1972-73 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
Team Record: 32-50
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Bill Fitch (32-50)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 186,477, Avg. 4,548 in 41 home dates
1972-73 Cleveland Cavaliers Results
The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 32 wins and 50 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.
The Cavaliers netted 8,418 points, worst in the circuit and conceded 8,637. Austin Carr scored a team-best 1,685 points for Cleveland, and Lenny Wilkens averaged 16 or more per game, too. Rick Roberson contributed 693 rebounds. Lenny Wilkens dished out 628 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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Austin Carr | G | March 10, 1948 | 6'4" | 200 | Notre Dame | Washington, DC USA |
Jim Cleamons | G | September 13, 1949 | 6'3" | 184 | Ohio State | Lincolnton, NC USA |
Barry Clemens | F | May 1, 1943 | 6'6" | 210 | Ohio Wesleyan | Dayton, OH USA |
Charlie Davis | G | September 7, 1949 | 6'1" | 160 | Wake Forest | New York, NY USA |
Dwight Davis | F | October 28, 1949 | 6'8" | 220 | Houston | Houston, TX USA |
John Johnson | F | October 18, 1947 | 6'7" | 200 | Iowa | Carthage, MS USA |
Steve Patterson | C | June 24, 1948 | 6'9" | 225 | UCLA | Riverside, CA USA |
Rick Roberson | C-F | July 7, 1947 | 6'9" | 230 | Cincinnati | Memphis, TN USA |
Bob Rule | C-F | June 29, 1944 | 6'9" | 220 | Colorado State | Riverside, CA 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 |
Cornell Warner | F-C | August 12, 1948 | 6'9" | 220 | Jackson State | Jackson, MS USA |
John Warren | G-F | July 7, 1947 | 6'3" | 180 | St. John's (NY) | Sparta, GA USA |
Walt Wesley | C | January 25, 1945 | 6'11" | 220 | Kansas | Fort Myers, FL USA |
Lenny Wilkens | G | October 28, 1937 | 6'1" | 180 | Providence | Brooklyn, NY USA |