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1982-83 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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23-59, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Nissalke (23-59)

Points Per Game: 97.1 (23rd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.6 (8th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 22-60 (22nd of 23)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 160,537 (22nd of 23)

SRS: -6.78 (22nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.6 (22nd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 99.2 (21st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.8 (16th of 23)

1982-83 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 John Bagley G 6-0 185 April 23, 1960 R Boston College
10 Ron Brewer G 6-4 180 September 16, 1955 4 University of Arkansas
44 Jeff Cook F-C 6-10 215 October 21, 1956 3 Idaho State University
40 James Edwards C-F 7-0 225 November 22, 1955 5 University of Washington
23 Bruce Flowers F 6-8 225 June 13, 1957 R University of Notre Dame
21 World B. Free G 6-2 185 December 9, 1953 7 Guilford College
41 Steve Hayes C 7-0 205 August 2, 1955 1 Idaho State University
35 Phil Hubbard F-C 6-8 215 December 13, 1956 3 University of Michigan
20 Geoff Huston G 6-2 175 November 8, 1957 3 Texas Tech University
9 Larry Kenon F 6-9 205 December 13, 1952 9 University of Memphis
52 Sam Lacey C 6-10 235 March 28, 1948 12 New Mexico State University
30 Dave Magley F 6-8 202 November 24, 1959 R University of Kansas
44 Paul Mokeski C-F 7-0 250 January 3, 1957 3 University of Kansas
24 Carl Nicks G 6-1 175 October 6, 1958 2 Indiana State University
11 Cliff Robinson F 6-9 220 March 13, 1960 3 University of Southern California
25 Darren Tillis C-F 6-11 215 February 23, 1960 R Cleveland State University
8 Scott Wedman F-G 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 8 University of Colorado
33 Bob Wilkerson G-F 6-6 195 August 15, 1954 6 Indiana University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19755 3252 6995 .465 30 120 .250 1430 1983 .721 1173 2414 3587 1738 617 290 1538 2236 7964 97.1
Opponent 82 19755 3381 6911 .489 32 146 .219 1780 2396 .743 974 2382 3356 2005 621 431 1275 1830 8574 104.6

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cliff Robinson 22 77 75 2601 587 1230 .477 0 5 .000 213 301 .708 190 666 856 145 61 58 224 272 1387
2 World B. Free 29 54 51 1938 485 1059 .458 15 42 .357 324 434 .747 70 87 157 201 82 12 159 175 1309
3 Geoff Huston 25 80 79 2716 401 832 .482 4 12 .333 168 245 .686 41 118 159 487 74 4 195 215 974
4 Phil Hubbard 26 82 38 1953 288 597 .482 0 2 .000 204 296 .689 222 249 471 89 87 8 158 271 780
5 Scott Wedman 30 35 35 1290 280 583 .480 9 22 .409 65 77 .844 69 139 208 86 23 11 94 145 634
6 Bob Wilkerson 28 77 11 1702 213 511 .417 0 4 .000 93 124 .750 62 180 242 189 68 16 160 157 519
7 John Bagley 22 68 3 990 161 373 .432 0 14 .000 64 84 .762 17 79 96 167 54 5 118 74 386
8 Bruce Flowers 25 53 5 699 110 206 .534 0 2 .000 41 53 .774 71 109 180 47 19 12 43 99 261
9 Sam Lacey 34 60 33 1232 111 264 .420 2 9 .222 29 37 .784 62 169 231 118 29 25 98 209 253
10 Ron Brewer 27 21 18 563 98 245 .400 0 3 .000 44 51 .863 9 28 37 27 20 6 25 27 240
11 Steve Hayes 27 65 3 1058 104 217 .479 0 1 .000 29 51 .569 102 134 236 36 17 41 49 215 237
12 Larry Kenon 30 32 7 624 100 212 .472 0 1 .000 35 46 .761 52 65 117 34 21 9 39 49 235
13 Jeff Cook 26 30 20 782 87 162 .537 0 1 .000 38 50 .760 75 131 206 44 27 18 49 92 212
14 James Edwards 27 15 8 382 73 150 .487 0 0 38 61 .623 37 59 96 13 7 14 30 61 184
15 Darren Tillis 22 37 4 482 69 158 .437 0 0 14 22 .636 37 84 121 16 8 28 18 68 152
16 Paul Mokeski 26 23 18 539 55 121 .455 0 0 16 26 .615 47 91 138 26 12 23 27 85 126
17 Carl Nicks 24 9 2 148 26 59 .441 0 1 .000 11 17 .647 8 18 26 11 6 0 11 17 63
18 Dave Magley 23 14 0 56 4 16 .250 0 1 .000 4 8 .500 2 8 10 2 2 0 2 5 12

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 World B. Free 29 54 51 35.9 9.0 19.6 .458 0.3 0.8 .357 6.0 8.0 .747 1.3 1.6 2.9 3.7 1.5 0.2 2.9 3.2 24.2
2 Scott Wedman 30 35 35 36.9 8.0 16.7 .480 0.3 0.6 .409 1.9 2.2 .844 2.0 4.0 5.9 2.5 0.7 0.3 2.7 4.1 18.1
3 Cliff Robinson 22 77 75 33.8 7.6 16.0 .477 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.9 .708 2.5 8.6 11.1 1.9 0.8 0.8 2.9 3.5 18.0
4 James Edwards 27 15 8 25.5 4.9 10.0 .487 0.0 0.0 2.5 4.1 .623 2.5 3.9 6.4 0.9 0.5 0.9 2.0 4.1 12.3
5 Geoff Huston 25 80 79 34.0 5.0 10.4 .482 0.1 0.2 .333 2.1 3.1 .686 0.5 1.5 2.0 6.1 0.9 0.1 2.4 2.7 12.2
6 Ron Brewer 27 21 18 26.8 4.7 11.7 .400 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.4 .863 0.4 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.2 1.3 11.4
7 Phil Hubbard 26 82 38 23.8 3.5 7.3 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.6 .689 2.7 3.0 5.7 1.1 1.1 0.1 1.9 3.3 9.5
8 Larry Kenon 30 32 7 19.5 3.1 6.6 .472 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.4 .761 1.6 2.0 3.7 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.2 1.5 7.3
9 Jeff Cook 26 30 20 26.1 2.9 5.4 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.7 .760 2.5 4.4 6.9 1.5 0.9 0.6 1.6 3.1 7.1
10 Carl Nicks 24 9 2 16.4 2.9 6.6 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.9 .647 0.9 2.0 2.9 1.2 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.9 7.0
11 Bob Wilkerson 28 77 11 22.1 2.8 6.6 .417 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.6 .750 0.8 2.3 3.1 2.5 0.9 0.2 2.1 2.0 6.7
12 John Bagley 22 68 3 14.6 2.4 5.5 .432 0.0 0.2 .000 0.9 1.2 .762 0.3 1.2 1.4 2.5 0.8 0.1 1.7 1.1 5.7
13 Paul Mokeski 26 23 18 23.4 2.4 5.3 .455 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 .615 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.1 0.5 1.0 1.2 3.7 5.5
14 Bruce Flowers 25 53 5 13.2 2.1 3.9 .534 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .774 1.3 2.1 3.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.9 4.9
15 Sam Lacey 34 60 33 20.5 1.9 4.4 .420 0.0 0.2 .222 0.5 0.6 .784 1.0 2.8 3.9 2.0 0.5 0.4 1.6 3.5 4.2
16 Darren Tillis 22 37 4 13.0 1.9 4.3 .437 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .636 1.0 2.3 3.3 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.5 1.8 4.1
17 Steve Hayes 27 65 3 16.3 1.6 3.3 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .569 1.6 2.1 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.8 3.3 3.6
18 Dave Magley 23 14 0 4.0 0.3 1.1 .250 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.6 .500 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 World B. Free 29 54 51 1938 9.0 19.7 .458 0.3 0.8 .357 6.0 8.1 .747 1.3 1.6 2.9 3.7 1.5 0.2 3.0 3.3 24.3
2 Cliff Robinson 22 77 75 2601 8.1 17.0 .477 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 4.2 .708 2.6 9.2 11.8 2.0 0.8 0.8 3.1 3.8 19.2
3 Scott Wedman 30 35 35 1290 7.8 16.3 .480 0.3 0.6 .409 1.8 2.1 .844 1.9 3.9 5.8 2.4 0.6 0.3 2.6 4.0 17.7
4 James Edwards 27 15 8 382 6.9 14.1 .487 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.7 .623 3.5 5.6 9.0 1.2 0.7 1.3 2.8 5.7 17.3
5 Ron Brewer 27 21 18 563 6.3 15.7 .400 0.0 0.2 .000 2.8 3.3 .863 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.7 1.3 0.4 1.6 1.7 15.3
6 Carl Nicks 24 9 2 148 6.3 14.4 .441 0.0 0.2 .000 2.7 4.1 .647 1.9 4.4 6.3 2.7 1.5 0.0 2.7 4.1 15.3
7 Phil Hubbard 26 82 38 1953 5.3 11.0 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.5 .689 4.1 4.6 8.7 1.6 1.6 0.1 2.9 5.0 14.4
8 John Bagley 22 68 3 990 5.9 13.6 .432 0.0 0.5 .000 2.3 3.1 .762 0.6 2.9 3.5 6.1 2.0 0.2 4.3 2.7 14.0
9 Larry Kenon 30 32 7 624 5.8 12.2 .472 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.7 .761 3.0 3.7 6.8 2.0 1.2 0.5 2.3 2.8 13.6
10 Bruce Flowers 25 53 5 699 5.7 10.6 .534 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.7 .774 3.7 5.6 9.3 2.4 1.0 0.6 2.2 5.1 13.4
11 Geoff Huston 25 80 79 2716 5.3 11.0 .482 0.1 0.2 .333 2.2 3.2 .686 0.5 1.6 2.1 6.5 1.0 0.1 2.6 2.8 12.9
12 Darren Tillis 22 37 4 482 5.2 11.8 .437 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .636 2.8 6.3 9.0 1.2 0.6 2.1 1.3 5.1 11.4
13 Bob Wilkerson 28 77 11 1702 4.5 10.8 .417 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.6 .750 1.3 3.8 5.1 4.0 1.4 0.3 3.4 3.3 11.0
14 Jeff Cook 26 30 20 782 4.0 7.5 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.3 .760 3.5 6.0 9.5 2.0 1.2 0.8 2.3 4.2 9.8
15 Paul Mokeski 26 23 18 539 3.7 8.1 .455 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.7 .615 3.1 6.1 9.2 1.7 0.8 1.5 1.8 5.7 8.4
16 Steve Hayes 27 65 3 1058 3.5 7.4 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.7 .569 3.5 4.6 8.0 1.2 0.6 1.4 1.7 7.3 8.1
17 Dave Magley 23 14 0 56 2.6 10.3 .250 0.0 0.6 .000 2.6 5.1 .500 1.3 5.1 6.4 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.3 3.2 7.7
18 Sam Lacey 34 60 33 1232 3.2 7.7 .420 0.1 0.3 .222 0.8 1.1 .784 1.8 4.9 6.8 3.4 0.8 0.7 2.9 6.1 7.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 World B. Free 29 54 1938 19.3 .524 .465 4.0 5.2 4.6 18.1 2.1 0.4 11.3 30.5 106 108 3.4 1.1 4.6
2 Cliff Robinson 22 77 2601 17.5 .509 .477 8.1 29.9 18.7 9.3 1.2 1.3 14.1 25.6 99 103 1.2 3.2 4.4
3 Geoff Huston 25 80 2716 12.6 .518 .484 1.7 5.1 3.3 26.5 1.3 0.1 17.2 17.6 104 110 2.4 1.0 3.4
4 Phil Hubbard 26 82 1953 13.9 .536 .482 12.6 14.9 13.7 6.7 2.2 0.2 17.8 19.0 103 106 1.6 1.8 3.4
5 Bruce Flowers 25 53 699 15.2 .569 .534 11.3 18.2 14.7 10.1 1.3 1.0 15.8 16.4 112 106 1.1 0.6 1.7
6 Jeff Cook 26 30 782 12.9 .576 .537 10.7 19.5 15.0 7.9 1.7 1.3 21.0 12.5 108 105 0.7 0.8 1.6
7 Scott Wedman 30 35 1290 13.7 .514 .488 5.9 12.6 9.2 11.0 0.9 0.5 13.2 23.1 101 109 0.8 0.7 1.5
8 Steve Hayes 27 65 1058 8.2 .495 .479 10.7 14.8 12.7 4.7 0.8 2.3 17.0 11.5 101 107 0.4 0.8 1.2
9 Larry Kenon 30 32 624 13.2 .506 .472 9.3 12.1 10.7 8.2 1.7 0.8 14.4 18.3 102 107 0.4 0.5 0.8
10 Paul Mokeski 26 23 539 9.9 .476 .455 9.7 19.7 14.6 6.7 1.1 2.5 16.9 12.4 98 105 0.1 0.6 0.6
11 Darren Tillis 22 37 482 11.6 .453 .437 8.5 20.3 14.3 4.9 0.8 3.4 9.7 16.2 98 104 0.1 0.5 0.6
12 James Edwards 27 15 382 14.7 .520 .487 10.8 18.0 14.3 5.4 0.9 2.1 14.5 22.7 101 106 0.2 0.3 0.6
13 Ron Brewer 27 21 563 10.8 .449 .400 1.8 5.8 3.7 7.4 1.7 0.6 8.5 21.8 95 109 -0.1 0.3 0.2
14 Carl Nicks 24 9 148 12.1 .474 .441 6.0 14.2 10.0 11.5 2.0 0.0 14.2 22.0 95 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
15 Sam Lacey 34 60 1232 6.5 .451 .424 5.6 16.0 10.7 13.1 1.2 1.2 25.9 12.9 86 107 -1.1 1.0 -0.1
16 Dave Magley 23 14 56 3.9 .307 .250 4.0 16.7 10.2 4.8 1.8 0.0 9.3 16.1 73 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
17 John Bagley 22 68 990 11.7 .471 .432 1.9 9.3 5.5 25.5 2.7 0.3 22.4 22.4 89 106 -1.1 0.8 -0.2
18 Bob Wilkerson 28 77 1702 9.2 .459 .417 4.0 12.3 8.1 15.9 2.0 0.5 22.1 17.9 87 107 -1.7 1.4 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Scott Wedman *$600,000
2 James Edwards *$553,000
3 World B. Free *$488,333
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)