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1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: George Karl (25-42), Gene Littles (4-11)

Points Per Game: 107.8 (19th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.6 (11th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-48 (16th of 23)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 390,842 (18th of 23)

SRS: -2.19 (16th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.6 (15th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 105.5 (16th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.3 (18th of 23)

1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Ron Anderson F-G 6-7 215 October 15, 1958 1 California State University, Fresno
5 John Bagley G 6-0 185 April 23, 1960 3 Boston College
10 Ron Brewer G 6-4 180 September 16, 1955 7 University of Arkansas
16 Johnny Davis G 6-2 170 October 21, 1955 9 University of Dayton
21 World B. Free G 6-2 185 December 9, 1953 10 Guilford College
32 Roy Hinson F-C 6-9 210 May 2, 1961 2 Rutgers University
35 Phil Hubbard F-C 6-8 215 December 13, 1956 6 University of Michigan
3 Eddie Johnson G 6-2 180 February 24, 1955 8 Auburn University
44 Edgar Jones F-C 6-10 225 June 17, 1956 5 University of Nevada, Reno
24 Keith Lee F-C 6-10 215 December 28, 1962 R University of Memphis
33 Ben McDonald F 6-8 210 July 20, 1962 R University of California, Irvine
14 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 January 17, 1961 R University of Kentucky
50 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 May 7, 1955 8 Central Michigan University
8 Lonnie Shelton F-C 6-8 240 October 19, 1955 9 Oregon State University
54 Melvin Turpin C 6-11 240 December 28, 1960 1 University of Kentucky
41 Mark West C-F 6-10 230 November 5, 1960 2 Old Dominion University
3 Ennis Whatley G 6-3 177 August 11, 1962 2 University of Alabama

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 19780 3478 7239 .480 132 391 .338 1748 2325 .752 1086 2455 3541 2064 627 436 1411 2267 8836 107.8
Opponent 82 19780 3435 7239 .475 86 297 .290 2115 2758 .767 1131 2494 3625 2122 711 364 1331 1945 9071 110.6

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 World B. Free 32 75 75 2535 652 1433 .455 71 169 .420 379 486 .780 72 146 218 314 91 19 172 186 1754
2 Roy Hinson 24 82 82 2834 621 1167 .532 0 4 .000 364 506 .719 167 472 639 102 62 112 188 316 1606
3 Melvin Turpin 25 80 69 2292 456 838 .544 0 4 .000 185 228 .811 182 374 556 55 65 106 134 260 1097
4 John Bagley 25 78 77 2472 366 865 .423 9 37 .243 170 215 .791 76 199 275 735 122 10 239 165 911
5 Edgar Jones 29 53 6 1011 187 370 .505 7 23 .304 132 178 .742 71 136 207 45 30 38 64 142 513
6 Keith Lee 23 58 38 1197 177 380 .466 2 9 .222 75 96 .781 116 235 351 67 29 37 78 204 431
7 Dirk Minniefield 25 76 2 1131 167 347 .481 10 37 .270 73 93 .785 43 88 131 269 65 1 108 165 417
8 Ben Poquette 30 81 3 1496 166 348 .477 2 10 .200 72 100 .720 121 252 373 78 33 32 68 187 406
9 Eddie Johnson 30 32 3 615 129 293 .440 24 65 .369 33 45 .733 13 33 46 114 8 1 60 56 315
10 Mark West 25 67 26 1172 113 209 .541 0 0 54 103 .524 97 225 322 20 27 62 91 235 280
11 Johnny Davis 30 39 0 612 102 237 .430 2 11 .182 67 79 .848 6 30 36 105 24 4 40 44 273
12 Phil Hubbard 29 23 21 640 93 198 .470 0 1 .000 76 112 .679 48 72 120 29 20 3 69 78 262
13 Ron Brewer 30 40 3 552 83 215 .386 5 17 .294 33 37 .892 14 39 53 40 17 6 21 43 204
14 Lonnie Shelton 30 44 1 682 92 188 .489 0 2 .000 14 16 .875 38 105 143 61 21 4 48 128 198
15 Ron Anderson 27 17 3 207 37 74 .500 0 1 .000 12 16 .750 5 21 26 8 1 0 6 20 86
16 Ben McDonald 23 21 0 266 28 58 .483 0 1 .000 5 8 .625 15 23 38 9 7 1 10 30 61
17 Ennis Whatley 23 8 1 66 9 19 .474 0 0 4 7 .571 2 5 7 13 5 0 6 8 22

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 32 75 75 33.8 8.7 19.1 .455 0.9 2.3 .420 5.1 6.5 .780 1.0 1.9 2.9 4.2 1.2 0.3 2.3 2.5 23.4
2 Roy Hinson 24 82 82 34.6 7.6 14.2 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 6.2 .719 2.0 5.8 7.8 1.2 0.8 1.4 2.3 3.9 19.6
3 Melvin Turpin 25 80 69 28.7 5.7 10.5 .544 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 2.9 .811 2.3 4.7 7.0 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.7 3.3 13.7
4 John Bagley 25 78 77 31.7 4.7 11.1 .423 0.1 0.5 .243 2.2 2.8 .791 1.0 2.6 3.5 9.4 1.6 0.1 3.1 2.1 11.7
5 Phil Hubbard 29 23 21 27.8 4.0 8.6 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.9 .679 2.1 3.1 5.2 1.3 0.9 0.1 3.0 3.4 11.4
6 Eddie Johnson 30 32 3 19.2 4.0 9.2 .440 0.8 2.0 .369 1.0 1.4 .733 0.4 1.0 1.4 3.6 0.3 0.0 1.9 1.8 9.8
7 Edgar Jones 29 53 6 19.1 3.5 7.0 .505 0.1 0.4 .304 2.5 3.4 .742 1.3 2.6 3.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.7 9.7
8 Keith Lee 23 58 38 20.6 3.1 6.6 .466 0.0 0.2 .222 1.3 1.7 .781 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 3.5 7.4
9 Johnny Davis 30 39 0 15.7 2.6 6.1 .430 0.1 0.3 .182 1.7 2.0 .848 0.2 0.8 0.9 2.7 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.1 7.0
10 Dirk Minniefield 25 76 2 14.9 2.2 4.6 .481 0.1 0.5 .270 1.0 1.2 .785 0.6 1.2 1.7 3.5 0.9 0.0 1.4 2.2 5.5
11 Ron Brewer 30 40 3 13.8 2.1 5.4 .386 0.1 0.4 .294 0.8 0.9 .892 0.4 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.1 5.1
12 Ron Anderson 27 17 3 12.2 2.2 4.4 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.9 .750 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.2 5.1
13 Ben Poquette 30 81 3 18.5 2.0 4.3 .477 0.0 0.1 .200 0.9 1.2 .720 1.5 3.1 4.6 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.3 5.0
14 Lonnie Shelton 30 44 1 15.5 2.1 4.3 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.4 .875 0.9 2.4 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 1.1 2.9 4.5
15 Mark West 25 67 26 17.5 1.7 3.1 .541 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .524 1.4 3.4 4.8 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.4 3.5 4.2
16 Ben McDonald 23 21 0 12.7 1.3 2.8 .483 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.4 .625 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.4 2.9
17 Ennis Whatley 23 8 1 8.3 1.1 2.4 .474 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .571 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.0 2.8

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 32 75 75 2535 9.3 20.4 .455 1.0 2.4 .420 5.4 6.9 .780 1.0 2.1 3.1 4.5 1.3 0.3 2.4 2.6 24.9
2 Roy Hinson 24 82 82 2834 7.9 14.8 .532 0.0 0.1 .000 4.6 6.4 .719 2.1 6.0 8.1 1.3 0.8 1.4 2.4 4.0 20.4
3 Eddie Johnson 30 32 3 615 7.6 17.2 .440 1.4 3.8 .369 1.9 2.6 .733 0.8 1.9 2.7 6.7 0.5 0.1 3.5 3.3 18.4
4 Edgar Jones 29 53 6 1011 6.7 13.2 .505 0.2 0.8 .304 4.7 6.3 .742 2.5 4.8 7.4 1.6 1.1 1.4 2.3 5.1 18.3
5 Melvin Turpin 25 80 69 2292 7.2 13.2 .544 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.6 .811 2.9 5.9 8.7 0.9 1.0 1.7 2.1 4.1 17.2
6 Johnny Davis 30 39 0 612 6.0 13.9 .430 0.1 0.6 .182 3.9 4.6 .848 0.4 1.8 2.1 6.2 1.4 0.2 2.4 2.6 16.1
7 Ron Anderson 27 17 3 207 6.4 12.9 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 2.1 2.8 .750 0.9 3.7 4.5 1.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 3.5 15.0
8 Phil Hubbard 29 23 21 640 5.2 11.1 .470 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 6.3 .679 2.7 4.1 6.8 1.6 1.1 0.2 3.9 4.4 14.7
9 John Bagley 25 78 77 2472 5.3 12.6 .423 0.1 0.5 .243 2.5 3.1 .791 1.1 2.9 4.0 10.7 1.8 0.1 3.5 2.4 13.3
10 Dirk Minniefield 25 76 2 1131 5.3 11.0 .481 0.3 1.2 .270 2.3 3.0 .785 1.4 2.8 4.2 8.6 2.1 0.0 3.4 5.3 13.3
11 Ron Brewer 30 40 3 552 5.4 14.0 .386 0.3 1.1 .294 2.2 2.4 .892 0.9 2.5 3.5 2.6 1.1 0.4 1.4 2.8 13.3
12 Keith Lee 23 58 38 1197 5.3 11.4 .466 0.1 0.3 .222 2.3 2.9 .781 3.5 7.1 10.6 2.0 0.9 1.1 2.3 6.1 13.0
13 Ennis Whatley 23 8 1 66 4.9 10.4 .474 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.8 .571 1.1 2.7 3.8 7.1 2.7 0.0 3.3 4.4 12.0
14 Lonnie Shelton 30 44 1 682 4.9 9.9 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.8 .875 2.0 5.5 7.5 3.2 1.1 0.2 2.5 6.8 10.5
15 Ben Poquette 30 81 3 1496 4.0 8.4 .477 0.0 0.2 .200 1.7 2.4 .720 2.9 6.1 9.0 1.9 0.8 0.8 1.6 4.5 9.8
16 Mark West 25 67 26 1172 3.5 6.4 .541 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.2 .524 3.0 6.9 9.9 0.6 0.8 1.9 2.8 7.2 8.6
17 Ben McDonald 23 21 0 266 3.8 7.8 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.1 .625 2.0 3.1 5.1 1.2 0.9 0.1 1.4 4.1 8.3

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 Roy Hinson 24 82 2834 17.4 .578 .532 6.5 18.4 12.4 5.5 1.0 2.3 11.9 22.8 111 107 4.5 2.9 7.4
2 World B. Free 32 75 2535 19.0 .533 .480 3.1 6.4 4.7 19.9 1.7 0.4 9.5 29.3 109 111 4.5 1.5 6.1
3 Melvin Turpin 25 80 2292 16.4 .585 .544 8.8 18.0 13.4 3.5 1.3 2.6 12.5 19.1 112 106 3.4 2.6 6.0
4 John Bagley 25 78 2472 15.2 .475 .428 3.4 8.9 6.1 40.7 2.3 0.2 19.9 19.8 102 109 1.0 2.0 3.0
5 Edgar Jones 29 53 1011 15.8 .572 .515 7.8 14.8 11.3 6.4 1.4 2.1 12.5 20.7 111 108 1.6 1.0 2.6
6 Ben Poquette 30 81 1496 10.4 .518 .480 8.9 18.6 13.8 6.8 1.0 1.2 14.8 12.6 106 108 0.9 1.4 2.3
7 Dirk Minniefield 25 76 1131 14.1 .537 .496 4.2 8.6 6.4 32.5 2.7 0.1 21.8 17.9 105 108 0.9 1.0 1.9
8 Keith Lee 23 58 1197 12.0 .510 .468 10.7 21.7 16.2 7.7 1.1 1.8 15.6 17.1 102 106 0.5 1.4 1.9
9 Johnny Davis 30 39 612 13.7 .502 .435 1.1 5.4 3.2 24.1 1.9 0.4 12.8 20.8 105 111 0.5 0.4 0.9
10 Mark West 25 67 1172 7.7 .550 .541 9.1 21.2 15.2 2.2 1.1 3.0 26.4 12.1 92 106 -0.6 1.5 0.9
11 Lonnie Shelton 30 44 682 8.5 .508 .489 6.2 17.0 11.6 12.0 1.5 0.3 19.7 14.6 97 108 -0.1 0.6 0.5
12 Ron Anderson 27 17 207 10.4 .531 .500 2.7 11.2 6.9 5.5 0.2 0.0 6.9 17.2 109 113 0.2 0.1 0.3
13 Eddie Johnson 30 32 615 12.4 .504 .481 2.3 5.9 4.1 27.7 0.6 0.1 16.1 24.8 99 113 0.1 0.2 0.2
14 Ben McDonald 23 21 266 6.7 .496 .483 6.2 9.5 7.9 4.4 1.2 0.2 14.0 11.0 100 111 0.0 0.2 0.2
15 Ron Brewer 30 40 552 9.1 .441 .398 2.8 7.8 5.3 9.9 1.5 0.6 8.3 18.7 96 111 -0.2 0.3 0.2
16 Phil Hubbard 29 23 640 9.5 .530 .470 8.3 12.4 10.4 6.2 1.5 0.3 21.8 20.2 94 110 -0.4 0.5 0.1
17 Ennis Whatley 23 8 66 12.4 .498 .474 3.3 8.4 5.9 26.5 3.6 0.0 21.4 17.4 98 107 0.0 0.1 0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 World B. Free $675,000
2 Melvin Turpin $450,000
3 Lonnie Shelton $420,000
4 John Bagley $300,000
5 Johnny Davis $300,000
6 Ben Poquette $284,000
7 Eddie Johnson $275,000
8 Keith Lee $271,666
9 Edgar Jones $235,000
10 Phil Hubbard $225,000
11 Roy Hinson $220,000
12 Ennis Whatley $200,000
13 Mark West $150,000
14 Ron Anderson $115,000
15 Dirk Minniefield $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)