1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 6-7 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Washington Bullets 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Bill Fitch (49-33)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 519,010, Avg. 12,659 in 41 home dates

1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers Results

The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-7.

The Cavaliers scored 8,340 points and surrendered 8,134. Jim Chones scored a team-best 1,298 points for Cleveland, while Jim Brewer contributed 891 rebounds. Jim Cleamons dished out 428 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Jim Cleamons added 124 steals.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Jim Chones	C-F	82	2741	1258	563			260	172	197	542	739	163	42	93	241	1298
Campy Russell	F	82	1961	1003	483			344	266	134	211	345	107	69	10	231	1232
Bingo Smith	F-G	81	2338	1121	495			136	111	83	258	341	155	58	36	231	1101
Dick Snyder	G-F	82	2274	881	441			188	155	50	148	198	220	59	33	215	1037
Jim Cleamons	G	82	2835	887	413			218	174	124	230	354	428	124	20	214	1000
Jim Brewer	F-C	82	2913	874	400			214	140	298	593	891	209	94	89	214	940
Austin Carr	G	65	1282	625	276			134	106	67	65	132	122	37	2	92	658
Foots Walker	G	81	1280	369	143			108	84	53	129	182	288	98	5	136	370
Nate Thurmond	C-F	65	1133	292	122			105	54	101	243	344	68	18	86	145	298
John Lambert	C-F	54	333	110	49			37	25	37	65	102	16	8	12	54	123
Rowland Garrett	F	41	216	127	51			21	15	18	24	42	10	17	3	36	117
Butch Beard	G	15	255	90	35			37	27	14	29	43	45	10	2	36	97
Steve Patterson	C	14	136	38	15			10	8	7	21	28	9	3	5	11	38
Luke Witte	C	22	99	32	11			15	9	9	29	38	4	1	1	14	31
Eric Fernsten	C-F	4	9	2	0			0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		852	19805	7709	3497	0	0	1827	1346	1192	2588	3780	1844	638	397	1871	8340

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Jim Chones	C-F	82	33.4	44.8	66.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.0	0.5	1.1	2.9	15.8
Campy Russell	F	82	23.9	48.2	77.3	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	2.8	15.0
Bingo Smith	F-G	81	28.9	44.2	81.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.9	0.7	0.4	2.9	13.6
Dick Snyder	G-F	82	27.7	50.1	82.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	2.6	12.6
Jim Cleamons	G	82	34.6	46.6	79.8	1.5	2.8	4.3	5.2	1.5	0.2	2.6	12.2
Jim Brewer	F-C	82	35.5	45.8	65.4	3.6	7.2	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.6	11.5
Austin Carr	G	65	19.7	44.2	79.1	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.9	0.6	0.0	1.4	10.1
Foots Walker	G	81	15.8	38.8	77.8	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.6	1.2	0.1	1.7	4.6
Nate Thurmond	C-F	65	17.4	41.8	51.4	1.6	3.7	5.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.6
John Lambert	C-F	54	6.2	44.5	67.6	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.0	2.3
Rowland Garrett	F	41	5.3	40.2	71.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.9
Butch Beard	G	15	17.0	38.9	73.0	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.0	0.7	0.1	2.4	6.5
Steve Patterson	C	14	9.7	39.5	80.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.7
Luke Witte	C	22	4.5	34.4	60.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.4
Eric Fernsten	C-F	4	2.3	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Averages		852	23.2	45.4	73.7	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	2.2	9.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Jim Cleamons	G	13	503	184	73			40	33	23	48	71	61	8	3	34	179
Campy Russell	F	13	328	161	65			55	47	25	46	71	14	8	7	51	177
Bingo Smith	F-G	13	379	164	71			25	22	11	32	43	30	11	3	41	164
Dick Snyder	G-F	13	364	153	69			22	18	10	19	29	31	11	6	35	156
Austin Carr	G	13	273	138	66			36	22	11	12	23	26	6	3	29	154
Jim Brewer	F-C	13	489	101	44			48	26	40	100	140	37	13	12	34	114
Jim Chones	C-F	7	242	114	47			18	11	14	36	50	6	1	6	23	105
Nate Thurmond	C-F	13	375	79	37			32	13	38	79	117	28	6	29	52	87
Foots Walker	G	13	125	27	11			10	8	5	11	16	23	7	1	17	30
Luke Witte	C	7	28	11	6			4	4	4	5	9	4	0	0	4	16
John Lambert	C-F	6	34	13	5			2	2	2	9	11	1	1	2	7	12
Rowland Garrett	F	4	5	0	0			4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals		128	3145	1145	494	0	0	296	208	183	397	580	261	72	72	327	1196

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Jim Cleamons	G	13	38.7	39.7	82.5	1.8	3.7	5.5	4.7	0.6	0.2	2.6	13.8
Campy Russell	F	13	25.2	40.4	85.5	1.9	3.5	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	3.9	13.6
Bingo Smith	F-G	13	29.2	43.3	88.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	3.2	12.6
Dick Snyder	G-F	13	28.0	45.1	81.8	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.4	0.8	0.5	2.7	12.0
Austin Carr	G	13	21.0	47.8	61.1	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.2	2.2	11.8
Jim Brewer	F-C	13	37.6	43.6	54.2	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9	2.6	8.8
Jim Chones	C-F	7	34.6	41.2	61.1	2.0	5.1	7.1	0.9	0.1	0.9	3.3	15.0
Nate Thurmond	C-F	13	28.8	46.8	40.6	2.9	6.1	9.0	2.2	0.5	2.2	4.0	6.7
Foots Walker	G	13	9.6	40.7	80.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	2.3
Luke Witte	C	7	4.0	54.5	100.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.3
John Lambert	C-F	6	5.7	38.5	100.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.2	2.0
Rowland Garrett	F	4	1.3		50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Averages		852	24.6	43.1	70.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.0	0.6	0.6	2.6	9.3