# Temporada 1970-71 de los Cleveland Cavaliers

La temporada 1970-71 fue la primera de los Cleveland Cavaliers en la NBA, tras la expansión de la liga con la incorporación además de los Buffalo Braves y los Portland Trail Blazers. La temporada regular acabó con 15 victorias y 67 derrotas, ocupando el octavo y último puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Draft de expansión

| Jugador | Posición | Equipo |
| Butch Beard | Base | Atlanta Hawks |
| Len Chappell | Pívot | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Johnny Egan | Base | L.A. Lakers |
| Bobby Lewis | Escolta | San Francisco Warriors |
| McCoy McLemore | Pívot | Detroit Pistons |
| Don Ohl | Base/Escolta | Atlanta Hawks |
| Walt Wesley | Pívot | Chicago Bulls |
| Loy Petersen | Escolta | Chicago Bulls |
| Luther Rackley | Pívot | Cincinnati Royals |
| Bingo Smith | Escolta | San Diego Rockets |
| John Warren | Escolta | New York Knicks |
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## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 7 | John Johnson | Alero | Estados Unidos | Iowa |
| 2 | 26 | Dave Sorenson | Alero | Estados Unidos | Ohio State |
| 6 | 94 | Joe Cooke | Base | Estados Unidos | Indiana |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| y-Baltimore Bullets | 42 | 40 | .512 | – | 24–13 | 16–25 | 2–2 | 10–6 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 6 | 21–20 | 14–26 | 1–0 | 9–7 |
| Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 49 | .402 | 9 | 17–16 | 11–28 | 5–5 | 16–6 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 15 | 67 | .183 | 27 | 11–30 | 2–37 | 2–0 | 1–13 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| 1 | John Johnson | 23 | 67 | 34.5 | 6.5 | 15.4 | .422 | 3.6 | 4.4 | .805 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 16.6 |
| 2 | John Warren | 23 | 82 | 31.8 | 4.6 | 11.0 | .423 | 2.2 | 2.6 | .829 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 11.5 |
| 3 | McCoy McLemore | 28 | 58 | 31.7 | 4.4 | 11.3 | .388 | 2.9 | 3.8 | .773 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 11.7 |
| 4 | Bingo Smith | 24 | 77 | 30.3 | 6.4 | 14.4 | .448 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .761 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 15.2 |
| 5 | Walt Wesley | 26 | 82 | 29.6 | 6.9 | 15.1 | .455 | 4.0 | 5.8 | .687 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 17.7 |
| 6 | Dave Sorenson | 22 | 79 | 24.6 | 4.5 | 10.1 | .445 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .803 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
| 7 | Bobby Lewis | 25 | 79 | 23.4 | 2.3 | 6.1 | .370 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .717 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 5.9 |
| 8 | Luther Rackley | 24 | 74 | 19.4 | 3.0 | 6.4 | .466 | 1.6 | 2.6 | .637 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| 9 | Bobby Washington | 23 | 47 | 17.5 | 2.6 | 6.6 | .397 | 2.2 | 3.0 | .743 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 7.4 |
| 10 | Johnny Egan | 32 | 26 | 15.8 | 1.5 | 3.8 | .408 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .893 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Len Chappell | 30 | 6 | 14.3 | 2.5 | 6.3 | .395 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .786 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| 12 | Larry Mikan | 22 | 53 | 10.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | .333 | 0.6 | 1.0 | .618 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Joe Cooke | 22 | 73 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 4.7 | .393 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .814 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 14 | Cliff Anderson | 26 | 23 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | .322 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .683 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 15 | Gary Suiter | 26 | 30 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | .352 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .444 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 16 | Gary Freeman | 22 | 11 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | .583 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| John Johnson | All-Star |