Cleveland Cavaliers 1971-72 Season Review (NBA)

Cleveland Cavaliers 1971-72 Season Review

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Cleveland Cavaliers 1971-72 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 23-59

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	8074	3458	2390	1758	0	0	8674	0	0	2060	0	0	0	1936
Opponents Stats	7537	3653	2611	1994	0	0	9300	0	0	2322	0	0	0	1937

1971-72 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Butch Beard	68	2434	1048	276	456	0	0	849	394	342	260	0	0	213
Austin Carr	43	1539	911	150	148	0	0	894	381	196	149	0	0	99
Charlie Davis	61	1144	600	92	123	0	0	569	229	169	142	0	0	143
Greg Howard	48	426	139	108	27	0	0	131	50	51	39	0	0	50
John Johnson	82	3041	1391	631	415	0	0	1286	557	353	277	0	0	268
Steve Patterson	65	775	211	228	54	0	0	263	94	46	23	0	0	80
Luther Rackley	9	65	23	21	3	0	0	25	11	4	1	0	0	3
Jackie Ridgle	32	107	57	15	7	0	0	44	19	26	19	0	0	15
Rick Roberson	63	2207	823	801	109	0	0	688	304	366	215	0	0	251
Bingo Smith	82	2734	1232	502	247	0	0	1190	527	224	178	0	0	222
Dave Sorenson	76	1162	532	301	81	0	0	475	213	136	106	0	0	120
John Warren	68	969	337	133	91	0	0	345	144	58	49	0	0	92
Bobby Washington	69	967	350	129	223	0	0	309	123	128	104	0	0	135
Walt Wesley	82	2185	1020	711	76	0	0	1006	412	291	196	0	0	245

1971-72 Playoffs Scoring

Name

Games

Minutes

Pts

Reb

Asst

Steals

FGA

FGM

FTA

FTM

3PA

3PM

Fouls

Cleveland Cavaliers 1971 - 72 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971		Buffalo Braves	L	109	111
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	@	Buffalo Braves	W	93	89
3	Sun, Oct 17, 1971		New York Knicks	L	120	121
4	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	82	116
5	Wed, Oct 20, 1971		Golden State Warriors	L	98	115
6	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	109	101
7	Sun, Oct 24, 1971		Philadelphia 76ers	L	93	111
8	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	106	120
9	Fri, Oct 29, 1971		Atlanta Hawks	L	97	98
10	Sun, Oct 31, 1971		Milwaukee Bucks	L	102	118
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971		Phoenix Suns	L	87	107
12	Sun, Nov 7, 1971		Portland Trail Blazers	W	120	99
13	Thu, Nov 11, 1971	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	91	110
14	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	106	104
15	Sun, Nov 14, 1971	@	Phoenix Suns	L	105	119
16	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	90	108
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	105	118
18	Sun, Nov 21, 1971		Boston Celtics	L	105	128
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971		Baltimore Bullets	W	104	102
20	Fri, Nov 26, 1971		Cincinnati Royals	W	128	114
21	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	103	95
22	Sun, Nov 28, 1971		Philadelphia 76ers	W	124	120
23	Wed, Dec 1, 1971		Houston Rockets	W	116	106
24	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	@	Buffalo Braves	L	90	91
25	Sun, Dec 5, 1971		Seattle SuperSonics	L	91	99
26	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	@	Chicago Bulls	L	99	115
27	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	@	Boston Celtics	L	107	126
28	Fri, Dec 10, 1971		Detroit Pistons	W	112	111
29	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	95	103
30	Sun, Dec 12, 1971		New York Knicks	L	92	103
31	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	88	85
32	Fri, Dec 17, 1971		Boston Celtics	L	109	115
33	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	@	New York Knicks	L	84	104
34	Sun, Dec 19, 1971		Chicago Bulls	L	101	119
35	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	@	Detroit Pistons	L	94	104
36	Thu, Dec 23, 1971		Atlanta Hawks	W	115	110
37	Sun, Dec 26, 1971		Baltimore Bullets	W	108	102
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971		Portland Trail Blazers	W	112	111
39	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W	103	102
40	Sun, Jan 2, 1972		Philadelphia 76ers	L	119	148
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972		Los Angeles Lakers	L	103	113
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	111	125
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	102	125
44	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	@	Golden State Warriors	L	92	101
45	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	@	Phoenix Suns	L	107	117
46	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	@	Houston Rockets	L	109	112
47	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	N	Cincinnati Royals	L	108	128
48	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	91	120
49	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	96	113
50	Tue, Jan 25, 1972		Golden State Warriors	L	111	117
51	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	@	Boston Celtics	W	112	108
52	Sat, Jan 29, 1972		Cincinnati Royals	L	118	120
53	Sun, Jan 30, 1972		Buffalo Braves	L	98	99
54	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	@	Buffalo Braves	W	104	99
55	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	@	Detroit Pistons	L	108	133
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1972		Seattle SuperSonics	L	112	118
57	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	117	120
58	Sun, Feb 6, 1972		Buffalo Braves	L	108	121
59	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	@	Chicago Bulls	L	90	114
60	Wed, Feb 9, 1972		Milwaukee Bucks	L	121	126
61	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	@	New York Knicks	L	91	106
62	Sun, Feb 13, 1972		Detroit Pistons	L	121	136
63	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	116	126
64	Fri, Feb 18, 1972		Cincinnati Royals	W	133	109
65	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	92	112
66	Sun, Feb 20, 1972		New York Knicks	W	111	109
67	Wed, Feb 23, 1972		Boston Celtics	L	111	113
68	Fri, Feb 25, 1972		Portland Trail Blazers	W	113	104
69	Sun, Feb 27, 1972		Phoenix Suns	L	125	127
70	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	@	Boston Celtics	L	105	115
71	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	@	Houston Rockets	W	130	123
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	@	Golden State Warriors	L	112	119
73	Fri, Mar 10, 1972	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	98	132
74	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	114	135
75	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	127	118
76	Thu, Mar 16, 1972		Baltimore Bullets	L	101	105
77	Sat, Mar 18, 1972		Chicago Bulls	L	91	109
78	Sun, Mar 19, 1972		Atlanta Hawks	L	105	115
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972		Los Angeles Lakers	W	124	120
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972		Houston Rockets	L	119	127
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	@	New York Knicks	L	83	98
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972		Cincinnati Royals	L	122	135