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1976-77 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (43-39)

Points Per Game: 102.1 (20th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 101.0 (2nd of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (7th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 570,445 (4th of 22)

SRS: 1.08 (7th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.5 (20th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.0 (11th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 98.9 (11th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Washington Bullets

1976-77 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
52 Jim Brewer F-C 6-9 210 December 3, 1951 3 University of Minnesota
25 Gary Brokaw G 6-4 178 January 11, 1954 2 University of Notre Dame
34 Austin Carr G 6-4 200 March 10, 1948 5 University of Notre Dame
22 Jim Chones C-F 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 4 Marquette University
35 Jim Cleamons G 6-3 185 September 13, 1949 5 Ohio State University
23 Rowland Garrett F 6-6 210 July 16, 1950 4 Florida State University
2 Mo Howard G 6-2 170 August 25, 1954 R University of Maryland
24 John Lambert C-F 6-10 225 January 14, 1953 1 University of Southern California
20 Campy Russell F 6-8 215 January 12, 1952 2 University of Michigan
7 Bingo Smith F-G 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 7 University of Tulsa
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 5 Kentucky State University
10 Dick Snyder G-F 6-5 207 February 1, 1944 10 Davidson College
42 Nate Thurmond C-F 6-11 225 July 25, 1941 13 Bowling Green State University
14 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 2 State University of West Georgia
15 Chuckie Williams G 6-3 180 December 31, 1953 R Kansas 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 19780 3451 7688 .449 1468 1993 .737 1312 2563 3875 1845 579 472 1356 1951 8370 102.1
Opponent 82 19780 3265 7268 .449 1748 2325 .752 1202 2711 3913 1736 660 389 1542 1908 8278 101.0

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 Austin Carr 28 82 2409 558 1221 .457 213 268 .795 120 120 240 220 57 10 221 1329
2 Bingo Smith 30 81 2135 513 1149 .446 148 181 .818 92 225 317 152 61 30 211 1174
3 Campy Russell 25 70 2109 435 1003 .434 288 370 .778 144 275 419 189 70 24 196 1158
4 Jim Chones 27 82 2378 450 972 .463 155 212 .731 208 480 688 104 32 77 258 1055
5 Dick Snyder 32 82 1685 316 693 .456 127 149 .852 47 102 149 160 45 30 177 759
6 Jim Brewer 25 81 2672 296 657 .451 97 178 .545 275 487 762 195 94 82 214 689
7 Jim Cleamons 27 60 2045 257 592 .434 112 148 .757 99 174 273 308 66 23 126 626
8 Foots Walker 25 62 1216 157 349 .450 89 115 .774 55 105 160 254 83 4 124 403
9 Elmore Smith 27 36 675 128 254 .504 56 108 .519 62 169 231 13 16 75 98 312
10 Gary Brokaw 23 39 596 112 240 .467 58 82 .707 12 47 59 117 14 13 79 282
11 Nate Thurmond 35 49 997 100 246 .407 68 106 .642 121 253 374 83 16 81 128 268
12 John Lambert 24 63 555 67 157 .427 25 36 .694 62 92 154 31 16 18 75 159
13 Rowland Garrett 26 29 215 40 93 .430 18 22 .818 10 30 40 7 7 3 30 98
14 Chuckie Williams 23 22 65 14 47 .298 9 12 .750 3 1 4 7 1 0 7 37
15 Mo Howard 22 9 28 8 15 .533 5 6 .833 2 3 5 5 1 2 7 21

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 Campy Russell 25 70 30.1 6.2 14.3 .434 4.1 5.3 .778 2.1 3.9 6.0 2.7 1.0 0.3 2.8 16.5
2 Austin Carr 28 82 29.4 6.8 14.9 .457 2.6 3.3 .795 1.5 1.5 2.9 2.7 0.7 0.1 2.7 16.2
3 Bingo Smith 30 81 26.4 6.3 14.2 .446 1.8 2.2 .818 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.9 0.8 0.4 2.6 14.5
4 Jim Chones 27 82 29.0 5.5 11.9 .463 1.9 2.6 .731 2.5 5.9 8.4 1.3 0.4 0.9 3.1 12.9
5 Jim Cleamons 27 60 34.1 4.3 9.9 .434 1.9 2.5 .757 1.7 2.9 4.6 5.1 1.1 0.4 2.1 10.4
6 Dick Snyder 32 82 20.5 3.9 8.5 .456 1.5 1.8 .852 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.0 0.5 0.4 2.2 9.3
7 Elmore Smith 27 36 18.8 3.6 7.1 .504 1.6 3.0 .519 1.7 4.7 6.4 0.4 0.4 2.1 2.7 8.7
8 Jim Brewer 25 81 33.0 3.7 8.1 .451 1.2 2.2 .545 3.4 6.0 9.4 2.4 1.2 1.0 2.6 8.5
9 Gary Brokaw 23 39 15.3 2.9 6.2 .467 1.5 2.1 .707 0.3 1.2 1.5 3.0 0.4 0.3 2.0 7.2
10 Foots Walker 25 62 19.6 2.5 5.6 .450 1.4 1.9 .774 0.9 1.7 2.6 4.1 1.3 0.1 2.0 6.5
11 Nate Thurmond 35 49 20.3 2.0 5.0 .407 1.4 2.2 .642 2.5 5.2 7.6 1.7 0.3 1.7 2.6 5.5
12 Rowland Garrett 26 29 7.4 1.4 3.2 .430 0.6 0.8 .818 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.0 3.4
13 John Lambert 24 63 8.8 1.1 2.5 .427 0.4 0.6 .694 1.0 1.5 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.5
14 Mo Howard 22 9 3.1 0.9 1.7 .533 0.6 0.7 .833 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.8 2.3
15 Chuckie Williams 23 22 3.0 0.6 2.1 .298 0.4 0.5 .750 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7

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 Mo Howard 22 9 28 10.3 19.3 .533 6.4 7.7 .833 2.6 3.9 6.4 6.4 1.3 2.6 9.0 27.0
2 Chuckie Williams 23 22 65 7.8 26.0 .298 5.0 6.6 .750 1.7 0.6 2.2 3.9 0.6 0.0 3.9 20.5
3 Austin Carr 28 82 2409 8.3 18.2 .457 3.2 4.0 .795 1.8 1.8 3.6 3.3 0.9 0.1 3.3 19.9
4 Campy Russell 25 70 2109 7.4 17.1 .434 4.9 6.3 .778 2.5 4.7 7.2 3.2 1.2 0.4 3.3 19.8
5 Bingo Smith 30 81 2135 8.7 19.4 .446 2.5 3.1 .818 1.6 3.8 5.3 2.6 1.0 0.5 3.6 19.8
6 Gary Brokaw 23 39 596 6.8 14.5 .467 3.5 5.0 .707 0.7 2.8 3.6 7.1 0.8 0.8 4.8 17.0
7 Elmore Smith 27 36 675 6.8 13.5 .504 3.0 5.8 .519 3.3 9.0 12.3 0.7 0.9 4.0 5.2 16.6
8 Rowland Garrett 26 29 215 6.7 15.6 .430 3.0 3.7 .818 1.7 5.0 6.7 1.2 1.2 0.5 5.0 16.4
9 Dick Snyder 32 82 1685 6.8 14.8 .456 2.7 3.2 .852 1.0 2.2 3.2 3.4 1.0 0.6 3.8 16.2
10 Jim Chones 27 82 2378 6.8 14.7 .463 2.3 3.2 .731 3.1 7.3 10.4 1.6 0.5 1.2 3.9 16.0
11 Foots Walker 25 62 1216 4.6 10.3 .450 2.6 3.4 .774 1.6 3.1 4.7 7.5 2.5 0.1 3.7 11.9
12 Jim Cleamons 27 60 2045 4.5 10.4 .434 2.0 2.6 .757 1.7 3.1 4.8 5.4 1.2 0.4 2.2 11.0
13 John Lambert 24 63 555 4.3 10.2 .427 1.6 2.3 .694 4.0 6.0 10.0 2.0 1.0 1.2 4.9 10.3
14 Nate Thurmond 35 49 997 3.6 8.9 .407 2.5 3.8 .642 4.4 9.1 13.5 3.0 0.6 2.9 4.6 9.7
15 Jim Brewer 25 81 2672 4.0 8.9 .451 1.3 2.4 .545 3.7 6.6 10.3 2.6 1.3 1.1 2.9 9.3

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 Chones 27 82 2378 14.8 .495 .463 8.6 21.2 14.7 6.4 0.6 1.8 98 2.9 3.0 5.9
2 Jim Brewer 25 81 2672 12.7 .469 .451 10.1 19.2 14.5 9.6 1.7 1.7 96 2.0 3.9 5.8
3 Campy Russell 25 70 2109 17.3 .497 .434 6.7 13.7 10.1 13.5 1.6 0.6 99 3.2 2.3 5.5
4 Austin Carr 28 82 2409 15.3 .496 .457 4.9 5.2 5.1 14.3 1.1 0.2 103 3.9 1.4 5.3
5 Bingo Smith 30 81 2135 15.0 .478 .446 4.2 11.1 7.5 11.3 1.4 0.8 100 2.2 2.0 4.2
6 Jim Cleamons 27 60 2045 12.9 .476 .434 4.8 8.9 6.8 20.2 1.5 0.6 101 2.0 1.8 3.8
7 Dick Snyder 32 82 1685 13.3 .500 .456 2.7 6.4 4.5 13.9 1.3 1.0 102 2.2 1.2 3.4
8 Foots Walker 25 62 1216 16.0 .504 .450 4.4 9.1 6.7 28.1 3.2 0.2 98 1.5 1.6 3.0
9 Nate Thurmond 35 49 997 14.3 .458 .407 11.9 26.7 19.1 10.8 0.8 4.4 94 0.5 1.8 2.3
10 Elmore Smith 27 36 675 17.6 .517 .504 9.0 26.3 17.4 2.8 1.1 6.0 92 0.7 1.4 2.0
11 Gary Brokaw 23 39 596 16.3 .511 .467 2.0 8.3 5.0 28.7 1.1 1.2 101 0.8 0.5 1.3
12 John Lambert 24 63 555 11.7 .460 .427 11.0 17.4 14.1 7.4 1.4 1.8 97 0.3 0.7 1.0
13 Rowland Garrett 26 29 215 12.2 .477 .430 4.6 14.7 9.5 4.7 1.5 0.8 99 0.1 0.2 0.4
14 Mo Howard 22 9 28 26.3 .595 .533 7.0 11.3 9.1 30.4 1.7 3.9 97 0.1 0.0 0.1
15 Chuckie Williams 23 22 65 8.8 .354 .298 4.5 1.6 3.1 16.4 0.7 0.0 105 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

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 Campy Russell 25 3 100 21 54 11 15 10 26 10 3 1 10 53 .389 .733 33.3 17.7 8.7 3.3
2 Foots Walker 25 3 95 18 37 11 15 4 12 20 4 1 12 47 .486 .733 31.7 15.7 4.0 6.7
3 Elmore Smith 27 3 56 18 33 5 8 6 24 1 5 3 10 41 .545 .625 18.7 13.7 8.0 0.3
4 Jim Chones 27 3 99 16 27 7 7 11 31 3 0 1 9 39 .593 1.000 33.0 13.0 10.3 1.0
5 Austin Carr 28 3 83 11 39 1 3 4 10 10 2 1 13 23 .282 .333 27.7 7.7 3.3 3.3
6 Jim Brewer 25 3 113 11 27 1 1 11 36 5 4 4 11 23 .407 1.000 37.7 7.7 12.0 1.7
7 Bingo Smith 30 3 57 9 39 3 3 3 8 4 3 1 5 21 .231 1.000 19.0 7.0 2.7 1.3
8 Gary Brokaw 23 3 44 9 19 2 6 3 4 12 2 1 7 20 .474 .333 14.7 6.7 1.3 4.0
9 Dick Snyder 32 3 53 8 27 2 5 2 5 4 1 2 6 18 .296 .400 17.7 6.0 1.7 1.3
10 John Lambert 24 3 19 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 4 4 .500 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.0
11 Nate Thurmond 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0.0 1.0 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 Chones 27 3 99 15.1 .648 .593 9.5 21.7 14.9 4.4 0.0 0.6 97 0.3 0.1 0.4
2 Foots Walker 25 3 95 18.2 .539 .486 3.6 9.0 6.0 31.7 1.9 0.6 96 0.2 0.2 0.3
3 Jim Brewer 25 3 113 10.1 .419 .407 8.3 23.8 15.1 5.8 1.6 2.1 92 0.0 0.2 0.3
4 Elmore Smith 27 3 56 25.6 .561 .545 9.1 34.5 20.4 3.4 4.1 3.1 83 0.1 0.2 0.3
5 Campy Russell 25 3 100 15.4 .437 .389 8.5 17.2 12.4 15.5 1.4 0.6 95 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Gary Brokaw 23 3 44 16.9 .462 .474 5.8 2.4 4.3 42.0 2.1 1.3 96 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 John Lambert 24 3 19 8.6 .500 .500 9.0 5.7 7.5 0.0 4.8 0.0 91 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Nate Thurmond 35 1 1 37.5 0.0 100.0 47.5 0.0 0.0 58.1 27 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Dick Snyder 32 3 53 4.8 .308 .296 3.2 6.1 4.5 10.7 0.9 2.2 97 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 Bingo Smith 30 3 57 3.9 .260 .231 4.5 9.4 6.7 10.1 2.4 1.0 94 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
11 Austin Carr 28 3 83 4.3 .285 .282 4.1 7.8 5.7 16.7 1.1 0.7 97 -0.3 0.1 -0.2