1971–72 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 1971–72 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the second season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 23–59 record, finishing last in the Central Division and 7th in the Eastern Conference. Rookie top pick Austin Carr was named to the All-Rookie team and John Johnson and Butch Beard were named All-Stars.

Offseason

Trades

August 13: Forward Greg Howard obtained from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for undisclosed future draft choices and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club team
1	1	Austin Carr	SG/SF	United States	Notre Dame
2	18	Steve Patterson	C	United States	UCLA
2	35	Willie Long	PF/C	United States	New Mexico

Note: This table only lists players drafted through the second round.
Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

October

Record: 2–8 ; Home: 0–6 ; Road: 1–2 ; Neutral: 1–0

#	Date	H/A/N	Opponent	W/L	Score	Record	-
1	October 15	H	Buffalo Braves	L	109–111	0–1	-
2	October 16	A	Buffalo Braves	W	93–89	1–1	-
3	October 17	H	New York Knicks	L	120–121	1–2	-
4	October 19	A	Milwaukee Bucks	L	82–116	1–3	-
5	October 20	H	San Francisco Warriors	L	98–115	1–4	-
6	October 23	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	109–101	2–4	at College Park, Maryland
7	October 24	H	Philadelphia 76ers	L	93–111	2–5	-
8	October 27	A	Philadelphia 76ers	L	106–120	2–6	-
9	October 29	H	Atlanta Hawks	L	97–98	2–7	-
10	October 31	H	Milwaukee Bucks	L	102–118	2–8	-

November

Record: 6–6 ; Home: 4–2 ; Road: 2–4

#	Date	H/A/N	Opponent	W/L	Score	Record
11	November 5	H	Phoenix Suns	L	87–107	2–9
12	November 7	H	Portland Trail Blazers	W	120–99	3–9
13	November 11	A	Seattle SuperSonics	L	91–110	3–10
14	November 12	A	Portland Trail Blazers	W	106–104	4–10
15	November 14	A	Phoenix Suns	L	105–119	4–11
16	November 16	A	Los Angeles Lakers	L	90–108	4–12
17	November 19	A	Portland Trail Blazers	L	105–118	4–13
18	November 21	H	Boston Celtics	L	105–128	4–14
19	November 23	H	Baltimore Bullets	W	104–102	5–14
20	November 26	H	Cincinnati Royals	W	128–114	6–14
21	November 27	A	Atlanta Hawks	W	103–95	7–14
22	November 28	H	Philadelphia 76ers	W	124–120	8–14

December

Record: 7–10 ; Home: 5–4 ; Road: 1–6 ; Neutral: 1–0

#	Date	H/A/N	Opponent	W/L	Score	Record	-
23	December 1	H	Houston Rockets	W	116–106	9–14	-
24	December 3	A	Buffalo Braves	L	90–91	9–15	-
25	December 5	H	Seattle SuperSonics	L	91–99	9–16	-
26	December 7	A	Chicago Bulls	L	99–115	9–17	-
27	December 8	A	Boston Celtics	L	107–126	9–18	-
28	December 10	H	Detroit Pistons	W	112–111	10–18	-
29	December 11	A	Cincinnati Royals	L	95–103	10–19	-
30	December 12	H	New York Knicks	L	92–103	10–20	-
31	December 14	A	Baltimore Bullets	W	88–85	11–20	-
32	December 17	H	Boston Celtics	L	109–115	11–21	-
33	December 18	A	New York Knicks	L	84–104	11–22	-
34	December 19	H	Chicago Bulls	L	101–119	11–23	-
35	December 22	A	Detroit Pistons	L	94–104	11–24	-
36	December 23	H	Atlanta Hawks	W	115–110	12–24	-
37	December 26	H	Baltimore Bullets	W	108–102	13–24	-
38	December 28	H	Portland Trail Blazers	W	112–111	14–24	-
39	December 29	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W	103–102	15–24	at Hershey, Pennsylvania

January

Record: 1–13 ; Home: 0–5 ; Road: 1–6 ; Neutral: 0–2

#	Date	H/A/N	Opponent	W/L	Score	Record	-
40	January 2	H	Philadelphia 76ers	L	119–148	15–25	-
41	January 5	H	Los Angeles Lakers	L	103–113	15–26	-
42	January 7	A	Seattle SuperSonics	L	111–125	15–27	-
43	January 8	A	Portland Trail Blazers	L	102–125	15–28	-
44	January 11	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	92–101	15–29	at Oakland, California
45	January 14	A	Phoenix Suns	L	107–117	15–30	-
46	January 15	A	Houston Rockets	L	109–112	15–31	-
47	January 16	N	Cincinnati Royals	L	108–128	15–32	at Las Cruces, New Mexico
48	January 21	A	Milwaukee Bucks	L	91–120	15–33	-
49	January 22	A	Cincinnati Royals	L	96–113	15–34	-
50	January 25	H	San Francisco Warriors	L	111–117	15–35	-
51	January 26	A	Boston Celtics	W	112–108	16–35	-
52	January 29	H	Cincinnati Royals	L	118–120	16–36	-
53	January 30	H	Buffalo Braves	L	98–99	16–37	-

February

Record: 4–12 ; Home: 3–6 ; Road: 1–6

#	Date	H/A/N	Opponent	W/L	Score	Record
54	February 1	A	Buffalo Braves	W	104–99	17–37
55	February 2	A	Detroit Pistons	L	108–133	17–38
56	February 4	H	Seattle SuperSonics	L	112–118	17–39
57	February 5	A	Atlanta Hawks	L	117–120	17–40
58	February 6	H	Buffalo Braves	L	108–121	17–41
59	February 8	A	Chicago Bulls	L	90–114	17–42
60	February 9	H	Milwaukee Bucks	L	121–126	17–43
61	February 12	A	New York Knicks	L	91–106	17–44
62	February 13	H	Detroit Pistons	L	121–136	17–45
63	February 16	A	Philadelphia 76ers	L	116–121	17–46
64	February 18	H	Cincinnati Royals	W	133–109	18–46
65	February 19	A	Cincinnati Royals	L	92–112	18–47
66	February 20	H	New York Knicks	W	111–109	19–47
67	February 23	H	Boston Celtics	L	111–113	19–48
68	February 25	H	Portland Trail Blazers	W	113–104	20–48
69	February 27	H	Phoenix Suns	L	125–127	20–49

March

Record: 3–10 ; Home: 1–5 ; Road: 2–4 ; Neutral: 0–1

#	Date	H/A/N	Opponent	W/L	Score	Record	-
70	March 1	A	Boston Celtics	L	105–115	20–50	-
71	March 4	A	Houston Rockets	W	130–123	21–50	-
72	March 7	N	San Francisco Warriors	L	112–119	21–51	at Oakland
73	March 10	A	Los Angeles Lakers	L	98–132	21–52	-
74	March 12	A	Atlanta Hawks	L	114–135	21–53	-
75	March 14	A	Baltimore Bullets	W	127–118	22–53	-
76	March 16	H	Baltimore Bullets	L	101–105	22–54	-
77	March 18	H	Chicago Bulls	L	91–109	22–55	-
78	March 19	H	Atlanta Hawks	L	105–115	22–56	-
79	March 22	H	Los Angeles Lakers	W	124–120	23–56	-
80	March 24	H	Houston Rockets	L	119–127	23–57	-
81	March 25	A	New York Knicks	L	83–98	23–58	-
82	March 26	H	Cincinnati Royals	L	122–135	23–59	-

Awards and honors

Austin Carr, NBA All-Rookie Team First Team

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