1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-59, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (23-59)

PTS/G: 105.8 (16th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 113.4 (14th of 17)

SRS: -7.90 (15th of 17) Pace: 111.5 (9th of 17)

Off Rtg: 94.5 (15th of 17) Def Rtg: 101.4 (13th of 17) Net Rtg: -6.8 (15th of 17)

Expected W-L: 22-60 (15th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L	OT	109	111	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		93	89	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Oct 17, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	120	121	1	2	L 1
4	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		82	116	1	3	L 2
5	Wed, Oct 20, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		98	115	1	4	L 3
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		109	101	2	4	W 1			at College Park, MD
7	Sun, Oct 24, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	111	2	5	L 1
8	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	120	2	6	L 2
9	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		97	98	2	7	L 3
10	Sun, Oct 31, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		102	118	2	8	L 4
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		87	107	2	9	L 5
12	Sun, Nov 7, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	99	3	9	W 1
13	Thu, Nov 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		91	110	3	10	L 1
14	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	104	4	10	W 1
15	Sun, Nov 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		105	119	4	11	L 1
16	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		90	108	4	12	L 2
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		105	118	4	13	L 3
18	Sun, Nov 21, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	128	4	14	L 4	4,075
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		104	102	5	14	W 1
20	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		128	114	6	14	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		103	95	7	14	W 3
22	Sun, Nov 28, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	120	8	14	W 4
23	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		116	106	9	14	W 5
24	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		90	91	9	15	L 1
25	Sun, Dec 5, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		91	99	9	16	L 2
26	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	115	9	17	L 3
27	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	126	9	18	L 4	3,346
28	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	111	10	18	W 1
29	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		95	103	10	19	L 1
30	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		92	103	10	20	L 2
31	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		88	85	11	20	W 1
32	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	115	11	21	L 1	3,081
33	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		84	104	11	22	L 2
34	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		101	119	11	23	L 3
35	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		94	104	11	24	L 4
36	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	110	12	24	W 1
37	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		108	102	13	24	W 2
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	111	14	24	W 3
39	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		103	102	15	24	W 4			at Hershey, PA
40	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		119	148	15	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	113	15	26	L 2
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		111	125	15	27	L 3
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		102	125	15	28	L 4
44	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		92	101	15	29	L 5			at Oakland, CA
45	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		107	117	15	30	L 6
46	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		109	112	15	31	L 7
47	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		108	128	15	32	L 8			at Las Cruces, NM
48	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		91	120	15	33	L 9
49	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		96	113	15	34	L 10
50	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		111	117	15	35	L 11
51	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		112	108	16	35	W 1	3,016
52	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		118	120	16	36	L 1
53	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		98	99	16	37	L 2
54	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		104	99	17	37	W 1
55	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		108	133	17	38	L 1
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		112	118	17	39	L 2
57	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		117	120	17	40	L 3
58	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		108	121	17	41	L 4
59	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		90	114	17	42	L 5
60	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		121	126	17	43	L 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	106	17	44	L 7
62	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		121	136	17	45	L 8
63	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		116	126	17	46	L 9
64	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		133	109	18	46	W 1
65	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		92	112	18	47	L 1
66	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		111	109	19	47	W 1
67	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		111	113	19	48	L 1	4,437
68	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	104	20	48	W 1
69	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		125	127	20	49	L 1
70	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		105	115	20	50	L 2	5,611
71	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		130	123	21	50	W 1
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		112	119	21	51	L 1			at Oakland, CA
73	Fri, Mar 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	132	21	52	L 2
74	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		114	135	21	53	L 3
75	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	127	118	22	53	W 1
76	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		101	105	22	54	L 1
77	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		91	109	22	55	L 2
78	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		105	115	22	56	L 3
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		124	120	23	56	W 1
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		119	127	23	57	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		83	98	23	58	L 2
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		122	135	23	59	L 3

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