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1981–82 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Cleveland Cavaliers
end_year	1982
wins	15
losses	67
division	Central
division_place	6
conf_place	11
gm	Don Delaney
owner	Ted Stepien
arena	Coliseum at Richfield
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	CLE
television	WUAB
radio	WBBG

Don Delaney (fired) (4–11)
Bob Kloppenburg (interim) (0–3)
Chuck Daly (fired) (9–32)
Bill Musselman (interim) (2–21) The 1981–82 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 12th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Cavaliers finished 15–67 (.183) tying the lowest winning percentage in franchise history along with the 1970–71 team.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Club team
3	55	Mickey Dillard		Florida State

Roster

Bill Musselman
Gerald Oliver

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 24, 1981 || @ Atlanta | L 92–94 (OT) | | | | The Omni 4,697 | 4–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 19 || December 9, 1981 || Atlanta | W 112–108 (OT) | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 3,144 | 5–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 5, 1982 || @ Atlanta | L 103–113 | | | | The Omni 5,112 | 6–25 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 23, 1982 || Atlanta | L 99–109 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 4,551 | 7–33 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || February 6, 1982 || @ Atlanta | W 88–87 | | | | The Omni 10,094 | 11–34 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 79 || April 13, 1982 || Atlanta | L 111–119 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 4,245 | 15–64

Player stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mike Mitchell	27	26	36.0	45.4	0.0	72.0	5.2	1.4	1.0	0.6	19.6
Ron Brewer	47	41	36.7	46.5	23.8	77.9	2.4	2.6	1.3	0.5	19.4
James Edwards	77	75	33.0	51.1	0.0	68.4	7.5	1.6	0.3	1.5	16.7
Cliff Robinson	30	29	31.5	45.1	0.0	72.9	9.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	16.3
Kenny Carr	46	42	32.2	51.7	11.1	65.9	8.6	1.4	1.3	0.3	15.0
Lowes Moore	4	0	17.5	50.0	20.0	75.0	1.0	3.8	1.5	0.3	11.3
James Silas	67	34	21.6	43.8	0.0	86.0	1.6	3.3	0.6	0.1	11.2
Bob Wilkerson	65	38	27.8	41.8	16.7	78.4	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.4	11.0
Scott Wedman	54	39	30.3	44.1	21.7	73.3	5.6	2.5	1.4	0.3	10.9
Phil Hubbard	31	2	23.7	46.7	0.0	72.6	6.5	0.8	0.9	0.1	10.4
Geoff Huston	78	43	30.9	48.4	30.0	76.5	1.9	7.6	0.9	0.1	10.3
Reggie Johnson	23	22	26.8	53.7	0.0	79.5	5.4	1.0	0.3	0.7	9.7
Roger Phegley	27	8	21.0	48.6	30.8	80.0	2.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	9.2
Bill Laimbeer	50	4	17.9	47.0	50.0	77.5	5.5	0.9	0.4	0.6	6.7
Richard Washington	18	2	17.4	43.5	0.0	60.0	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.1	6.1
Brad Branson	10	3	17.6	40.4	0.0	91.7	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.4	5.3
Mike Evans	8	0	9.3	31.4	0.0	62.5	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.4
Paul Mokeski	28	1	12.3	42.7	0.0	76.7	3.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	3.3
Keith Herron	30	0	9.0	36.8	0.0	87.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	2.8
Mickey Dillard	33	0	6.7	36.7	0.0	65.2	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.2
Mel Bennett	3	0	7.7	50.0	0.0	16.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.7
Kevin Restani	34	0	9.9	38.3	0.0	58.3	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.6
Don Ford	21	1	9.6	37.5	0.0	83.3	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.0	1.1

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

All-Star

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Development League

References

Dolgan, Bob. (September 11, 2007). "Successful, Except as Owner of Cavs". Plain Dealer Publishing Co..
"1981-82 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats".

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