1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 18, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		88	91	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Oct 20, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		107	104	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		101	107	1	2	L 1
4	Tue, Oct 25, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	117	112	2	2	W 1
5	Thu, Oct 27, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		104	119	2	3	L 1
6	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		103	98	3	3	W 1	13,298
7	Tue, Nov 1, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		110	93	4	3	W 2
8	Wed, Nov 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		104	101	5	3	W 3	11,562
9	Thu, Nov 3, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		100	91	6	3	W 4
10	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		105	93	7	3	W 5
11	Fri, Nov 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		88	82	8	3	W 6
12	Tue, Nov 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	102	95	9	3	W 7
13	Fri, Nov 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		104	108	9	4	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 19, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		67	109	9	5	L 2
15	Sun, Nov 20, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	108	10	5	W 1
16	Thu, Nov 24, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		97	82	11	5	W 2
17	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		105	87	12	5	W 3
18	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	101	13	5	W 4
19	Thu, Dec 1, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		92	105	13	6	L 1
20	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		97	111	13	7	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 4, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		94	100	13	8	L 3
22	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	116	13	9	L 4
23	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		95	96	13	10	L 5
24	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		102	87	14	10	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	104	15	10	W 2
26	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L	OT	106	116	15	11	L 1
27	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		116	129	15	12	L 2
28	Sun, Dec 18, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		101	95	16	12	W 1
29	Thu, Dec 22, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	100	17	12	W 2
30	Sun, Dec 25, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		111	105	18	12	W 3
31	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		102	113	18	13	L 1	19,548
32	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		99	104	18	14	L 2
33	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		101	122	18	15	L 3
34	Sun, Jan 1, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		87	96	18	16	L 4
35	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	108	18	17	L 5
36	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		110	94	19	17	W 1
37	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	107	109	19	18	L 1
38	Fri, Jan 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	104	19	19	L 2
39	Sun, Jan 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		104	113	19	20	L 3
40	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		89	104	19	21	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	109	20	21	W 1
42	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		93	89	21	21	W 2
43	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		96	92	22	21	W 3
44	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		105	115	22	22	L 1
45	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	116	120	22	23	L 2
46	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	116	22	24	L 3
47	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		110	93	23	24	W 1
48	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		104	101	24	24	W 2
49	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		122	99	25	24	W 3
50	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		88	94	25	25	L 1
51	Fri, Feb 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	98	108	25	26	L 2
52	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		88	101	25	27	L 3
53	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	2OT	136	127	26	27	W 1
54	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		119	87	27	27	W 2
55	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		99	96	28	27	W 3
56	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		105	101	29	27	W 4
57	Mon, Feb 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		95	106	29	28	L 1
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	127	29	29	L 2
59	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		98	101	29	30	L 3
60	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		108	112	29	31	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Feb 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		110	97	30	31	W 1
62	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		110	104	31	31	W 2
63	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	105	31	32	L 1
64	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	128	31	33	L 2
65	Wed, Mar 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		108	118	31	34	L 3
66	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		117	118	31	35	L 4
67	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		95	90	32	35	W 1
68	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		119	98	33	35	W 2
69	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		112	102	34	35	W 3	16,417
70	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		112	123	34	36	L 1
71	Mon, Mar 20, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		104	127	34	37	L 2
72	Wed, Mar 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		99	105	34	38	L 3	10,025
73	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		95	78	35	38	W 1
74	Mon, Mar 27, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		98	88	36	38	W 2
75	Tue, Mar 28, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		112	100	37	38	W 3
76	Thu, Mar 30, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		95	99	37	39	L 1
77	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		102	101	38	39	W 1
78	Sat, Apr 1, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	99	39	39	W 2
79	Tue, Apr 4, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		116	105	40	39	W 3
80	Thu, Apr 6, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	105	41	39	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		111	109	42	39	W 5
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		120	117	43	39	W 6

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 12, 1978		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		114	132	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 14, 1978		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	109	0	2	L 2

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