1978-79 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 30-52, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (30-52)

Executive: Bill Fitch

PTS/G: 106.5 (20th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (10th of 22)

SRS: -3.57 (18th of 22) Pace: 102.7 (20th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.7 (12th of 22) Def Rtg: 107.3 (20th of 22) Net Rtg: -3.6 (18th of 22)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (18th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1978-10-13	@	BOS	W	115	101	51	97	.526				13	16	.813	13	40	21	8	1	13	27	36	74	.486				29	34	.853	10	39	20	4	5	25	20
2	2	1978-10-17		LAL	W	113	111	41	88	.466				31	42	.738	23	57	17	8	7	23	31	42	84	.500				27	36	.750	12	33	17	10	6	15	29
3	3	1978-10-21		CHI	W	113	104	43	103	.417				27	34	.794	17	39	23	12	3	8	30	40	83	.482				24	34	.706	20	57	20	4	4	25	30
4	4	1978-10-24		NOJ	W	122	104	50	104	.481				22	29	.759	26	60	19	13	2	17	26	42	87	.483				20	30	.667	14	40	22	7	3	20	21
5	5	1978-10-25	@	DET	L	105	110	35	81	.432				35	44	.795	15	41	14	16	6	23	24	41	87	.471				28	34	.824	19	49	24	14	14	23	29
6	6	1978-10-27	@	NJN	L	108	123	40	91	.440				28	43	.651	18	44	16	8	4	23	32	47	96	.490				29	35	.829	21	50	27	10	12	20	34
7	7	1978-10-29		GSW	L	94	99	41	102	.402				12	15	.800	23	56	22	6	5	9	17	44	91	.484				11	14	.786	15	43	22	7	13	13	15
8	8	1978-10-31		IND	L	114	119	42	87	.483				30	34	.882	15	42	22	2	8	17	30	44	95	.463				31	37	.838	18	42	22	8	5	10	27
9	9	1978-11-01	@	KCK	L	107	122	44	85	.518				19	20	.950	14	41	9	5	6	21	21	52	100	.520				18	26	.692	20	47	29	12	2	14	19
10	10	1978-11-03	@	DEN	L	93	110	38	106	.358				17	27	.630	19	41	13	10	2	14	21	44	78	.564				22	29	.759	12	53	34	5	10	24	27
11	11	1978-11-04	@	SDC	W	112	106	47	89	.528				18	26	.692	5	30	16	14	2	16	25	42	90	.467				22	30	.733	17	52	26	8	2	28	27
12	12	1978-11-05	@	LAL	L	107	117	50	111	.450				7	8	.875	22	52	26	12	4	19	27	48	84	.571				21	29	.724	4	31	30	9	8	18	14
13	13	1978-11-08	@	PHO	L	96	118	38	90	.422				20	25	.800	11	38	18	11	3	25	26	49	90	.544				20	23	.870	8	43	31	9	3	23	25
14	14	1978-11-10	@	SEA	L	95	109	38	90	.422				19	25	.760	10	35	20	8	3	12	26	45	90	.500				19	26	.731	16	50	22	5	7	18	24
15	15	1978-11-12	@	POR	L	91	98	34	76	.447				23	33	.697	10	40	19	9	2	22	30	35	80	.438				28	40	.700	18	53	17	10	6	23	29
16	16	1978-11-14		WSB	L	106	122	41	103	.398				24	32	.750	21	46	24	7	3	13	27	49	85	.576				24	32	.750	9	45	33	4	4	16	26
17	17	1978-11-16		NYK	L	93	97	38	98	.388				17	20	.850	15	41	23	10	3	9	21	38	76	.500				21	27	.778	11	53	17	4	10	23	20
18	18	1978-11-18		BOS	L	90	92	34	84	.405				22	32	.688	9	39	17	10	2	17	25	31	76	.408				30	36	.833	12	50	16	5	2	21	23
19	19	1978-11-21		PHO	L	108	110	45	95	.474				18	23	.783	24	45	23	8	6	19	34	38	69	.551				34	46	.739	7	30	23	10	5	24	29
20	20	1978-11-24	@	IND	W	104	98	47	102	.461				10	12	.833	12	43	25	17	3	17	26	39	90	.433				20	25	.800	23	62	23	6	6	26	17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1978-11-28		ATL	W	112	98	41	82	.500				30	38	.789	11	36	23	10	6	15	29	36	79	.456				26	37	.703	17	40	12	8	6	25	32
22	22	1978-11-30		POR	L	97	98	41	81	.506				15	18	.833	11	33	21	15	3	23	20	41	74	.554				16	22	.727	9	31	21	11	5	22	21
23	23	1978-12-02		MIL	L	100	106	45	86	.523				10	13	.769	11	36	28	10	8	16	22	47	84	.560				12	14	.857	8	35	33	6	7	19	17
24	24	1978-12-05	@	WSB	L	102	117	41	94	.436				20	28	.714	18	43	25	5	6	10	31	45	92	.489				27	43	.628	17	48	29	4	2	10	24
25	25	1978-12-07	@	DET	L	105	121	45	99	.455				15	23	.652	18	41	24	6	5	16	27	49	89	.551				23	33	.697	13	47	26	12	15	16	22
26	26	1978-12-09		PHI	W	115	107	43	92	.467				29	33	.879	13	42	22	6	5	13	30	40	78	.513				27	42	.643	8	39	26	6	9	16	21
27	27	1978-12-12		DET	W	127	110	50	101	.495				27	33	.818	25	57	31	7	8	21	30	45	97	.464				20	33	.606	19	40	21	10	4	22	31
28	28	1978-12-15	@	MIL	W	110	106	44	79	.557				22	29	.759	8	31	27	12	7	16	20	43	84	.512				20	24	.833	14	37	31	7	9	20	28
29	29	1978-12-16	@	CHI	L	100	108	44	91	.484				12	17	.706	17	37	19	5	3	15	25	43	77	.558				22	29	.759	13	42	37	8	4	18	23
30	30	1978-12-17		SEA	W	101	91	44	87	.506				13	16	.813	9	38	19	7	4	12	24	36	91	.396				19	23	.826	21	50	20	3	2	16	21
31	31	1978-12-19		SAS	L	106	113	46	95	.484				14	15	.933	16	37	22	6	5	20	22	48	87	.552				17	18	.944	12	39	23	8	7	22	19
32	32	1978-12-21		HOU	W	101	90	36	86	.419				29	35	.829	13	46	20	7	8	14	19	33	81	.407				24	28	.857	10	43	17	11	7	20	29
33	33	1978-12-23	@	ATL	L	91	109	39	89	.438				13	18	.722	13	40	21	6	5	21	27	44	90	.489				21	27	.778	19	53	20	11	10	16	24
34	34	1978-12-28		SDC	W	116	114	42	80	.525				32	38	.842	10	33	18	6	3	13	24	49	79	.620				16	28	.571	10	35	25	4	6	14	30
35	35	1978-12-30		NJN	W	104	94	42	91	.462				20	23	.870	17	48	30	10	3	18	21	37	92	.402				20	22	.909	18	44	17	10	9	22	25
36	36	1979-01-02		MIL	L	113	116	48	93	.516				17	23	.739	15	45	22	6	2	15	18	47	91	.516				22	27	.815	12	45	24	13	6	14	25
37	37	1979-01-04		NYK	W	117	103	51	88	.580				15	16	.938	10	42	30	5	6	16	20	45	95	.474				13	24	.542	16	41	28	8	3	13	19
38	38	1979-01-06	@	NOJ	W	105	94	43	98	.439				19	26	.731	20	63	19	6	7	17	19	40	112	.357				14	20	.700	25	60	18	6	9	11	25
39	39	1979-01-07		GSW	W	112	108	48	88	.545				16	18	.889	9	41	36	7	3	13	14	47	95	.495				14	19	.737	13	42	30	7	2	11	18
40	40	1979-01-12	@	HOU	L	96	107	43	93	.462				10	12	.833	15	38	26	5	2	10	29	42	82	.512				23	32	.719	15	56	28	6	2	18	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1979-01-13	@	SAS	L	103	117	45	93	.484				13	22	.591	9	32	27	14	3	23	21	49	78	.628				19	26	.731	6	49	32	10	8	29	23
42	42	1979-01-16		KCK	L	79	86	33	92	.359				13	14	.929	16	56	16	11	5	21	12	38	94	.404				10	14	.714	15	52	21	10	9	19	15
43	43	1979-01-17	@	PHI	L	94	107	43	100	.430				8	14	.571	15	47	23	7	6	15	16	48	94	.511				11	17	.647	12	56	30	11	5	21	14
44	44	1979-01-19	@	NYK	L	101	105	35	94	.372				31	44	.705		38	13		11		17	45	96	.469				15	18	.833		54	28		3		32
45	45	1979-01-21		CHI	W	94	93	41	90	.456				12	13	.923	9	38	21	8	7	16	24	35	76	.461				23	35	.657	11	47	25	4	0	22	17
46	46	1979-01-23		DEN	W	108	107	42	94	.447				24	27	.889	19	40	18	9	2	12	26	38	76	.500				31	41	.756	18	45	20	10	2	21	23
47	47	1979-01-24	@	NJN	W	123	114	48	92	.522				27	29	.931	11	40	30	15	5	26	28	43	95	.453				28	40	.700	21	50	29	14	10	30	30
48	48	1979-01-27		SDC	L	110	111	47	91	.516				16	25	.640	15	37	24	5	4	11	23	45	95	.474				21	26	.808	25	55	15	5	2	13	22
49	49	1979-01-28	@	KCK	L	109	137	39	91	.429				31	47	.660	17	43	19	7	2	23	26	56	94	.596				25	37	.676	11	49	41	9	7	20	34
50	50	1979-02-01		DET	L	116	120	49	92	.533				18	21	.857	13	33	27	4	4	15	26	49	82	.598				22	26	.846	9	35	27	8	3	18	24
51	51	1979-02-02	@	BOS	L	98	112	40	87	.460				18	22	.818	16	35	18	9	2	19	24	46	83	.554				20	22	.909	9	37	29	6	3	21	27
52	52	1979-02-06		NJN	W	119	100	43	87	.494				33	40	.825	12	59	20	9	4	26	29	40	90	.444				20	31	.645	8	33	20	14	7	19	34
53	53	1979-02-07	@	DEN	L	105	120	46	97	.474				13	16	.813	7	33	26	7	6	11	21	47	90	.522				26	33	.788	16	56	38	7	2	19	26
54	54	1979-02-09	@	LAL	L	103	106	44	92	.478				15	23	.652	14	47	25	4	3	16	20	46	88	.523				14	19	.737	6	40	32	11	6	13	24
55	55	1979-02-11	@	PHO	L	101	136	42	111	.378				17	25	.680	21	45	19	11	5	17	31	50	95	.526				36	48	.750	20	65	34	14	8	19	23
56	56	1979-02-13		LAL	W	117	111	53	107	.495				11	14	.786	19	49	30	5	1	11	16	51	91	.560				9	10	.900	8	37	23	5	9	14	20
57	57	1979-02-15		PHI	W	113	100	46	94	.489				21	26	.808	11	46	25	8	5	16	28	35	89	.393				30	40	.750	14	48	20	6	5	19	30
58	58	1979-02-17	@	NYK	W	127	117	46	86	.535				35	42	.833	11	48	16	5	2	22	26	50	99	.505				17	28	.607	11	32	31	12	5	14	32
59	59	1979-02-20		ATL	L	109	119	39	79	.494				31	40	.775	12	32	24	4	7	21	28	42	84	.500				35	43	.814	17	42	22	6	8	19	34
60	60	1979-02-22		KCK	W	111	107	45	100	.450				21	30	.700	21	58	24	10	3	23	26	41	100	.410				25	30	.833	13	45	23	12	7	21	29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1979-02-24		NOJ	L	96	105	42	99	.424				12	15	.800	17	48	28	6	3	17	26	45	86	.523				15	23	.652	9	46	22	4	5	21	24
62	62	1979-02-25	@	CHI	W	117	108	49	95	.516				19	24	.792	16	41	23	10	4	12	26	43	81	.531				22	36	.611	16	48	24	5	5	20	22
63	63	1979-02-28	@	MIL	L	117	139	52	110	.473				13	16	.813	21	47	29	8	3	18	25	58	90	.644				23	31	.742	8	39	42	16	11	17	21
64	64	1979-03-02	@	SEA	W	111	109	47	93	.505				17	26	.654	18	42	17	8	3	13	22	44	87	.506				21	24	.875	15	48	19	5	3	22	27
65	65	1979-03-04	@	POR	L	102	106	36	89	.404				30	34	.882	13	37	14	11	4	11	25	38	74	.514				30	38	.789	9	50	25	6	9	21	28
66	66	1979-03-07	@	GSW	W	103	101	42	87	.483				19	27	.704	14	51	26	7	3	16	23	41	100	.410				19	26	.731	16	49	22	7	8	14	27
67	67	1979-03-10	@	SDC	L	115	121	48	94	.511				19	23	.826	16	39	15	7	2	15	20	47	94	.500				27	32	.844	21	48	11	8	5	12	25
68	68	1979-03-13		PHO	L	120	124	48	97	.495				24	28	.857	19	46	24	6	6	20	30	46	86	.535				32	44	.727	11	34	23	9	6	17	29
69	69	1979-03-15		SEA	L	98	104	41	89	.461				16	23	.696	15	35	16	11	3	12	22	46	82	.561				12	16	.750	14	41	26	4	6	21	22
70	70	1979-03-17		WSB	L	114	117	46	91	.505				22	30	.733	10	37	21	4	1	15	27	47	96	.490				23	29	.793	17	49	25	4	6	16	28
71	71	1979-03-18	@	WSB	L	112	126	47	108	.435				18	23	.783	11	44	22	9	3	11	29	48	94	.511				30	40	.750	14	59	31	5	5	19	19
72	72	1979-03-20	@	ATL	L	109	115	42	83	.506				25	32	.781	16	43	22	5	4	14	28	45	85	.529				25	30	.833	13	42	30	4	9	12	22
73	73	1979-03-22		IND	L	106	108	43	92	.467				20	25	.800	15	41	20	8	1	15	20	47	87	.540				14	17	.824	9	37	19	8	4	18	25
74	74	1979-03-24	@	NOJ	L	117	139	47	103	.456				23	24	.958	23	44	18	11	1	15	26	56	83	.675				27	34	.794	8	41	31	10	6	17	24
75	75	1979-03-27		BOS	W	111	109	45	89	.506				21	29	.724	12	33	25	10	3	13	22	44	76	.579				21	28	.750	8	38	23	6	4	22	25
76	76	1979-03-29		POR	L	103	120	40	89	.449				23	30	.767	19	45	17	9	3	19	23	48	91	.527				24	32	.750	17	48	29	9	8	14	22
77	77	1979-03-30	@	PHI	L	93	129	34	95	.358				25	31	.806	19	44	20	7	6	24	28	53	91	.582				23	29	.793	13	50	40	10	9	20	24
78	78	1979-04-01		HOU	W	114	105	51	94	.543				12	20	.600	12	42	23	9	1	15	19	42	89	.472				21	26	.808	15	45	19	11	7	17	21
79	79	1979-04-03		SAS	L	112	116	48	105	.457				16	21	.762	14	44	22	10	8	12	26	47	92	.511				22	24	.917	12	50	22	4	7	16	24
80	80	1979-04-04	@	IND	L	95	102	38	85	.447				19	23	.826	13	43	22	11	2	23	35	32	85	.376				38	46	.826	19	54	20	13	6	22	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1979-04-06	@	HOU	L	110	112	49	89	.551				12	21	.571	16	46	31	8	1	16	28	42	80	.525				28	30	.933	7	39	30	10	1	20	21
82	82	1979-04-08	@	SAS	L	101	117	42	88	.477				17	23	.739	13	40	26	9	3	16	32	44	82	.537				29	39	.744	9	39	31	10	13	15	22

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