1972-73 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats

Record: 32-50, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (32-50)

PTS/G: 102.7 (17th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (7th of 17)

SRS: -2.64 (13th of 17) Pace: 108.3 (13th of 17)

Off Rtg: 94.0 (14th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.5 (8th of 17) Net Rtg: -2.4 (12th of 17)

Expected W-L: 34-48 (12th of 17)

Arena: Cleveland Arena

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
34	Austin Carr	SG	6-4	200	March 10, 1948	us US	1	Notre Dame
5	Jim Cleamons	PG	6-3	185	September 13, 1949	us US	1	Ohio State
40	Barry Clemens	SF	6-6	210	May 1, 1943	us US	7	Ohio Wesleyan University
18	Charlie Davis	SG	6-2	160	September 7, 1949	us US	1	Wake Forest
42	Dwight Davis	PF	6-8	220	October 28, 1949	us US	R	Houston
32	John Johnson	SF	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	us US	2	Northwest College, Iowa
50	Steve Patterson	C	6-9	225	June 24, 1948	us US	1	UCLA
35	Rick Roberson	C	6-9	231	July 7, 1947	us US	3	Cincinnati
45	Bob Rule	C	6-9	220	June 29, 1944	us US	5	Colorado State
7	Bingo Smith	SG	6-5	195	February 26, 1946	us US	3	Tulsa
15	Dave Sorenson	PF	6-8	225	July 8, 1948	us US	2	Ohio State
15	Cornell Warner	C	6-9	220	August 12, 1948	us US	2	Jackson State University
11	John Warren	SG	6-3	180	July 7, 1947	us US	3	St. John's
44	Walt Wesley	C	6-11	220	January 25, 1945	us US	6	Kansas
19	Lenny Wilkens	PG	6-1	180	October 28, 1937	us US	12	Providence

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Lenny Wilkens	35	75	39.6	7.6	17.0	.449	7.6	17.0	.449	.449	5.3	6.3	.828	4.6	8.4	2.9	20.5
2	Austin Carr	24	82	37.8	8.6	19.2	.446	8.6	19.2	.446	.446	3.4	4.2	.822	4.5	3.4	2.3	20.5
3	John Johnson	25	82	34.3	6.0	13.9	.430	6.0	13.9	.430	.430	2.4	3.3	.734	6.7	3.8	3.0	14.4
4	Rick Roberson	25	62	34.3	5.0	11.4	.433	5.0	11.4	.433	.433	2.7	4.7	.576	11.2	2.2	4.0	12.6
5	Dwight Davis	23	81	26.6	3.6	9.2	.392	3.6	9.2	.392	.392	2.2	2.7	.793	7.0	1.5	3.7	9.4
6	Cornell Warner	24	68	19.5	2.4	5.9	.411	2.4	5.9	.411	.411	0.9	1.3	.659	7.5	1.0	2.5	5.7
7	Jim Cleamons	23	80	17.4	2.4	5.3	.454	2.4	5.3	.454	.454	0.9	1.3	.743	2.1	2.6	1.4	5.7
8	Barry Clemens	29	72	15.5	2.9	5.6	.516	2.9	5.6	.516	.516	0.7	0.9	.779	2.9	1.6	1.9	6.5
9	Bingo Smith	26	73	14.6	3.7	8.3	.444	3.7	8.3	.444	.444	0.9	1.1	.790	2.7	1.5	1.1	8.2
10	Charlie Davis	23	6	14.3	3.3	6.8	.488	3.3	6.8	.488	.488	0.7	1.2	.571	0.8	1.7	3.3	7.3
11	Dave Sorenson	24	10	12.9	1.1	4.5	.244	1.1	4.5	.244	.244	0.5	1.1	.455	3.7	0.5	1.6	2.7
12	Steve Patterson	24	62	11.5	1.1	3.2	.359	1.1	3.2	.359	.359	0.5	1.0	.523	3.7	0.8	1.3	2.8
13	Walt Wesley	28	12	9.2	1.2	3.9	.298	1.2	3.9	.298	.298	0.7	1.0	.667	3.2	0.6	1.8	3.0
14	Bob Rule	28	49	9.0	1.2	3.2	.382	1.2	3.2	.382	.382	0.4	0.6	.645	2.2	0.8	1.3	2.9
15	John Warren	25	40	7.3	1.4	2.8	.486	1.4	2.8	.486	.486	0.5	0.5	.947	1.1	0.9	1.1	3.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Austin Carr	24	82	3097	702	1575	.446	702	1575	.446	.446	281	342	.822	369	279		185	1685
2	Lenny Wilkens	35	75	2973	572	1275	.449	572	1275	.449	.449	394	476	.828	346	628		221	1538
3	John Johnson	25	82	2815	492	1143	.430	492	1143	.430	.430	199	271	.734	552	309		246	1183
4	Dwight Davis	23	81	2151	293	748	.392	293	748	.392	.392	176	222	.793	563	118		297	762
5	Rick Roberson	25	62	2127	307	709	.433	307	709	.433	.433	167	290	.576	693	134		249	781
6	Jim Cleamons	23	80	1392	192	423	.454	192	423	.454	.454	75	101	.743	167	205		108	459
7	Cornell Warner	24	68	1323	166	404	.411	166	404	.411	.411	58	88	.659	507	66		172	390
8	Barry Clemens	29	72	1119	209	405	.516	209	405	.516	.516	53	68	.779	211	115		136	471
9	Bingo Smith	26	73	1068	268	603	.444	268	603	.444	.444	64	81	.790	199	108		80	600
10	Steve Patterson	24	62	710	71	198	.359	71	198	.359	.359	34	65	.523	228	51		79	176
11	Bob Rule	28	49	440	60	157	.382	60	157	.382	.382	20	31	.645	106	37		66	140
12	John Warren	25	40	290	54	111	.486	54	111	.486	.486	18	19	.947	42	34		45	126
13	Dave Sorenson	24	10	129	11	45	.244	11	45	.244	.244	5	11	.455	37	5		16	27
14	Walt Wesley	28	12	110	14	47	.298	14	47	.298	.298	8	12	.667	38	7		21	36
15	Charlie Davis	23	6	86	20	41	.488	20	41	.488	.488	4	7	.571	5	10		20	44
			82	19830	3431	7884	.435	3431	7884	.435	.435	1556	2084	.747	4063	2106	1752	1941	8418

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Austin Carr	24	82	3097	15.4	.488	.217	5.8	14.1	2.9	2.9	5.9	.091
2	Lenny Wilkens	35	75	2973	19.3	.518	.373	5.6	31.4	5.7	3.9	9.5	.154
3	John Johnson	25	82	2815	13.8	.469	.237	9.5	15.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	.073
4	Dwight Davis	23	81	2151	10.9	.451	.297	12.7	7.5	-0.5	2.8	2.3	.051
5	Rick Roberson	25	62	2127	13.3	.467	.409	15.8	8.7	0.4	3.2	3.6	.080
6	Jim Cleamons	23	80	1392	12.4	.491	.239	5.8	20.3	1.0	1.6	2.6	.089
7	Cornell Warner	24	68	1323	11.8	.440	.218	18.6	6.7	-0.5	2.2	1.7	.060
8	Barry Clemens	29	72	1119	14.9	.541	.168	9.1	15.2	2.2	1.3	3.5	.150
9	Bingo Smith	26	73	1068	16.3	.470	.134	9.0	16.5	0.4	1.3	1.6	.074
10	Steve Patterson	24	62	710	9.6	.388	.328	15.6	9.4	-0.9	1.1	0.1	.009
11	Bob Rule	28	49	440	9.3	.410	.197	11.7	11.5	-0.5	0.6	0.1	.009
12	John Warren	25	40	290	14.0	.528	.171	7.0	17.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	.136
13	Dave Sorenson	24	10	129	3.4	.271	.244	13.9	5.0	-0.6	0.2	-0.4	-0.147
14	Walt Wesley	28	12	110	7.8	.344	.255	16.8	8.6	-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.082
15	Charlie Davis	23	6	86	11.8	.499	.171	2.8	18.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	.099