1979–80 Cleveland Cavaliers season

1979–80 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Stan Albeck
Owner(s)	Nick Mileti
Arena	Coliseum at Richfield
Results
Record	37–45 (.451)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WJKW
Radio	WWWE

The 1979-80 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the tenth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key Dates

Draft picks

Main article: 1979 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club Team

Roster

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1979–80 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Number 34 Bingo Smith pos= SF/SG 6 ft 5 in lbs=195 college= Tulsa

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
2.0 !SG	34	Carr, Austin	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Mar. 10, 1948	I Notre Dame

Head coach

Stan Albeck

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	–	32–9	18–23	21–9
x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	9	29–12	12–29	20–10
x-San Antonio Spurs	41	41	.500	9	27–14	14–27	14–16
Cleveland Cavaliers	37	45	.451	13	28–13	9–32	16–14
Indiana Pacers	37	45	.451	13	26–15	11–30	15–15
Detroit Pistons	16	66	.195	34	13–28	3–38	4–26

Game log

1979–80 game log
Total: 37–45 (Home: 28–13; Road: 9–32)

October: 3–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	October 23, 1979	Atlanta	L 111–121				Coliseum at Richfield 3,946	2–5
8	October 24, 1979	@ Atlanta	L 118–128				The Omni 5,729	2–6

November : 8–7 (Home: 6–0; Road: 2–7)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

December : 8–5 (Home: 7–1; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
28	December 2, 1979	Atlanta	W 126–108				Coliseum at Richfield 4,844	12–16

January : 4–12 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–8)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
44	January 9, 1980	@ Atlanta	L 107–111				The Omni 7,589	19–25

February : 3–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
68	February 29, 1980	@ Atlanta	L 103–111 (OT)				The Omni 11,655	26–42

March : 11–3 (Home: 7–1; Road: 4–2)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
82	March 30, 1980	Atlanta	W 111–102				Coliseum at Richfield 7,762	37–45

1979–80 season schedule

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; GS = Games started; MIN= Minutes; FG% = field goal %, FT% = free throw %, 3FG% = 3 point % STL= Steals; BLK = Blocks; AST = Assists; REB = Rebounds; PTS = Points

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Austin Carr, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

References

1979–80 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Cleveland Detroit Houston Indiana San Antonio

Western

Midwest	Chicago Denver Kansas City Milwaukee Utah

Pacific	Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland San Diego Seattle

Cleveland Cavaliers seasons

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

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