1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-45
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Stan Albeck (37-45)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 322,788, Avg. 7,873 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers Results

The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 37 wins and 45 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers scored 9,360 points and allowed 9,332. Mike Mitchell scored a team-best 1,820 points for Cleveland, and Dave Robisch contributed 658 rebounds. Foots Walker dished out 607 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Foots Walker added 155 steals.

Stan Albeck coached the team.

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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
Mike Mitchell	F	82	0	2802	1482	775	6	0	343	270	206	385	591	93	70	77	172	259	1820
Randy Smith	G-F	82	0	2677	1326	599	53	10	283	233	93	163	256	363	125	7	200	190	1441
Dave Robisch	C-F	82	0	2670	940	489	3	0	329	277	225	433	658	192	53	53	138	211	1255
Kenny Carr	F	74	17	1781	752	371	4	0	261	171	194	377	571	76	64	51	145	240	913
Austin Carr	G	77	0	1595	839	390	6	2	172	127	81	84	165	150	39	3	108	120	909
Campy Russell	F	41	0	1331	630	284	9	1	239	178	76	149	225	173	72	20	148	113	747
Foots Walker	G	76	0	2422	568	258	9	1	243	195	78	209	287	607	155	12	157	202	712
Bill Willoughby	F-C	78	0	1447	457	219	9	1	127	96	122	207	329	72	32	62	68	189	535
John Lambert	C-F	74	0	1324	400	165	3	0	101	73	138	214	352	56	47	42	64	203	403
Willie Smith	G	62	0	1051	315	121	71	17	52	40	56	65	121	259	75	1	95	110	299
Don Ford	F	21	0	419	144	65	2	1	25	22	21	66	87	29	11	6	21	45	153
Earl Tatum	G-F	33	0	225	94	36	6	2	19	11	11	15	26	20	16	5	17	29	85
Bingo Smith	F-G	8	0	135	72	33	5	1	8	7	2	12	14	7	3	2	9	21	74
Walt Frazier	G	3	0	27	11	4	1	0	2	2	1	2	3	8	2	1	4	2	10
Butch Lee	G	3	0	24	11	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	4
Totals		796	17	19930	8041	3811	187	36	2205	1702	1307	2381	3688	2108	764	342	1349	1934	9360

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mike Mitchell	F	82	0	34.2	52.3	0.0	78.7	2.5	4.7	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.9	2.1	3.2	22.2
Randy Smith	G-F	82	0	32.6	45.2	18.9	82.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	4.4	1.5	0.1	2.4	2.3	17.6
Dave Robisch	C-F	82	0	32.6	52.0	0.0	84.2	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	1.7	2.6	15.3
Kenny Carr	F	74	17	24.1	49.3	0.0	65.5	2.6	5.1	7.7	1.0	0.9	0.7	2.0	3.2	12.3
Austin Carr	G	77	0	20.7	46.5	33.3	73.8	1.1	1.1	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.6	11.8
Campy Russell	F	41	0	32.5	45.1	11.1	74.5	1.9	3.6	5.5	4.2	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.8	18.2
Foots Walker	G	76	0	31.9	45.4	11.1	80.2	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.1	2.7	9.4
Bill Willoughby	F-C	78	0	18.6	47.9	11.1	75.6	1.6	2.7	4.2	0.9	0.4	0.8	0.9	2.4	6.9
John Lambert	C-F	74	0	17.9	41.3	0.0	72.3	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.7	5.4
Willie Smith	G	62	0	17.0	38.4	23.9	76.9	0.9	1.0	2.0	4.2	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.8	4.8
Don Ford	F	21	0	20.0	45.1	50.0	88.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.1	7.3
Earl Tatum	G-F	33	0	6.8	38.3	33.3	57.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.9	2.6
Bingo Smith	F-G	8	0	16.9	45.8	20.0	87.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.6	9.3
Walt Frazier	G	3	0	9.0	36.4	0.0	100.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.7	3.3
Butch Lee	G	3	0	8.0	18.2		0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3
Averages		796	17	25.0	47.4	19.3	77.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.4	11.8