# Temporada 1976-77 de los Cleveland Cavaliers

La temporada 1976-77 fue la séptima de los Cleveland Cavaliers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 43 victorias y 39 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Este, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Washington Bullets.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 15 | Chuckie Williams | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Kansas State |
| 2 | 32 | Mo Howard | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Maryland |
| 3 | 50 | Abdul Jeelani | Alero | Estados Unidos | Wisconsin-Parkside* |
| 5 | 84 | Edmund Lawrence | Pívot | Estados Unidos | McNeese State |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Houston Rockets | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 34–7 | 15–26 | 13–7 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1 | 32–9 | 16–25 | 11–9 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 44 | 38 | .537 | 5 | 31–10 | 13–28 | 9–11 |
| x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 6 | 29-12 | 14-27 | 8–12 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 35 | 47 | .427 | 14 | 26–15 | 9–32 | 10–10 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 18 | 19–22 | 12–29 | 9–11 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Washington Bullets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 13 de abril | Washington Bullets 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 100 | Landover |
| 15 de abril | Cleveland Cavaliers 91, Washington Bullets 83 | Cleveland |
| 17 de abril | Washington Bullets 104, Cleveland Cavaliers 98 | Landover |
| | Washington Bullets gana las series 2-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Jim Cleamons | 27 | 60 | 34.1 | 4.3 | 9.9 | .434 | 1.9 | 2.5 | .757 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 10.4 |
| 2 | Jim Brewer | 25 | 81 | 33.0 | 3.7 | 8.1 | .451 | 1.2 | 2.2 | .545 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Campy Russell | 25 | 70 | 30.1 | 6.2 | 14.3 | .434 | 4.1 | 5.3 | .778 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 16.5 |
| 4 | Austin Carr | 28 | 82 | 29.4 | 6.8 | 14.9 | .457 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .795 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 16.2 |
| 5 | Jim Chones | 27 | 82 | 29.0 | 5.5 | 11.9 | .463 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .731 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 12.9 |
| 6 | Bingo Smith | 30 | 81 | 26.4 | 6.3 | 14.2 | .446 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .818 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 14.5 |
| 7 | Dick Snyder | 32 | 82 | 20.5 | 3.9 | 8.5 | .456 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .852 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 9.3 |
| 8 | Nate Thurmond | 35 | 49 | 20.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | .407 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .642 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Foots Walker | 25 | 62 | 19.6 | 2.5 | 5.6 | .450 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .774 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
| 10 | Elmore Smith | 27 | 36 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 7.1 | .504 | 1.6 | 3.0 | .519 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| 11 | Gary Brokaw | 23 | 39 | 15.3 | 2.9 | 6.2 | .467 | 1.5 | 2.1 | .707 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| 12 | John Lambert | 24 | 63 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .427 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .694 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Rowland Garrett | 26 | 29 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 3.2 | .430 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .818 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Mo Howard | 22 | 9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | .533 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .833 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 15 | Chuckie Williams | 23 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | .298 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .750 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Jim Brewer | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |