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1995-96 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Mike Fratello (47-35)

Points Per Game: 91.1 (28th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 88.5 (1st of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (8th of 29)

Arena: Gund Arena ▪ Attendance: 730,095 (11th of 29)

SRS: 2.49 (8th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 82.3 (29th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 109.9 (10th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.7 (11th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1995-96 Cleveland Cavaliers:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 3, 1995 @ Orlando Magic L 88 99 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Nov 4, 1995 @ Miami Heat L 71 85 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Nov 7, 1995 Indiana Pacers L 101 104 0 3 L 3
4 Thu, Nov 9, 1995 Chicago Bulls L 88 106 0 4 L 4
5 Fri, Nov 10, 1995 @ Detroit Pistons L 80 100 0 5 L 5
6 Sun, Nov 12, 1995 San Antonio Spurs L 81 84 0 6 L 6
7 Wed, Nov 15, 1995 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 113 0 7 L 7
8 Fri, Nov 17, 1995 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 114 82 1 7 W 1
9 Sat, Nov 18, 1995 Detroit Pistons W 93 90 2 7 W 2
10 Wed, Nov 22, 1995 New York Knickerbockers L 84 94 2 8 L 1
11 Fri, Nov 24, 1995 @ Indiana Pacers W 100 93 3 8 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 25, 1995 Milwaukee Bucks W 89 87 4 8 W 2
13 Tue, Nov 28, 1995 Toronto Raptors W 93 89 5 8 W 3
14 Thu, Nov 30, 1995 @ Washington Bullets W 97 85 6 8 W 4
15 Sat, Dec 2, 1995 @ New Jersey Nets L 78 79 6 9 L 1
16 Sun, Dec 3, 1995 Dallas Mavericks W OT 108 107 7 9 W 1
17 Wed, Dec 6, 1995 @ Charlotte Hornets L 82 94 7 10 L 1
18 Fri, Dec 8, 1995 Philadelphia 76ers W 113 85 8 10 W 1
19 Sat, Dec 9, 1995 New Jersey Nets L 73 85 8 11 L 1
20 Tue, Dec 12, 1995 Los Angeles Clippers W 97 86 9 11 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 15, 1995 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 100 88 10 11 W 2
22 Sun, Dec 17, 1995 Denver Nuggets W 92 79 11 11 W 3
23 Tue, Dec 19, 1995 Minnesota Timberwolves W 100 95 12 11 W 4
24 Thu, Dec 21, 1995 Utah Jazz L 87 89 12 12 L 1
25 Sat, Dec 23, 1995 Indiana Pacers W 97 96 13 12 W 1
26 Thu, Dec 28, 1995 @ New York Knickerbockers W 86 76 14 12 W 2
27 Sat, Dec 30, 1995 Portland Trail Blazers W 2OT 124 121 15 12 W 3
28 Tue, Jan 2, 1996 @ Washington Bullets W 108 100 16 12 W 4
29 Fri, Jan 5, 1996 @ Boston Celtics L 77 93 16 13 L 1
30 Sat, Jan 6, 1996 Orlando Magic W 105 94 17 13 W 1
31 Mon, Jan 8, 1996 Washington Bullets W 109 91 18 13 W 2
32 Wed, Jan 10, 1996 @ San Antonio Spurs L 86 92 18 14 L 1
33 Fri, Jan 12, 1996 @ Denver Nuggets L 83 90 18 15 L 2
34 Sun, Jan 14, 1996 @ Phoenix Suns W 89 74 19 15 W 1
35 Tue, Jan 16, 1996 @ Seattle Supersonics L 90 99 19 16 L 1
36 Thu, Jan 18, 1996 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 98 90 20 16 W 1
37 Sat, Jan 20, 1996 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 93 82 21 16 W 2
38 Sun, Jan 21, 1996 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 81 88 21 17 L 1
39 Tue, Jan 23, 1996 Atlanta Hawks L 72 84 21 18 L 2
40 Wed, Jan 24, 1996 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 91 88 22 18 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 27, 1996 Miami Heat L 85 102 22 19 L 1
42 Mon, Jan 29, 1996 @ Charlotte Hornets L 86 88 22 20 L 2
43 Wed, Jan 31, 1996 Milwaukee Bucks W 81 71 23 20 W 1
44 Fri, Feb 2, 1996 Phoenix Suns W 107 85 24 20 W 2
45 Sat, Feb 3, 1996 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 111 88 25 20 W 3
46 Tue, Feb 6, 1996 Boston Celtics W 91 73 26 20 W 4
47 Tue, Feb 13, 1996 Charlotte Hornets W 110 100 27 20 W 5
48 Thu, Feb 15, 1996 @ Toronto Raptors W 95 76 28 20 W 6
49 Sat, Feb 17, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers W 97 82 29 20 W 7
50 Mon, Feb 19, 1996 Miami Heat W 73 70 30 20 W 8
51 Tue, Feb 20, 1996 @ Chicago Bulls L 76 102 30 21 L 1
52 Thu, Feb 22, 1996 Houston Rockets L 80 86 30 22 L 2
53 Sat, Feb 24, 1996 New Jersey Nets W 103 74 31 22 W 1
54 Tue, Feb 27, 1996 Golden State Warriors W 92 80 32 22 W 2
55 Thu, Feb 29, 1996 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 95 86 33 22 W 3
56 Fri, Mar 1, 1996 @ Atlanta Hawks L 68 74 33 23 L 1
57 Sun, Mar 3, 1996 Toronto Raptors L 89 100 33 24 L 2
58 Tue, Mar 5, 1996 Seattle Supersonics L 2OT 101 107 33 25 L 3
59 Thu, Mar 7, 1996 Atlanta Hawks L 72 83 33 26 L 4
60 Fri, Mar 8, 1996 @ Boston Celtics W 96 91 34 26 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 10, 1996 @ Miami Heat L 81 88 34 27 L 1
62 Thu, Mar 14, 1996 Boston Celtics W 98 73 35 27 W 1
63 Fri, Mar 15, 1996 @ Detroit Pistons L 69 80 35 28 L 1
64 Sun, Mar 17, 1996 Sacramento Kings W 115 84 36 28 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 19, 1996 @ Dallas Mavericks W 81 72 37 28 W 2
66 Thu, Mar 21, 1996 @ Houston Rockets W 98 85 38 28 W 3
67 Fri, Mar 22, 1996 @ Utah Jazz L 75 88 38 29 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 24, 1996 Vancouver Grizzlies W 90 85 39 29 W 1
69 Tue, Mar 26, 1996 Washington Bullets L 89 96 39 30 L 1
70 Thu, Mar 28, 1996 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 83 81 40 30 W 1
71 Sat, Mar 30, 1996 @ Golden State Warriors W 90 64 41 30 W 2
72 Sun, Mar 31, 1996 @ Sacramento Kings L OT 100 105 41 31 L 1
73 Wed, Apr 3, 1996 Los Angeles Lakers W 105 89 42 31 W 1
74 Thu, Apr 4, 1996 @ Toronto Raptors W 98 77 43 31 W 2
75 Sat, Apr 6, 1996 Charlotte Hornets L 89 93 43 32 L 1
76 Wed, Apr 10, 1996 @ Orlando Magic L 104 116 43 33 L 2
77 Thu, Apr 11, 1996 @ New York Knickerbockers W 101 97 44 33 W 1
78 Sun, Apr 14, 1996 Chicago Bulls L 72 98 44 34 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 16, 1996 @ Atlanta Hawks W 80 77 45 34 W 1
80 Thu, Apr 18, 1996 New York Knickerbockers W 92 77 46 34 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 20, 1996 Detroit Pistons W 75 73 47 34 W 3
82 Sun, Apr 21, 1996 @ Indiana Pacers L 88 89 47 35 L 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 25, 1996 New York Knickerbockers L 83 106 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Apr 27, 1996 New York Knickerbockers L 80 84 0 2 L 2
3 Wed, May 1, 1996 @ New York Knickerbockers L 76 81 0 3 L 3