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1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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37-45, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Stan Albeck (37-45)

Points Per Game: 114.1 (3rd of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.8 (19th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (9th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 322,788 (20th of 22)

SRS: 0.42 (9th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.6 (5th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 106.7 (6th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.4 (14th of 22)

1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Austin Carr G 6-4 200 March 10, 1948 8 University of Notre Dame
2 Kenny Carr F 6-7 220 August 15, 1955 2 North Carolina State University
35 Don Ford F 6-9 215 December 31, 1952 4 University of California, Santa Barbara
11 Walt Frazier G 6-4 200 March 29, 1945 12 Southern Illinois University
24 John Lambert C-F 6-10 225 January 14, 1953 4 University of Southern California
15 Butch Lee G 6-0 185 December 5, 1956 1 Marquette University
30 Mike Mitchell F 6-7 215 January 1, 1956 1 Auburn University
25 Dave Robisch C-F 6-10 235 December 22, 1949 8 University of Kansas
21 Campy Russell F 6-8 215 January 12, 1952 5 University of Michigan
7 Bingo Smith F-G 6-5 195 February 26, 1946 10 University of Tulsa
9 Randy Smith G-F 6-3 180 December 12, 1948 8 Buffalo State College
11 Willie Smith G 6-2 170 October 26, 1953 3 University of Missouri
43 Earl Tatum G-F 6-5 185 July 26, 1953 3 Marquette University
14 Foots Walker G 6-0 172 May 21, 1951 5 State University of West Georgia
33 Bill Willoughby F-C 6-8 205 May 20, 1957 3

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 19930 3811 8041 .474 36 187 .193 1702 2205 .772 1307 2381 3688 2108 764 342 1370 1934 9360 114.1
Opponent 82 19930 3811 7610 .501 65 223 .291 1645 2150 .765 1230 2638 3868 2208 708 490 1667 2033 9332 113.8

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 Mike Mitchell 24 82 2802 775 1482 .523 0 6 .000 270 343 .787 206 385 591 93 70 77 172 259 1820
2 Randy Smith 31 82 2677 599 1326 .452 10 53 .189 233 283 .823 93 163 256 363 125 7 200 190 1441
3 Dave Robisch 30 82 2670 489 940 .520 0 3 .000 277 329 .842 225 433 658 192 53 53 138 211 1255
4 Kenny Carr 24 74 1781 371 752 .493 0 4 .000 171 261 .655 194 377 571 76 64 51 145 240 913
5 Austin Carr 31 77 1595 390 839 .465 2 6 .333 127 172 .738 81 84 165 150 39 3 108 120 909
6 Campy Russell 28 41 1331 284 630 .451 1 9 .111 178 239 .745 76 149 225 173 72 20 148 113 747
7 Foots Walker 28 76 2422 258 568 .454 1 9 .111 195 243 .802 78 209 287 607 155 12 157 202 712
8 Bill Willoughby 22 78 1447 219 457 .479 1 9 .111 96 127 .756 122 207 329 72 32 62 68 189 535
9 John Lambert 27 74 1324 165 400 .413 0 3 .000 73 101 .723 138 214 352 56 47 42 64 203 403
10 Willie Smith 26 62 1051 121 315 .384 17 71 .239 40 52 .769 56 65 121 259 75 1 95 110 299
11 Don Ford 27 21 419 65 144 .451 1 2 .500 22 25 .880 21 66 87 29 11 6 21 45 153
12 Earl Tatum 26 33 225 36 94 .383 2 6 .333 11 19 .579 11 15 26 20 16 5 17 29 85
13 Bingo Smith 33 8 135 33 72 .458 1 5 .200 7 8 .875 2 12 14 7 3 2 9 21 74
14 Walt Frazier 34 3 27 4 11 .364 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 8 2 1 4 2 10
15 Butch Lee 23 3 24 2 11 .182 0 0 0 1 .000 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4

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 Mike Mitchell 24 82 34.2 9.5 18.1 .523 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.2 .787 2.5 4.7 7.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 2.1 3.2 22.2
2 Campy Russell 28 41 32.5 6.9 15.4 .451 0.0 0.2 .111 4.3 5.8 .745 1.9 3.6 5.5 4.2 1.8 0.5 3.6 2.8 18.2
3 Randy Smith 31 82 32.6 7.3 16.2 .452 0.1 0.6 .189 2.8 3.5 .823 1.1 2.0 3.1 4.4 1.5 0.1 2.4 2.3 17.6
4 Dave Robisch 30 82 32.6 6.0 11.5 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.0 .842 2.7 5.3 8.0 2.3 0.6 0.6 1.7 2.6 15.3
5 Kenny Carr 24 74 24.1 5.0 10.2 .493 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.5 .655 2.6 5.1 7.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 2.0 3.2 12.3
6 Austin Carr 31 77 20.7 5.1 10.9 .465 0.0 0.1 .333 1.6 2.2 .738 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.9 0.5 0.0 1.4 1.6 11.8
7 Foots Walker 28 76 31.9 3.4 7.5 .454 0.0 0.1 .111 2.6 3.2 .802 1.0 2.8 3.8 8.0 2.0 0.2 2.1 2.7 9.4
8 Bingo Smith 33 8 16.9 4.1 9.0 .458 0.1 0.6 .200 0.9 1.0 .875 0.3 1.5 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 1.1 2.6 9.3
9 Don Ford 27 21 20.0 3.1 6.9 .451 0.0 0.1 .500 1.0 1.2 .880 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.1 7.3
10 Bill Willoughby 22 78 18.6 2.8 5.9 .479 0.0 0.1 .111 1.2 1.6 .756 1.6 2.7 4.2 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.9 2.4 6.9
11 John Lambert 27 74 17.9 2.2 5.4 .413 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .723 1.9 2.9 4.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 2.7 5.4
12 Willie Smith 26 62 17.0 2.0 5.1 .384 0.3 1.1 .239 0.6 0.8 .769 0.9 1.0 2.0 4.2 1.2 0.0 1.5 1.8 4.8
13 Walt Frazier 34 3 9.0 1.3 3.7 .364 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.3 0.7 1.0 2.7 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.7 3.3
14 Earl Tatum 26 33 6.8 1.1 2.8 .383 0.1 0.2 .333 0.3 0.6 .579 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.9 2.6
15 Butch Lee 23 3 8.0 0.7 3.7 .182 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.3

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 Mike Mitchell 24 82 2802 10.0 19.0 .523 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.4 .787 2.6 4.9 7.6 1.2 0.9 1.0 2.2 3.3 23.4
2 Austin Carr 31 77 1595 8.8 18.9 .465 0.0 0.1 .333 2.9 3.9 .738 1.8 1.9 3.7 3.4 0.9 0.1 2.4 2.7 20.5
3 Campy Russell 28 41 1331 7.7 17.0 .451 0.0 0.2 .111 4.8 6.5 .745 2.1 4.0 6.1 4.7 1.9 0.5 4.0 3.1 20.2
4 Bingo Smith 33 8 135 8.8 19.2 .458 0.3 1.3 .200 1.9 2.1 .875 0.5 3.2 3.7 1.9 0.8 0.5 2.4 5.6 19.7
5 Randy Smith 31 82 2677 8.1 17.8 .452 0.1 0.7 .189 3.1 3.8 .823 1.3 2.2 3.4 4.9 1.7 0.1 2.7 2.6 19.4
6 Kenny Carr 24 74 1781 7.5 15.2 .493 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.3 .655 3.9 7.6 11.5 1.5 1.3 1.0 2.9 4.9 18.5
7 Dave Robisch 30 82 2670 6.6 12.7 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.4 .842 3.0 5.8 8.9 2.6 0.7 0.7 1.9 2.8 16.9
8 Earl Tatum 26 33 225 5.8 15.0 .383 0.3 1.0 .333 1.8 3.0 .579 1.8 2.4 4.2 3.2 2.6 0.8 2.7 4.6 13.6
9 Walt Frazier 34 3 27 5.3 14.7 .364 0.0 1.3 .000 2.7 2.7 1.000 1.3 2.7 4.0 10.7 2.7 1.3 5.3 2.7 13.3
10 Bill Willoughby 22 78 1447 5.4 11.4 .479 0.0 0.2 .111 2.4 3.2 .756 3.0 5.1 8.2 1.8 0.8 1.5 1.7 4.7 13.3
11 Don Ford 27 21 419 5.6 12.4 .451 0.1 0.2 .500 1.9 2.1 .880 1.8 5.7 7.5 2.5 0.9 0.5 1.8 3.9 13.1
12 John Lambert 27 74 1324 4.5 10.9 .413 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.7 .723 3.8 5.8 9.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.7 5.5 11.0
13 Foots Walker 28 76 2422 3.8 8.4 .454 0.0 0.1 .111 2.9 3.6 .802 1.2 3.1 4.3 9.0 2.3 0.2 2.3 3.0 10.6
14 Willie Smith 26 62 1051 4.1 10.8 .384 0.6 2.4 .239 1.4 1.8 .769 1.9 2.2 4.1 8.9 2.6 0.0 3.3 3.8 10.2
15 Butch Lee 23 3 24 3.0 16.5 .182 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 .000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 6.0

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 Dave Robisch 30 82 2670 17.2 .578 .520 8.5 17.9 13.0 9.3 0.9 1.1 11.3 17.6 119 107 6.3 2.3 8.6
2 Mike Mitchell 24 82 2802 19.1 .557 .523 7.4 15.2 11.1 4.9 1.1 1.5 9.5 24.7 112 107 5.9 2.4 8.3
3 Foots Walker 28 76 2422 15.3 .527 .455 3.3 9.5 6.3 29.5 2.9 0.3 18.9 13.2 113 106 3.7 2.4 6.1
4 Randy Smith 31 82 2677 15.2 .497 .456 3.5 6.7 5.0 18.5 2.1 0.1 12.1 23.7 103 108 2.4 1.8 4.2
5 Kenny Carr 24 74 1781 16.3 .527 .493 11.0 23.4 16.9 5.7 1.6 1.5 14.3 21.8 104 103 1.6 2.3 3.9
6 Bill Willoughby 22 78 1447 12.7 .522 .480 8.5 15.8 12.0 6.2 1.0 2.3 11.7 15.4 109 106 1.7 1.3 3.0
7 Austin Carr 31 77 1595 14.3 .497 .466 5.1 5.8 5.5 13.2 1.1 0.1 10.6 24.6 103 110 1.3 0.6 2.0
8 Campy Russell 28 41 1331 16.2 .508 .452 5.8 12.4 8.9 17.5 2.5 0.8 16.8 25.5 99 105 0.5 1.4 1.8
9 John Lambert 27 74 1324 10.4 .453 .413 10.5 17.8 14.0 5.1 1.6 1.7 12.6 14.7 100 105 0.4 1.5 1.8
10 Willie Smith 26 62 1051 12.2 .442 .411 5.4 6.8 6.1 29.3 3.2 0.1 21.9 15.8 97 106 0.0 1.0 1.0
11 Don Ford 27 21 419 11.4 .494 .455 5.1 17.4 11.0 8.6 1.2 0.8 11.9 16.1 103 106 0.2 0.4 0.6
12 Bingo Smith 33 8 135 10.8 .490 .465 1.5 9.8 5.5 7.3 1.0 0.8 10.6 24.0 97 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 Walt Frazier 34 3 27 13.6 .421 .364 3.7 8.2 5.9 36.7 3.4 2.0 25.2 22.6 87 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Earl Tatum 26 33 225 9.3 .415 .394 4.9 7.4 6.1 11.2 3.2 1.2 14.2 20.4 87 105 -0.3 0.2 0.0
15 Butch Lee 23 3 24 -4.0 .175 .182 12.6 0.0 6.6 14.3 0.0 0.0 20.8 23.1 53 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Dave Robisch $345,000
2 Campy Russell $250,000
3 Austin Carr $160,000
4 Mike Mitchell $100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)