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1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (43-39)

Points Per Game: 104.4 (19th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.9 (4th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (9th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 454,961 (12th of 21)

SRS: 0.44 (9th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.5 (19th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.9 (15th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.4 (5th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1977-78 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 4 University of Minnesota
34 Austin Carr G 6-4 200 March 10, 1948 6 University of Notre Dame
22 Jim Chones C-F 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 5 Marquette University
11 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 10 Southern Illinois University
25 Terry Furlow G-F 6-4 190 October 18, 1954 1 Michigan State University
30 Eddie Jordan G 6-1 170 January 29, 1955 R Rutgers University
24 John Lambert C-F 6-10 225 January 14, 1953 2 University of Southern California
21 Campy Russell F 6-8 215 January 12, 1952 3 University of Michigan
7 Bingo Smith F-G 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 8 University of Tulsa
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 6 Kentucky State University
10 Dick Snyder G-F 6-5 207 February 1, 1944 11 Davidson College
14 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 3 State University of West Georgia

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 19880 3496 7707 .454 1569 2116 .741 1187 2676 3863 1740 692 455 1382 1832 8561 104.4
Opponent 82 19880 3474 7620 .456 1574 2113 .745 1214 2779 3993 1915 690 446 1475 1952 8522 103.9

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 Campy Russell 26 72 2520 523 1168 .448 352 469 .751 154 304 458 278 88 12 206 193 1398
2 Jim Chones 28 82 2906 525 1113 .472 180 250 .720 219 625 844 131 52 58 184 235 1230
3 Austin Carr 29 82 2186 414 945 .438 183 225 .813 76 111 187 225 68 19 146 168 1011
4 Elmore Smith 28 81 1996 402 809 .497 205 309 .663 178 500 678 57 50 176 141 241 1009
5 Bingo Smith 31 82 1581 369 840 .439 108 135 .800 65 142 207 91 38 21 81 155 846
6 Walt Frazier 32 51 1664 336 714 .471 153 180 .850 54 155 209 209 77 13 113 124 825
7 Foots Walker 26 81 2496 287 641 .448 159 221 .719 76 218 294 453 176 24 181 218 733
8 Terry Furlow 23 53 827 192 443 .433 88 99 .889 47 60 107 72 21 14 77 67 472
9 Jim Brewer 26 80 1798 175 390 .449 46 100 .460 182 313 495 98 60 48 103 178 396
10 John Lambert 25 76 1075 142 336 .423 27 48 .563 125 199 324 38 27 50 62 169 311
11 Dick Snyder 33 58 660 112 252 .444 56 64 .875 9 40 49 56 23 19 48 74 280
12 Eddie Jordan 23 22 171 19 56 .339 12 16 .750 2 9 11 32 12 1 14 10 50

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 26 72 35.0 7.3 16.2 .448 4.9 6.5 .751 2.1 4.2 6.4 3.9 1.2 0.2 2.9 2.7 19.4
2 Walt Frazier 32 51 32.6 6.6 14.0 .471 3.0 3.5 .850 1.1 3.0 4.1 4.1 1.5 0.3 2.2 2.4 16.2
3 Jim Chones 28 82 35.4 6.4 13.6 .472 2.2 3.0 .720 2.7 7.6 10.3 1.6 0.6 0.7 2.2 2.9 15.0
4 Elmore Smith 28 81 24.6 5.0 10.0 .497 2.5 3.8 .663 2.2 6.2 8.4 0.7 0.6 2.2 1.7 3.0 12.5
5 Austin Carr 29 82 26.7 5.0 11.5 .438 2.2 2.7 .813 0.9 1.4 2.3 2.7 0.8 0.2 1.8 2.0 12.3
6 Bingo Smith 31 82 19.3 4.5 10.2 .439 1.3 1.6 .800 0.8 1.7 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.9 10.3
7 Foots Walker 26 81 30.8 3.5 7.9 .448 2.0 2.7 .719 0.9 2.7 3.6 5.6 2.2 0.3 2.2 2.7 9.0
8 Terry Furlow 23 53 15.6 3.6 8.4 .433 1.7 1.9 .889 0.9 1.1 2.0 1.4 0.4 0.3 1.5 1.3 8.9
9 Jim Brewer 26 80 22.5 2.2 4.9 .449 0.6 1.3 .460 2.3 3.9 6.2 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.3 2.2 5.0
10 Dick Snyder 33 58 11.4 1.9 4.3 .444 1.0 1.1 .875 0.2 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.3 4.8
11 John Lambert 25 76 14.1 1.9 4.4 .423 0.4 0.6 .563 1.6 2.6 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.8 2.2 4.1
12 Eddie Jordan 23 22 7.8 0.9 2.5 .339 0.5 0.7 .750 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.5 2.3

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 Terry Furlow 23 53 827 8.4 19.3 .433 3.8 4.3 .889 2.0 2.6 4.7 3.1 0.9 0.6 3.4 2.9 20.5
2 Campy Russell 26 72 2520 7.5 16.7 .448 5.0 6.7 .751 2.2 4.3 6.5 4.0 1.3 0.2 2.9 2.8 20.0
3 Bingo Smith 31 82 1581 8.4 19.1 .439 2.5 3.1 .800 1.5 3.2 4.7 2.1 0.9 0.5 1.8 3.5 19.3
4 Elmore Smith 28 81 1996 7.3 14.6 .497 3.7 5.6 .663 3.2 9.0 12.2 1.0 0.9 3.2 2.5 4.3 18.2
5 Walt Frazier 32 51 1664 7.3 15.4 .471 3.3 3.9 .850 1.2 3.4 4.5 4.5 1.7 0.3 2.4 2.7 17.8
6 Austin Carr 29 82 2186 6.8 15.6 .438 3.0 3.7 .813 1.3 1.8 3.1 3.7 1.1 0.3 2.4 2.8 16.6
7 Dick Snyder 33 58 660 6.1 13.7 .444 3.1 3.5 .875 0.5 2.2 2.7 3.1 1.3 1.0 2.6 4.0 15.3
8 Jim Chones 28 82 2906 6.5 13.8 .472 2.2 3.1 .720 2.7 7.7 10.5 1.6 0.6 0.7 2.3 2.9 15.2
9 Foots Walker 26 81 2496 4.1 9.2 .448 2.3 3.2 .719 1.1 3.1 4.2 6.5 2.5 0.3 2.6 3.1 10.6
10 Eddie Jordan 23 22 171 4.0 11.8 .339 2.5 3.4 .750 0.4 1.9 2.3 6.7 2.5 0.2 2.9 2.1 10.5
11 John Lambert 25 76 1075 4.8 11.3 .423 0.9 1.6 .563 4.2 6.7 10.9 1.3 0.9 1.7 2.1 5.7 10.4
12 Jim Brewer 26 80 1798 3.5 7.8 .449 0.9 2.0 .460 3.6 6.3 9.9 2.0 1.2 1.0 2.1 3.6 7.9

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 Elmore Smith 28 81 1996 19.9 .534 .497 8.9 25.6 17.2 4.2 1.2 4.6 13.0 21.6 104 94 3.0 3.8 6.8
2 Campy Russell 26 72 2520 18.2 .509 .448 6.1 12.3 9.2 16.4 1.6 0.2 13.0 24.9 103 101 4.0 2.6 6.6
3 Jim Chones 28 82 2906 14.9 .503 .472 7.6 22.0 14.7 6.5 0.8 1.0 13.1 19.2 100 99 2.6 3.8 6.4
4 Foots Walker 26 81 2496 14.2 .496 .448 3.1 8.9 6.0 23.7 3.3 0.5 19.7 14.6 100 98 1.9 3.4 5.2
5 Walt Frazier 32 51 1664 17.5 .520 .471 3.3 9.5 6.4 18.5 2.1 0.4 12.5 21.6 105 101 2.8 1.8 4.6
6 Austin Carr 29 82 2186 13.6 .484 .438 3.5 5.2 4.3 14.9 1.4 0.5 12.3 21.6 99 103 1.8 1.6 3.4
7 Jim Brewer 26 80 1798 10.5 .456 .449 10.1 17.8 13.9 7.0 1.5 1.4 19.2 11.9 94 98 0.2 2.5 2.6
8 Bingo Smith 31 82 1581 14.3 .470 .439 4.1 9.2 6.6 8.9 1.1 0.7 8.3 24.6 98 102 1.2 1.3 2.5
9 John Lambert 25 76 1075 10.8 .435 .423 11.7 18.9 15.3 4.7 1.2 2.4 14.8 15.5 92 98 -0.1 1.5 1.5
10 Terry Furlow 23 53 827 15.5 .485 .433 5.7 7.4 6.5 13.5 1.2 0.9 13.7 27.0 96 103 0.5 0.7 1.1
11 Dick Snyder 33 58 660 12.0 .500 .444 1.4 6.2 3.8 12.0 1.6 1.5 14.6 19.7 97 102 0.3 0.6 0.9
12 Eddie Jordan 23 22 171 10.7 .397 .339 1.2 5.4 3.3 24.4 3.3 0.3 18.2 17.9 85 100 -0.2 0.2 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 Campy Russell 26 2 88 19 39 17 21 7 15 11 3 1 10 9 55 .487 .810 44.0 27.5 7.5 5.5
2 Austin Carr 29 2 69 10 27 15 16 3 8 5 2 1 4 8 35 .370 .938 34.5 17.5 4.0 2.5
3 Terry Furlow 23 2 50 13 27 6 6 3 5 5 0 0 3 1 32 .481 1.000 25.0 16.0 2.5 2.5
4 Jim Chones 28 2 82 13 27 4 8 3 15 7 2 1 4 7 30 .481 .500 41.0 15.0 7.5 3.5
5 Foots Walker 26 2 70 10 26 5 5 5 7 10 3 2 6 7 25 .385 1.000 35.0 12.5 3.5 5.0
6 Elmore Smith 28 2 56 11 24 3 6 6 19 0 3 3 5 9 25 .458 .500 28.0 12.5 9.5 0.0
7 Bingo Smith 31 2 34 8 13 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 16 .615 17.0 8.0 1.5 0.5
8 John Lambert 25 2 19 1 3 1 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 .333 .500 9.5 1.5 4.0 0.0
9 Dick Snyder 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Jim Brewer 26 1 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 9.0 0.0 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 Campy Russell 26 2 88 20.7 .570 .487 8.6 11.3 9.9 18.7 1.6 0.6 17.2 25.4 111 117 0.2 -0.1 0.2
2 Austin Carr 29 2 69 15.2 .514 .370 4.7 9.0 6.7 9.8 1.3 0.8 10.5 21.2 112 118 0.2 -0.1 0.1
3 Bingo Smith 31 2 34 15.3 .615 .615 6.3 3.7 5.1 4.5 0.0 0.0 7.1 15.8 125 122 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Terry Furlow 23 2 50 19.8 .540 .481 6.5 5.0 5.8 16.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 25.1 115 122 0.2 -0.1 0.1
5 Foots Walker 26 2 70 11.9 .443 .385 7.7 3.6 5.8 19.2 2.0 1.5 17.5 18.8 96 117 0.0 -0.1 0.0
6 Jim Chones 28 2 82 12.7 .491 .481 3.9 18.2 10.6 11.7 1.1 0.6 11.6 16.2 103 116 0.1 0.0 0.0
7 John Lambert 25 2 19 8.1 .387 .333 11.4 39.4 24.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.8 109 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Elmore Smith 28 2 56 14.5 .469 .458 11.6 28.9 19.6 0.0 2.5 2.8 15.8 21.7 92 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Dick Snyder 33 1 3 -15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 12.8 0 123 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Jim Brewer 26 1 9 -10.5 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 0 123 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walt Frazier *$380,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)