Vitaly Nikolaevich Potapenko (The Ukraine Train)
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-10 ▪ Weight: 280 lbs.
Born: March 21, 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine
High School: Kozchagin in Kiev, Ukraine
College: Wright State University
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 1st round (12th pick, 12th overall), 1996 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 1996
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Total | 79 | 9 | 1343 | 137 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 120 | 167 | 347 | 30 | 37 | 18 | 63 | 174 | 363 | .455 | .742 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 0.4 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Place | Home | 39 | 4 | 644 | 69 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 67 | 87 | 163 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 81 | 186 | .493 | .716 | 16.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 | |
| Road | 40 | 5 | 699 | 68 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 53 | 80 | 184 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 93 | 177 | .422 | .774 | 17.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| All-Star | Pre | 48 | 2 | 880 | 98 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 73 | 119 | 238 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 39 | 109 | 248 | .467 | .712 | 18.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 0.5 | |
| Post | 31 | 7 | 463 | 39 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 47 | 48 | 109 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 65 | 115 | .429 | .787 | 14.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 0.1 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Result | Win | 47 | 8 | 858 | 97 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 80 | 110 | 236 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 40 | 113 | 254 | .513 | .750 | 18.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 0.4 | |
| Loss | 32 | 1 | 485 | 40 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 40 | 57 | 111 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 61 | 109 | .357 | .725 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Month | October | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .500 | .667 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | |
| November | 10 | 0 | 146 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 29 | .481 | .500 | 14.6 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.5 | ||
| December | 16 | 0 | 324 | 38 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 55 | 97 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 95 | .487 | .679 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 0.3 | ||
| January | 16 | 2 | 332 | 40 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 43 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 102 | .465 | .759 | 20.8 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.8 | ||
| February | 12 | 0 | 176 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 36 | .378 | 1.000 | 14.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.4 | ||
| March | 15 | 7 | 250 | 18 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 68 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 61 | .383 | .735 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 0.1 | ||
| April | 8 | 0 | 94 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 32 | .545 | .889 | 11.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Day | Sunday | 7 | 1 | 118 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 40 | .542 | .778 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 0.1 | |
| Monday | 9 | 2 | 139 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 37 | .516 | .833 | 15.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 | ||
| Tuesday | 8 | 1 | 126 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 37 | .577 | .778 | 15.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Wednesday | 19 | 2 | 317 | 34 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 48 | 89 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 88 | .459 | .645 | 16.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 0.4 | ||
| Thursday | 4 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | .385 | .750 | 15.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Friday | 19 | 2 | 323 | 30 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 74 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 88 | .411 | .848 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 | ||
| Saturday | 13 | 1 | 258 | 24 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 61 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 57 | .400 | .600 | 19.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 0.8 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Role | Starter | 9 | 9 | 226 | 22 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 31 | 71 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 61 | .449 | .773 | 25.1 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 0.3 | |
| Reserve | 70 | 0 | 1117 | 115 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 98 | 136 | 276 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 55 | 147 | 302 | .456 | .735 | 16.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0.4 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Minutes | 30-39 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 24 | .474 | .750 | 31.3 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 0.7 | |
| 20-29 | 25 | 5 | 599 | 56 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 55 | 74 | 157 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 24 | 65 | 153 | .418 | .745 | 24.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 0.5 | ||
| 10-19 | 38 | 2 | 572 | 65 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 49 | 72 | 141 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 82 | 168 | .474 | .776 | 15.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | ||
| 0-9 | 13 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | .636 | .500 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Rest | 0 Days | 19 | 2 | 357 | 28 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 34 | 42 | 93 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 79 | .341 | .676 | 18.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 0.6 | |
| 1 Day | 39 | 5 | 655 | 72 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 63 | 86 | 169 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 34 | 93 | 192 | .500 | .762 | 16.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 0.2 | ||
| 2 Days | 13 | 2 | 220 | 26 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 62 | .491 | .909 | 16.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 0.5 | ||
| 3+ Days | 7 | 0 | 93 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .500 | .500 | 13.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Conference | Eastern | 52 | 8 | 913 | 100 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 88 | 112 | 246 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 39 | 118 | 262 | .472 | .705 | 17.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 0.4 | |
| Western | 27 | 1 | 430 | 37 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 55 | 101 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 101 | .416 | .844 | 15.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 0.4 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Division | Atlantic | 23 | 5 | 418 | 39 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 108 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 105 | .448 | .750 | 18.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 0.2 | |
| Central | 29 | 3 | 495 | 61 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 52 | 68 | 138 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 68 | 157 | .488 | .673 | 17.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 0.5 | ||
| Midwest | 13 | 1 | 226 | 22 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 41 | 70 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 61 | .423 | .850 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 0.5 | ||
| Pacific | 14 | 0 | 204 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | .405 | .833 | 14.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Split | Value | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST |
| Opponent | Atlanta | 4 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | .500 | .625 | 13.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 1.0 | |
| Charlotte | 3 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19 | .500 | .875 | 15.3 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Chicago | 4 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | .333 | .500 | 12.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Cleveland | 4 | 1 | 87 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | .556 | .714 | 21.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 | ||
| Dallas | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .500 | .750 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Denver | 2 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .556 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 | |||
| Detroit | 4 | 1 | 74 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | .444 | .500 | 18.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.8 | ||
| Golden State | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .667 | .667 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Houston | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | |||
| Indiana | 3 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 22 | .615 | .545 | 18.3 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 1.0 | ||
| LA Clippers | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | .667 | 1.000 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||
| LA Lakers | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .667 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||
| Memphis | 2 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | .636 | .750 | 21.5 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Miami | 4 | 0 | 76 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | .308 | .833 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Milwaukee | 3 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .417 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | .455 | 1.000 | 18.5 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||
| New Jersey | 4 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .444 | .250 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | ||
| New York | 4 | 0 | 64 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | .467 | .875 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Orlando | 4 | 1 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 23 | .474 | .833 | 18.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Philadelphia | 4 | 1 | 68 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 27 | .565 | .500 | 17.0 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .400 | .750 | 17.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Portland | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Sacramento | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .214 | 1.000 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | ||
| San Antonio | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Seattle | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .250 | 1.000 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Toronto | 4 | 0 | 86 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 30 | .524 | .800 | 21.5 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Utah | 2 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .091 | 1.000 | 24.5 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Washington | 3 | 2 | 80 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .250 | .800 | 26.7 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 0.3 | ||