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1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 23, 1975	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		83	89	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 25, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	100	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Oct 30, 1975	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	91	1	2	W 1
4	Sat, Nov 1, 1975	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		91	103	1	3	L 1
5	Tue, Nov 4, 1975	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		96	113	1	4	L 2
6	Thu, Nov 6, 1975	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		113	108	2	4	W 1
7	Fri, Nov 7, 1975	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		94	90	3	4	W 2
8	Sat, Nov 8, 1975	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	116	3	5	L 1
9	Tue, Nov 11, 1975	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		98	103	3	6	L 2
10	Fri, Nov 14, 1975	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	97	100	3	7	L 3
11	Sat, Nov 15, 1975	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		99	95	4	7	W 1
12	Tue, Nov 18, 1975	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		91	95	4	8	L 1
13	Thu, Nov 20, 1975	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L	OT	115	118	4	9	L 2
14	Sat, Nov 22, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		95	94	5	9	W 1
15	Sun, Nov 23, 1975	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		90	105	5	10	L 1	10,263
16	Tue, Nov 25, 1975	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		98	94	6	10	W 1
17	Thu, Nov 27, 1975	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		91	95	6	11	L 1
18	Sat, Nov 29, 1975	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	108	7	11	W 1
19	Tue, Dec 2, 1975	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		91	80	8	11	W 2
20	Thu, Dec 4, 1975	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		101	105	8	12	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 5, 1975	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		88	125	8	13	L 2
22	Tue, Dec 9, 1975	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		85	100	8	14	L 3
23	Thu, Dec 11, 1975	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		109	95	9	14	W 1
24	Fri, Dec 12, 1975	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		109	91	10	14	W 2
25	Sat, Dec 13, 1975	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		112	90	11	14	W 3
26	Tue, Dec 16, 1975	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	103	12	14	W 4
27	Wed, Dec 17, 1975	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	101	13	14	W 5
28	Fri, Dec 19, 1975	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	2OT	128	124	14	14	W 6
29	Sun, Dec 21, 1975	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		99	98	15	14	W 7
30	Fri, Dec 26, 1975	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		97	98	15	15	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 27, 1975	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		106	100	16	15	W 1
32	Sun, Dec 28, 1975	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		111	88	17	15	W 2
33	Tue, Dec 30, 1975	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		110	106	18	15	W 3
34	Fri, Jan 2, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	112	18	16	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 3, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		100	104	18	17	L 2
36	Wed, Jan 7, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	118	119	18	18	L 3
37	Thu, Jan 8, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		115	105	19	18	W 1
38	Sat, Jan 10, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		106	100	20	18	W 2
39	Sun, Jan 11, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		106	104	21	18	W 3
40	Wed, Jan 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		88	92	21	19	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 15, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		91	98	21	20	L 2
42	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		105	85	22	20	W 1
43	Tue, Jan 20, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		98	85	23	20	W 2	13,654
44	Thu, Jan 22, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	99	24	20	W 3
45	Sat, Jan 24, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		132	89	25	20	W 4
46	Tue, Jan 27, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		85	83	26	20	W 5
47	Wed, Jan 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		93	108	26	21	L 1
48	Fri, Jan 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		91	89	27	21	W 1
49	Sun, Feb 1, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		95	96	27	22	L 1
50	Fri, Feb 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		92	87	28	22	W 1
51	Sun, Feb 8, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		83	78	29	22	W 2
52	Thu, Feb 12, 1976	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		86	83	30	22	W 3
53	Fri, Feb 13, 1976	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		101	96	31	22	W 4
54	Sat, Feb 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		114	111	32	22	W 5
55	Tue, Feb 17, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		112	92	33	22	W 6
56	Thu, Feb 19, 1976	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	94	34	22	W 7
57	Sun, Feb 22, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		107	103	35	22	W 8
58	Mon, Feb 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		114	117	35	23	L 1
59	Wed, Feb 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		108	101	36	23	W 1
60	Sun, Feb 29, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	108	36	24	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 3, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		92	108	36	25	L 2
62	Fri, Mar 5, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	100	37	25	W 1
63	Sat, Mar 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	117	37	26	L 1
64	Thu, Mar 11, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		110	99	38	26	W 1
65	Sat, Mar 13, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		99	77	39	26	W 2
66	Tue, Mar 16, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	109	39	27	L 1
67	Thu, Mar 18, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		110	104	40	27	W 1
68	Fri, Mar 19, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		81	103	40	28	L 1
69	Sat, Mar 20, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		107	99	41	28	W 1
70	Sun, Mar 21, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		95	92	42	28	W 2
71	Thu, Mar 25, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		94	109	42	29	L 1
72	Fri, Mar 26, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		93	95	42	30	L 2	15,320
73	Sat, Mar 27, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	99	43	30	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 30, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		95	86	44	30	W 2
75	Wed, Mar 31, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		110	101	45	30	W 3
76	Thu, Apr 1, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		88	95	45	31	L 1	19,342
77	Sat, Apr 3, 1976	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		101	104	45	32	L 2			at Omaha, NE
78	Sun, Apr 4, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		120	92	46	32	W 1
79	Tue, Apr 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		101	92	47	32	W 2	11,243		at Hartford, CT
80	Thu, Apr 8, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		111	97	48	32	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 10, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		99	94	49	32	W 4
82	Sun, Apr 11, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		78	103	49	33	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 13, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		95	100	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Apr 15, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		80	79	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Apr 17, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		88	76	2	1	W 2
4	Wed, Apr 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		98	109	2	2	L 1
5	Thu, Apr 22, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		92	91	3	2	W 1
6	Mon, Apr 26, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	98	102	3	3	L 1
7	Thu, Apr 29, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		87	85	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Thu, May 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		99	111	4	4	L 1	14,264
9	Sun, May 9, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		89	94	4	5	L 2	12,098
10	Tue, May 11, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		83	78	5	5	W 1	21,564
11	Fri, May 14, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	87	6	5	W 2	21,564
12	Sun, May 16, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	99	6	6	L 1	12,951
13	Tue, May 18, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		87	94	6	7	L 2	21,564

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