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1997-98 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Mike Fratello (47-35)

Points Per Game: 92.5 (24th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 89.8 (4th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (10th of 29)

Arena: Gund Arena ▪ Attendance: 694,629 (16th of 29)

SRS: 3.06 (10th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 89.9 (17th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 102.2 (24th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.1 (1st of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Indiana Pacers

1997-98 Cleveland Cavaliers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
23 Derek Anderson G 6-5 194 July 18, 1974 R University of Kentucky
2 Scott Brooks G 5-11 165 July 31, 1965 9 University of California, Irvine
6 Mitchell Butler G-F 6-5 210 December 15, 1970 4 University of California, Los Angeles
27 Tony Dumas G 6-6 190 August 25, 1972 3 University of Missouri-Kansas City
35 Danny Ferry F 6-10 230 October 17, 1966 7 Duke University
20 Greg Graham G 6-4 174 November 26, 1970 4 Indiana University
45 Cedric Henderson F 6-7 215 March 11, 1975 R University of Memphis
11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 7-3 238 June 5, 1975 R
32 Henry James F 6-8 220 July 29, 1965 6 St. Mary's University
4 Shawn Kemp F-C 6-10 230 November 26, 1969 8 Trinity Valley Community College
12 Brevin Knight G 5-10 173 November 8, 1975 R Stanford University
1 Wesley Person G 6-6 195 March 28, 1971 3 Auburn University
52 Vitaly Potapenko C 6-10 280 March 21, 1975 1 Wright State University
44 Shawnelle Scott C 6-10 250 June 16, 1972 1 St. John's University
3 Bob Sura G 6-5 200 March 25, 1973 2 Florida State University
30 Carl Thomas G 6-4 175 October 3, 1969 2 Eastern Michigan 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 19830 2817 6207 .454 298 801 .372 1653 2187 .756 955 2331 3286 1894 814 419 1418 1939 7585 92.5
Opponent 82 19830 2689 6214 .433 341 992 .344 1642 2175 .755 948 2229 3177 1790 707 455 1444 1904 7361 89.8

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 Shawn Kemp 28 80 80 2769 518 1164 .445 2 8 .250 404 556 .727 219 526 745 197 108 90 271 310 1442
2 Wesley Person 26 82 82 3198 440 957 .460 192 447 .430 132 170 .776 65 298 363 188 129 49 110 108 1204
3 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 82 81 2379 454 876 .518 1 4 .250 230 302 .762 279 444 723 71 52 135 146 288 1139
4 Cedric Henderson 22 82 71 2527 348 725 .480 0 4 .000 136 190 .716 71 254 325 168 96 45 165 238 832
5 Derek Anderson 23 66 13 1839 239 586 .408 17 84 .202 275 315 .873 55 132 187 227 86 13 128 136 770
6 Brevin Knight 22 80 76 2483 261 592 .441 0 7 .000 201 251 .801 67 186 253 656 196 18 194 271 723
7 Vitaly Potapenko 22 80 0 1412 234 488 .480 0 1 .000 102 144 .708 110 203 313 57 27 28 132 198 570
8 Danny Ferry 31 69 3 1034 113 286 .395 33 99 .333 32 40 .800 23 91 114 59 26 17 53 118 291
9 Bob Sura 24 46 4 942 87 231 .377 19 60 .317 74 131 .565 25 69 94 171 44 7 93 113 267
10 Henry James 32 28 0 166 24 59 .407 11 25 .440 21 22 .955 2 13 15 5 1 1 12 24 80
11 Scott Brooks 32 43 0 312 28 66 .424 5 11 .455 18 20 .900 6 24 30 49 18 3 12 25 79
12 Carl Thomas 28 29 0 272 27 70 .386 15 38 .395 8 13 .615 6 31 37 9 16 5 12 27 77
13 Shawnelle Scott 25 41 0 188 16 36 .444 0 0 12 18 .667 20 39 59 8 6 8 10 45 44
14 Mitchell Butler 27 18 0 206 15 47 .319 1 6 .167 6 10 .600 6 16 22 18 8 0 8 26 37
15 Greg Graham 27 6 0 56 7 12 .583 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 6 1 0 10 7 16
16 Tony Dumas 25 7 0 47 6 12 .500 2 4 .500 0 3 .000 1 4 5 5 0 0 5 5 14

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 Shawn Kemp 28 80 80 34.6 6.5 14.6 .445 0.0 0.1 .250 5.1 7.0 .727 2.7 6.6 9.3 2.5 1.4 1.1 3.4 3.9 18.0
2 Wesley Person 26 82 82 39.0 5.4 11.7 .460 2.3 5.5 .430 1.6 2.1 .776 0.8 3.6 4.4 2.3 1.6 0.6 1.3 1.3 14.7
3 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 82 81 29.0 5.5 10.7 .518 0.0 0.0 .250 2.8 3.7 .762 3.4 5.4 8.8 0.9 0.6 1.6 1.8 3.5 13.9
4 Derek Anderson 23 66 13 27.9 3.6 8.9 .408 0.3 1.3 .202 4.2 4.8 .873 0.8 2.0 2.8 3.4 1.3 0.2 1.9 2.1 11.7
5 Cedric Henderson 22 82 71 30.8 4.2 8.8 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.3 .716 0.9 3.1 4.0 2.0 1.2 0.5 2.0 2.9 10.1
6 Brevin Knight 22 80 76 31.0 3.3 7.4 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.1 .801 0.8 2.3 3.2 8.2 2.5 0.2 2.4 3.4 9.0
7 Vitaly Potapenko 22 80 0 17.7 2.9 6.1 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .708 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.7 2.5 7.1
8 Bob Sura 24 46 4 20.5 1.9 5.0 .377 0.4 1.3 .317 1.6 2.8 .565 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.7 1.0 0.2 2.0 2.5 5.8
9 Danny Ferry 31 69 3 15.0 1.6 4.1 .395 0.5 1.4 .333 0.5 0.6 .800 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.7 4.2
10 Henry James 32 28 0 5.9 0.9 2.1 .407 0.4 0.9 .440 0.8 0.8 .955 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 2.9
11 Greg Graham 27 6 0 9.3 1.2 2.0 .583 0.0 0.5 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 1.7 1.2 2.7
12 Carl Thomas 28 29 0 9.4 0.9 2.4 .386 0.5 1.3 .395 0.3 0.4 .615 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.7
13 Mitchell Butler 27 18 0 11.4 0.8 2.6 .319 0.1 0.3 .167 0.3 0.6 .600 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.4 2.1
14 Tony Dumas 25 7 0 6.7 0.9 1.7 .500 0.3 0.6 .500 0.0 0.4 .000 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.0
15 Scott Brooks 32 43 0 7.3 0.7 1.5 .424 0.1 0.3 .455 0.4 0.5 .900 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.8
16 Shawnelle Scott 25 41 0 4.6 0.4 0.9 .444 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .667 0.5 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 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 Shawn Kemp 28 80 80 2769 6.7 15.1 .445 0.0 0.1 .250 5.3 7.2 .727 2.8 6.8 9.7 2.6 1.4 1.2 3.5 4.0 18.7
2 Henry James 32 28 0 166 5.2 12.8 .407 2.4 5.4 .440 4.6 4.8 .955 0.4 2.8 3.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 2.6 5.2 17.3
3 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 82 81 2379 6.9 13.3 .518 0.0 0.1 .250 3.5 4.6 .762 4.2 6.7 10.9 1.1 0.8 2.0 2.2 4.4 17.2
4 Derek Anderson 23 66 13 1839 4.7 11.5 .408 0.3 1.6 .202 5.4 6.2 .873 1.1 2.6 3.7 4.4 1.7 0.3 2.5 2.7 15.1
5 Vitaly Potapenko 22 80 0 1412 6.0 12.4 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.7 .708 2.8 5.2 8.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 3.4 5.0 14.5
6 Wesley Person 26 82 82 3198 5.0 10.8 .460 2.2 5.0 .430 1.5 1.9 .776 0.7 3.4 4.1 2.1 1.5 0.6 1.2 1.2 13.6
7 Cedric Henderson 22 82 71 2527 5.0 10.3 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.7 .716 1.0 3.6 4.6 2.4 1.4 0.6 2.4 3.4 11.9
8 Tony Dumas 25 7 0 47 4.6 9.2 .500 1.5 3.1 .500 0.0 2.3 .000 0.8 3.1 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 10.7
9 Brevin Knight 22 80 76 2483 3.8 8.6 .441 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.6 .801 1.0 2.7 3.7 9.5 2.8 0.3 2.8 3.9 10.5
10 Greg Graham 27 6 0 56 4.5 7.7 .583 0.0 1.9 .000 1.3 1.3 1.000 0.0 0.6 0.6 3.9 0.6 0.0 6.4 4.5 10.3
11 Bob Sura 24 46 4 942 3.3 8.8 .377 0.7 2.3 .317 2.8 5.0 .565 1.0 2.6 3.6 6.5 1.7 0.3 3.6 4.3 10.2
12 Carl Thomas 28 29 0 272 3.6 9.3 .386 2.0 5.0 .395 1.1 1.7 .615 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.2 2.1 0.7 1.6 3.6 10.2
13 Danny Ferry 31 69 3 1034 3.9 10.0 .395 1.1 3.4 .333 1.1 1.4 .800 0.8 3.2 4.0 2.1 0.9 0.6 1.8 4.1 10.1
14 Scott Brooks 32 43 0 312 3.2 7.6 .424 0.6 1.3 .455 2.1 2.3 .900 0.7 2.8 3.5 5.7 2.1 0.3 1.4 2.9 9.1
15 Shawnelle Scott 25 41 0 188 3.1 6.9 .444 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.4 .667 3.8 7.5 11.3 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.9 8.6 8.4
16 Mitchell Butler 27 18 0 206 2.6 8.2 .319 0.2 1.0 .167 1.0 1.7 .600 1.0 2.8 3.8 3.1 1.4 0.0 1.4 4.5 6.5

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 Wesley Person 26 82 3198 15.1 .583 .560 2.5 11.3 7.0 10.3 2.2 1.2 9.6 16.5 114 101 5.3 5.0 10.3
2 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 82 2379 19.7 .564 .519 14.6 22.6 18.6 5.7 1.2 4.3 12.6 22.4 111 97 4.5 4.8 9.4
3 Brevin Knight 22 80 2483 17.1 .515 .441 3.4 9.1 6.3 43.7 4.2 0.6 21.6 16.7 109 97 3.5 4.9 8.4
4 Shawn Kemp 28 80 2769 17.5 .512 .446 9.9 23.0 16.5 13.6 2.1 2.5 16.1 28.0 98 96 0.9 5.9 6.8
5 Derek Anderson 23 66 1839 15.3 .531 .422 3.7 8.7 6.2 21.3 2.5 0.5 15.0 21.4 107 101 2.6 2.8 5.3
6 Cedric Henderson 22 82 2527 10.7 .514 .480 3.5 12.2 7.9 11.6 2.0 1.4 16.9 17.8 96 100 -0.2 4.0 3.8
7 Vitaly Potapenko 22 80 1412 11.0 .517 .480 9.7 17.4 13.6 7.4 1.0 1.5 19.3 22.4 93 101 -0.7 2.2 1.5
8 Scott Brooks 32 43 312 13.9 .528 .462 2.4 9.3 5.9 25.3 3.1 0.7 13.8 12.8 115 100 0.5 0.5 1.0
9 Danny Ferry 31 69 1034 7.5 .479 .453 2.8 10.6 6.8 9.5 1.3 1.2 14.9 15.9 93 102 -0.4 1.4 1.0
10 Bob Sura 24 46 942 9.6 .463 .418 3.3 8.9 6.1 29.4 2.5 0.6 24.4 18.7 90 101 -0.7 1.4 0.7
11 Carl Thomas 28 29 272 10.0 .508 .493 2.7 13.8 8.3 5.4 3.1 1.4 13.7 14.9 96 98 0.0 0.5 0.5
12 Shawnelle Scott 25 41 188 10.6 .501 .444 13.3 25.1 19.3 6.8 1.7 3.2 18.5 13.2 102 95 0.1 0.4 0.5
13 Henry James 32 28 166 10.6 .582 .500 1.5 9.5 5.5 5.3 0.3 0.5 14.9 22.4 105 105 0.2 0.2 0.3
14 Mitchell Butler 27 18 206 4.8 .360 .330 3.6 9.4 6.6 13.7 2.1 0.0 13.5 13.3 84 102 -0.2 0.3 0.1
15 Tony Dumas 25 7 47 5.4 .526 .583 2.7 10.3 6.5 18.3 0.0 0.0 27.3 18.0 83 106 -0.1 0.0 0.0
16 Greg Graham 27 6 56 2.1 .621 .583 0.0 2.2 1.1 18.3 1.0 0.0 43.7 18.9 73 107 -0.2 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 Shawn Kemp 28 4 152 33 71 0 0 38 45 16 41 8 5 4 16 12 104 .465 .844 38.0 26.0 10.3 2.0
2 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 4 147 28 49 0 0 13 25 14 30 2 2 5 10 22 69 .571 .520 36.8 17.3 7.5 0.5
3 Derek Anderson 23 4 103 10 22 0 0 23 26 0 9 11 5 1 12 10 43 .455 .885 25.8 10.8 2.3 2.8
4 Wesley Person 26 4 136 11 29 7 19 3 4 2 9 10 3 0 1 5 32 .379 .368 .750 34.0 8.0 2.3 2.5
5 Cedric Henderson 22 4 157 11 28 0 1 8 13 4 17 11 6 0 13 14 30 .393 .000 .615 39.3 7.5 4.3 2.8
6 Brevin Knight 22 4 132 6 21 0 0 6 10 0 16 23 10 1 8 16 18 .286 .600 33.0 4.5 4.0 5.8
7 Vitaly Potapenko 22 4 70 6 15 0 0 5 10 3 11 3 2 0 6 8 17 .400 .500 17.5 4.3 2.8 0.8
8 Bob Sura 24 3 31 1 5 0 2 2 3 0 3 4 1 0 2 4 4 .200 .000 .667 10.3 1.3 1.0 1.3
9 Shawnelle Scott 25 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .500 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
10 Scott Brooks 32 1 8 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 1.000 8.0 2.0 0.0 2.0
11 Carl Thomas 28 1 11 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .667 11.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
12 Danny Ferry 31 3 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 3.3 0.0 0.3 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 Shawn Kemp 28 4 152 25.9 .573 .465 15.3 23.9 19.6 15.5 1.9 2.3 15.0 35.4 109 105 0.4 0.2 0.6
2 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 22 4 147 16.3 .575 .571 13.9 15.8 14.8 3.7 0.8 3.0 14.3 24.0 105 108 0.2 0.1 0.3
3 Derek Anderson 23 4 103 15.1 .643 .455 0.0 12.7 6.4 23.2 2.8 0.9 26.4 22.2 105 107 0.1 0.1 0.2
4 Wesley Person 26 4 136 10.4 .520 .500 2.1 7.5 4.8 15.4 1.3 0.0 3.1 11.8 118 112 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Scott Brooks 32 1 8 14.9 .532 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 148 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Brevin Knight 22 4 132 8.9 .354 .286 0.0 17.6 8.8 34.0 4.4 0.7 24.0 12.7 82 102 -0.2 0.2 0.0
7 Carl Thomas 28 1 11 4.1 .431 .000 13.2 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.6 116 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Danny Ferry 31 3 10 -8.5 .000 .000 0.0 14.5 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.1 0 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Shawnelle Scott 25 1 3 11.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.5 33.3 50.4 59 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Bob Sura 24 3 31 2.6 .316 .200 0.0 14.1 7.0 24.6 1.9 0.0 24.0 13.5 71 109 -0.1 0.0 0.0
11 Vitaly Potapenko 22 4 70 4.6 .438 .400 6.2 16.6 11.4 9.1 1.7 0.0 23.6 18.3 78 109 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
12 Cedric Henderson 22 4 157 4.8 .445 .393 3.7 12.0 7.9 14.4 2.2 0.0 27.8 15.0 77 109 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Shawn Kemp $8,600,000
2 Danny Ferry $4,000,000
3 Wesley Person $3,500,000
4 Greg Graham $1,540,000
5 Tony Dumas $1,330,000
6 Vitaly Potapenko $1,228,560
7 Derek Anderson $1,107,240
8 Henry James $1,000,000
9 Bob Sura $976,920
10 Brevin Knight $949,320
11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas $828,000
12 Donny Marshall $540,000
13 Shawnelle Scott $500,000
14 Carl Thomas $272,250
15 Mitchell Butler $272,250
16 Cedric Henderson $250,000
17 Scott Brooks $50,000
18 Jerome Allen $35,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)