1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-39
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to New York Knicks 2-0
Coach: Bill Fitch (43-39)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 454,961, Avg. 11,097 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers Results

The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

Cleveland scored 8,561 points and allowed 8,522. Campy Russell scored a team-best 1,398 points for the Cavaliers, while Jim Chones contributed 844 rebounds. Foots Walker dished out 453 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Foots Walker added 176 steals, and Elmore Smith blocked 176 shots.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1977-78 Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Campy Russell	F	72	0	2520	1168	523			469	352	154	304	458	278	88	12	206	193	1398
Jim Chones	C-F	82	0	2906	1113	525			250	180	219	625	844	131	52	58	184	235	1230
Austin Carr	G	82	0	2186	945	414			225	183	76	111	187	225	68	19	146	168	1011
Elmore Smith	C	81	0	1996	809	402			309	205	178	500	678	57	50	176	141	241	1009
Bingo Smith	F-G	82	0	1581	840	369			135	108	65	142	207	91	38	21	81	155	846
Walt Frazier	G	51	0	1664	714	336			180	153	54	155	209	209	77	13	113	124	825
Foots Walker	G	81	0	2496	641	287			221	159	76	218	294	453	176	24	181	218	733
Terry Furlow	G-F	53	0	827	443	192			99	88	47	60	107	72	21	14	77	67	472
Jim Brewer	F-C	80	0	1798	390	175			100	46	182	313	495	98	60	48	103	178	396
John Lambert	C-F	76	0	1075	336	142			48	27	125	199	324	38	27	50	62	169	311
Dick Snyder	G-F	58	0	660	252	112			64	56	9	40	49	56	23	19	48	74	280
Eddie Jordan	G	22	1	171	56	19			16	12	2	9	11	32	12	1	14	10	50
Totals		820	1	19880	7707	3496	0	0	2116	1569	1187	2676	3863	1740	692	455	1356	1832	8561

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Campy Russell	F	72	0	35.0	44.8	75.1	2.1	4.2	6.4	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	19.4
Jim Chones	C-F	82	0	35.4	47.2	72.0	2.7	7.6	10.3	1.6	0.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	15.0
Austin Carr	G	82	0	26.7	43.8	81.3	0.9	1.4	2.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	12.3
Elmore Smith	C	81	0	24.6	49.7	66.3	2.2	6.2	8.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	1.7	3.0	12.5
Bingo Smith	F-G	82	0	19.3	43.9	80.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.9	10.3
Walt Frazier	G	51	0	32.6	47.1	85.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.1	1.5	0.3	2.2	2.4	16.2
Foots Walker	G	81	0	30.8	44.8	71.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	5.6	2.2	0.3	2.2	2.7	9.0
Terry Furlow	G-F	53	0	15.6	43.3	88.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	1.4	0.4	0.3	1.5	1.3	8.9
Jim Brewer	F-C	80	0	22.5	44.9	46.0	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.2	5.0
John Lambert	C-F	76	0	14.1	42.3	56.3	1.6	2.6	4.3	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.2	4.1
Dick Snyder	G-F	58	0	11.4	44.4	87.5	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.3	4.8
Eddie Jordan	G	22	1	7.8	33.9	75.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.5	2.3
Averages		820	1	24.2	45.4	74.1	1.4	3.3	4.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	2.2	10.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Campy Russell	F	2	88	39	19			21	17	7	8	15	11	3	0	10	9	55
Austin Carr	G	2	69	27	10			16	15	3	5	8	5	2	1	4	8	35
Terry Furlow	G-F	2	50	27	13			6	6	3	2	5	5	0	0	3	1	32
Jim Chones	C-F	2	82	27	13			8	4	3	12	15	7	2	1	4	7	30
Elmore Smith	C	2	56	24	11			6	3	6	13	19	0	3	3	5	9	25
Foots Walker	G	2	70	26	10			5	5	5	2	7	10	3	2	6	7	25
Bingo Smith	F-G	2	34	13	8			0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	16
John Lambert	C-F	2	19	3	1			2	1	2	6	8	0	0	0	0	3	3
Dick Snyder	G-F	1	3	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Brewer	F-C	1	9	1	0			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		18	480	187	85	0	0	66	51	31	49	80	39	13	7	34	48	221

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Campy Russell	F	2	44.0	48.7	81.0	3.5	4.0	7.5	5.5	1.5	0.0	5.0	4.5	27.5
Austin Carr	G	2	34.5	37.0	93.8	1.5	2.5	4.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	17.5
Terry Furlow	G-F	2	25.0	48.1	100.0	1.5	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	16.0
Jim Chones	C-F	2	41.0	48.1	50.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	3.5	15.0
Elmore Smith	C	2	28.0	45.8	50.0	3.0	6.5	9.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	4.5	12.5
Foots Walker	G	2	35.0	38.5	100.0	2.5	1.0	3.5	5.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	3.5	12.5
Bingo Smith	F-G	2	17.0	61.5		1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	8.0
John Lambert	C-F	2	9.5	33.3	50.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5
Dick Snyder	G-F	1	3.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Brewer	F-C	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		820	26.7	45.5	77.3	1.7	2.7	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.7	12.3