1970-71 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
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 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 |
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Cliff Anderson | G-F | September 7, 1944 | 6'2" | 200 | St. Joseph's (PA) | (ht) Philadelphia, PA USA |
Len Chappell | F-C | January 31, 1941 | 6'8" | 240 | Wake Forest | Portage, PA USA |
Joe Cooke | G | August 14, 1948 | 6'3" | 175 | Indiana | Fairmont, WV USA |
Johnny Egan | G | January 31, 1939 | 5'11" | 180 | Providence | Hartford, CT USA |
Gary Freeman | F | July 25, 1948 | 6'9" | 208 | Oregon State | Plainsville, OH USA |
John Johnson | F | October 18, 1947 | 6'7" | 200 | Iowa | Carthage, MS USA |
Bobby Lewis | G | March 20, 1945 | 6'3" | 173 | North Carolina | |
McCoy McLemore | F-C | April 3, 1942 | 6'7" | 230 | Drake | Houston, TX USA |
Larry Mikan | April 8, 1948 | 6'7" | 210 | Minnesota | ||
Luke Rackley | C | June 11, 1946 | 6'10" | 220 | Xavier (OH) | Bainbridge, GA USA |
Bingo Smith | F-G | February 26, 1946 | 6'5" | 195 | Tulsa | Memphis, TN USA |
Dave Sorenson | F | July 8, 1948 | 6'7" | 225 | Ohio State | Findlay, OH USA |
Gary Suiter | C-F | January 18, 1945 | 6'9" | 225 | Midwestern State | Albuquerque, NM USA |
John Warren | G-F | July 7, 1947 | 6'3" | 180 | St. John's (NY) | Sparta, GA USA |
Bobby Washington | G | July 11, 1947 | 5'11" | 175 | Eastern Kentucky | |
Walt Wesley | C | January 25, 1945 | 6'11" | 220 | Kansas | Fort Myers, FL USA |