Temporada 1971-72 de los Cleveland Cavaliers
# Temporada 1971-72 de los Cleveland Cavaliers

La temporada 1971-72 fue la segunda de los Cleveland Cavaliers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 23 victorias y 59 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Austin Carr | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 18 | Steve Patterson | Pívot | Estados Unidos | UCLA |
| 2 | 35 | Willie Long | Alero | Estados Unidos | New Mexico |
| 8 | 120 | Charlie Davis | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Wake Forest |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 | – | 18–15 | 16–24 | 4–5 | 9–9 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 2 | 22–19 | 13–26 | 1–1 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati Royals | 30 | 52 | .366 | 8 | 20–18 | 8–32 | 2–2 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 15 | 13–28 | 8–30 | 2–1 | 9–11 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Johnson | 24 | 82 | 37.1 | 6.8 | 15.7 | .433 | 3.4 | 4.3 | .785 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 17.0 |
| 2 | Butch Beard | 24 | 68 | 35.8 | 5.8 | 12.5 | .464 | 3.8 | 5.0 | .760 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 15.4 |
| 3 | Austin Carr | 23 | 43 | 35.8 | 8.9 | 20.8 | .426 | 3.5 | 4.6 | .760 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 21.2 |
| 4 | Rick Roberson | 24 | 63 | 35.0 | 4.8 | 10.9 | .442 | 3.4 | 5.8 | .587 | 12.7 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 13.1 |
| 5 | Bingo Smith | 25 | 82 | 33.3 | 6.4 | 14.5 | .443 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .795 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| 6 | Walt Wesley | 27 | 82 | 26.6 | 5.0 | 12.3 | .410 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .674 | 8.7 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 12.4 |
| 7 | Charlie Davis | 22 | 61 | 18.8 | 3.8 | 9.3 | .402 | 2.3 | 2.8 | .840 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Dave Sorenson | 23 | 76 | 15.3 | 2.8 | 6.3 | .448 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .779 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| 9 | John Warren | 24 | 68 | 14.3 | 2.1 | 5.1 | .417 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .845 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Bobby Washington | 24 | 69 | 14.0 | 1.8 | 4.5 | .398 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .813 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
| 11 | Steve Patterson | 23 | 65 | 11.9 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .357 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .500 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 12 | Greg Howard | 24 | 48 | 8.9 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .382 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .765 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| 13 | Luther Rackley | 25 | 9 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 2.8 | .440 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .250 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| 14 | Jackie Ridgle | 23 | 32 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .432 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .731 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Austin Carr | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| John Johnson | All-Star |
| Butch Beard | All-Star |
