Temporada 1972-73 de los Cleveland Cavaliers
# Temporada 1972-73 de los Cleveland Cavaliers

La temporada 1972-73 fue la tercera de los Cleveland Cavaliers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 32 victorias y 50 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Dwight Davis | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Houston |
| 2 | 24 | Steve Hawes | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Washington |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Baltimore Bullets | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 24–9 | 21–17 | 7–4 | 17–5 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 6 | 28–13 | 17–23 | 1–0 | 10–12 |
| Houston Rockets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 19 | 14–14 | 10–28 | 9–7 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 32 | 50 | .390 | 20 | 20–21 | 10–27 | 2–2 | 8–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lenny Wilkens | 35 | 75 | 39.6 | 7.6 | 17.0 | .449 | 5.3 | 6.3 | .828 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 20.5 |
| 2 | Austin Carr | 24 | 82 | 37.8 | 8.6 | 19.2 | .446 | 3.4 | 4.2 | .822 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 20.5 |
| 3 | John Johnson | 25 | 82 | 34.3 | 6.0 | 13.9 | .430 | 2.4 | 3.3 | .734 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 14.4 |
| 4 | Rick Roberson | 25 | 62 | 34.3 | 5.0 | 11.4 | .433 | 2.7 | 4.7 | .576 | 11.2 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 12.6 |
| 5 | Dwight Davis | 23 | 81 | 26.6 | 3.6 | 9.2 | .392 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .793 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Cornell Warner | 24 | 68 | 19.5 | 2.4 | 5.9 | .411 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .659 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| 7 | Jim Cleamons | 23 | 80 | 17.4 | 2.4 | 5.3 | .454 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .743 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 8 | Barry Clemens | 29 | 72 | 15.5 | 2.9 | 5.6 | .516 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .779 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Bingo Smith | 26 | 73 | 14.6 | 3.7 | 8.3 | .444 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .790 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 8.2 |
| 10 | Charlie Davis | 23 | 6 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 6.8 | .488 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .571 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 7.3 |
| 11 | Dave Sorenson | 24 | 10 | 12.9 | 1.1 | 4.5 | .244 | 0.5 | 1.1 | .455 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| 12 | Steve Patterson | 24 | 62 | 11.5 | 1.1 | 3.2 | .359 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .523 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| 13 | Walt Wesley | 28 | 12 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 3.9 | .298 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .667 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Bob Rule | 28 | 49 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | .382 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .645 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
| 15 | John Warren | 25 | 40 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | .486 | 0.5 | 0.5 | .947 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.2 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Dwight Davis | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Lenny Wilkens | All-Star |
