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1975–76 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Cleveland Cavaliers
end_year	1976
DivisionWin	yes
wins	49
losses	33
division	Central
division_place	1
conf_place	2
coach	Bill Fitch
arena	Coliseum at Richfield
playoffs	[East Conference Finals](1976-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 2–4)
television	WEWS-TV
radio	WWWE
bbr_team	CLE

(eliminated 2–4) The 1975–76 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This season marked their first winning record, their first division title, their first playoffs appearances and their first conference finals in history. The season is referred to as the "Miracle at Richfield" season for this reason, and helped propel local interest in the Cavaliers as almost every playoff game was sold-out and regular game attendance would rise in the coming seasons.

Roster

Bill Fitch
Jimmy Rodgers
Charlie Strasser

Season standings

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 23, 1975 || Golden State |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 25, 1975 || @ New York |-style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || October 30, 1975 || Chicago |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 1, 1975 || New Orleans |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 4, 1975 || @ Washington |-style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || November 6, 1975 8:05 PM EST || @ Atlanta | W 113–108 | Snyder (25) | | | The Omni 3,761 | 2–4 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || November 7, 1975 || @ New Orleans |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 8, 1975 || @ Houston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 11, 1975 || @ Golden State |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 14, 1975 || @ Seattle |-style="background:#cfc;" | 11 || November 15, 1975 || @ Portland |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 18, 1975 || Houston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 20, 1975 || Buffalo |-style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || November 22, 1975 || @ New York |-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || November 23, 1975 || Boston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || November 25, 1975 || @ Chicago |-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || November 27, 1975 || Kansas City |-style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || November 29, 1975 || Seattle |-style="background:#cfc;" | 19 || December 2, 1975 || Portland |-style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || December 4, 1975 || @ Kansas City |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || December 5, 1975 || @ Buffalo |-style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || December 9, 1975 || @ Philadelphia |-style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || December 11, 1975 || New York |-style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || December 12, 1975 || @ Milwaukee |-style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || December 13, 1975 || New Orleans |-style="background:#cfc;" | 26 || December 16, 1975 || @ Los Angeles |-style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || December 17, 1975 || @ Seattle |-style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || December 19, 1975 || @ Phoenix |-style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || December 21, 1975 || Los Angeles |-style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || December 26, 1975 8:00 PM EST || Atlanta | L 97–98 | Russell, Walker (17) | | | Coliseum at Richfield 19,832 | 15–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 31 || December 27, 1975 || @ Washington |-style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || December 28, 1975 || Buffalo |-style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || December 30, 1975 || Kansas City |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 2, 1976 || @ Philadelphia |-style="background:#fcc;" | 35 || January 3, 1976 || Detroit |-style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 7, 1976 || @ Detroit |-style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || January 8, 1976 || Philadelphia |-style="background:#cfc;" | 38 || January 10, 1976 8:05 PM EST || @ Atlanta | W 106–100 | Russell (18) | | | The Omni 5,766 | 20–18 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 39 || January 11, 1976 || Washington |-style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 14, 1976 || @ Washington |-style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 15, 1976 8:00 PM EST || Atlanta | L 91–98 | Smith (30) | | | Coliseum at Richfield 8,364 | 21–20 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || January 17, 1976 || Phoenix |-style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || January 20, 1976 || Boston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || January 22, 1976 || Seattle |-style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || January 24, 1976 || Milwaukee |-style="background:#cfc;" | 46 || January 27, 1976 || Detroit |-style="background:#fcc;" | 47 || January 28, 1976 || @ Houston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 48 || January 30, 1976 || @ Chicago |-style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 1, 1976 || @ New Orleans |- align="center" |-style="background:#cfc;" | 50 || February 6, 1976 || @ Philadelphia |-style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || February 8, 1976 || Washington |-style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || February 12, 1976 || Chicago |-style="background:#cfc;" | 53 || February 13, 1976 || @ Milwaukee |-style="background:#cfc;" | 54 || February 14, 1976 || @ Buffalo |-style="background:#cfc;" | 55 || February 17, 1976 8:00 PM EST || Atlanta | W 112–92 | Russell (23) | | | Coliseum at Richfield 10,417 | 33–22 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || February 19, 1976 || Portland |-style="background:#cfc;" | 57 || February 22, 1976 || Houston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 58 || February 23, 1976 || @ Houston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 59 || February 25, 1976 || @ Detroit |-style="background:#fcc;" | 60 || February 29, 1976 || @ Los Angeles |-style="background:#fcc;" | 61 || March 3, 1976 || @ Phoenix |-style="background:#cfc;" | 62 || March 5, 1976 || @ Portland |-style="background:#fcc;" | 63 || March 6, 1976 || @ Golden State |-style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || March 11, 1976 || Golden State |-style="background:#cfc;" | 65 || March 13, 1976 || Phoenix |-style="background:#fcc;" | 66 || March 16, 1976 || Los Angeles |-style="background:#cfc;" | 67 || March 18, 1976 || Philadelphia |-style="background:#fcc;" | 68 || March 19, 1976 || @ New Orleans |-style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || March 20, 1976 8:05 PM EST || @ Atlanta | W 113–108 | Chones, Cleamons (20) | | | The Omni 3,761 | 41–28 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 70 || March 21, 1976 || Washington |-style="background:#fcc;" | 71 || March 25, 1976 || Buffalo |-style="background:#fcc;" | 72 || March 26, 1976 || @ Boston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 73 || March 27, 1976 || Milwaukee |-style="background:#cfc;" | 74 || March 30, 1976 || Houston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || March 31, 1976 || @ New Orleans |-style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || April 1, 1976 || Boston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || April 3, 1976 || @ Kansas City |-style="background:#cfc;" | 78 || April 4, 1976 3:00 PM EST || Atlanta | W 120–92 | Carr (27) | | | Coliseum at Richfield 8,439 | 46–32 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 79 || April 6, 1976 || @ Boston |-style="background:#cfc;" | 80 || April 8, 1976 || New Orleans |-style="background:#cfc;" | 81 || April 10, 1976 || New York |-style="background:#fcc;" | 82 || April 11, 1976 || @ New York

Playoffs

4–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 5
@ Boston
L 99–111
Snyder, Russell (21)
Nate Thurmond (16)
Jim Cleamons (6)
Boston Garden
14,264
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
May 9
@ Boston
L 89–94
Snyder, Smith (16)
Jim Brewer (9)
Foots Walker (6)
Boston Garden
12,098
0–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
May 11
Boston
W 83–78
Jim Cleamons (18)
Jim Brewer (15)
Nate Thurmond (6)
Richfield Coliseum
21,564
1–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
May 14
Boston
W 106–87
Bingo Smith (27)
Jim Brewer (11)
Jim Cleamons (8)
Richfield Coliseum
21,564
2–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
May 16
@ Boston
L 94–99
Jim Cleamons (18)
Nate Thurmond (10)
Cleamons, Smith (4)
Boston Garden
12,951
2–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
6
May 18
Boston
L 87–94
Austin Carr (26)
Nate Thurmond (14)
Thurmond, Cleamons (5)
Richfield Coliseum
21,564
2–4

Games 5 and 7 in the conference semifinal were both won by the Cavaliers on last-second shots. Jim Cleamons hit a layup as time expired in Game 5 and Dick Snyder hit a shot with four seconds left to win Game 7.

Awards and records

Bill Fitch, NBA Coach of the Year
Jim Cleamons, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Jim Brewer, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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