1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 42-40, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Mike Fratello (42-40)

Executive: Wayne Embry

PTS/G: 87.5 (29th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 85.6 (1st of 29)

SRS: 2.32 (11th of 29) Pace: 82.9 (29th of 29)

Off Rtg: 104.6 (23rd of 29) Def Rtg: 102.4 (5th of 29) Net Rtg: +2.2 (11th of 29)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (11th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +6000, Over-Under 42.0

Arena: Gund Arena Attendance: 692,684 (16th of 29)

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1996-11-01	@	NJN	W	90	77	34	72	.472	5	10	.500	17	20	.850	12	35	16	10	1	15	24	23	58	.397	9	18	.500	22	33	.667	11	35	13	7	7	21	19
2	2	1996-11-02	@	WSB	W	98	96	37	85	.435	2	14	.143	22	26	.846	17	52	13	7	2	17	33	36	82	.439	3	8	.375	21	39	.538	13	44	19	4	8	15	24
3	3	1996-11-05		SAS	L	68	74	29	78	.372	3	14	.214	7	14	.500	15	40	20	6	4	15	22	27	61	.443	4	13	.308	16	23	.696	4	28	17	4	8	16	16
4	4	1996-11-08		VAN	W	88	72	35	79	.443	8	21	.381	10	14	.714	15	49	24	8	6	18	22	24	77	.312	2	10	.200	22	29	.759	16	41	17	9	4	14	17
5	5	1996-11-10		DEN	W	101	86	37	76	.487	11	20	.550	16	24	.667	10	32	26	9	7	14	20	33	72	.458	7	15	.467	13	14	.929	13	43	28	5	4	24	26
6	6	1996-11-12	@	ATL	L	83	87	30	68	.441	8	23	.348	15	23	.652	13	38	16	6	5	18	22	32	76	.421	7	22	.318	16	19	.842	12	34	22	5	5	13	22
7	7	1996-11-13		POR	W	81	70	32	76	.421	6	14	.429	11	11	1.000	7	36	21	9	7	15	21	28	74	.378	5	13	.385	9	16	.563	11	45	22	6	6	21	21
8	8	1996-11-15	@	PHI	W	105	89	40	80	.500	8	17	.471	17	24	.708	9	38	29	12	4	14	28	30	81	.370	7	18	.389	22	28	.786	18	49	24	4	4	22	20
9	9	1996-11-16		DET	L	98	102	33	65	.508	11	21	.524	21	30	.700	10	35	20	1	2	10	32	31	64	.484	7	15	.467	33	40	.825	11	32	18	4	4	9	26
10	10	1996-11-19		ATL	W	73	63	30	81	.370	6	14	.429	7	9	.778	14	50	22	3	7	13	16	23	71	.324	7	23	.304	10	15	.667	10	41	16	7	7	16	20
11	11	1996-11-21	@	TOR	W	89	81	32	65	.492	7	18	.389	18	26	.692	8	33	20	9	1	16	21	28	67	.418	7	16	.438	18	21	.857	10	34	16	9	1	18	20
12	12	1996-11-24		SAC	W	103	74	41	81	.506	7	14	.500	14	18	.778	12	47	25	6	6	11	21	24	68	.353	4	11	.364	22	29	.759	8	35	22	4	3	14	20
13	13	1996-11-27	@	MIL	L	75	92	32	71	.451	4	9	.444	7	17	.412	8	34	19	6	4	15	24	31	63	.492	5	8	.625	25	35	.714	9	40	17	7	2	13	18
14	14	1996-11-30		ORL	L	82	86	34	75	.453	6	17	.353	8	17	.471	11	30	19	14	4	16	21	30	61	.492	5	16	.313	21	24	.875	8	37	21	9	8	26	20
15	15	1996-12-03		TOR	W	93	74	35	82	.427	4	14	.286	19	24	.792	16	48	26	6	10	10	25	26	68	.382	5	13	.385	17	25	.680	8	38	20	3	6	15	22
16	16	1996-12-04	@	ORL	W	84	57	33	73	.452	7	13	.538	11	12	.917	14	40	25	10	3	14	22	21	62	.339	2	12	.167	13	17	.765	10	31	13	5	8	22	19
17	17	1996-12-06	@	DET	L	81	93	31	70	.443	4	11	.364	15	16	.938	10	40	20	1	2	12	23	33	62	.532	10	14	.714	17	29	.586	4	31	22	5	9	6	21
18	18	1996-12-08		LAC	W	90	69	38	75	.507	5	13	.385	9	14	.643	9	38	30	11	8	11	21	22	63	.349	3	8	.375	22	29	.759	10	32	15	6	6	16	20
19	19	1996-12-10		MIA	L	74	76	28	71	.394	3	13	.231	15	20	.750	13	41	20	8	5	12	20	23	64	.359	8	26	.308	22	27	.815	7	32	12	7	5	14	20
20	20	1996-12-11	@	WSB	L	95	106	34	65	.523	12	19	.632	15	20	.750	8	29	18	6	5	20	24	41	73	.562	6	10	.600	18	29	.621	10	33	22	13	4	16	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1996-12-13		GSW	W	101	87	33	73	.452	7	19	.368	28	34	.824	12	36	21	12	3	14	25	31	69	.449	6	14	.429	19	22	.864	12	37	23	5	8	22	27
22	22	1996-12-14	@	MIN	W	101	93	39	77	.506	6	14	.429	17	18	.944	12	32	24	3	4	6	25	30	69	.435	5	12	.417	28	34	.824	15	34	24	1	3	12	22
23	23	1996-12-18		NJN	W	99	81	37	75	.493	7	13	.538	18	23	.783	15	46	30	7	8	12	23	29	81	.358	9	18	.500	14	21	.667	17	39	21	6	3	18	21
24	24	1996-12-20		TOR	W	91	82	33	70	.471	4	17	.235	21	24	.875	10	36	27	11	5	16	25	29	69	.420	6	17	.353	18	23	.783	8	32	22	8	3	19	23
25	25	1996-12-22		UTA	W	100	94	35	72	.486	5	17	.294	25	27	.926	9	37	22	10	3	16	25	38	70	.543	4	13	.308	14	22	.636	5	28	32	7	2	18	27
26	26	1996-12-23	@	ORL	L	84	89	35	62	.565	2	11	.182	12	19	.632	5	24	18	7	3	14	18	37	77	.481	6	13	.462	9	13	.692	18	40	27	6	1	16	21
27	27	1996-12-27		MIL	W	94	86	34	70	.486	9	19	.474	17	23	.739	9	41	24	7	8	13	20	31	68	.456	3	11	.273	21	22	.955	3	30	22	7	1	13	19
28	28	1996-12-28	@	CHI	L	97	102	34	74	.459	11	26	.423	18	21	.857	11	33	22	8	2	15	25	34	65	.523	7	14	.500	27	37	.730	12	39	20	8	1	16	24
29	29	1996-12-30		MIN	W	108	96	37	70	.529	14	23	.609	20	33	.606	7	33	28	8	2	11	25	30	69	.435	12	22	.545	24	26	.923	9	35	19	8	7	20	31
30	30	1997-01-02		PHO	W	103	94	40	74	.541	7	20	.350	16	21	.762	12	36	28	12	2	19	27	34	69	.493	4	15	.267	22	26	.846	9	26	25	8	3	20	20
31	31	1997-01-04		IND	W	99	91	39	79	.494	8	20	.400	13	23	.565	15	43	27	7	7	13	21	35	69	.507	6	10	.600	15	20	.750	7	28	22	5	3	14	22
32	32	1997-01-07	@	IND	L	90	95	38	75	.507	3	13	.231	11	15	.733	6	30	18	7	5	7	29	29	61	.475	5	8	.625	32	44	.727	9	36	16	4	4	13	19
33	33	1997-01-08		HOU	L	78	81	27	67	.403	7	20	.350	17	22	.773	9	32	19	16	3	17	22	24	63	.381	8	27	.296	25	31	.806	13	43	20	13	2	22	21
34	34	1997-01-11		WSB	L	85	98	30	75	.400	8	17	.471	17	24	.708	14	32	18	8	3	18	18	41	74	.554	4	8	.500	12	16	.750	10	40	28	9	4	17	26
35	35	1997-01-13		ATL	L	79	93	31	72	.431	7	19	.368	10	16	.625	15	33	20	4	1	11	18	34	62	.548	7	20	.350	18	21	.857	8	34	21	7	3	10	19
36	36	1997-01-16	@	DEN	L	87	88	38	78	.487	2	5	.400	9	13	.692	10	35	20	15	6	12	18	38	79	.481	8	19	.421	4	5	.800	11	40	20	5	7	17	16
37	37	1997-01-17	@	SEA	L	84	96	30	70	.429	9	20	.450	15	22	.682	11	38	19	9	2	15	23	36	73	.493	7	17	.412	17	25	.680	10	35	21	10	4	10	20
38	38	1997-01-19	@	LAC	W	107	102	44	89	.494	3	11	.273	16	37	.432	17	59	21	7	7	14	29	34	83	.410	7	17	.412	27	34	.794	6	41	23	8	4	12	33
39	39	1997-01-20	@	UTA	L	74	94	25	68	.368	6	14	.429	18	27	.667	12	32	16	9	3	17	30	34	61	.557	4	12	.333	22	34	.647	7	36	25	13	6	17	26
40	40	1997-01-23		CHI	L	71	87	27	70	.386	5	19	.263	12	13	.923	8	28	19	13	6	17	24	30	71	.423	4	13	.308	23	26	.885	19	49	21	5	1	22	17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1997-01-25		CHH	W	106	73	41	83	.494	10	19	.526	14	21	.667	12	41	27	12	2	11	19	28	68	.412	5	16	.313	12	20	.600	8	32	21	5	5	17	23
42	42	1997-01-28	@	NJN	W	84	62	32	75	.427	4	14	.286	16	23	.696	16	47	18	13	7	11	17	21	70	.300	2	7	.286	18	26	.692	14	44	11	4	6	20	20
43	43	1997-01-29		NYK	L	65	75	26	73	.356	6	16	.375	7	12	.583	10	41	19	7	5	13	19	27	68	.397	5	15	.333	16	20	.800	10	39	18	6	6	13	15
44	44	1997-02-01		MIA	L	66	71	25	71	.352	4	10	.400	12	12	1.000	15	43	14	10	3	16	26	25	65	.385	4	25	.160	17	21	.810	8	37	20	8	5	14	18
45	45	1997-02-02	@	MIA	L	76	80	32	77	.416	6	13	.462	6	10	.600	10	42	13	6	1	13	28	25	62	.403	8	21	.381	22	31	.710	8	41	18	6	6	12	20
46	46	1997-02-04	@	MIL	W	79	78	31	64	.484	1	10	.100	16	29	.552	12	36	18	10	2	16	27	26	60	.433	3	5	.600	23	29	.793	11	32	10	9	2	17	28
47	47	1997-02-05	@	TOR	L	84	89	29	74	.392	7	22	.318	19	25	.760	13	40	22	5	8	15	27	28	69	.406	5	15	.333	28	39	.718	12	39	25	8	8	9	22
48	48	1997-02-11		PHI	W	105	94	40	82	.488	4	16	.250	21	26	.808	17	49	28	6	5	18	21	34	86	.395	3	13	.231	23	27	.852	13	38	20	6	4	10	18
49	49	1997-02-12	@	IND	W	83	75	37	70	.529	3	14	.214	6	9	.667	5	35	19	12	2	15	24	29	63	.460	5	15	.333	12	21	.571	4	24	16	6	1	15	18
50	50	1997-02-17		NJN	W	108	101	41	74	.554	7	14	.500	19	25	.760	8	40	28	3	2	9	21	40	80	.500	10	22	.455	11	18	.611	9	31	23	5	6	10	20
51	51	1997-02-19	@	LAL	W	103	84	35	71	.493	4	12	.333	29	34	.853	14	36	19	5	3	4	22	26	58	.448	7	15	.467	25	31	.806	8	28	17	1	5	13	26
52	52	1997-02-21	@	PHO	L	88	94	30	73	.411	7	15	.467	21	26	.808	13	36	23	10	1	14	22	35	64	.547	9	16	.563	15	26	.577	7	36	23	8	2	18	21
53	53	1997-02-23	@	VAN	W	91	84	31	61	.508	5	14	.357	24	32	.750	8	40	21	3	3	12	24	30	72	.417	2	13	.154	22	26	.846	12	34	20	7	3	8	25
54	54	1997-02-25		SEA	L	66	72	26	61	.426	4	14	.286	10	18	.556	8	29	22	9	4	16	25	21	60	.350	6	19	.316	24	29	.828	15	41	17	9	4	17	15
55	55	1997-02-27		CHI	W	73	70	29	67	.433	5	15	.333	10	13	.769	9	36	19	6	4	13	21	25	76	.329	1	14	.071	19	24	.792	17	48	12	6	3	11	15
56	56	1997-03-01		BOS	W	99	81	42	79	.532	5	16	.313	10	15	.667	11	40	25	11	10	16	20	26	75	.347	5	16	.313	24	30	.800	13	38	16	10	10	17	17
57	57	1997-03-02	@	NYK	L	82	90	31	71	.437	5	13	.385	15	23	.652	10	36	19	9	1	14	24	34	63	.540	6	11	.545	16	29	.552	8	35	21	10	4	16	18
58	58	1997-03-04	@	ATL	L	88	93	35	74	.473	8	15	.533	10	14	.714	8	29	17	7	1	12	21	30	56	.536	7	19	.368	26	29	.897	4	32	17	8	5	14	16
59	59	1997-03-05		IND	W	85	78	28	67	.418	8	18	.444	21	27	.778	9	36	21	14	0	11	27	27	59	.458	7	15	.467	17	28	.607	5	30	22	4	5	19	24
60	60	1997-03-08		MIL	L	82	90	31	71	.437	5	15	.333	15	18	.833	7	30	20	11	3	13	19	33	64	.516	3	9	.333	21	25	.840	8	38	20	7	5	18	18
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1997-03-11	@	SAC	W	88	85	34	71	.479	5	9	.556	15	22	.682	12	35	22	10	4	13	25	29	68	.426	8	16	.500	19	27	.704	14	41	23	2	2	20	21
62	62	1997-03-13	@	GSW	L	95	101	39	79	.494	6	15	.400	11	15	.733	10	36	24	6	3	17	24	37	70	.529	7	17	.412	20	24	.833	5	28	23	6	3	16	21
63	63	1997-03-14	@	POR	L	73	96	28	73	.384	4	16	.250	13	22	.591	11	29	14	6	0	15	35	31	63	.492	6	16	.375	28	43	.651	13	48	18	9	4	18	21
64	64	1997-03-17		DET	W	85	82	34	61	.557	3	13	.231	14	27	.519	7	34	21	6	5	12	23	25	60	.417	9	19	.474	23	35	.657	7	28	19	12	2	13	22
65	65	1997-03-19	@	CHH	L	72	90	28	71	.394	7	19	.368	9	15	.600	8	30	15	4	2	10	21	35	69	.507	3	13	.231	17	21	.810	11	42	26	8	6	12	19
66	66	1997-03-20		LAL	L	76	89	29	62	.468	3	16	.188	15	23	.652	10	37	19	8	4	19	19	32	70	.457	9	18	.500	16	30	.533	12	34	19	8	4	12	19
67	67	1997-03-22	@	DAL	W	75	72	27	81	.333	5	14	.357	16	24	.667	20	51	18	4	7	9	15	26	72	.361	3	13	.231	17	21	.810	12	44	10	4	9	9	19
68	68	1997-03-25	@	SAS	L	59	64	25	80	.313	3	13	.231	6	10	.600	17	44	13	6	3	10	17	25	67	.373	2	11	.182	12	18	.667	17	50	16	4	8	14	14
69	69	1997-03-27	@	HOU	L	89	107	31	77	.403	6	20	.300	21	28	.750	11	32	19	13	2	11	26	36	70	.514	11	21	.524	24	32	.750	11	45	29	7	3	18	24
70	70	1997-03-28	@	MIA	L	79	83	22	60	.367	6	16	.375	29	38	.763	6	32	14	6	2	15	26	30	74	.405	4	24	.167	19	31	.613	17	47	19	10	0	15	29
71	71	1997-03-30		DAL	W	84	80	29	68	.426	2	12	.167	24	30	.800	13	36	17	8	5	11	19	28	69	.406	3	12	.250	21	25	.840	13	39	19	9	2	16	25
72	72	1997-04-01		NYK	L	88	94	32	73	.438	6	15	.400	18	21	.857	9	32	21	6	3	10	28	32	61	.525	5	13	.385	25	29	.862	6	33	24	4	4	14	23
73	73	1997-04-02	@	BOS	W	96	87	33	71	.465	10	21	.476	20	24	.833	12	42	19	6	6	18	22	31	70	.443	5	14	.357	20	27	.741	6	27	22	7	1	12	24
74	74	1997-04-04	@	CHI	L	71	84	28	73	.384	4	13	.308	11	16	.688	13	40	17	5	1	13	24	31	64	.484	3	13	.231	19	30	.633	8	37	22	7	9	8	16
75	75	1997-04-07		CHH	L	105	110	38	67	.567	5	12	.417	24	31	.774	7	28	26	6	6	20	27	37	75	.493	8	18	.444	28	32	.875	10	33	25	10	1	16	28
76	76	1997-04-08	@	NYK	W	93	73	40	79	.506	7	16	.438	6	8	.750	8	32	26	7	0	9	14	29	66	.439	5	15	.333	10	15	.667	11	39	20	3	2	19	16
77	77	1997-04-11	@	BOS	L	101	103	32	75	.427	7	16	.438	30	36	.833	9	46	20	7	0	17	24	36	82	.439	9	20	.450	22	29	.759	5	36	25	10	0	12	27
78	78	1997-04-12		PHI	W	125	118	41	78	.526	10	21	.476	33	45	.733	14	42	33	11	6	15	29	43	85	.506	5	12	.417	27	37	.730	18	45	17	8	0	20	33
79	79	1997-04-14	@	CHH	L	82	94	28	68	.412	6	20	.300	20	27	.741	11	31	16	5	3	13	21	37	69	.536	8	16	.500	12	17	.706	11	41	27	7	4	16	25
80	80	1997-04-16		ORL	W	78	63	29	74	.392	6	17	.353	14	25	.560	14	48	20	11	3	12	15	26	71	.366	2	16	.125	9	14	.643	9	39	17	4	5	17	18
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1997-04-18	@	DET	W	82	75	30	69	.435	6	20	.300	16	22	.727	10	32	16	9	1	17	22	25	59	.424	3	10	.300	22	25	.880	8	34	14	8	1	20	21
82	82	1997-04-20		WSB	L	81	85	34	76	.447	1	9	.111	12	18	.667	12	36	22	8	6	8	20	33	75	.440	3	12	.250	16	24	.667	17	46	18	3	5	11	22

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