# Temporada 1979-80 de los Cleveland Cavaliers

La temporada 1979-80 fue la décima de los Cleveland Cavaliers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 37 victorias y 48 derrotas, ocupando el octavo puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 2 | 26 | Bruce Flowers | Ala Pívot | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 65 | Bill Laimbeer | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Atlanta Hawks | 50 | 32 | .610 | – | 32–9 | 18–23 | 21–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 20–10 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 27–14 | 14–27 | 14–16 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 28–13 | 9–32 | 16–14 |
| Indiana Pacers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 26–15 | 11–30 | 15–15 |
| Detroit Pistons | 16 | 66 | .195 | 34 | 13–28 | 3–38 | 4–26 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Mike Mitchell | 24 | 82 | 34.2 | 9.5 | 18.1 | .523 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.3 | 4.2 | .787 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 22.2 |
| 2 | Dave Robisch | 30 | 82 | 32.6 | 6.0 | 11.5 | .520 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.4 | 4.0 | .842 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 15.3 |
| 3 | Randy Smith | 31 | 82 | 32.6 | 7.3 | 16.2 | .452 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .189 | 2.8 | 3.5 | .823 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 17.6 |
| 4 | Campy Russell | 28 | 41 | 32.5 | 6.9 | 15.4 | .451 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .111 | 4.3 | 5.8 | .745 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 18.2 |
| 5 | Foots Walker | 28 | 76 | 31.9 | 3.4 | 7.5 | .454 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .111 | 2.6 | 3.2 | .802 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Kenny Carr | 24 | 74 | 24.1 | 5.0 | 10.2 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.3 | 3.5 | .655 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 12.3 |
| 7 | Austin Carr | 31 | 77 | 20.7 | 5.1 | 10.9 | .465 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .333 | 1.6 | 2.2 | .738 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| 8 | Don Ford | 27 | 21 | 20.0 | 3.1 | 6.9 | .451 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .880 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 7.3 |
| 9 | Bill Willoughby | 22 | 78 | 18.6 | 2.8 | 5.9 | .479 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .111 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .756 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 6.9 |
| 10 | John Lambert | 27 | 74 | 17.9 | 2.2 | 5.4 | .413 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .723 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 11 | Willie Smith | 26 | 62 | 17.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | .384 | 0.3 | 1.1 | .239 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .769 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| 12 | Bingo Smith | 33 | 8 | 16.9 | 4.1 | 9.0 | .458 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .200 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .875 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 9.3 |
| 13 | Walt Frazier | 34 | 3 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 14 | Butch Lee | 23 | 3 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 | .182 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| 15 | Earl Tatum | 26 | 33 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .383 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .333 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .579 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Austin Carr | Premio Mejor Ciudadano J. Walter Kennedy |