1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (57-25)

Executive: Wayne Embry

PTS/G: 108.8 (12th of 25) Opp PTS/G: 101.2 (3rd of 25)

SRS: 7.95 (1st of 25) Pace: 98.0 (21st of 25)

Off Rtg: 110.6 (9th of 25) Def Rtg: 102.9 (2nd of 25) Net Rtg: +7.7 (1st of 25)

Expected W-L: 60-22 (1st of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 721,426 (5th of 25)

NBA 1989 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1988-11-04	@	CHH	W	133	93	120.2	84.1	110.6	.370	.022	.622	63.5	61.1	14.5	3.5	.592	15.8	36.8	.261	.465	20.2	85.1	.151
2	2	1988-11-05	@	IND	W	105	99	105.6	99.6	99.4	.415	.012	.541	43.7	57.9	15.1	5.1	.463	14.9	27.3	.354	.458	20.8	60.5	.262
3	3	1988-11-09		LAC	W	108	91	106.9	90.1	101.0	.444	.067	.502	50.0	68.3	11.9	10.0	.467	12.9	37.5	.267	.413	17.2	62.5	.163
4	4	1988-11-12		IND	W	121	96	120.2	95.3	100.7	.229	.019	.524	54.0	64.7	13.9	14.1	.486	8.0	40.0	.181	.459	19.5	66.0	.198
5	5	1988-11-15		ATL	L	95	97	95.9	97.9	99.1	.371	.056	.459	52.6	83.8	13.1	11.5	.421	11.9	31.0	.225	.488	17.2	77.8	.207
6	6	1988-11-18	@	NJN	W	95	94	102.7	101.6	92.5	.253	.053	.570	43.8	47.5	8.6	12.0	.540	20.1	24.2	.187	.458	16.2	60.0	.217
7	7	1988-11-19		MIL	W	106	99	112.6	105.1	94.2	.463	.013	.550	53.9	57.9	7.4	14.3	.475	13.5	40.5	.375	.469	10.3	66.0	.071
8	8	1988-11-22	@	BOS	W	114	102	122.5	109.6	93.1	.557	.000	.654	55.7	70.7	6.4	4.8	.586	12.1	20.7	.457	.494	9.5	80.5	.212
9	9	1988-11-23	@	PHI	L	91	104	95.2	108.8	95.6	.205	.048	.503	47.0	69.2	9.4	5.7	.482	16.6	28.9	.133	.483	12.3	68.4	.189
10	10	1988-11-26	@	NYK	L	112	127	105.8	119.9	105.9	.416	.052	.615	48.7	69.8	8.5	10.3	.565	22.9	27.8	.325	.568	14.0	66.7	.200
11	11	1988-11-27		MIA	W	109	80	124.0	91.0	87.9	.429	.039	.595	45.9	67.5	12.5	10.8	.532	9.9	31.4	.351	.467	23.5	59.0	.133
12	12	1988-12-01	@	MIL	W	99	96	103.0	99.9	96.1	.452	.095	.491	48.8	72.7	10.4	9.2	.411	14.4	31.8	.357	.468	17.4	66.7	.278
13	13	1988-12-02		BOS	W	112	84	112.2	84.1	99.8	.315	.033	.535	46.8	75.0	13.0	7.2	.522	6.3	25.5	.174	.343	13.2	62.5	.162
14	14	1988-12-04		DEN	W	122	103	122.5	103.4	99.6	.348	.045	.594	50.6	64.0	5.0	15.1	.567	12.8	38.1	.236	.470	12.3	61.7	.079
15	15	1988-12-06	@	HOU	L	105	106	102.8	103.8	102.2	.278	.056	.520	46.6	56.8	12.7	9.2	.500	13.7	26.1	.167	.522	16.4	69.0	.133
16	16	1988-12-08	@	SAS	W	104	95	108.8	99.4	95.6	.478	.058	.623	56.9	38.9	8.4	9.9	.543	23.0	38.7	.420	.489	16.8	70.7	.090
17	17	1988-12-10	@	DAL	W	102	98	114.2	109.7	89.3	.253	.066	.504	52.9	61.0	6.7	7.2	.467	9.8	40.4	.187	.487	15.4	67.5	.333
18	18	1988-12-13		LAL	L	102	111	103.5	112.7	98.5	.223	.138	.494	54.9	72.5	8.1	2.9	.441	13.4	37.5	.202	.604	19.3	79.4	.234
19	19	1988-12-15		DET	W	119	98	123.1	101.4	96.7	.489	.091	.556	50.0	73.2	10.3	8.6	.472	9.3	39.5	.409	.470	18.0	60.5	.241
20	20	1988-12-17		ATL	W	120	94	116.3	91.1	103.2	.369	.071	.615	50.0	68.8	7.8	10.8	.583	13.3	22.9	.262	.412	15.2	66.7	.144
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1988-12-20		UTA	W	110	94	117.3	100.2	93.8	.379	.074	.496	55.7	67.6	13.9	3.1	.416	9.8	46.2	.326	.493	22.2	69.4	.377
22	22	1988-12-21	@	BOS	W	115	114	122.3	121.2	94.0	.423	.056	.683	44.9	58.7	5.3	9.3	.655	19.2	25.0	.310	.450	7.4	53.7	.228
23	23	1988-12-23		SEA	W	119	107	118.5	106.6	90.9	.278	.044	.589	59.0	66.0	13.9	4.0	.556	15.8	50.0	.211	.538	19.1	66.7	.099
24	24	1988-12-27	@	CHI	W	107	96	114.7	102.9	93.3	.378	.049	.559	48.2	75.6	9.6	1.4	.512	11.1	31.8	.280	.482	16.2	65.9	.165
25	25	1988-12-28		CHH	W	122	98	120.2	96.5	101.5	.278	.067	.604	58.2	60.0	11.8	9.5	.572	16.5	40.5	.211	.477	16.7	73.8	.186
26	26	1988-12-30		WSB	W	127	110	117.8	102.0	107.8	.352	.055	.604	54.3	67.3	8.3	10.6	.577	13.9	34.1	.242	.476	13.4	69.8	.095
27	27	1989-01-03		IND	W	119	98	114.4	94.2	104.1	.404	.079	.568	44.8	65.9	13.5	10.5	.506	12.5	29.8	.326	.418	19.5	59.2	.242
28	28	1989-01-05		CHI	W	103	98	108.2	102.9	95.2	.363	.088	.555	48.2	63.2	7.4	11.8	.506	13.1	25.6	.275	.478	12.6	72.5	.146
29	29	1989-01-07		NYK	W	104	96	102.1	94.2	101.9	.425	.063	.548	53.8	67.5	4.9	23.3	.513	20.2	39.0	.275	.425	14.4	65.4	.110
30	30	1989-01-09	@	SEA	L	103	105	107.3	109.4	96.0	.355	.092	.586	46.6	43.9	8.3	11.3	.553	19.3	24.3	.250	.478	11.4	62.7	.198
31	31	1989-01-11	@	PHO	W	124	121	119.4	116.5	103.8	.202	.074	.606	46.8	66.7	9.6	9.5	.585	10.5	20.5	.149	.567	13.8	72.5	.225
32	32	1989-01-13	@	LAL	L	95	116	90.7	110.8	104.7	.309	.072	.431	45.3	54.1	12.4	5.3	.397	10.6	26.2	.186	.569	18.5	79.4	.313
33	33	1989-01-14	@	DEN	W	116	104	114.7	102.8	101.2	.420	.049	.604	49.0	47.7	4.0	8.6	.543	14.3	26.5	.346	.405	9.2	60.9	.126
34	34	1989-01-16		PHO	W	126	110	123.6	107.9	102.0	.278	.122	.624	49.4	76.0	14.7	10.6	.583	12.9	31.6	.233	.505	17.4	65.1	.198
35	35	1989-01-19	@	IND	W	113	106	116.7	109.5	96.8	.398	.048	.579	54.2	65.9	8.3	7.6	.542	12.6	32.5	.277	.529	14.6	74.4	.174
36	36	1989-01-21		NJN	W	115	103	112.8	101.0	102.0	.400	.106	.575	50.0	76.1	7.8	12.0	.559	15.3	34.2	.235	.454	13.7	62.0	.155
37	37	1989-01-23		GSW	W	142	109	126.1	96.8	112.6	.275	.083	.581	63.6	66.7	10.7	9.2	.541	11.6	44.9	.220	.455	13.4	79.3	.168
38	38	1989-01-24	@	ATL	L	105	121	112.0	129.1	93.7	.391	.101	.649	46.2	52.5	6.4	9.7	.601	22.1	30.6	.319	.510	6.9	59.5	.227
39	39	1989-01-27	@	DET	W	80	79	92.7	91.6	86.3	.300	.029	.505	44.3	71.9	5.8	2.4	.457	15.9	22.9	.229	.384	16.0	58.5	.151
40	40	1989-01-29	@	WSB	L	117	122	115.9	120.8	91.5	.196	.069	.528	45.3	50.0	8.9	8.9	.505	9.0	35.4	.137	.505	12.2	57.9	.315
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1989-01-31		PHI	W	118	103	119.4	104.2	98.8	.258	.056	.595	61.4	76.0	8.1	6.5	.562	11.6	36.1	.202	.525	15.9	88.2	.222
42	42	1989-02-02	@	NYK	L	109	125	100.9	115.7	108.0	.192	.115	.483	43.4	66.7	9.3	2.5	.476	13.1	29.2	.096	.599	17.4	62.9	.176
43	43	1989-02-03		SAC	W	110	94	113.0	96.5	97.4	.326	.101	.540	51.2	62.8	10.3	2.8	.500	10.5	30.4	.236	.519	18.6	76.3	.152
44	44	1989-02-05	@	CHH	W	110	91	111.6	92.3	98.5	.303	.067	.545	53.5	61.4	5.1	1.2	.511	11.4	28.9	.213	.477	14.8	80.5	.092
45	45	1989-02-07	@	MIL	L	106	115	110.3	119.6	96.1	.226	.086	.518	44.4	61.4	8.3	6.5	.489	11.3	31.8	.161	.515	10.1	56.5	.131
46	46	1989-02-09		IND	W	108	99	109.4	100.3	98.7	.463	.075	.561	52.5	59.5	7.1	7.5	.481	13.5	25.6	.388	.494	13.5	78.0	.149
47	47	1989-02-14	@	MIA	W	109	98	110.3	99.1	98.9	.372	.023	.545	44.0	64.3	12.1	8.2	.488	10.7	25.6	.291	.456	18.9	60.0	.165
48	48	1989-02-15		NYK	W	129	107	123.0	102.0	104.9	.430	.105	.631	52.6	69.2	8.6	18.5	.622	15.0	37.5	.256	.434	11.5	63.2	.142
49	49	1989-02-17	@	ATL	L	100	108	106.9	115.4	93.6	.513	.053	.537	53.4	52.9	7.5	9.0	.461	15.4	40.0	.395	.505	11.3	64.6	.176
50	50	1989-02-18		PHI	W	118	100	116.5	98.7	101.3	.378	.061	.617	51.1	70.5	11.8	12.0	.561	15.8	30.0	.317	.424	14.8	68.8	.239
51	51	1989-02-20		HOU	W	110	90	108.2	88.5	101.7	.462	.038	.586	51.7	76.9	11.8	12.5	.513	17.6	26.3	.385	.453	19.6	71.4	.140
52	52	1989-02-22		NJN	W	130	111	124.6	106.4	104.4	.356	.034	.646	54.9	80.0	8.6	8.1	.632	10.7	22.2	.230	.479	10.3	80.4	.223
53	53	1989-02-24		POR	W	128	91	125.5	89.2	102.0	.256	.011	.639	48.8	63.6	14.7	8.5	.611	16.7	42.4	.200	.415	19.9	52.8	.080
54	54	1989-02-28		DET	W	115	99	116.0	99.8	99.2	.513	.051	.601	51.7	60.0	12.1	6.5	.519	11.2	27.0	.436	.441	14.8	70.0	.183
55	55	1989-03-02		SAS	W	112	84	115.2	86.4	97.2	.308	.033	.542	56.5	68.1	11.3	10.7	.516	11.9	44.2	.198	.407	18.7	67.3	.163
56	56	1989-03-03	@	DET	L	90	96	96.9	103.3	92.9	.351	.065	.506	51.9	54.3	7.5	5.6	.461	18.4	31.6	.247	.455	15.0	71.8	.321
57	57	1989-03-05		MIL	L	98	103	107.2	112.6	91.4	.342	.076	.539	55.7	71.8	13.1	6.3	.494	15.8	41.7	.253	.537	15.9	70.6	.183
58	58	1989-03-07	@	SAC	W	105	95	113.9	103.0	92.2	.242	.053	.499	54.1	58.1	7.6	8.3	.463	10.2	41.3	.179	.447	9.8	65.4	.105
59	59	1989-03-09	@	GSW	L	114	120	105.1	110.6	108.5	.389	.111	.541	47.9	53.7	11.1	14.4	.494	17.9	36.4	.278	.444	13.1	57.7	.234
60	60	1989-03-10	@	LAC	L	103	105	103.3	105.3	99.7	.361	.108	.535	38.9	73.7	12.0	11.0	.482	14.3	19.4	.277	.495	15.9	58.3	.140
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1989-03-12	@	POR	W	123	110	124.9	111.7	98.5	.301	.072	.654	51.1	49.0	8.1	4.3	.614	14.5	35.3	.253	.446	10.3	61.1	.186
62	62	1989-03-13	@	UTA	L	83	98	88.5	104.5	93.8	.377	.078	.462	50.0	53.3	4.3	7.9	.396	15.9	27.3	.286	.429	9.7	70.0	.220
63	63	1989-03-15		CHI	W	115	91	118.8	94.0	96.8	.293	.049	.621	56.8	70.2	17.6	4.9	.573	15.5	32.3	.256	.455	16.0	72.0	.112
64	64	1989-03-19	@	NJN	W	101	91	100.6	90.7	100.4	.270	.045	.507	37.8	51.2	13.9	9.0	.466	8.3	10.4	.202	.444	21.0	69.0	.235
65	65	1989-03-20		WSB	W	103	97	106.8	100.6	96.4	.333	.103	.576	49.4	68.4	10.4	8.6	.532	14.4	15.4	.256	.524	13.5	84.2	.094
66	66	1989-03-22	@	PHI	L	97	100	111.5	114.9	87.0	.388	.119	.618	41.5	73.0	6.9	12.5	.575	18.7	26.5	.299	.439	8.6	52.1	.131
67	67	1989-03-23		MIL	W	102	88	119.5	103.1	85.4	.429	.052	.557	52.5	81.1	9.4	12.9	.494	8.0	30.8	.338	.444	15.2	73.2	.333
68	68	1989-03-25	@	MIL	L	105	113	107.2	115.4	88.7	.341	.106	.537	45.7	69.2	6.1	6.3	.488	14.1	27.3	.259	.489	11.4	67.6	.307
69	69	1989-03-27	@	IND	L	102	104	109.7	111.8	93.0	.556	.167	.569	41.1	66.7	10.8	1.1	.479	14.3	25.6	.458	.447	12.4	52.9	.200
70	70	1989-03-28		DAL	W	102	90	103.8	91.5	98.3	.241	.108	.556	50.6	58.1	11.2	2.6	.542	15.6	18.9	.145	.447	14.6	76.1	.165
71	71	1989-03-31	@	CHI	W	109	100	115.0	105.5	94.8	.453	.067	.606	50.7	57.9	9.5	9.0	.533	13.5	20.0	.387	.517	11.3	77.5	.128
72	72	1989-04-02		BOS	W	117	100	116.9	99.9	100.1	.514	.069	.663	44.4	76.7	12.0	10.7	.604	14.5	14.3	.417	.386	13.0	60.4	.181
73	73	1989-04-04		ATL	W	105	91	111.7	96.8	94.0	.353	.047	.535	45.1	81.0	17.0	6.4	.494	11.7	31.1	.247	.435	18.3	58.7	.200
74	74	1989-04-07	@	WSB	L	96	107	95.8	106.8	100.2	.293	.130	.462	54.7	56.8	12.0	7.1	.413	18.1	40.8	.217	.500	14.3	73.0	.230
75	75	1989-04-09		CHH	W	122	116	127.6	121.3	95.6	.737	.053	.606	50.0	69.2	7.3	10.1	.526	9.0	33.3	.553	.539	10.5	65.1	.211
76	76	1989-04-11		PHI	W	92	90	100.7	98.5	91.4	.264	.097	.572	47.4	87.5	7.7	11.9	.563	19.1	20.6	.153	.460	12.9	68.2	.102
77	77	1989-04-12	@	DET	L	95	107	110.2	124.1	86.2	.355	.118	.541	53.8	55.6	4.6	6.6	.507	12.9	35.0	.237	.548	7.0	72.5	.179
78	78	1989-04-14	@	BOS	L	104	113	106.4	115.7	97.7	.398	.072	.533	40.0	67.5	7.2	6.7	.494	11.0	19.0	.265	.494	12.0	60.5	.281
79	79	1989-04-16		CHI	W	111	92	112.5	93.2	98.7	.390	.110	.578	53.8	79.5	8.1	4.8	.549	12.7	22.0	.256	.421	11.0	80.0	.191
80	80	1989-04-18		DET	L	102	118	109.9	127.2	92.8	.400	.063	.542	46.4	74.3	7.5	6.4	.456	13.0	30.2	.363	.567	9.9	63.4	.178
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1989-04-21	@	ATL	L	89	92	91.9	95.0	96.8	.274	.083	.473	46.7	56.8	11.4	9.1	.446	19.6	32.6	.167	.396	17.1	59.2	.329
82	82	1989-04-23	@	CHI	W	90	84	95.0	88.7	94.7	.253	.046	.465	53.2	62.9	13.7	6.6	.402	15.7	36.2	.230	.415	18.8	70.2	.195

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