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1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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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:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 25, 1985 @ Chicago Bulls L OT 115 116 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 26, 1985 Boston Celtics L 100 105 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 29, 1985 Washington Bullets L 90 97 0 3 L 3
4 Thu, Oct 31, 1985 @ Washington Bullets W 114 107 1 3 W 1
5 Sun, Nov 3, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks L 110 120 1 4 L 1
6 Tue, Nov 5, 1985 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 129 111 2 4 W 1
7 Thu, Nov 7, 1985 @ Sacramento Kings W 95 94 3 4 W 2
8 Sat, Nov 9, 1985 @ Utah Jazz L 114 121 3 5 L 1
9 Sun, Nov 10, 1985 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 107 110 3 6 L 2
10 Thu, Nov 14, 1985 @ Indiana Pacers W 112 104 4 6 W 1
11 Sat, Nov 16, 1985 @ Chicago Bulls W OT 132 128 5 6 W 2
12 Tue, Nov 19, 1985 Golden State Warriors L 104 110 5 7 L 1
13 Wed, Nov 20, 1985 @ Washington Bullets L 98 101 5 8 L 2
14 Fri, Nov 22, 1985 Utah Jazz L 113 121 5 9 L 3
15 Sun, Nov 24, 1985 Atlanta Hawks W 98 90 6 9 W 1
16 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 @ Detroit Pistons L 98 113 6 10 L 1
17 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 New Jersey Nets W 119 90 7 10 W 1
18 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 Indiana Pacers L 84 98 7 11 L 1
19 Thu, Dec 5, 1985 Seattle Supersonics W 100 97 8 11 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 Denver Nuggets W 124 114 9 11 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 10, 1985 Detroit Pistons L 120 130 9 12 L 1
22 Wed, Dec 11, 1985 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 110 125 9 13 L 2
23 Fri, Dec 13, 1985 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 128 124 10 13 W 1
24 Sat, Dec 14, 1985 Boston Celtics W 109 99 11 13 W 2
25 Tue, Dec 17, 1985 Houston Rockets L 94 98 11 14 L 1
26 Thu, Dec 19, 1985 @ New York Knickerbockers W 109 105 12 14 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 20, 1985 Los Angeles Lakers L 116 128 12 15 L 1
28 Sun, Dec 22, 1985 Dallas Mavericks W 119 105 13 15 W 1
29 Mon, Dec 23, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets L 101 108 13 16 L 1
30 Fri, Dec 27, 1985 @ Detroit Pistons W 119 105 14 16 W 1
31 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks L OT 112 114 14 17 L 1
32 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 Chicago Bulls L 117 121 14 18 L 2
33 Fri, Jan 3, 1986 Los Angeles Clippers W 130 111 15 18 W 1
34 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets L 106 125 15 19 L 1
35 Tue, Jan 7, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 101 110 15 20 L 2
36 Wed, Jan 8, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 95 126 15 21 L 3
37 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 Sacramento Kings W 105 101 16 21 W 1
38 Tue, Jan 14, 1986 Portland Trail Blazers L 108 120 16 22 L 1
39 Thu, Jan 16, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 99 116 16 23 L 2
40 Sat, Jan 18, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 108 95 17 23 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 20, 1986 Phoenix Suns W 108 93 18 23 W 2
42 Wed, Jan 22, 1986 Detroit Pistons L 104 107 18 24 L 1
43 Fri, Jan 24, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers L 114 121 18 25 L 2
44 Mon, Jan 27, 1986 @ Denver Nuggets L 103 124 18 26 L 3
45 Tue, Jan 28, 1986 @ Houston Rockets L 109 116 18 27 L 4
46 Thu, Jan 30, 1986 @ San Antonio Spurs L 99 112 18 28 L 5
47 Fri, Jan 31, 1986 @ Dallas Mavericks L 91 107 18 29 L 6
48 Tue, Feb 4, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 104 105 18 30 L 7
49 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers L 103 111 18 31 L 8
50 Tue, Feb 11, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 119 97 19 31 W 1
51 Thu, Feb 13, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 135 117 20 31 W 2
52 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers L 99 105 20 32 L 1
53 Mon, Feb 17, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 111 97 21 32 W 1
54 Tue, Feb 18, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers W 111 105 22 32 W 2
55 Thu, Feb 20, 1986 Detroit Pistons L 107 109 22 33 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 Washington Bullets L 102 110 22 34 L 2
57 Mon, Feb 24, 1986 San Antonio Spurs W 124 114 23 34 W 1
58 Wed, Feb 26, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 109 129 23 35 L 1
59 Fri, Feb 28, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls L 96 116 23 36 L 2
60 Tue, Mar 4, 1986 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 101 106 23 37 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 5, 1986 @ Phoenix Suns W 115 100 24 37 W 1
62 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 @ Seattle Supersonics L 106 120 24 38 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 8, 1986 @ Golden State Warriors L 128 138 24 39 L 2
64 Tue, Mar 11, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers W 112 107 25 39 W 1
65 Wed, Mar 12, 1986 Washington Bullets L 114 128 25 40 L 1
66 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 100 109 25 41 L 2
67 Sat, Mar 15, 1986 New Jersey Nets L 100 102 25 42 L 3
68 Mon, Mar 17, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers L OT 112 118 25 43 L 4
69 Tue, Mar 18, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 96 126 25 44 L 5 at Hartford, CT
70 Thu, Mar 20, 1986 New York Knickerbockers L 87 93 25 45 L 6
71 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 123 97 26 45 W 1
72 Tue, Mar 25, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 91 97 26 46 L 1
73 Wed, Mar 26, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets W 110 108 27 46 W 1
74 Sat, Mar 29, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks W 123 105 28 46 W 2
75 Tue, Apr 1, 1986 Boston Celtics L 105 123 28 47 L 1
76 Thu, Apr 3, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 114 28 48 L 2
77 Fri, Apr 4, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 102 122 28 49 L 3
78 Sun, Apr 6, 1986 @ Washington Bullets L 95 106 28 50 L 4
79 Mon, Apr 7, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons L 104 128 28 51 L 5
80 Thu, Apr 10, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 101 102 28 52 L 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 104 117 28 53 L 7
82 Sun, Apr 13, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 104 97 29 53 W 1