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1976-77 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 22, 1976 Chicago Bulls W 106 95 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Oct 24, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers W 100 95 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Oct 28, 1976 New York Knickerbockers W 114 90 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Oct 30, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves W 109 105 4 0 W 4
5 Sun, Oct 31, 1976 New Orleans Jazz W 106 92 5 0 W 5
6 Mon, Nov 1, 1976 @ New York Nets W 82 75 6 0 W 6
7 Thu, Nov 4, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 96 88 7 0 W 7
8 Sat, Nov 6, 1976 New York Nets W 101 93 8 0 W 8
9 Sun, Nov 7, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks L 97 107 8 1 L 1
10 Tue, Nov 9, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 111 90 9 1 W 1
11 Wed, Nov 10, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons L 112 123 9 2 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 13, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns W 103 90 10 2 W 1
13 Sun, Nov 14, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 97 95 11 2 W 2
14 Wed, Nov 17, 1976 @ Seattle Supersonics L 78 92 11 3 L 1
15 Sun, Nov 21, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 92 97 11 4 L 2
16 Thu, Nov 25, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 111 105 12 4 W 1
17 Fri, Nov 26, 1976 @ Boston Celtics W 108 92 13 4 W 2
18 Sat, Nov 27, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 111 104 14 4 W 3
19 Tue, Nov 30, 1976 Denver Nuggets W 99 93 15 4 W 4
20 Wed, Dec 1, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings W OT 98 91 16 4 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 3, 1976 @ Indiana Pacers L 109 112 16 5 L 1
22 Sun, Dec 5, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 89 93 16 6 L 2
23 Tue, Dec 7, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 104 120 16 7 L 3
24 Thu, Dec 9, 1976 @ Denver Nuggets L 94 104 16 8 L 4
25 Sat, Dec 11, 1976 Atlanta Hawks L 94 95 16 9 L 5
26 Thu, Dec 16, 1976 Indiana Pacers W 111 105 17 9 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 18, 1976 @ New York Knickerbockers L OT 113 115 17 10 L 1
28 Sun, Dec 19, 1976 San Antonio Spurs W 106 105 18 10 W 1
29 Tue, Dec 21, 1976 Boston Celtics W 108 101 19 10 W 2
30 Sat, Dec 25, 1976 @ Washington Bullets L 99 117 19 11 L 1
31 Sun, Dec 26, 1976 Buffalo Braves L 96 103 19 12 L 2
32 Tue, Dec 28, 1976 Kansas City Kings L 106 113 19 13 L 3
33 Thu, Dec 30, 1976 Seattle Supersonics W 105 100 20 13 W 1
34 Sat, Jan 1, 1977 @ New York Knickerbockers L 110 121 20 14 L 1
35 Sun, Jan 2, 1977 Houston Rockets W 104 80 21 14 W 1
36 Thu, Jan 6, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 129 100 22 14 W 2
37 Fri, Jan 7, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 96 116 22 15 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 8, 1977 Washington Bullets W 114 107 23 15 W 1
39 Tue, Jan 11, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers L OT 99 101 23 16 L 1
40 Fri, Jan 14, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 96 116 23 17 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 15, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 79 94 23 18 L 3
42 Tue, Jan 18, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 101 93 24 18 W 1
43 Thu, Jan 20, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers L 91 99 24 19 L 1
44 Sat, Jan 22, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 130 116 25 19 W 1
45 Wed, Jan 26, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 93 106 25 20 L 1
46 Thu, Jan 27, 1977 New York Knickerbockers W 113 111 26 20 W 1
47 Tue, Feb 1, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 87 92 26 21 L 1
48 Fri, Feb 4, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings W 102 101 27 21 W 1
49 Sun, Feb 6, 1977 New York Nets L 90 94 27 22 L 1
50 Tue, Feb 8, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 81 97 27 23 L 2
51 Thu, Feb 10, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 116 101 28 23 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 11, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons L 94 101 28 24 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 15, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers W 117 96 29 24 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 17, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves L 103 112 29 25 L 1
55 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 92 88 30 25 W 1
56 Sun, Feb 20, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 111 112 30 26 L 1
57 Thu, Feb 24, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 99 86 31 26 W 1
58 Sat, Feb 26, 1977 Chicago Bulls L 98 104 31 27 L 1
59 Wed, Mar 2, 1977 @ Seattle Supersonics W 105 85 32 27 W 1
60 Fri, Mar 4, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 113 101 33 27 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 6, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 99 104 33 28 L 1
62 Tue, Mar 8, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 102 112 33 29 L 2
63 Thu, Mar 10, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 100 106 33 30 L 3
64 Sun, Mar 13, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks W 115 113 34 30 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 15, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers L 102 133 34 31 L 1
66 Thu, Mar 17, 1977 Houston Rockets L 87 88 34 32 L 2
67 Fri, Mar 18, 1977 @ New York Nets W 101 88 35 32 W 1
68 Sat, Mar 19, 1977 San Antonio Spurs W 94 89 36 32 W 2
69 Sun, Mar 20, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 115 108 37 32 W 3
70 Tue, Mar 22, 1977 Seattle Supersonics W 108 104 38 32 W 4
71 Wed, Mar 23, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 90 95 38 33 L 1
72 Thu, Mar 24, 1977 New Orleans Jazz L 87 92 38 34 L 2
73 Sat, Mar 26, 1977 Atlanta Hawks W 99 94 39 34 W 1
74 Sun, Mar 27, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 90 95 39 35 L 1
75 Tue, Mar 29, 1977 Boston Celtics W 110 82 40 35 W 1
76 Fri, Apr 1, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz W 115 106 41 35 W 2
77 Sat, Apr 2, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 93 106 41 36 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 3, 1977 Kansas City Kings W 113 107 42 36 W 1
79 Tue, Apr 5, 1977 Washington Bullets L OT 113 119 42 37 L 1
80 Thu, Apr 7, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 108 94 43 37 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 9, 1977 Detroit Pistons L 96 103 43 38 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 10, 1977 @ Boston Celtics L 105 115 43 39 L 2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 13, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 100 109 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Apr 15, 1977 Washington Bullets W 91 83 1 1 W 1
3 Sun, Apr 17, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 98 104 1 2 L 1