1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 43-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (43-39)

Executive: Bill Fitch

PTS/G: 104.4 (19th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (4th of 22)

SRS: 0.44 (9th of 22) Pace: 103.5 (19th of 22)

Off Rtg: 99.9 (15th of 22) Def Rtg: 99.4 (5th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.5 (9th of 22)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (9th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1977-10-18		CHI	L	88	91	37	77	.481				14	25	.560	7	34	20	10	8	20	24	38	86	.442				15	28	.536	16	49	17	9	1	24	20
2	2	1977-10-20	@	NOJ	W	107	104	44	87	.506				19	27	.704	12	47	23	7	5	26	28	42	96	.438				20	26	.769	14	45	27	5	6	17	24
3	3	1977-10-22	@	ATL	L	101	107	36	86	.419				29	38	.763	15	54	18	5	8	19	20	43	103	.417				21	23	.913	14	49	26	10	5	8	27
4	4	1977-10-25	@	NYK	W	117	112	44	94	.468				29	40	.725	14	50	22	15	2	24	35	41	86	.477				30	43	.698	8	50	28	11	2	26	35
5	5	1977-10-27		KCK	L	104	119	44	91	.484				16	24	.667	12	46	22	4	8	21	28	44	95	.463				31	38	.816	10	49	22	12	7	15	22
6	6	1977-10-29		BOS	W	103	98	36	83	.434				31	36	.861	9	45	21	4	3	15	21	38	94	.404				22	25	.880	13	45	18	5	5	10	29
7	7	1977-11-01		DEN	W	110	93	45	102	.441				20	24	.833	18	48	21	10	12	13	27	36	85	.424				21	33	.636	16	53	14	4	6	25	26
8	8	1977-11-02	@	BOS	W	104	101	42	93	.452				20	33	.606		39	25		5	16	26	40	97	.412				21	27	.778		58	20		3	22	30
9	9	1977-11-03		MIL	W	100	91	47	98	.480				6	12	.500	18	54	24	7	6	23	14	44	99	.444				3	8	.375	18	51	21	12	3	24	24
10	10	1977-11-05		NJN	W	105	93	40	86	.465				25	35	.714	12	42	23	13	6	17	22	34	84	.405				25	30	.833	15	48	24	4	5	26	29
11	11	1977-11-11	@	MIL	W	88	82	39	97	.402				10	15	.667	13	46	26	14	8	14	20	33	83	.398				16	19	.842	12	50	26	8	12	21	18
12	12	1977-11-15	@	LAL	W	102	95	41	107	.383				20	32	.625	22	66	21	11	8	20	22	39	109	.358				17	26	.654	23	62	22	8	7	22	24
13	13	1977-11-18	@	GSW	L	104	108	42	102	.412				20	26	.769	16	47	22	13	3	14	23	42	93	.452				24	34	.706	21	63	24	5	3	21	23
14	14	1977-11-19	@	POR	L	67	109	27	101	.267				13	18	.722	19	49	7	3	6	18	27	39	82	.476				31	39	.795	14	67	17	12	4	20	24
15	15	1977-11-20	@	SEA	W	115	108	46	88	.523				23	31	.742	12	41	22	10	6	18	28	43	86	.500				22	31	.710	12	37	20	9	2	23	23
16	16	1977-11-24		PHO	W	97	82	43	92	.467				11	16	.688	14	50	22	15	7	23	19	33	88	.375				16	20	.800	17	44	22	15	6	24	16
17	17	1977-11-26	@	DET	W	105	87	42	89	.472				21	26	.808	16	49	20	4	6	9	20	36	90	.400				15	26	.577	19	49	16	5	4	11	24
18	18	1977-11-29		LAL	W	118	101	47	99	.475				24	25	.960	16	42	25	10	6	11	19	43	90	.478				15	18	.833	15	40	25	3	8	22	21
19	19	1977-12-01		HOU	L	92	105	39	93	.419				14	23	.609	15	37	15	7	7	12	21	43	86	.500				19	30	.633	14	51	23	10	8	15	20
20	20	1977-12-03	@	CHI	L	97	111	43	105	.410				11	16	.688	21	36	16	16	1	11	30	39	66	.591				33	45	.733	10	50	27	5	9	25	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1977-12-04		WSB	L	94	100	40	102	.392				14	16	.875	18	44	20	8	2	12	19	43	81	.531				14	18	.778	9	43	23	2	9	22	23
22	22	1977-12-06		POR	L	94	116	39	89	.438				16	21	.762	10	37	25	6	3	19	18	51	95	.537				14	17	.824	15	52	25	13	4	16	19
23	23	1977-12-07	@	WSB	L	95	96	43	96	.448				9	10	.900	8	43	25	7	6	14	20	40	95	.421				16	22	.727	19	57	20	9	4	20	19
24	24	1977-12-10		ATL	W	102	87	34	86	.395				34	46	.739	16	49	18	6	6	21	23	36	91	.396				15	24	.625	18	54	16	13	10	28	38
25	25	1977-12-13		SEA	W	116	104	51	84	.607				14	21	.667	5	35	30	8	6	16	19	44	101	.436				16	21	.762	22	46	20	8	10	18	20
26	26	1977-12-16	@	NJN	L	106	116	43	99	.434				20	30	.667	13	55	23	11	8	21	27	44	105	.419				28	36	.778	16	53	22	12	7	17	25
27	27	1977-12-17	@	PHI	L	116	129	49	88	.557				18	26	.692	14	33	30	10		15	22	50	85	.588				29	34	.853	18	44	31	12		17	26
28	28	1977-12-18		GSW	W	101	95	40	93	.430				21	27	.778	15	49	20	9	3	15	22	39	92	.424				17	21	.810	12	48	24	9	4	17	25
29	29	1977-12-22		NYK	W	112	100	44	93	.473				24	32	.750	15	46	24	5	7	19	23	41	102	.402				18	23	.783	20	51	24	9	4	22	31
30	30	1977-12-25		BUF	W	111	105	46	87	.529				19	24	.792	8	36	19	8	0	16	26	43	91	.473				19	27	.704	17	48	22	10	4	21	27
31	31	1977-12-27		NOJ	L	102	113	45	98	.459				12	18	.667	17	48	21	7	3	16	23	46	89	.517				21	27	.778	12	47	20	7	4	14	18
32	32	1977-12-29	@	HOU	L	99	104	41	90	.456				17	21	.810	14	37	9	2	1	13	16	46	93	.495				12	18	.667	18	47	23	8	8	15	24
33	33	1977-12-30	@	SAS	L	101	122	40	89	.449				21	30	.700	9	41	27	5	3	17	21	50	99	.505				22	29	.759	14	50	31	13	9	13	26
34	34	1978-01-01	@	NYK	L	87	96	37	86	.430				13	22	.591	8	45	17	9	3	13	20	42	101	.416				12	19	.632	23	65	25	8	6	17	22
35	35	1978-01-04	@	PHI	L	93	108	36	88	.409				21	29	.724	20	41	21	13	0	26	27	42	86	.488				24	32	.750	21	50	30	15	9	26	28
36	36	1978-01-05		NJN	W	110	94	44	87	.506				22	29	.759	11	50	30	11	7	22	21	39	90	.433				16	26	.615	10	43	25	16	4	23	24
37	37	1978-01-07		SAS	L	107	109	44	109	.404				19	21	.905	19	60	28	9	7	18	20	45	96	.469				19	22	.864	9	47	27	10	2	16	22
38	38	1978-01-13	@	SEA	L	98	104	41	91	.451				16	25	.640	17	51	22	8	3	16	21	44	92	.478				16	25	.640	14	45	23	9	5	11	21
39	39	1978-01-15	@	PHO	L	104	113	43	84	.512				18	24	.750	9	44	20	8	1	21	25	44	88	.500				25	31	.806	13	40	23	9	1	14	23
40	40	1978-01-17	@	DEN	L	89	104	37	96	.385				15	18	.833	13	38	23	10	5	16	20	45	92	.489				14	20	.700	16	57	28	11	11	25	21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1978-01-19		PHI	W	117	109	47	93	.505				23	28	.821	13	45	26	8	9	13	29	42	98	.429				25	29	.862	15	47	17	4	3	11	27
42	42	1978-01-22		ATL	W	93	89	38	85	.447				17	28	.607	14	52	19	5	9	22	11	42	97	.433				5	6	.833	9	42	25	7	2	13	24
43	43	1978-01-24	@	IND	W	96	92	39	89	.438				18	23	.783	15	48	27	11	6	21	23	40	99	.404				12	18	.667	21	56	25	7	6	18	24
44	44	1978-01-28		DET	L	105	115	46	103	.447				13	17	.765	19	47	21	6	6	11	23	46	88	.523				23	28	.821	10	42	20	9	5	14	17
45	45	1978-01-29	@	DET	L	116	120	45	97	.464				26	30	.867	12	45	18	15	5	19	21	52	109	.477				16	22	.727	21	61	18	9	5	22	23
46	46	1978-01-31		LAL	L	107	116	47	91	.516				13	19	.684	10	43	27	2	2	18	18	49	93	.527				18	23	.783	11	42	28	11	3	11	20
47	47	1978-02-02		WSB	W	110	93	48	97	.495				14	22	.636	19	59	24	4	3	18	16	40	92	.435				13	18	.722	9	41	21	10	1	14	25
48	48	1978-02-03	@	BUF	W	104	101	40	96	.417				24	31	.774	14	49	23	4	7	13	22	39	91	.429				23	26	.885	17	51	22	3	1	17	27
49	49	1978-02-07		NOJ	W	122	99	44	102	.431				34	36	.944	20	55	19	9	4	16	21	41	93	.441				17	29	.586	13	46	19	11	8	20	27
50	50	1978-02-09		POR	L	88	94	36	87	.414				16	20	.800	7	34	18	7	3	10	22	36	75	.480				22	26	.846	10	51	28	7	3	23	23
51	51	1978-02-10	@	MIL	L	98	108	42	97	.433				14	19	.737	18	45	22	5	8	20	28	43	100	.430				22	26	.846	20	52	29	8	13	16	24
52	52	1978-02-12	@	KCK	L	88	101	34	83	.410				20	24	.833	13	50	19	5	6	23	25	38	89	.427				25	35	.714	12	51	21	11	4	13	25
53	53	1978-02-14		NYK	W	136	127	50	110	.455				36	57	.632	20	62	26	5	2	13	27	56	118	.475				15	23	.652	11	51	36	6	9	16	40
54	54	1978-02-16		DEN	W	119	87	51	105	.486				17	18	.944	16	55	32	13	7	20	27	34	87	.391				19	29	.655	8	35	18	12	2	22	20
55	55	1978-02-17	@	NJN	W	99	96	39	95	.411				21	31	.677	21	60	19	12	10	18	21	41	100	.410				14	22	.636	16	52	22	6	8	15	23
56	56	1978-02-18		KCK	W	105	101	41	87	.471				23	34	.676	10	46	19	8	6	14	22	40	89	.449				21	26	.808	12	45	19	7	4	19	29
57	57	1978-02-20	@	CHI	L	95	106	38	88	.432				19	25	.760	15	43	17	8	10	19	26	42	71	.592				22	28	.786	3	42	30	12	3	22	22
58	58	1978-02-21		PHI	L	114	127	47	111	.423				20	25	.800	22	46	20	10	9	13	19	51	94	.543				25	27	.926	14	50	28	8	12	20	24
59	59	1978-02-24	@	NOJ	L	98	101	39	96	.406				20	23	.870	18	56	21	5	9	13	26	44	93	.473				13	27	.481	14	51	25	5	9	11	22
60	60	1978-02-25	@	SAS	L	108	112	47	103	.456				14	19	.737	17	50	27	7	4	18	19	47	98	.480				18	22	.818	15	52	19	13	11	14	15
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1978-02-27	@	HOU	W	110	97	45	81	.556				20	26	.769	9	52	21	3	4	18	12	45	94	.479				7	12	.583	7	32	22	11	0	10	25
62	62	1978-03-01	@	DEN	W	110	104	42	105	.400				26	36	.722	23	58	27	10	13	17	33	37	97	.381				30	41	.732	21	58	20	5	7	25	32
63	63	1978-03-04	@	POR	L	100	105	38	78	.487				24	32	.750	8	43	14	5	5	14	32	36	84	.429				33	43	.767	16	44	24	3	2	12	29
64	64	1978-03-05	@	LAL	L	117	128	49	100	.490				19	26	.731	13	40	17	12	6	14	21	52	94	.553				24	29	.828	14	48	31	7	3	17	22
65	65	1978-03-08	@	GSW	L	108	118	40	94	.426				28	38	.737	16	47	23	8	2	18	21	52	98	.531				14	19	.737	12	48	31	6	5	14	29
66	66	1978-03-10	@	BUF	L	117	118	46	92	.500				25	37	.676	9	37	21	9	6	11	25	47	96	.490				24	29	.828	18	51	24	7	3	15	26
67	67	1978-03-12	@	IND	W	95	90	40	91	.440				15	25	.600	17	60	26	7	8	24	20	36	95	.379				18	27	.667	16	47	27	10	8	16	22
68	68	1978-03-14		HOU	W	119	98	51	102	.500				17	23	.739	16	56	23	6	6	14	21	40	97	.412				18	20	.900	12	43	21	6	5	15	25
69	69	1978-03-16		BOS	W	112	102	50	97	.515				12	17	.706	12	50	19	11	7	15	11	46	101	.455				10	13	.769	15	47	25	7	5	16	17
70	70	1978-03-19		PHO	L	112	123	45	108	.417				22	27	.815	17	56	16	9	3	14	19	52	103	.505				19	25	.760	14	53	34	9	7	14	24
71	71	1978-03-20		IND	L	104	127	44	103	.427				16	24	.667	19	48	20	13	10	17	21	55	93	.591				17	21	.810	9	46	30	11	7	18	19
72	72	1978-03-22	@	BOS	L	99	105	38	90	.422				23	26	.885	14	39	15	7	3	14	24	43	105	.410				19	23	.826	27	59	20	3	5	15	23
73	73	1978-03-26		CHI	W	95	78	40	90	.444				15	18	.833	11	41	20	9	6	11	22	31	81	.383				16	24	.667	10	46	20	7	3	20	21
74	74	1978-03-27		GSW	W	98	88	40	94	.426				18	27	.667	16	56	26	7	10	11	22	32	78	.410				24	35	.686	12	44	21	3	6	19	24
75	75	1978-03-28		SEA	W	112	100	49	97	.505				14	16	.875	11	47	27	9	6	11	24	40	98	.408				20	26	.769	18	46	18	5	5	13	16
76	76	1978-03-30		SAS	L	95	99	43	103	.417				9	14	.643	18	50	13	7	5	11	20	41	95	.432				17	22	.773	15	53	19	8	4	12	18
77	77	1978-03-31	@	WSB	W	102	101	44	101	.436				14	19	.737	22	52	16	9	1	18	26	43	90	.478				15	28	.536	15	45	24	10	6	20	22
78	78	1978-04-01		DET	W	113	99	52	100	.520				9	13	.692	18	48	21	11	10	19	22	39	99	.394				21	27	.778	18	44	23	8	5	21	13
79	79	1978-04-04		BUF	W	116	105	51	95	.537				14	18	.778	16	48	21	12	1	18	19	43	86	.500				19	23	.826	11	38	21	11	5	20	21
80	80	1978-04-06		MIL	W	117	105	44	88	.500				29	37	.784	10	50	16	13	7	17	21	44	112	.393				17	27	.630	27	55	25	12	4	18	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1978-04-07	@	ATL	W	111	109	41	84	.488				29	39	.744	9	42	15	9	6	18	27	42	91	.462				25	28	.893	15	46	20	5	3	13	31
82	82	1978-04-09	@	KCK	W	120	117	45	94	.479				30	35	.857	17	47	17	11	8	12	16	51	97	.526				15	18	.833	13	43	23	7	5	19	26

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