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1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (49-33)

Executive: Bill Fitch

PTS/G: 101.7 (17th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 99.2 (2nd of 18)

SRS: 2.34 (2nd of 18) Pace: 101.6 (17th of 18)

Off Rtg: 99.5 (3rd of 18) Def Rtg: 97.0 (4th of 18) Net Rtg: +2.5 (2nd of 18)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (2nd of 18)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

Recent Game Results

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

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
21	Butch Beard	PG	6-3	185	May 4, 1947	us	5	Louisville
52	Jim Brewer	PF	6-9	210	December 3, 1951	us	2	Minnesota
34	Austin Carr	SG	6-4	200	March 10, 1948	us	4	Notre Dame
22	Jim Chones	C	6-11	220	November 30, 1949	us	3	Marquette
35	Jim Cleamons	PG	6-3	185	September 13, 1949	us	4	Ohio State
41	Eric Fernsten	C	6-10	205	November 1, 1953	us	R	San Francisco
23	Rowland Garrett	SF	6-6	210	July 16, 1950	us	3	Florida State
24	John Lambert	PF	6-10	225	January 14, 1953	us	R	USC
50	Steve Patterson	C	6-9	225	June 24, 1948	us	4	UCLA
20	Campy Russell	SF	6-8	215	January 12, 1952	us	1	Michigan
7	Bingo Smith	SG	6-5	195	February 26, 1946	us	6	Tulsa
10	Dick Snyder	SG	6-5	207	February 1, 1944	us	9	Davidson
42	Nate Thurmond	C	6-11	225	July 25, 1941	us	12	Bowling Green
14	Foots Walker	PG	6-0	184	May 21, 1951	us	1	Vincennes University, West Georgia
44	Luke Witte	C	7-0	235	October 19, 1950	us	2	Ohio State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Brewer	24	82		35.5	4.9	10.7	.458				4.9	10.7	.458	.458	1.7	2.6	.654	3.6	7.2	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1		2.6	11.5
2	Jim Cleamons	26	82		34.6	5.0	10.8	.466				5.0	10.8	.466	.466	2.1	2.7	.798	1.5	2.8	4.3	5.2	1.5	0.2		2.6	12.2
3	Jim Chones	26	82		33.4	6.9	15.3	.448				6.9	15.3	.448	.448	2.1	3.2	.662	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.0	0.5	1.1		2.9	15.8
4	Bingo Smith	29	81		28.9	6.1	13.8	.442				6.1	13.8	.442	.442	1.4	1.7	.816	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.9	0.7	0.4		2.9	13.6
5	Dick Snyder	31	82		27.7	5.4	10.7	.501				5.4	10.7	.501	.501	1.9	2.3	.824	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.7	0.7	0.4		2.6	12.6
6	Campy Russell	24	82		23.9	5.9	12.2	.482				5.9	12.2	.482	.482	3.2	4.2	.773	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.8	0.1		2.8	15.0
7	Austin Carr	27	65		19.7	4.2	9.6	.442				4.2	9.6	.442	.442	1.6	2.1	.791	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.9	0.6	0.0		1.4	10.1
8	Nate Thurmond	34	65		17.4	1.9	4.5	.418				1.9	4.5	.418	.418	0.8	1.6	.514	1.6	3.7	5.3	1.0	0.3	1.3		2.2	4.6
9	Butch Beard	28	15		17.0	2.3	6.0	.389				2.3	6.0	.389	.389	1.8	2.5	.730	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.0	0.7	0.1		2.4	6.5
10	Foots Walker	24	81		15.8	1.8	4.6	.388				1.8	4.6	.388	.388	1.0	1.3	.778	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.6	1.2	0.1		1.7	4.6
11	Steve Patterson	27	14		9.7	1.1	2.7	.395				1.1	2.7	.395	.395	0.6	0.7	.800	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.4		0.8	2.7
12	John Lambert	23	54		6.2	0.9	2.0	.445				0.9	2.0	.445	.445	0.5	0.7	.676	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.2		1.0	2.3
13	Rowland Garrett	25	41		5.3	1.2	3.1	.402				1.2	3.1	.402	.402	0.4	0.5	.714	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.1		0.9	2.9
14	Luke Witte	25	22		4.5	0.5	1.5	.344				0.5	1.5	.344	.344	0.4	0.7	.600	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.4
15	Eric Fernsten	22	4		2.3	0.0	0.5	.000				0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Cleamons	26	13		38.7	5.6	14.2	.397				5.6	14.2	.397	.397	2.5	3.1	.825	1.8	3.7	5.5	4.7	0.6	0.2		2.6	13.8
2	Jim Brewer	24	13		37.6	3.4	7.8	.436				3.4	7.8	.436	.436	2.0	3.7	.542	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9		2.6	8.8
3	Jim Chones	26	7		34.6	6.7	16.3	.412				6.7	16.3	.412	.412	1.6	2.6	.611	2.0	5.1	7.1	0.9	0.1	0.9		3.3	15.0
4	Bingo Smith	29	13		29.2	5.5	12.6	.433				5.5	12.6	.433	.433	1.7	1.9	.880	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.2		3.2	12.6
5	Nate Thurmond	34	13		28.8	2.8	6.1	.468				2.8	6.1	.468	.468	1.0	2.5	.406	2.9	6.1	9.0	2.2	0.5	2.2		4.0	6.7
6	Dick Snyder	31	13		28.0	5.3	11.8	.451				5.3	11.8	.451	.451	1.4	1.7	.818	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.4	0.8	0.5		2.7	12.0
7	Campy Russell	24	13		25.2	5.0	12.4	.404				5.0	12.4	.404	.404	3.6	4.2	.855	1.9	3.5	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.5		3.9	13.6
8	Austin Carr	27	13		21.0	5.1	10.6	.478				5.1	10.6	.478	.478	1.7	2.8	.611	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.2		2.2	11.8
9	Foots Walker	24	13		9.6	0.8	2.1	.407				0.8	2.1	.407	.407	0.6	0.8	.800	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.1		1.3	2.3
10	John Lambert	23	6		5.7	0.8	2.2	.385				0.8	2.2	.385	.385	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.3		1.2	2.0
11	Luke Witte	25	7		4.0	0.9	1.6	.545				0.9	1.6	.545	.545	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.0		0.6	2.3
12	Rowland Garrett	25	4		1.3	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Brewer	24	82		2913	400	874	.458				400	874	.458	.458	140	214	.654	298	593	891	209	94	89		214	940
2	Jim Cleamons	26	82		2835	413	887	.466				413	887	.466	.466	174	218	.798	124	230	354	428	124	20		214	1000
3	Jim Chones	26	82		2741	563	1258	.448				563	1258	.448	.448	172	260	.662	197	542	739	163	42	93		241	1298
4	Bingo Smith	29	81		2338	495	1121	.442				495	1121	.442	.442	111	136	.816	83	258	341	155	58	36		231	1101
5	Dick Snyder	31	82		2274	441	881	.501				441	881	.501	.501	155	188	.824	50	148	198	220	59	33		215	1037
6	Campy Russell	24	82		1961	483	1003	.482				483	1003	.482	.482	266	344	.773	134	211	345	107	69	10		231	1232
7	Austin Carr	27	65		1282	276	625	.442				276	625	.442	.442	106	134	.791	67	65	132	122	37	2		92	658
8	Foots Walker	24	81		1280	143	369	.388				143	369	.388	.388	84	108	.778	53	129	182	288	98	5		136	370
9	Nate Thurmond	34	65		1133	122	292	.418				122	292	.418	.418	54	105	.514	101	243	344	68	18	86		145	298
10	John Lambert	23	54		333	49	110	.445				49	110	.445	.445	25	37	.676	37	65	102	16	8	12		54	123
11	Butch Beard	28	15		255	35	90	.389				35	90	.389	.389	27	37	.730	14	29	43	45	10	2		36	97
12	Rowland Garrett	25	41		216	51	127	.402				51	127	.402	.402	15	21	.714	18	24	42	10	17	3		36	117
13	Steve Patterson	27	14		136	15	38	.395				15	38	.395	.395	8	10	.800	7	21	28	9	3	5		11	38
14	Luke Witte	25	22		99	11	32	.344				11	32	.344	.344	9	15	.600	9	29	38	4	1	1		14	31
15	Eric Fernsten	22	4		9	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0
			82		19805	3497	7709	.454				3497	7709	.454	.454	1346	1827	.737	1192	2588	3780	1844	638	397	1330	1871	8340

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Cleamons	26	13		503	73	184	.397				73	184	.397	.397	33	40	.825	23	48	71	61	8	3		34	179
2	Jim Brewer	24	13		489	44	101	.436				44	101	.436	.436	26	48	.542	40	100	140	37	13	12		34	114
3	Bingo Smith	29	13		379	71	164	.433				71	164	.433	.433	22	25	.880	11	32	43	30	11	3		41	164
4	Nate Thurmond	34	13		375	37	79	.468				37	79	.468	.468	13	32	.406	38	79	117	28	6	29		52	87
5	Dick Snyder	31	13		364	69	153	.451				69	153	.451	.451	18	22	.818	10	19	29	31	11	6		35	156
6	Campy Russell	24	13		328	65	161	.404				65	161	.404	.404	47	55	.855	25	46	71	14	8	7		51	177
7	Austin Carr	27	13		273	66	138	.478				66	138	.478	.478	22	36	.611	11	12	23	26	6	3		29	154
8	Jim Chones	26	7		242	47	114	.412				47	114	.412	.412	11	18	.611	14	36	50	6	1	6		23	105
9	Foots Walker	24	13		125	11	27	.407				11	27	.407	.407	8	10	.800	5	11	16	23	7	1		17	30
10	John Lambert	23	6		34	5	13	.385				5	13	.385	.385	2	2	1.000	2	9	11	1	1	2		7	12
11	Luke Witte	25	7		28	6	11	.545				6	11	.545	.545	4	4	1.000	4	5	9	4	0	0		4	16
12	Rowland Garrett	25	4		5	0	0					0	0			2	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Jim Brewer	24	82	2913	14.9	.485		.245	10.2	21.7	15.7	9.6	1.5	1.7				3.4	4.5	7.9	.130		1.0	0.9	1.9	2.8
2	Jim Cleamons	26	82	2835	14.9	.509		.246	4.3	8.6	6.4	20.5	2.1	0.4				4.2	2.9	7.1	.120		0.5	0.7	1.3	2.4
3	Jim Chones	26	82	2741	15.5	.473		.207	7.1	21.0	13.9	8.8	0.7	1.9				2.3	3.6	6.0	.105		0.3	-0.3	0.1	1.4
4	Bingo Smith	29	81	2338	13.1	.466		.121	3.5	11.7	7.5	9.9	1.2	0.8				1.5	2.3	3.7	.077		-0.7	-0.5	-1.2	0.5
5	Dick Snyder	31	82	2274	14.7	.538		.213	2.2	6.9	4.5	14.0	1.2	0.8				4.4	1.8	6.2	.131		0.7	0.1	0.7	1.6
6	Campy Russell	24	82	1961	19.0	.534		.343	6.8	11.5	9.0	8.6	1.7	0.3				4.7	2.0	6.7	.164		2.2	-0.5	1.6	1.8
7	Austin Carr	27	65	1282	15.2	.481		.214	5.2	5.4	5.3	14.3	1.4	0.1				1.7	0.9	2.6	.097		0.9	-1.1	-0.2	0.6
8	Foots Walker	24	81	1280	15.3	.444		.293	4.1	10.7	7.3	29.2	3.6	0.2				0.4	1.9	2.3	.088		-1.0	1.9	0.9	0.9
9	Nate Thurmond	34	65	1133	12.1	.441		.360	8.9	22.8	15.6	7.7	0.8	4.2				0.1	1.9	1.9	.082		-2.0	1.6	-0.3	0.5
10	John Lambert	23	54	333	13.9	.487		.336	11.0	20.8	15.7	6.5	1.1	2.0				0.3	0.5	0.7	.108		-2.0	0.1	-1.9	0.0
11	Butch Beard	28	15	255	14.5	.456		.411	5.5	12.1	8.7	23.7	1.9	0.4				0.1	0.3	0.4	.073		-1.6	0.3	-1.3	0.1
12	Rowland Garrett	25	41	216	15.0	.429		.165	8.3	11.8	10.0	7.2	3.7	0.8				-0.1	0.4	0.2	.054		-2.8	0.6	-2.2	0.0
13	Steve Patterson	27	14	136	10.9	.448		.263	5.1	16.4	10.6	8.6	1.0	2.0				0.0	0.2	0.2	.074		-2.2	0.5	-1.7	0.1
14	Luke Witte	25	22	99	10.2	.402		.469	9.0	31.2	19.7	5.2	0.5	0.6				-0.1	0.2	0.1	.026		-4.1	-0.6	-4.6	-0.1
15	Eric Fernsten	22	4	9	-6.5	.000		.000	0.0	11.8	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.176		-4.9	-0.2	-5.1	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Jim Cleamons	26	13	503	12.6	.444		.217	4.7	10.7	7.5	18.9	0.8	0.3				0.2	0.6	0.8	.075		0.6	-1.0	-0.4	0.2
2	Jim Brewer	24	13	489	12.7	.467		.475	8.3	22.9	15.3	10.9	1.3	1.4				0.2	0.9	1.2	.114		1.2	1.0	2.2	0.5
3	Bingo Smith	29	13	379	12.9	.469		.152	3.0	9.4	6.1	13.2	1.4	0.5				0.2	0.5	0.7	.086		0.7	-0.3	0.4	0.2
4	Nate Thurmond	34	13	375	13.4	.467		.405	10.3	23.6	16.6	10.9	0.8	4.5				0.1	0.8	0.9	.116		-0.1	2.2	2.0	0.4
5	Dick Snyder	31	13	364	13.3	.479		.144	2.8	5.8	4.3	14.3	1.5	1.0				0.3	0.5	0.7	.098		1.2	0.0	1.3	0.3
6	Campy Russell	24	13	328	16.0	.478		.342	7.8	15.7	11.5	7.3	1.2	1.3				0.2	0.5	0.8	.110		0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.2
7	Austin Carr	27	13	273	16.7	.501		.261	4.1	4.9	4.5	17.5	1.1	0.6				0.4	0.3	0.6	.114		3.1	-0.9	2.2	0.3
8	Jim Chones	26	7	242	11.4	.431		.158	5.9	16.6	11.0	4.2	0.2	1.5				-0.1	0.3	0.2	.042		-0.6	-1.8	-2.3	0.0
9	Foots Walker	24	13	125	13.3	.478		.370	4.1	9.8	6.8	26.4	2.8	0.5				0.0	0.2	0.3	.098		-0.9	1.7	0.8	0.1
10	John Lambert	23	6	34	12.2	.432		.154	6.0	29.6	17.3	4.6	1.5	3.4				0.0	0.1	0.1	.097		-3.4	1.4	-2.1	0.0
11	Luke Witte	25	7	28	24.8	.627		.364	14.6	20.0	17.1	25.0	0.0	0.0				0.1	0.0	0.2	.265		6.5	1.3	7.9	0.1
12	Rowland Garrett	25	4	5	9.8	.568			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.166		-0.9	-3.1	-4.0	0.0

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