1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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Record: 37-45, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Stan Albeck (37-45)

Executive: Ron Hrovat

PTS/G: 114.1 (3rd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 113.8 (19th of 22)

SRS: 0.43 (9th of 22) Pace: 105.6 (5th of 22)

Off Rtg: 106.7 (6th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.4 (14th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.3 (9th of 22)

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

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		95	102	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		117	139	0	2	L 2	15,443	2:12
3	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		137	117	1	2	W 1
4	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	127	1	3	L 1	7,335	1:58
5	Thu, Oct 18, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		141	134	2	3	W 1
6	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		127	129	2	4	L 1
7	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		111	121	2	5	L 2
8	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		118	128	2	6	L 3
9	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	112	2	7	L 4
10	Tue, Oct 30, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		124	112	3	7	W 1
11	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	114	3	8	L 1
12	Thu, Nov 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		127	125	4	8	W 1
13	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		123	110	5	8	W 2
14	Tue, Nov 6, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		134	117	6	8	W 3
15	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		106	110	6	9	L 1
16	Sun, Nov 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		126	140	6	10	L 2
17	Tue, Nov 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		110	116	6	11	L 3
18	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	108	6	12	L 4
19	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	103	6	13	L 5
20	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		119	107	7	13	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		122	103	8	13	W 2
22	Thu, Nov 22, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		120	93	9	13	W 3
23	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		113	133	9	14	L 1
24	Sun, Nov 25, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		112	103	10	14	W 1
25	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	OT	111	113	10	15	L 1
26	Thu, Nov 29, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	115	11	15	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	117	11	16	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 2, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		126	108	12	16	W 1
29	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		115	112	13	16	W 2
30	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	118	13	17	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	100	14	17	W 1	13,399	2:05
32	Thu, Dec 13, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	OT	113	115	14	18	L 1
33	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	111	15	18	W 1
34	Tue, Dec 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		103	105	15	19	L 1
35	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	128	125	16	19	W 1
36	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		117	126	16	20	L 1
37	Tue, Dec 25, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		111	101	17	20	W 1
38	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		125	110	18	20	W 2
39	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		124	106	19	20	W 3
40	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	109	19	21	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	99	19	22	L 2
42	Sun, Jan 6, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		100	108	19	23	L 3
43	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L	OT	115	118	19	24	L 4
44	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		107	111	19	25	L 5
45	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	116	19	26	L 6
46	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		96	112	19	27	L 7
47	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		129	110	20	27	W 1
48	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		116	112	21	27	W 2
49	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	111	21	28	L 1
50	Tue, Jan 22, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		114	91	22	28	W 1
51	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		103	117	22	29	L 1
52	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		114	115	22	30	L 2
53	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		121	123	22	31	L 3
54	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	4OT	154	153	23	31	W 1
55	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	110	23	32	L 1	12,126	2:07
56	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		121	123	23	33	L 2
57	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		109	111	23	34	L 3
58	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		104	105	23	35	L 4
59	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		117	123	23	36	L 5
60	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		107	102	24	36	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		114	118	24	37	L 1
62	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	104	25	37	W 1
63	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	115	25	38	L 1
64	Tue, Feb 19, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	109	26	38	W 1
65	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		115	118	26	39	L 1
66	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	127	26	40	L 2
67	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	115	26	41	L 3
68	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	OT	103	111	26	42	L 4
69	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		123	119	27	42	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		105	116	27	43	L 1
71	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		111	104	28	43	W 1
72	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		113	107	29	43	W 2
73	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		122	119	30	43	W 3
74	Sat, Mar 15, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		100	98	31	43	W 4
75	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	109	32	43	W 5
76	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	108	107	33	43	W 6
77	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		109	96	34	43	W 7
78	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	105	35	43	W 8	19,912	1:57
79	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		115	128	35	44	L 1
80	Thu, Mar 27, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		118	111	36	44	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		122	130	36	45	L 1	15,320	1:59
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		111	102	37	45	W 1

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