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1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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42-40, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Mike Fratello (42-40)

Points Per Game: 87.5 (29th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 85.6 (1st of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-35 (11th of 29)

Arena: Gund Arena ▪ Attendance: 692,684 (14th of 29)

SRS: 2.32 (11th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 82.9 (29th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 104.6 (23rd of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.4 (5th of 29)

1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
1 Terrell Brandon G 5-11 180 May 20, 1970 5 University of Oregon
35 Danny Ferry F 6-10 230 October 17, 1966 6 Duke University
2 Reggie Geary G 6-2 187 August 31, 1973 R University of Arizona
32 Tyrone Hill F 6-9 240 March 19, 1968 6 Xavier University
21 Antonio Lang F-G 6-8 205 May 15, 1972 2 Duke University
33 Donny Marshall F 6-7 230 July 17, 1972 1 University of Connecticut
24 Chris Mills F 6-6 215 January 25, 1970 3 University of Arizona
14 Bobby Phills G 6-5 210 December 20, 1969 5 Southern University and A&M College
52 Vitaly Potapenko C 6-10 280 March 21, 1975 R Wright State University
44 Shawnelle Scott C 6-10 250 June 16, 1972 R St. John's University
3 Bob Sura G 6-5 200 March 25, 1973 1 Florida State University
23 Carl Thomas G 6-4 175 October 3, 1969 1 Eastern Michigan University
41 Mark West C-F 6-10 230 November 5, 1960 13 Old Dominion 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 19855 2704 5972 .453 483 1284 .376 1282 1773 .723 909 2159 3068 1714 655 315 1188 1882 7173 87.5
Opponent 82 19855 2488 5638 .441 459 1230 .373 1587 2138 .742 845 2186 3031 1647 549 350 1331 1748 7022 85.6

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 Terrell Brandon 26 78 78 2868 575 1313 .438 101 271 .373 268 297 .902 48 253 301 490 138 30 178 177 1519
2 Chris Mills 27 80 79 3167 405 894 .453 86 220 .391 176 209 .842 118 379 497 198 86 41 120 222 1072
3 Tyrone Hill 28 74 70 2582 357 595 .600 0 1 .000 241 381 .633 259 477 736 92 63 30 147 268 955
4 Danny Ferry 30 82 48 2633 341 794 .429 114 284 .401 74 87 .851 82 255 337 151 56 32 94 245 870
5 Bobby Phills 27 69 65 2375 328 766 .428 85 216 .394 125 174 .718 63 182 245 233 113 21 135 174 866
6 Bob Sura 23 82 23 2269 253 587 .431 53 164 .323 196 319 .614 76 232 308 390 90 33 181 218 755
7 Vitaly Potapenko 21 80 3 1238 186 423 .440 1 2 .500 92 125 .736 105 112 217 40 26 34 109 216 465
8 Mark West 36 70 43 959 100 180 .556 0 0 27 56 .482 69 117 186 19 11 55 52 142 227
9 Donny Marshall 24 56 0 548 52 160 .325 33 87 .379 38 54 .704 22 48 70 24 24 3 32 60 175
10 Antonio Lang 24 64 1 843 68 162 .420 0 6 .000 35 48 .729 52 75 127 33 33 30 50 111 171
11 Reggie Geary 23 39 0 246 22 58 .379 8 21 .381 5 11 .455 4 11 15 36 13 2 15 36 57
12 Carl Thomas 27 19 0 77 9 24 .375 2 12 .167 1 1 1.000 3 10 13 8 2 1 6 7 21
13 Shawnelle Scott 24 16 0 50 8 16 .500 0 0 4 11 .364 8 8 16 0 0 3 0 6 20

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 Terrell Brandon 26 78 78 36.8 7.4 16.8 .438 1.3 3.5 .373 3.4 3.8 .902 0.6 3.2 3.9 6.3 1.8 0.4 2.3 2.3 19.5
2 Chris Mills 27 80 79 39.6 5.1 11.2 .453 1.1 2.8 .391 2.2 2.6 .842 1.5 4.7 6.2 2.5 1.1 0.5 1.5 2.8 13.4
3 Tyrone Hill 28 74 70 34.9 4.8 8.0 .600 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 5.1 .633 3.5 6.4 9.9 1.2 0.9 0.4 2.0 3.6 12.9
4 Bobby Phills 27 69 65 34.4 4.8 11.1 .428 1.2 3.1 .394 1.8 2.5 .718 0.9 2.6 3.6 3.4 1.6 0.3 2.0 2.5 12.6
5 Danny Ferry 30 82 48 32.1 4.2 9.7 .429 1.4 3.5 .401 0.9 1.1 .851 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.8 0.7 0.4 1.1 3.0 10.6
6 Bob Sura 23 82 23 27.7 3.1 7.2 .431 0.6 2.0 .323 2.4 3.9 .614 0.9 2.8 3.8 4.8 1.1 0.4 2.2 2.7 9.2
7 Vitaly Potapenko 21 80 3 15.5 2.3 5.3 .440 0.0 0.0 .500 1.2 1.6 .736 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.4 2.7 5.8
8 Mark West 36 70 43 13.7 1.4 2.6 .556 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 .482 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.7 2.0 3.2
9 Donny Marshall 24 56 0 9.8 0.9 2.9 .325 0.6 1.6 .379 0.7 1.0 .704 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.1 3.1
10 Antonio Lang 24 64 1 13.2 1.1 2.5 .420 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.8 .729 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.7 2.7
11 Reggie Geary 23 39 0 6.3 0.6 1.5 .379 0.2 0.5 .381 0.1 0.3 .455 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.5
12 Shawnelle Scott 24 16 0 3.1 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .364 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.3
13 Carl Thomas 27 19 0 4.1 0.5 1.3 .375 0.1 0.6 .167 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.1

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 Terrell Brandon 26 78 78 2868 7.2 16.5 .438 1.3 3.4 .373 3.4 3.7 .902 0.6 3.2 3.8 6.2 1.7 0.4 2.2 2.2 19.1
2 Shawnelle Scott 24 16 0 50 5.8 11.5 .500 0.0 0.0 2.9 7.9 .364 5.8 5.8 11.5 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 4.3 14.4
3 Vitaly Potapenko 21 80 3 1238 5.4 12.3 .440 0.0 0.1 .500 2.7 3.6 .736 3.1 3.3 6.3 1.2 0.8 1.0 3.2 6.3 13.5
4 Tyrone Hill 28 74 70 2582 5.0 8.3 .600 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 5.3 .633 3.6 6.7 10.3 1.3 0.9 0.4 2.0 3.7 13.3
5 Bobby Phills 27 69 65 2375 5.0 11.6 .428 1.3 3.3 .394 1.9 2.6 .718 1.0 2.8 3.7 3.5 1.7 0.3 2.0 2.6 13.1
6 Chris Mills 27 80 79 3167 4.6 10.2 .453 1.0 2.5 .391 2.0 2.4 .842 1.3 4.3 5.6 2.3 1.0 0.5 1.4 2.5 12.2
7 Bob Sura 23 82 23 2269 4.0 9.3 .431 0.8 2.6 .323 3.1 5.1 .614 1.2 3.7 4.9 6.2 1.4 0.5 2.9 3.5 12.0
8 Danny Ferry 30 82 48 2633 4.7 10.9 .429 1.6 3.9 .401 1.0 1.2 .851 1.1 3.5 4.6 2.1 0.8 0.4 1.3 3.3 11.9
9 Donny Marshall 24 56 0 548 3.4 10.5 .325 2.2 5.7 .379 2.5 3.5 .704 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.6 1.6 0.2 2.1 3.9 11.5
10 Carl Thomas 27 19 0 77 4.2 11.2 .375 0.9 5.6 .167 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.4 4.7 6.1 3.7 0.9 0.5 2.8 3.3 9.8
11 Mark West 36 70 43 959 3.8 6.8 .556 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 .482 2.6 4.4 7.0 0.7 0.4 2.1 2.0 5.3 8.5
12 Reggie Geary 23 39 0 246 3.2 8.5 .379 1.2 3.1 .381 0.7 1.6 .455 0.6 1.6 2.2 5.3 1.9 0.3 2.2 5.3 8.3
13 Antonio Lang 24 64 1 843 2.9 6.9 .420 0.0 0.3 .000 1.5 2.0 .729 2.2 3.2 5.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 2.1 4.7 7.3

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 Terrell Brandon 26 78 2868 21.5 .526 .476 2.1 11.7 6.8 35.6 2.8 0.9 11.0 28.3 111 102 6.2 4.7 10.8
2 Tyrone Hill 28 74 2582 17.8 .626 .600 12.9 24.4 18.6 6.6 1.4 1.0 16.2 17.6 117 101 5.3 4.6 9.9
3 Chris Mills 27 80 3167 14.1 .544 .501 4.8 15.8 10.2 11.3 1.6 1.2 10.9 17.5 111 103 4.1 4.7 8.9
4 Danny Ferry 30 82 2633 11.7 .523 .501 4.0 12.8 8.3 10.4 1.2 1.1 10.1 17.6 106 105 2.2 3.4 5.6
5 Bob Sura 23 82 2269 14.8 .519 .476 4.3 13.5 8.8 30.2 2.3 1.3 19.9 20.0 103 102 1.6 3.7 5.2
6 Bobby Phills 27 69 2375 13.9 .514 .484 3.4 10.1 6.7 18.1 2.8 0.8 13.8 20.6 103 102 1.3 3.7 5.0
7 Mark West 36 70 959 9.9 .555 .556 9.2 16.1 12.6 3.4 0.7 5.2 20.3 13.4 99 102 0.1 1.5 1.6
8 Antonio Lang 24 64 843 8.0 .467 .420 7.9 11.8 9.8 6.5 2.3 3.2 21.4 13.8 90 101 -0.6 1.4 0.8
9 Donny Marshall 24 56 548 9.1 .476 .428 5.2 11.6 8.3 7.5 2.5 0.5 14.8 19.7 94 102 -0.2 0.8 0.6
10 Vitaly Potapenko 21 80 1238 9.5 .486 .441 10.9 12.0 11.4 6.1 1.2 2.5 18.6 23.7 91 104 -1.2 1.7 0.5
11 Reggie Geary 23 39 246 8.7 .454 .448 2.1 5.9 4.0 24.7 3.1 0.7 19.3 15.8 95 103 -0.1 0.4 0.3
12 Shawnelle Scott 24 16 50 18.7 .480 .500 20.5 21.2 20.8 0.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 20.8 113 102 0.1 0.1 0.2
13 Carl Thomas 27 19 77 8.5 .430 .417 5.0 17.2 11.0 18.4 1.5 1.2 19.7 19.8 86 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Danny Ferry $4,643,000
2 Tyrone Hill $3,480,000
3 Mark West $2,000,000
4 Bobby Phills $1,808,000
5 Terrell Brandon $1,312,000
6 Chris Mills $1,235,000
7 Vitaly Potapenko $1,068,000
8 Bob Sura $864,000
9 Zydrunas Ilgauskas $720,000
10 Antonio Lang $520,000
11 Donny Marshall $450,000
12 Shawnelle Scott $300,000
13 Carl Thomas $247,500
14 Reggie Geary $220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)