1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 15-67
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Bill Fitch (15-67)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 144,252, Avg. 3,518 in 41 home dates
1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics
1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers Results

The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 15 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers scored 8,373 points, worst in the league and gave up 9,289. Walt Wesley scored a team-best 1,455 points for Cleveland, and John Johnson averaged 16 or more per game, too. Walt Wesley contributed 713 rebounds. John Warren dished out 347 assists for the squad.

Bill Fitch coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Cliff AndersonG-FSeptember 7, 19446'2"200St. Joseph's (PA)(ht) Philadelphia, PA USA
Len ChappellF-CJanuary 31, 19416'8"240Wake ForestPortage, PA USA
Joe CookeGAugust 14, 19486'3"175IndianaFairmont, WV USA
Johnny EganGJanuary 31, 19395'11"180ProvidenceHartford, CT USA
Gary FreemanFJuly 25, 19486'9"208Oregon StatePlainsville, OH USA
John JohnsonFOctober 18, 19476'7"200IowaCarthage, MS USA
Bobby LewisGMarch 20, 19456'3"173North Carolina
McCoy McLemoreF-CApril 3, 19426'7"230DrakeHouston, TX USA
Larry MikanApril 8, 19486'7"210Minnesota
Luke RackleyCJune 11, 19466'10"220Xavier (OH)Bainbridge, GA USA
Bingo SmithF-GFebruary 26, 19466'5"195TulsaMemphis, TN USA
Dave SorensonFJuly 8, 19486'7"225Ohio StateFindlay, OH USA
Gary SuiterC-FJanuary 18, 19456'9"225Midwestern StateAlbuquerque, NM USA
John WarrenG-FJuly 7, 19476'3"180St. John's (NY)Sparta, GA USA
Bobby WashingtonGJuly 11, 19475'11"175Eastern Kentucky
Walt WesleyCJanuary 25, 19456'11"220KansasFort Myers, FL USA



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