1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1977-10-18		CHI	L	88	91	87.3	90.3	100.8	.325		.500	41.0	54.1	9.9	9.3	.481	18.5	17.5	.182	.442	19.6	62.8	.174
2	2	1977-10-20	@	NOJ	W	107	104	98.2	95.5	108.9	.310		.541	51.1	52.3	6.4	5.2	.506	20.8	27.9	.218	.438	13.7	71.4	.208
3	3	1977-10-22	@	ATL	L	101	107	97.4	103.2	103.7	.442		.492	52.4	50.0	4.8	7.8	.419	15.6	30.0	.337	.417	6.6	73.6	.204
4	4	1977-10-25	@	NYK	W	117	112	97.1	92.9	109.2	.426		.524	50.0	50.0	12.4	2.3	.468	17.7	25.0	.309	.477	19.9	81.8	.349
5	5	1977-10-27		KCK	L	104	119	93.5	106.9	111.3	.264		.512	48.4	50.0	3.6	8.4	.484	17.1	23.5	.176	.463	11.8	77.3	.326
6	6	1977-10-29		BOS	W	103	98	103.3	98.3	99.7	.434		.521	50.0	58.3	4.0	3.2	.434	13.2	22.0	.373	.404	8.7	73.5	.234
7	7	1977-11-01		DEN	W	110	93	105.0	88.7	104.8	.235		.489	47.5	46.7	9.5	14.1	.441	10.4	32.7	.196	.424	20.1	65.2	.247
8	8	1977-11-02	@	BOS	W	104	101				.355		.484	40.2	59.5		5.2	.452	13.0		.215	.412	16.8		.216
9	9	1977-11-03		MIL	W	100	91	93.8	85.4	106.6	.122		.484	51.4	51.1	6.6	6.1	.480	18.2	35.3	.061	.444	19.0	66.7	.030
10	10	1977-11-05		NJN	W	105	93	100.9	89.4	104.0	.407		.518	46.7	57.5	12.5	7.1	.465	14.4	26.7	.291	.405	21.1	66.7	.298
11	11	1977-11-11	@	MIL	W	88	82	88.7	82.6	99.3	.155		.425	47.9	66.7	14.1	9.6	.402	11.9	25.5	.103	.398	18.7	73.3	.193
12	12	1977-11-15	@	LAL	W	102	95	88.7	82.6	104.2	.299		.421	51.6	51.2	9.6	7.3	.383	14.2	36.1	.187	.358	15.4	65.7	.156
13	13	1977-11-18	@	GSW	L	104	108	97.1	100.8	107.1	.255		.458	42.7	52.4	12.1	3.2	.412	11.0	27.6	.196	.452	16.3	59.6	.258
14	14	1977-11-19	@	POR	L	67	109	64.3	104.7	104.1	.178		.308	42.2	25.9	2.9	7.3	.267	14.2	26.4	.129	.476	16.8	68.2	.378
15	15	1977-11-20	@	SEA	W	115	108	108.6	102.0	105.9	.352		.566	52.6	47.8	9.4	7.0	.523	15.0	32.4	.261	.500	18.8	70.7	.256
16	16	1977-11-24		PHO	W	97	82	94.8	80.1	102.3	.174		.490	53.2	51.2	14.7	8.0	.467	18.8	34.1	.120	.375	19.9	67.9	.182
17	17	1977-11-26	@	DET	W	105	87	115.9	96.0	90.6	.292		.523	50.0	47.6	4.4	6.7	.472	8.2	34.8	.236	.400	9.8	63.5	.167
18	18	1977-11-29		LAL	W	118	101	118.5	101.5	99.5	.253		.536	51.2	53.2	10.0	6.7	.475	9.1	39.0	.242	.478	18.3	63.4	.167
19	19	1977-12-01		HOU	L	92	105	95.5	109.0	96.3	.247		.446	42.0	38.5	7.3	8.1	.419	10.4	28.8	.151	.500	13.1	61.1	.221
20	20	1977-12-03	@	CHI	L	97	111	98.5	112.7	98.5	.152		.433	41.9	37.2	16.2	1.5	.410	8.9	34.4	.105	.591	22.6	60.0	.500
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1977-12-04		WSB	L	94	100	95.3	101.4	98.6	.157		.431	50.6	50.0	8.1	2.5	.392	9.9	34.6	.137	.531	19.8	74.3	.173
22	22	1977-12-06		POR	L	94	116	91.3	112.6	103.0	.236		.478	41.6	64.1	5.8	3.2	.438	16.2	21.3	.180	.537	13.5	64.3	.147
23	23	1977-12-07	@	WSB	L	95	96	91.7	92.7	103.6	.104		.473	43.0	58.1	6.8	6.3	.448	12.2	17.4	.094	.421	16.0	64.8	.168
24	24	1977-12-10		ATL	W	102	87	94.4	80.5	108.1	.535		.480	47.6	52.9	5.6	6.6	.395	16.5	30.8	.395	.396	21.6	64.7	.165
25	25	1977-12-13		SEA	W	116	104	113.8	102.0	102.0	.250		.622	43.2	58.8	7.8	5.9	.607	14.6	17.2	.167	.436	14.0	57.7	.158
26	26	1977-12-16	@	NJN	L	106	116	90.3	98.8	106.3	.303		.472	50.9	53.5	9.4	7.6	.434	15.8	26.0	.202	.419	12.3	72.4	.267
27	27	1977-12-17	@	PHI	L	116	129	118.3	131.5	98.1	.295		.583	42.9	61.2	10.2		.557	13.1	35.0	.205	.588	14.5	51.4	.341
28	28	1977-12-18		GSW	W	101	95	98.7	92.8	102.4	.290		.482	50.5	50.0	8.8	3.3	.430	12.5	29.4	.226	.424	14.4	73.9	.185
29	29	1977-12-22		NYK	W	112	100	104.0	92.9	107.7	.344		.523	47.4	54.5	4.6	6.9	.473	15.1	32.6	.258	.402	16.4	60.8	.176
30	30	1977-12-25		BUF	W	111	105	107.2	101.5	103.5	.276		.569	42.9	41.3	7.7	0.0	.529	14.1	20.5	.218	.473	17.0	62.2	.209
31	31	1977-12-27		NOJ	L	102	113	100.2	111.0	101.8	.184		.481	50.5	46.7	6.9	3.4	.459	13.1	32.7	.122	.517	12.2	72.1	.236
32	32	1977-12-29	@	HOU	L	99	104	105.6	111.0	93.7	.233		.499	44.0	22.0	2.1	1.1	.456	11.6	32.6	.189	.495	12.9	56.1	.129
33	33	1977-12-30	@	SAS	L	101	122	93.9	113.4	107.6	.337		.494	45.1	67.5	4.6	3.0	.449	14.3	20.0	.236	.505	10.4	69.6	.222
34	34	1978-01-01	@	NYK	L	87	96	86.6	95.6	100.4	.256		.455	40.9	45.9	9.0	3.0	.430	12.0	16.0	.151	.416	13.5	61.7	.119
35	35	1978-01-04	@	PHI	L	93	108	91.1	105.8	102.1	.330		.461	45.1	58.3	12.7	0.0	.409	20.5	40.8	.239	.488	20.6	50.0	.279
36	36	1978-01-05		NJN	W	110	94	99.4	84.9	110.7	.333		.551	53.8	68.2	9.9	7.8	.506	18.1	25.0	.253	.433	18.5	79.6	.178
37	37	1978-01-07		SAS	L	107	109	95.9	97.7	101.1	.193		.452	56.1	63.6	8.1	7.3	.404	13.2	33.3	.174	.469	13.1	82.0	.198
38	38	1978-01-13	@	SEA	L	98	104	100.0	106.1	98.0	.275		.480	53.1	53.7	8.2	3.3	.451	13.6	35.4	.176	.478	9.6	70.8	.174
39	39	1978-01-15	@	PHO	L	104	113	101.3	110.1	102.6	.286		.550	52.4	46.5	7.8	1.1	.512	18.2	25.0	.214	.500	12.1	72.9	.284
40	40	1978-01-17	@	DEN	L	89	104	85.0	99.3	104.7	.188		.428	40.0	62.2	9.6	5.4	.385	13.3	24.1	.156	.489	19.9	61.0	.152
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1978-01-19		PHI	W	117	109	114.4	106.6	102.2	.301		.555	48.9	55.3	7.8	9.2	.505	11.0	28.9	.247	.429	9.0	68.1	.255
42	42	1978-01-22		ATL	W	93	89	91.0	87.1	102.2	.329		.478	55.3	50.0	4.9	9.3	.447	18.4	29.8	.200	.433	11.5	80.9	.052
43	43	1978-01-24	@	IND	W	96	92	94.7	90.7	101.4	.258		.484	46.2	69.2	10.8	6.1	.438	17.5	30.0	.202	.404	14.4	61.1	.121
44	44	1978-01-28		DET	L	105	115	105.3	115.3	99.7	.165		.475	52.8	45.7	6.0	6.8	.447	9.1	37.3	.126	.523	12.2	73.7	.261
45	45	1978-01-29	@	DET	L	116	120	100.3	103.8	104.7	.309		.526	42.5	40.0	13.0	4.6	.464	14.7	23.1	.268	.477	15.6	61.1	.147
46	46	1978-01-31		LAL	L	107	116	103.6	112.3	103.3	.209		.538	50.6	57.4	1.9	2.2	.516	15.3	24.4	.143	.527	9.6	75.0	.194
47	47	1978-02-02		WSB	W	110	93	106.2	89.7	103.6	.227		.516	59.0	50.0	3.9	3.3	.495	14.4	37.3	.144	.435	12.3	81.6	.141
48	48	1978-02-03	@	BUF	W	104	101	101.9	99.0	102.1	.323		.474	49.0	57.5	3.9	7.7	.417	10.6	29.2	.250	.429	14.2	67.3	.253
49	49	1978-02-07		NOJ	W	122	99	111.7	90.6	109.3	.353		.518	54.5	43.2	8.2	4.3	.431	12.0	37.7	.333	.441	15.9	72.9	.183
50	50	1978-02-09		POR	L	88	94	90.6	96.8	97.1	.230		.459	40.0	50.0	7.2	4.0	.414	9.5	14.6	.184	.480	21.0	73.0	.293
51	51	1978-02-10	@	MIL	L	98	108	96.1	106.0	92.3	.196		.465	46.4	52.4	4.9	8.0	.433	16.0	36.0	.144	.430	12.6	57.4	.220
52	52	1978-02-12	@	KCK	L	88	101	85.8	98.5	102.6	.289		.470	49.5	55.9	4.9	6.7	.410	19.7	25.0	.241	.427	11.1	75.5	.281
53	53	1978-02-14		NYK	W	136	127	107.2	100.1	105.0	.518		.503	54.9	52.0	3.9	1.7	.455	8.8	33.3	.327	.475	11.1	79.2	.127
54	54	1978-02-16		DEN	W	119	87	107.4	78.5	110.8	.171		.527	61.1	62.7	11.7	8.0	.486	15.0	37.2	.162	.391	18.1	83.0	.218
55	55	1978-02-17	@	NJN	W	99	96	94.8	92.0	104.4	.326		.456	53.6	48.7	11.5	10.0	.411	14.2	36.8	.221	.410	12.0	70.9	.140
56	56	1978-02-18		KCK	W	105	101	100.7	96.9	104.2	.391		.515	50.5	46.3	7.7	6.7	.471	12.1	23.3	.264	.449	15.9	75.0	.236
57	57	1978-02-20	@	CHI	L	95	106	93.4	104.3	101.7	.284		.480	50.6	44.7	7.9	14.1	.432	16.1	27.8	.216	.592	20.9	90.3	.310
58	58	1978-02-21		PHI	L	114	127	105.6	117.7	107.9	.225		.467	47.9	42.6	9.3	9.6	.423	9.6	37.9	.180	.543	15.9	63.2	.266
59	59	1978-02-24	@	NOJ	L	98	101	98.5	101.5	99.5	.240		.462	52.3	53.8	5.0	9.7	.406	10.9	32.7	.208	.473	9.5	73.1	.140
60	60	1978-02-25	@	SAS	L	108	112	101.2	104.9	106.7	.184		.485	49.0	57.4	6.6	4.1	.456	13.9	31.5	.136	.480	11.5	68.8	.184
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1978-02-27	@	HOU	W	110	97	109.6	96.7	100.3	.321		.595	61.9	46.7	3.0	4.3	.556	16.3	26.5	.247	.479	9.2	86.0	.074
62	62	1978-03-01	@	DEN	W	110	104	97.8	92.5	112.4	.343		.455	50.0	64.3	8.9	13.4	.400	12.3	38.3	.248	.381	17.9	62.5	.309
63	63	1978-03-04	@	POR	L	100	105	104.0	109.2	96.2	.410		.543	49.4	36.8	5.2	6.0	.487	13.2	22.2	.308	.429	10.4	68.6	.393
64	64	1978-03-05	@	LAL	L	117	128	108.1	118.2	108.3	.260		.525	45.5	34.7	11.1	6.4	.490	11.2	27.7	.190	.553	13.7	65.9	.255
65	65	1978-03-08	@	GSW	L	108	118	100.3	109.6	107.6	.404		.488	49.5	57.5	7.4	2.0	.426	14.0	30.8	.298	.531	11.6	72.1	.143
66	66	1978-03-10	@	BUF	L	117	118	111.8	112.7	104.7	.402		.540	42.0	45.7	8.6	6.3	.500	9.2	21.4	.272	.490	12.1	60.9	.250
67	67	1978-03-12	@	IND	W	95	90	90.3	85.6	105.2	.275		.466	56.1	65.0	6.7	8.4	.440	19.0	35.4	.165	.379	13.0	72.9	.189
68	68	1978-03-14		HOU	W	119	98	112.0	92.2	106.3	.225		.531	56.6	45.1	5.6	6.2	.500	11.1	34.0	.167	.412	12.4	76.9	.186
69	69	1978-03-16		BOS	W	112	102	106.3	96.9	105.3	.175		.536	51.5	38.0	10.4	6.9	.515	12.6	27.3	.124	.455	13.0	71.7	.099
70	70	1978-03-19		PHO	L	112	123	99.6	109.4	112.5	.250		.467	51.4	35.6	8.0	2.9	.417	10.5	30.4	.204	.505	10.9	73.6	.184
71	71	1978-03-20		IND	L	104	127	95.4	116.5	109.0	.233		.458	51.1	45.5	11.9	10.8	.427	13.0	33.9	.155	.591	15.0	76.3	.183
72	72	1978-03-22	@	BOS	L	99	105	103.0	109.2	96.1	.289		.488	39.8	39.5	7.3	2.9	.422	12.1	30.4	.256	.410	11.5	48.1	.181
73	73	1978-03-26		CHI	W	95	78	98.5	80.9	96.5	.200		.485	47.1	50.0	9.3	7.4	.444	10.1	23.4	.167	.383	17.9	75.0	.198
74	74	1978-03-27		GSW	W	98	88	99.9	89.7	98.1	.287		.463	56.0	65.0	7.1	12.8	.426	9.4	33.3	.191	.410	16.9	76.9	.308
75	75	1978-03-28		SEA	W	112	100	111.6	99.7	100.3	.165		.538	50.5	55.1	9.0	6.1	.505	9.6	28.2	.144	.408	10.6	66.7	.204
76	76	1978-03-30		SAS	L	95	99	96.8	100.9	98.2	.136		.435	48.5	30.2	7.1	5.3	.417	9.2	32.1	.087	.432	10.3	68.1	.179
77	77	1978-03-31	@	WSB	W	102	101	99.4	98.4	102.6	.188		.466	53.6	36.4	8.8	1.1	.436	14.1	42.3	.139	.478	16.4	66.7	.167
78	78	1978-04-01		DET	W	113	99	107.7	94.3	105.0	.130		.534	52.2	40.4	10.5	10.1	.520	15.2	40.9	.090	.394	15.9	62.5	.212
79	79	1978-04-04		BUF	W	116	105	112.6	101.9	103.1	.189		.564	55.8	41.2	11.6	1.2	.537	14.9	37.2	.147	.500	17.2	74.4	.221
80	80	1978-04-06		MIL	W	117	105	106.9	95.9	109.4	.420		.561	47.6	36.4	11.9	6.3	.500	14.0	26.3	.330	.393	12.7	59.7	.152
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1978-04-07	@	ATL	W	111	109	107.7	105.8	103.0	.464		.549	47.7	36.6	8.7	6.6	.488	15.1	22.5	.345	.462	11.2	68.8	.275
82	82	1978-04-09	@	KCK	W	120	117	114.6	111.8	104.7	.372		.548	52.2	37.8	10.5	8.2	.479	9.9	36.2	.319	.526	15.3	69.8	.155

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