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1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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42-40, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Lenny Wilkens (42-40)

Points Per Game: 104.5 (21st of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.7 (2nd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (12th of 23)

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 504,847 (12th of 23)

SRS: 1.28 (11th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.3 (19th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.8 (15th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.0 (5th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Chicago Bulls

1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 10 Indiana University
23 Tyrone Corbin G-F 6-6 210 December 31, 1962 2 DePaul University
30 Dell Curry G 6-4 190 June 25, 1964 1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
43 Brad Daugherty C 7-0 245 October 19, 1965 1 University of North Carolina
22 Chris Dudley C 6-11 235 February 22, 1965 R Yale University
3 Craig Ehlo G-F 6-6 180 August 11, 1961 4 Washington State University
4 Ron Harper G-F 6-6 185 January 20, 1964 1 Miami University
12 Kevin Henderson G 6-4 195 March 22, 1964 1 California State University, Fullerton
35 Phil Hubbard F-C 6-8 215 December 13, 1956 8 University of Michigan
33 Kannard Johnson F 6-9 220 June 24, 1965 R Western Kentucky University
11 Kevin Johnson G 6-1 180 March 4, 1966 R University of California
6 Larry Nance F-C 6-10 205 February 12, 1959 6 Clemson University
25 Mark Price G 6-0 170 February 15, 1964 1 Georgia Institute of Technology
20 Johnny Rogers F-C 6-10 225 December 30, 1963 1 University of California, Irvine
11 Mike Sanders F-G 6-6 210 May 7, 1960 5 University of California, Los Angeles
41 Mark West C-F 6-10 230 November 5, 1960 4 Old Dominion University
18 Hot Rod Williams F-C 6-11 215 August 9, 1962 1 Tulane 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 19780 3313 6755 .490 127 336 .378 1813 2438 .744 1015 2289 3304 2070 733 526 1439 1836 8566 104.5
Opponent 82 19780 3383 7101 .476 127 400 .318 1611 2044 .788 1159 2255 3414 1989 692 449 1439 2021 8504 103.7

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 Brad Daugherty 22 79 78 2957 551 1081 .510 0 2 .000 378 528 .716 151 514 665 333 48 56 267 235 1480
2 Mark Price 23 80 79 2626 493 974 .506 72 148 .486 221 252 .877 54 126 180 480 99 12 184 119 1279
3 Ron Harper 24 57 52 1830 340 732 .464 3 20 .150 196 278 .705 64 159 223 281 122 52 158 157 879
4 Hot Rod Williams 25 77 50 2106 316 663 .477 0 1 .000 211 279 .756 159 347 506 103 61 145 104 203 843
5 Dell Curry 23 79 8 1499 340 742 .458 28 81 .346 79 101 .782 43 123 166 149 94 22 108 128 787
6 Phil Hubbard 31 78 59 1631 237 485 .489 0 5 .000 182 243 .749 117 164 281 81 50 7 118 167 656
7 Craig Ehlo 26 79 27 1709 226 485 .466 22 64 .344 89 132 .674 86 188 274 206 82 30 107 182 563
8 Mark West 27 54 12 1183 182 316 .576 0 0 95 153 .621 83 198 281 50 25 79 91 158 459
9 Larry Nance 28 27 26 906 160 304 .526 0 1 .000 117 141 .830 74 139 213 84 18 63 49 90 437
10 Tyrone Corbin 25 54 4 1148 158 322 .491 0 3 .000 77 98 .786 79 141 220 56 42 15 66 128 393
11 Kevin Johnson 21 52 3 1043 143 311 .460 2 9 .222 92 112 .821 10 62 72 193 60 17 82 96 380
12 Chris Dudley 22 55 1 513 65 137 .474 0 0 40 71 .563 74 70 144 23 13 19 31 87 170
13 Mike Sanders 27 24 11 417 71 132 .538 0 0 20 23 .870 10 37 47 26 13 5 23 58 162
14 Johnny Rogers 24 24 0 168 26 61 .426 0 2 .000 10 13 .769 8 19 27 3 4 3 10 23 62
15 Kevin Henderson 23 5 0 20 2 5 .400 0 0 5 12 .417 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 9
16 Kent Benson 33 2 0 12 2 2 1.000 0 0 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 5
17 Kannard Johnson 22 4 0 12 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2

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 Brad Daugherty 22 79 78 37.4 7.0 13.7 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.7 .716 1.9 6.5 8.4 4.2 0.6 0.7 3.4 3.0 18.7
2 Larry Nance 28 27 26 33.6 5.9 11.3 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.2 .830 2.7 5.1 7.9 3.1 0.7 2.3 1.8 3.3 16.2
3 Mark Price 23 80 79 32.8 6.2 12.2 .506 0.9 1.9 .486 2.8 3.2 .877 0.7 1.6 2.3 6.0 1.2 0.2 2.3 1.5 16.0
4 Ron Harper 24 57 52 32.1 6.0 12.8 .464 0.1 0.4 .150 3.4 4.9 .705 1.1 2.8 3.9 4.9 2.1 0.9 2.8 2.8 15.4
5 Hot Rod Williams 25 77 50 27.4 4.1 8.6 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.6 .756 2.1 4.5 6.6 1.3 0.8 1.9 1.4 2.6 10.9
6 Dell Curry 23 79 8 19.0 4.3 9.4 .458 0.4 1.0 .346 1.0 1.3 .782 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.3 1.4 1.6 10.0
7 Mark West 27 54 12 21.9 3.4 5.9 .576 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.8 .621 1.5 3.7 5.2 0.9 0.5 1.5 1.7 2.9 8.5
8 Phil Hubbard 31 78 59 20.9 3.0 6.2 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.1 .749 1.5 2.1 3.6 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.5 2.1 8.4
9 Kevin Johnson 21 52 3 20.1 2.8 6.0 .460 0.0 0.2 .222 1.8 2.2 .821 0.2 1.2 1.4 3.7 1.2 0.3 1.6 1.8 7.3
10 Tyrone Corbin 25 54 4 21.3 2.9 6.0 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 1.8 .786 1.5 2.6 4.1 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.2 2.4 7.3
11 Craig Ehlo 26 79 27 21.6 2.9 6.1 .466 0.3 0.8 .344 1.1 1.7 .674 1.1 2.4 3.5 2.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 2.3 7.1
12 Mike Sanders 27 24 11 17.4 3.0 5.5 .538 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .870 0.4 1.5 2.0 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.4 6.8
13 Chris Dudley 22 55 1 9.3 1.2 2.5 .474 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .563 1.3 1.3 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.6 3.1
14 Johnny Rogers 24 24 0 7.0 1.1 2.5 .426 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.5 .769 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.6
15 Kent Benson 33 2 0 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.5
16 Kevin Henderson 23 5 0 4.0 0.4 1.0 .400 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.4 .417 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.8
17 Kannard Johnson 22 4 0 3.0 0.3 0.8 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.5

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 Dell Curry 23 79 8 1499 8.2 17.8 .458 0.7 1.9 .346 1.9 2.4 .782 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.6 2.3 0.5 2.6 3.1 18.9
2 Brad Daugherty 22 79 78 2957 6.7 13.2 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.4 .716 1.8 6.3 8.1 4.1 0.6 0.7 3.3 2.9 18.0
3 Mark Price 23 80 79 2626 6.8 13.4 .506 1.0 2.0 .486 3.0 3.5 .877 0.7 1.7 2.5 6.6 1.4 0.2 2.5 1.6 17.5
4 Larry Nance 28 27 26 906 6.4 12.1 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.6 .830 2.9 5.5 8.5 3.3 0.7 2.5 1.9 3.6 17.4
5 Ron Harper 24 57 52 1830 6.7 14.4 .464 0.1 0.4 .150 3.9 5.5 .705 1.3 3.1 4.4 5.5 2.4 1.0 3.1 3.1 17.3
6 Kevin Henderson 23 5 0 20 3.6 9.0 .400 0.0 0.0 9.0 21.6 .417 5.4 1.8 7.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 3.6 3.6 16.2
7 Kent Benson 33 2 0 12 6.0 6.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 .500 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 15.0
8 Phil Hubbard 31 78 59 1631 5.2 10.7 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.4 .749 2.6 3.6 6.2 1.8 1.1 0.2 2.6 3.7 14.5
9 Hot Rod Williams 25 77 50 2106 5.4 11.3 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.8 .756 2.7 5.9 8.6 1.8 1.0 2.5 1.8 3.5 14.4
10 Mike Sanders 27 24 11 417 6.1 11.4 .538 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.0 .870 0.9 3.2 4.1 2.2 1.1 0.4 2.0 5.0 14.0
11 Mark West 27 54 12 1183 5.5 9.6 .576 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.7 .621 2.5 6.0 8.6 1.5 0.8 2.4 2.8 4.8 14.0
12 Johnny Rogers 24 24 0 168 5.6 13.1 .426 0.0 0.4 .000 2.1 2.8 .769 1.7 4.1 5.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 2.1 4.9 13.3
13 Kevin Johnson 21 52 3 1043 4.9 10.7 .460 0.1 0.3 .222 3.2 3.9 .821 0.3 2.1 2.5 6.7 2.1 0.6 2.8 3.3 13.1
14 Tyrone Corbin 25 54 4 1148 5.0 10.1 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.1 .786 2.5 4.4 6.9 1.8 1.3 0.5 2.1 4.0 12.3
15 Craig Ehlo 26 79 27 1709 4.8 10.2 .466 0.5 1.3 .344 1.9 2.8 .674 1.8 4.0 5.8 4.3 1.7 0.6 2.3 3.8 11.9
16 Chris Dudley 22 55 1 513 4.6 9.6 .474 0.0 0.0 2.8 5.0 .563 5.2 4.9 10.1 1.6 0.9 1.3 2.2 6.1 11.9
17 Kannard Johnson 22 4 0 12 3.0 9.0 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 6.0

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 Mark Price 23 80 2626 17.6 .589 .543 2.5 5.5 4.0 28.1 1.9 0.3 14.5 20.6 116 110 5.6 2.2 7.8
2 Brad Daugherty 22 79 2957 16.2 .563 .510 6.2 19.9 13.2 17.3 0.8 1.1 16.9 22.8 107 107 3.0 3.6 6.6
3 Hot Rod Williams 25 77 2106 15.8 .536 .477 9.1 18.9 14.1 7.1 1.4 4.1 11.7 18.0 110 103 2.4 3.3 5.7
4 Larry Nance 28 27 906 19.9 .597 .526 9.9 17.6 13.8 14.0 1.0 4.1 11.8 19.6 121 105 2.3 1.3 3.6
5 Ron Harper 24 57 1830 16.6 .514 .467 4.2 10.0 7.2 23.6 3.3 1.7 15.6 23.6 102 104 0.8 2.7 3.5
6 Craig Ehlo 26 79 1709 12.5 .518 .489 6.1 12.6 9.4 17.1 2.4 1.0 16.5 16.2 104 106 0.9 2.3 3.1
7 Phil Hubbard 31 78 1631 11.8 .554 .489 8.7 11.5 10.1 7.2 1.5 0.3 16.6 18.6 105 108 1.1 1.6 2.7
8 Mark West 27 54 1183 13.9 .599 .576 8.5 19.2 14.0 6.2 1.0 3.9 19.2 17.1 106 104 0.7 1.8 2.5
9 Tyrone Corbin 25 54 1148 11.4 .538 .491 8.3 14.1 11.3 7.0 1.8 0.8 15.3 16.0 105 106 0.6 1.4 2.0
10 Dell Curry 23 79 1499 15.1 .500 .477 3.5 9.4 6.5 16.3 3.1 0.9 12.1 25.5 99 105 0.0 2.0 2.0
11 Kevin Johnson 21 52 1043 13.4 .527 .463 1.2 6.8 4.1 26.4 2.8 1.0 18.5 18.1 104 107 0.6 1.3 1.8
12 Chris Dudley 22 55 513 12.1 .505 .474 17.5 15.7 16.5 6.3 1.2 2.2 15.6 16.6 106 106 0.3 0.7 1.0
13 Mike Sanders 27 24 417 10.9 .570 .538 2.9 10.2 6.6 9.3 1.5 0.7 13.9 16.9 107 108 0.3 0.4 0.7
14 Johnny Rogers 24 24 168 7.5 .465 .426 5.8 13.0 9.5 2.6 1.2 1.1 13.0 19.5 91 108 -0.1 0.2 0.0
15 Kevin Henderson 23 5 20 9.1 .438 .400 18.1 5.7 11.8 13.6 0.0 0.0 16.3 26.2 92 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Kent Benson 33 2 12 11.8 .868 1.000 0.0 9.6 4.9 0.0 4.1 4.9 41.0 17.4 82 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Kannard Johnson 22 4 12 -4.6 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.0 40.0 17.8 39 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Mark Price 23 5 205 38 67 5 12 24 25 3 18 38 3 0 8 11 105 .567 .417 .960 41.0 21.0 3.6 7.6
2 Larry Nance 28 5 200 34 64 0 0 16 18 10 36 18 2 11 14 13 84 .531 .889 40.0 16.8 7.2 3.6
3 Brad Daugherty 22 5 204 29 63 0 0 21 31 10 46 16 2 7 16 11 79 .460 .677 40.8 15.8 9.2 3.2
4 Ron Harper 24 4 134 30 63 0 2 11 16 4 20 15 11 4 11 9 71 .476 .000 .688 33.5 17.8 5.0 3.8
5 Mike Sanders 27 5 134 28 52 0 1 8 10 11 25 7 3 2 11 21 64 .538 .000 .800 26.8 12.8 5.0 1.4
6 Hot Rod Williams 25 5 133 20 40 0 0 6 13 13 29 4 3 7 4 13 46 .500 .462 26.6 9.2 5.8 0.8
7 Craig Ehlo 26 5 128 17 40 0 8 10 16 3 18 17 5 0 12 14 44 .425 .000 .625 25.6 8.8 3.6 3.4
8 Chris Dudley 22 4 24 2 4 0 0 1 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 3 5 .500 .500 6.0 1.3 1.5 0.5
9 Dell Curry 23 2 17 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .250 .000 8.5 1.0 0.5 1.0
10 Phil Hubbard 31 3 21 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .167 .000 7.0 0.7 1.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 Mark Price 23 5 205 21.2 .673 .604 1.8 7.8 5.0 28.6 0.8 0.0 9.3 18.7 138 114 0.8 0.1 1.0
2 Larry Nance 28 5 200 15.8 .584 .531 6.0 13.8 10.2 13.6 0.5 3.0 16.3 19.1 110 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
3 Mike Sanders 27 5 134 13.5 .567 .538 9.9 11.1 10.5 8.4 1.2 0.8 16.3 22.4 105 111 0.1 0.1 0.2
4 Ron Harper 24 4 134 18.4 .507 .476 3.6 12.7 8.4 18.4 4.2 1.6 13.6 26.9 99 104 0.0 0.2 0.2
5 Hot Rod Williams 25 5 133 13.6 .503 .500 11.8 12.8 12.3 4.4 1.2 2.9 8.0 16.6 108 109 0.1 0.2 0.2
6 Brad Daugherty 22 5 204 12.8 .515 .460 5.9 18.7 12.7 11.3 0.5 1.9 17.3 20.2 99 109 -0.1 0.2 0.2
7 Craig Ehlo 26 5 128 9.0 .468 .425 2.8 12.4 7.9 19.0 2.0 0.0 20.3 20.5 90 110 -0.2 0.1 0.0
8 Dell Curry 23 2 17 5.3 .250 .250 7.1 0.0 3.3 15.2 0.0 3.2 0.0 10.5 90 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Chris Dudley 22 4 24 10.1 .512 .500 20.1 8.8 14.1 11.1 0.0 0.0 17.0 10.9 118 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Phil Hubbard 31 3 21 -5.3 .155 .167 5.7 10.1 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.4 15.8 40 115 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Brad Daugherty $887,500
2 Larry Nance $625,000
3 Ron Harper $555,500
4 Kevin Johnson $536,100
5 Phil Hubbard $450,000
6 Mark West $412,000
7 Kent Benson $350,000
8 Hot Rod Williams $349,055
9 Keith Lee $301,666
10 Dell Curry $250,000
11 Mike Sanders $240,000
12 Mark Price $175,000
13 Craig Ehlo $175,000
14 Tyrone Corbin $125,000
15 Chris Dudley $75,000
16 Johnny Rogers $75,000
17 Kevin Henderson $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)