title: Temporada 1970-71 de los Cleveland Cavaliers
text: # 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 |
  
  :Fuente:
  
  ## 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 |
  