1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 23-59
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Bill Fitch (23-59)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 214,119, Avg. 5,222 in 41 home dates

1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
1971-72 Cleveland Cavaliers Results

The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 23 wins and 59 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers tossed in 8,674 points and allowed 9,300. John Johnson scored a team-best 1,391 points for Cleveland, while Rick Roberson contributed 801 rebounds. Butch Beard dished out 456 assists for the squad.

Bill Fitch coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Johnson	F	82	3041	1286	557			353	277	631	415	268	1391
Bingo Smith	F-G	82	2734	1190	527			224	178	502	247	222	1232
Butch Beard	G	68	2434	849	394			342	260	276	456	213	1048
Walt Wesley	C	82	2185	1006	412			291	196	711	76	245	1020
Austin Carr	G	43	1539	894	381			196	149	150	148	99	911
Rick Roberson	C-F	63	2207	688	304			366	215	801	109	251	823
Charlie Davis	G	61	1144	569	229			169	142	92	123	143	600
Dave Sorenson	F	76	1162	475	213			136	106	301	81	120	532
Bobby Washington	G	69	967	309	123			128	104	129	223	135	350
John Warren	G-F	68	969	345	144			58	49	133	91	92	337
Steve Patterson	C	65	775	263	94			46	23	228	54	80	211
Greg Howard	F-C	48	426	131	50			51	39	108	27	50	139
Jackie Ridgle	G	32	107	44	19			26	19	15	7	15	57
Luke Rackley	C	9	65	25	11			4	1	21	3	3	23
Totals		848	19755	8074	3458	0	0	2390	1758	4098	2060	1936	8674

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Johnson	F	82	37.1	43.3	78.5	7.7	5.1	3.3	17.0
Bingo Smith	F-G	82	33.3	44.3	79.5	6.1	3.0	2.7	15.0
Butch Beard	G	68	35.8	46.4	76.0	4.1	6.7	3.1	15.4
Walt Wesley	C	82	26.6	41.0	67.4	8.7	0.9	3.0	12.4
Austin Carr	G	43	35.8	42.6	76.0	3.5	3.4	2.3	21.2
Rick Roberson	C-F	63	35.0	44.2	58.7	12.7	1.7	4.0	13.1
Charlie Davis	G	61	18.8	40.2	84.0	1.5	2.0	2.3	9.8
Dave Sorenson	F	76	15.3	44.8	77.9	4.0	1.1	1.6	7.0
Bobby Washington	G	69	14.0	39.8	81.3	1.9	3.2	2.0	5.1
John Warren	G-F	68	14.3	41.7	84.5	2.0	1.3	1.4	5.0
Steve Patterson	C	65	11.9	35.7	50.0	3.5	0.8	1.2	3.2
Greg Howard	F-C	48	8.9	38.2	76.5	2.3	0.6	1.0	2.9
Jackie Ridgle	G	32	3.3	43.2	73.1	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.8
Luke Rackley	C	9	7.2	44.0	25.0	2.3	0.3	0.3	2.6
Averages		848	23.3	42.8	73.6	4.8	2.4	2.3	10.2