1978-79 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 30-52, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (30-52)

Executive: Bill Fitch

PTS/G: 106.5 (20th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (10th of 22)

SRS: -3.57 (18th of 22) Pace: 102.7 (20th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.7 (12th of 22) Def Rtg: 107.3 (20th of 22) Net Rtg: -3.6 (18th of 22)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (18th of 22)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield

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Regular Season

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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	1978-10-13	@	BOS	W	115	101	113.4	99.6	101.4	.165		.553	50.6	41.2	7.9	1.4	.526	11.1	31.0	.134	.486	21.9	73.0	.392
2	2	1978-10-17		LAL	W	113	111	111.2	109.3	101.6	.477		.531	63.3	41.5	7.9	8.3	.466	17.8	52.3	.352	.500	13.1	73.9	.321
3	3	1978-10-21		CHI	W	113	104	110.7	101.9	102.0	.330		.479	40.6	53.5	11.8	3.6	.417	6.4	31.5	.262	.482	20.3	52.4	.289
4	4	1978-10-24		NOJ	W	122	104	116.9	99.7	104.3	.279		.522	60.0	38.0	12.5	2.3	.481	12.7	50.0	.212	.483	16.6	70.8	.230
5	5	1978-10-25	@	DET	L	105	110	101.0	105.8	104.0	.543		.523	45.6	40.0	15.4	6.9	.432	18.6	33.3	.432	.471	18.4	57.8	.322
6	6	1978-10-27	@	NJN	L	108	123	99.6	113.4	108.4	.473		.491	46.8	40.0	7.4	4.2	.440	17.3	38.3	.308	.490	15.2	55.3	.302
7	7	1978-10-29		GSW	L	94	99	103.6	109.1	90.7	.147		.433	56.6	53.7	6.6	5.5	.402	7.7	45.1	.118	.484	11.8	68.8	.121
8	8	1978-10-31		IND	L	114	119	115.7	120.8	98.5	.391		.559	50.0	52.4	2.0	8.4	.483	14.3	38.5	.345	.463	8.2	60.0	.326
9	9	1978-11-01	@	KCK	L	107	122	106.2	121.1	100.8	.235		.570	46.6	20.5	5.0	6.0	.518	18.3	34.1	.224	.520	11.2	57.4	.180
10	10	1978-11-03	@	DEN	L	93	110	89.2	105.5	104.3	.255		.394	43.6	34.2	9.6	2.6	.358	10.6	31.7	.160	.564	20.9	64.7	.282
11	11	1978-11-04	@	SDC	W	112	106	102.3	96.8	109.5	.292		.558	36.6	34.0	12.8	2.2	.528	13.7	12.5	.202	.467	21.3	59.5	.244
12	12	1978-11-05	@	LAL	L	107	117	100.5	109.9	106.5	.072		.467	62.7	52.0	11.3	4.8	.450	14.2	44.9	.063	.571	15.7	88.2	.250
13	13	1978-11-08	@	PHO	L	96	118	85.8	105.4	111.9	.278		.475	46.9	47.4	9.8	3.3	.422	19.8	23.9	.222	.544	18.7	77.1	.222
14	14	1978-11-10	@	SEA	L	95	109	95.5	109.6	99.5	.278		.470	41.2	52.6	8.0	3.3	.422	10.6	22.7	.211	.500	15.1	61.0	.211
15	15	1978-11-12	@	POR	L	91	98	90.0	97.0	101.1	.434		.503	43.0	55.9	8.9	2.5	.447	19.6	22.2	.303	.438	19.1	62.5	.350
16	16	1978-11-14		WSB	L	106	122	101.9	117.3	104.0	.311		.453	50.5	58.5	6.7	3.5	.398	10.0	36.8	.233	.576	13.9	73.5	.282
17	17	1978-11-16		NYK	L	93	97	95.0	99.1	97.9	.204		.435	43.6	60.5	10.2	3.9	.388	7.8	26.3	.173	.500	20.7	70.3	.276
18	18	1978-11-18		BOS	L	90	92	89.5	91.5	100.6	.381		.459	43.8	50.0	9.9	2.6	.405	14.8	19.1	.262	.408	18.6	71.4	.395
19	19	1978-11-21		PHO	L	108	110	108.5	110.6	99.5	.242		.514	60.0	51.1	8.0	8.7	.474	15.3	51.1	.189	.551	21.2	75.0	.493
20	20	1978-11-24	@	IND	W	104	98	97.8	92.1	106.4	.118		.485	41.0	53.2	16.0	3.3	.461	13.7	23.5	.098	.433	20.5	57.4	.222
								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	1978-11-28		ATL	W	112	98	113.0	98.9	99.1	.463		.567	47.4	56.1	10.1	7.6	.500	13.2	32.4	.366	.456	20.8	59.5	.329
22	22	1978-11-30		POR	L	97	98	101.3	102.4	95.7	.222		.545	51.6	51.2	15.7	4.1	.506	20.6	33.3	.185	.554	20.8	71.0	.216
23	23	1978-12-02		MIL	L	100	106	103.4	109.6	96.8	.151		.545	50.7	62.2	10.3	9.5	.523	14.9	28.9	.116	.560	17.4	75.8	.143
24	24	1978-12-05	@	WSB	L	102	117	105.6	121.1	96.6	.298		.480	47.3	61.0	5.2	6.5	.436	8.6	36.7	.213	.489	8.3	59.5	.293
25	25	1978-12-07	@	DET	L	105	121	101.5	116.9	103.5	.232		.481	46.6	53.3	5.8	5.6	.455	12.8	34.6	.152	.551	13.4	63.9	.258
26	26	1978-12-09		PHI	W	115	107	112.3	104.5	102.4	.359		.540	51.9	51.2	5.9	6.4	.467	10.9	29.5	.315	.513	14.2	78.4	.346
27	27	1978-12-12		DET	W	127	110	117.0	101.4	108.5	.327		.550	58.8	62.0	6.5	8.2	.495	15.4	54.3	.267	.464	16.5	62.7	.206
28	28	1978-12-15	@	MIL	W	110	106	113.4	109.3	97.0	.367		.599	45.6	61.4	12.4	8.3	.557	14.8	25.8	.278	.512	17.5	62.2	.238
29	29	1978-12-16	@	CHI	L	100	108	107.2	115.8	93.2	.187		.508	46.8	43.2	5.4	3.9	.484	13.2	37.0	.132	.558	16.7	60.6	.286
30	30	1978-12-17		SEA	W	101	91	108.6	97.9	93.0	.184		.537	43.2	43.2	7.5	4.4	.506	11.3	23.7	.149	.396	13.7	58.0	.209
31	31	1978-12-19		SAS	L	106	113	104.7	111.6	101.3	.158		.522	48.7	47.8	5.9	5.7	.484	16.4	37.2	.147	.552	18.8	63.6	.195
32	32	1978-12-21		HOU	W	101	90	101.4	90.4	99.6	.407		.498	51.7	55.6	7.0	9.9	.419	12.1	28.3	.337	.407	17.6	76.7	.296
33	33	1978-12-23	@	ATL	L	91	109	91.5	109.6	99.4	.202		.469	43.0	53.8	6.0	5.6	.438	17.8	27.7	.146	.489	13.6	58.7	.233
34	34	1978-12-28		SDC	W	116	114	121.4	119.3	95.5	.475		.600	48.5	42.9	6.3	3.8	.525	11.8	28.6	.400	.620	13.3	69.7	.203
35	35	1978-12-30		NJN	W	104	94	104.7	94.6	99.3	.253		.514	52.2	71.4	10.1	3.3	.462	15.1	39.5	.220	.402	17.8	63.3	.217
36	36	1979-01-02		MIL	L	113	116	110.5	113.4	102.3	.247		.548	50.0	45.8	5.9	2.2	.516	12.7	31.3	.183	.516	12.0	71.4	.242
37	37	1979-01-04		NYK	W	117	103	117.7	103.6	99.4	.182		.616	50.6	58.8	5.0	6.3	.580	14.4	28.6	.170	.474	11.0	66.7	.137
38	38	1979-01-06	@	NOJ	W	105	94	101.6	91.0	103.3	.265		.480	51.2	44.2	5.8	6.3	.439	13.4	36.4	.194	.357	8.3	63.2	.125
39	39	1979-01-07		GSW	W	112	108	113.8	109.7	98.4	.205		.584	49.4	75.0	7.1	3.2	.545	11.9	23.7	.182	.495	9.6	71.1	.147
40	40	1979-01-12	@	HOU	L	96	107	101.4	113.0	94.7	.129		.488	40.4	60.5	5.3	2.4	.462	9.2	26.8	.108	.512	15.8	60.5	.280
								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	1979-01-13	@	SAS	L	103	117	90.8	103.1	113.4	.237		.502	39.5	60.0	12.3	3.8	.484	18.3	17.3	.140	.628	24.5	79.3	.244
42	42	1979-01-16		KCK	L	79	86	78.3	85.2	100.9	.152		.402	51.9	48.5	10.9	5.3	.359	17.6	30.2	.141	.404	15.9	72.7	.106
43	43	1979-01-17	@	PHI	L	94	107	88.1	100.2	106.7	.140		.443	45.6	53.5	6.6	6.4	.430	12.4	25.4	.080	.511	17.1	72.7	.117
44	44	1979-01-19	@	NYK	L	101	105				.468		.445	41.3	37.1		11.5	.372			.330	.469			.156
45	45	1979-01-21		CHI	W	94	93	93.7	92.7	100.3	.144		.491	44.7	51.2	8.0	9.2	.456	14.3	20.0	.133	.461	19.4	72.5	.303
46	46	1979-01-23		DEN	W	108	107	114.6	113.6	94.2	.287		.510	47.1	42.9	9.6	2.6	.447	10.2	41.3	.255	.500	18.3	53.8	.408
47	47	1979-01-24	@	NJN	W	123	114	105.0	97.3	117.1	.315		.587	44.4	62.5	12.8	5.3	.522	19.9	27.5	.293	.453	21.0	58.0	.295
48	48	1979-01-27		SDC	L	110	111	118.1	119.2	93.1	.275		.539	40.2	51.1	5.4	4.2	.516	9.7	33.3	.176	.474	10.9	46.8	.221
49	49	1979-01-28	@	KCK	L	109	137	93.8	117.9	116.2	.516		.488	46.7	48.7	6.0	2.1	.429	17.1	30.9	.341	.596	15.4	70.3	.266
50	50	1979-02-01		DET	L	116	120	116.3	120.3	99.8	.228		.573	48.5	55.1	4.0	4.9	.533	12.9	33.3	.196	.598	16.2	69.0	.268
51	51	1979-02-02	@	BOS	L	98	112	99.7	113.9	98.3	.253		.507	48.6	45.0	9.2	2.4	.460	16.4	36.4	.207	.554	18.5	67.9	.241
52	52	1979-02-06		NJN	W	119	100	104.7	88.0	113.7	.460		.569	64.1	46.5	7.9	4.4	.494	19.9	32.4	.379	.444	15.5	85.5	.222
53	53	1979-02-07	@	DEN	L	105	120	99.6	113.8	105.5	.165		.505	37.1	56.5	6.6	6.7	.474	9.6	14.9	.134	.522	15.4	61.9	.289
54	54	1979-02-09	@	LAL	L	103	106	101.0	104.0	102.0	.250		.504	54.0	56.8	3.9	3.4	.478	13.5	29.2	.163	.523	11.9	84.6	.159
55	55	1979-02-11	@	PHO	L	101	136	89.5	120.4	112.9	.225		.414	40.9	45.2	9.7	5.3	.378	12.2	31.8	.153	.526	14.1	54.5	.379
56	56	1979-02-13		LAL	W	117	111	116.6	110.6	100.4	.131		.517	57.0	56.6	5.0	1.1	.495	8.9	39.6	.103	.560	12.8	78.9	.099
57	57	1979-02-15		PHI	W	113	100	105.0	92.9	107.7	.277		.536	48.9	54.3	7.4	5.6	.489	13.2	24.4	.223	.393	15.1	71.4	.337
58	58	1979-02-17	@	NYK	W	127	117	114.3	105.3	111.1	.488		.608	60.0	34.8	4.5	2.0	.535	17.4	34.4	.407	.505	11.2	77.1	.172
59	59	1979-02-20		ATL	L	109	119	108.1	118.0	100.8	.506		.564	43.2	61.5	4.0	8.3	.494	17.9	32.4	.392	.500	15.6	54.1	.417
60	60	1979-02-22		KCK	W	111	107	97.3	93.7	114.1	.300		.490	56.3	53.3	8.8	3.0	.450	16.9	39.6	.210	.410	15.6	74.0	.250
								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	1979-02-24		NOJ	L	96	105	91.8	100.4	104.6	.152		.455	51.1	66.7	5.7	3.5	.424	13.9	31.5	.121	.523	17.9	77.5	.174
62	62	1979-02-25	@	CHI	W	117	108	117.2	108.1	99.9	.253		.554	46.1	46.9	10.0	4.9	.516	10.2	33.3	.200	.531	17.1	61.0	.272
63	63	1979-02-28	@	MIL	L	117	139	106.0	126.0	110.3	.145		.500	54.7	55.8	7.3	3.3	.473	13.3	40.4	.118	.644	14.1	76.5	.256
64	64	1979-03-02	@	SEA	W	111	109	111.0	109.0	100.0	.280		.531	46.7	36.2	8.0	3.4	.505	11.1	35.3	.183	.506	18.4	61.5	.241
65	65	1979-03-04	@	POR	L	102	106	102.2	106.2	99.8	.382		.491	42.5	38.9	11.0	5.4	.404	9.6	24.1	.337	.514	18.8	72.7	.405
66	66	1979-03-07	@	GSW	W	103	101	100.6	98.6	102.4	.310		.521	51.0	61.9	6.8	3.0	.483	13.9	29.8	.218	.410	11.2	69.8	.190
67	67	1979-03-10	@	SDC	L	115	121	118.1	124.3	97.3	.245		.552	44.8	31.3	7.2	2.1	.511	12.6	37.2	.202	.500	10.0	52.3	.287
68	68	1979-03-13		PHO	L	120	124	112.8	116.6	106.3	.289		.549	57.5	50.0	5.6	7.0	.495	15.5	45.2	.247	.535	13.9	71.1	.372
69	69	1979-03-15		SEA	L	98	104	105.7	112.2	92.7	.258		.494	46.1	39.0	11.9	3.7	.461	10.8	35.7	.180	.561	19.1	58.8	.146
70	70	1979-03-17		WSB	L	114	117	108.6	111.5	104.9	.330		.547	43.0	45.7	3.8	1.0	.505	12.6	23.8	.242	.490	12.8	61.4	.240
71	71	1979-03-18	@	WSB	L	112	126	97.5	109.7	114.9	.213		.474	42.7	46.8	7.8	3.2	.435	8.5	19.6	.167	.511	14.5	70.2	.319
72	72	1979-03-20	@	ATL	L	109	115	115.2	121.5	94.6	.386		.561	50.6	52.4	5.3	4.7	.506	12.6	35.6	.301	.529	10.9	67.5	.294
73	73	1979-03-22		IND	L	106	108	106.3	108.3	99.8	.272		.515	52.6	46.5	8.0	1.1	.467	12.7	34.9	.217	.540	16.0	74.3	.161
74	74	1979-03-24	@	NOJ	L	117	139	112.2	133.3	104.3	.233		.515	51.8	38.3	10.5	1.2	.456	11.7	41.1	.223	.675	14.8	72.4	.325
75	75	1979-03-27		BOS	W	111	109	111.1	109.1	100.0	.326		.545	46.5	55.6	10.0	3.9	.506	11.3	28.6	.236	.579	19.9	72.4	.276
76	76	1979-03-29		POR	L	103	120	103.2	120.2	99.8	.337		.504	48.4	42.5	9.0	3.3	.449	15.7	38.0	.258	.527	11.8	60.5	.264
77	77	1979-03-30	@	PHI	L	93	129	85.3	118.4	109.0	.326		.428	46.8	58.8	6.4	6.6	.358	18.1	33.9	.263	.582	16.2	65.8	.253
78	78	1979-04-01		HOU	W	114	105	112.0	103.2	101.7	.213		.554	48.3	45.1	8.8	1.1	.543	12.7	28.6	.128	.472	14.5	66.7	.236
79	79	1979-04-03		SAS	L	112	116	105.3	109.0	106.4	.200		.490	46.8	45.8	9.4	8.7	.457	9.5	26.9	.152	.511	13.5	71.4	.239
80	80	1979-04-04	@	IND	L	95	102	91.8	98.6	103.5	.271		.499	44.3	57.9	10.6	2.4	.447	19.5	27.1	.224	.376	17.3	61.2	.447
								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	1979-04-06	@	HOU	L	110	112	108.1	110.1	101.7	.236		.560	54.1	63.3	7.9	1.3	.551	14.0	33.3	.135	.525	17.7	81.1	.350
82	82	1979-04-08	@	SAS	L	101	117	100.6	116.6	100.4	.261		.515	50.6	61.9	9.0	3.7	.477	14.0	30.2	.193	.537	13.1	75.0	.354

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