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By the Numbers: Retired Digits

Cavs.com dissects some digits from the Cavaliers' jersey numbers hanging in the rafters in this installment of, "By the Numbers" presented by FanDuel.

34 … number worn by "Mr. Cavalier" Austin Carr that was retired on January 3, 1981.

21.9 … points per game averaged by Mr. Cavalier during the 1973-74 season.

42 … number worn by Hall-of-Famer Nate Thurmond that was retired on December 18, 1977.

167 … blocks tallied by Thurmond in his stint with the Wine & Gold from 1975-1977.

7 … number worn by Bobby "Bingo" Smith that was retired on December 4, 1979.

15.9, 5.0, .825 … point and rebound averages and free throw percentage recorded by Bingo during the 1974-75.

22 … number worn by Larry Nance Sr. that was retired on January 30, 1995.

3.0 … average blocks swatted by Nance Sr. during the 1991-92 campaign.

25 … number worn by Mark Price that was retired on November 13, 1999.

.526, .441, .901 … field goal, three-point and free throw percentages averaged by Price during the 1988-89 season.

43 … number worn by Brad Daugherty that was retired on March 1, 1997.

19.0, 9.5 … point and rebound averages for Daugherty's eight-season career with the Cavs.

11 … number worn by Zydrunas Ilgauskas that was retired on March 8, 2014.

16.8, 8.6, 2.1 … point, rebound and block averages tallied by Big Z during his All-Star season of 2004-05.

39 … seasons Joe Tait called as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cavaliers. Tait was honored with a banner in the rafters on April 8, 2011.