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1978-79 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (30-52)

Points Per Game: 106.5 (20th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.2 (10th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 31-51 (18th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 325,616 (20th of 22)

SRS: -3.57 (18th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.7 (20th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 103.7 (12th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.3 (20th of 22)

1978-79 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 5 University of Minnesota
34 Austin Carr G 6-4 200 March 10, 1948 7 University of Notre Dame
22 Jim Chones C-F 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 6 Marquette University
40 Harry Davis F 6-7 220 January 27, 1956 R Florida State University
11 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 11 Southern Illinois University
25 Terry Furlow G-F 6-4 190 October 18, 1954 2 Michigan State University
1 Kenny Higgs G 6-0 180 January 31, 1955 R Louisiana State University
24 John Lambert C-F 6-10 225 January 14, 1953 3 University of Southern California
15 Butch Lee G 6-0 185 December 5, 1956 R Marquette University
30 Mike Mitchell F 6-7 215 January 1, 1956 R Auburn University
20 Campy Russell F 6-8 215 January 12, 1952 4 University of Michigan
7 Bingo Smith F-G 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 9 University of Tulsa
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 7 Kentucky State University
14 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 4 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 19680 3556 7602 .468 1620 2103 .770 1229 2256 3485 1796 688 334 1376 2027 8732 106.5
Opponent 82 19680 3600 7150 .503 1837 2423 .758 1123 2587 3710 2062 658 503 1557 2001 9037 110.2

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 Campy Russell 27 74 2859 603 1268 .476 417 523 .797 147 356 503 348 98 25 259 222 1623
2 Austin Carr 30 82 2714 551 1161 .475 292 358 .816 155 135 290 217 77 14 175 210 1394
3 Jim Chones 29 82 2850 472 1073 .440 158 215 .735 260 582 842 181 47 102 187 278 1102
4 Mike Mitchell 23 80 1576 362 706 .513 131 178 .736 127 202 329 60 51 29 102 215 855
5 Bingo Smith 32 72 1650 361 784 .460 83 106 .783 77 129 206 121 43 7 75 188 805
6 Terry Furlow 24 49 1110 275 569 .483 103 125 .824 44 52 96 103 40 17 87 80 653
7 Foots Walker 27 55 1753 208 448 .464 137 175 .783 59 139 198 321 130 18 127 153 553
8 Butch Lee 22 33 782 146 321 .455 87 113 .770 22 45 67 126 30 0 58 58 379
9 Kenny Higgs 24 68 1050 127 279 .455 85 111 .766 18 84 102 141 66 11 47 176 339
10 John Lambert 26 70 1030 148 329 .450 35 55 .636 116 174 290 43 25 29 65 163 331
11 Jim Brewer 27 55 1301 114 259 .440 23 48 .479 125 245 370 74 48 56 78 136 251
12 Harry Davis 23 40 394 66 153 .431 30 43 .698 27 39 66 16 13 8 23 66 162
13 Elmore Smith 29 24 332 69 130 .531 18 26 .692 45 61 106 13 7 16 42 60 156
14 Walt Frazier 33 12 279 54 122 .443 21 27 .778 7 13 20 32 13 2 22 22 129

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 27 74 38.6 8.1 17.1 .476 5.6 7.1 .797 2.0 4.8 6.8 4.7 1.3 0.3 3.5 3.0 21.9
2 Austin Carr 30 82 33.1 6.7 14.2 .475 3.6 4.4 .816 1.9 1.6 3.5 2.6 0.9 0.2 2.1 2.6 17.0
3 Jim Chones 29 82 34.8 5.8 13.1 .440 1.9 2.6 .735 3.2 7.1 10.3 2.2 0.6 1.2 2.3 3.4 13.4
4 Terry Furlow 24 49 22.7 5.6 11.6 .483 2.1 2.6 .824 0.9 1.1 2.0 2.1 0.8 0.3 1.8 1.6 13.3
5 Butch Lee 22 33 23.7 4.4 9.7 .455 2.6 3.4 .770 0.7 1.4 2.0 3.8 0.9 0.0 1.8 1.8 11.5
6 Bingo Smith 32 72 22.9 5.0 10.9 .460 1.2 1.5 .783 1.1 1.8 2.9 1.7 0.6 0.1 1.0 2.6 11.2
7 Walt Frazier 33 12 23.3 4.5 10.2 .443 1.8 2.3 .778 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.7 1.1 0.2 1.8 1.8 10.8
8 Mike Mitchell 23 80 19.7 4.5 8.8 .513 1.6 2.2 .736 1.6 2.5 4.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.7 10.7
9 Foots Walker 27 55 31.9 3.8 8.1 .464 2.5 3.2 .783 1.1 2.5 3.6 5.8 2.4 0.3 2.3 2.8 10.1
10 Elmore Smith 29 24 13.8 2.9 5.4 .531 0.8 1.1 .692 1.9 2.5 4.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.8 2.5 6.5
11 Kenny Higgs 24 68 15.4 1.9 4.1 .455 1.3 1.6 .766 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.1 1.0 0.2 0.7 2.6 5.0
12 John Lambert 26 70 14.7 2.1 4.7 .450 0.5 0.8 .636 1.7 2.5 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.9 2.3 4.7
13 Jim Brewer 27 55 23.7 2.1 4.7 .440 0.4 0.9 .479 2.3 4.5 6.7 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.4 2.5 4.6
14 Harry Davis 23 40 9.9 1.7 3.8 .431 0.8 1.1 .698 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.7 4.1

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 24 49 1110 8.9 18.5 .483 3.3 4.1 .824 1.4 1.7 3.1 3.3 1.3 0.6 2.8 2.6 21.2
2 Campy Russell 27 74 2859 7.6 16.0 .476 5.3 6.6 .797 1.9 4.5 6.3 4.4 1.2 0.3 3.3 2.8 20.4
3 Mike Mitchell 23 80 1576 8.3 16.1 .513 3.0 4.1 .736 2.9 4.6 7.5 1.4 1.2 0.7 2.3 4.9 19.5
4 Austin Carr 30 82 2714 7.3 15.4 .475 3.9 4.7 .816 2.1 1.8 3.8 2.9 1.0 0.2 2.3 2.8 18.5
5 Bingo Smith 32 72 1650 7.9 17.1 .460 1.8 2.3 .783 1.7 2.8 4.5 2.6 0.9 0.2 1.6 4.1 17.6
6 Butch Lee 22 33 782 6.7 14.8 .455 4.0 5.2 .770 1.0 2.1 3.1 5.8 1.4 0.0 2.7 2.7 17.4
7 Elmore Smith 29 24 332 7.5 14.1 .531 2.0 2.8 .692 4.9 6.6 11.5 1.4 0.8 1.7 4.6 6.5 16.9
8 Walt Frazier 33 12 279 7.0 15.7 .443 2.7 3.5 .778 0.9 1.7 2.6 4.1 1.7 0.3 2.8 2.8 16.6
9 Harry Davis 23 40 394 6.0 14.0 .431 2.7 3.9 .698 2.5 3.6 6.0 1.5 1.2 0.7 2.1 6.0 14.8
10 Jim Chones 29 82 2850 6.0 13.6 .440 2.0 2.7 .735 3.3 7.4 10.6 2.3 0.6 1.3 2.4 3.5 13.9
11 John Lambert 26 70 1030 5.2 11.5 .450 1.2 1.9 .636 4.1 6.1 10.1 1.5 0.9 1.0 2.3 5.7 11.6
12 Kenny Higgs 24 68 1050 4.4 9.6 .455 2.9 3.8 .766 0.6 2.9 3.5 4.8 2.3 0.4 1.6 6.0 11.6
13 Foots Walker 27 55 1753 4.3 9.2 .464 2.8 3.6 .783 1.2 2.9 4.1 6.6 2.7 0.4 2.6 3.1 11.4
14 Jim Brewer 27 55 1301 3.2 7.2 .440 0.6 1.3 .479 3.5 6.8 10.2 2.0 1.3 1.5 2.2 3.8 6.9

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 Campy Russell 27 74 2859 18.6 .542 .476 5.3 14.5 9.6 17.6 1.6 0.5 14.7 24.4 107 108 5.0 1.6 6.7
2 Austin Carr 30 82 2714 15.4 .529 .475 5.9 5.8 5.8 11.4 1.3 0.3 11.7 21.9 108 111 4.5 0.5 5.0
3 Mike Mitchell 23 80 1576 16.8 .545 .513 8.3 14.9 11.4 5.7 1.5 1.0 11.5 22.4 108 107 2.6 1.0 3.6
4 Foots Walker 27 55 1753 15.0 .527 .464 3.5 9.2 6.2 23.3 3.5 0.6 19.5 14.8 106 105 1.9 1.5 3.4
5 Jim Chones 29 82 2850 13.7 .472 .440 9.4 23.8 16.2 8.6 0.8 2.0 13.8 18.9 98 106 1.0 2.3 3.3
6 Kenny Higgs 24 68 1050 12.4 .517 .455 1.8 9.3 5.3 17.2 2.9 0.6 12.5 14.2 110 106 1.3 0.8 2.2
7 Bingo Smith 32 72 1650 13.4 .485 .460 4.8 9.1 6.8 10.7 1.2 0.2 8.3 21.8 103 110 1.6 0.5 2.1
8 Terry Furlow 24 49 1110 17.0 .523 .483 4.1 5.5 4.7 14.2 1.7 0.8 12.2 25.5 104 110 1.4 0.4 1.8
9 Butch Lee 22 33 782 15.7 .511 .455 2.9 6.7 4.7 22.5 1.8 0.0 13.5 21.8 105 110 1.1 0.2 1.3
10 Jim Brewer 27 55 1301 10.1 .448 .440 9.9 21.9 15.6 7.0 1.7 2.4 21.8 10.9 92 104 -0.3 1.3 1.0
11 John Lambert 26 70 1030 10.9 .469 .450 11.6 19.7 15.4 5.5 1.1 1.5 15.5 16.1 97 106 0.2 0.8 0.9
12 Harry Davis 23 40 394 10.6 .471 .431 7.1 11.5 9.2 5.5 1.5 1.1 11.8 19.7 98 108 0.1 0.2 0.3
13 Elmore Smith 29 24 332 14.5 .551 .531 14.0 21.4 17.5 5.6 1.0 2.7 22.9 22.0 96 105 0.0 0.3 0.3
14 Walt Frazier 33 12 279 12.9 .482 .443 2.6 5.4 3.9 16.2 2.2 0.4 14.1 22.2 97 109 0.1 0.1 0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Walt Frazier $400,000
2 Campy Russell $250,000
3 Austin Carr $160,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)