bullets W 80 79 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 17, 1976 Washington Bullets W 88 76 2 1 W 2
4 Wed, Apr 21, 1976 @ Washington Bullets L 98 109 2 2 L 1
5 Thu, Apr 22, 1976 Washington Bullets W 92 91 3 2 W 1
6 Mon, Apr 26, 1976 @ Washington Bullets L OT 98 102 3 3 L 1
7 Thu, Apr 29, 1976 Washington Bullets W 87 85 4 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
8 Thu, May 6, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 99 111 4 4 L 1
9 Sun, May 9, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 89 94 4 5 L 2
10 Tue, May 11, 1976 Boston Celtics W 83 78 5 5 W 1
11 Fri, May 14, 1976 Boston Celtics W 106 87 6 5 W 2
12 Sun, May 16, 1976 @ Boston Celtics L 94 99 6 6 L 1
13 Tue, May 18, 1976 Boston Celtics L 87 94 6 7 L 2