1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: George Karl (25-42), Gene Littles (4-11)

Executive: Harry Weltman

PTS/G: 107.8 (19th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 110.6 (11th of 23)

SRS: -2.19 (16th of 23) Pace: 101.6 (15th of 23)

Off Rtg: 105.5 (16th of 23) Def Rtg: 108.3 (18th of 23) Net Rtg: -2.8 (16th of 23)

Expected W-L: 34-48 (16th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +3000

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 391,842 (18th of 23)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

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	1985-10-25	@	CHI	L	115	116	45	93	.484	2	3	.667	23	32	.719	16	47	24	8	8	20	34	43	95	.453	1	4	.250	29	41	.707	21	53	29	8	8	20	33
2	2	1985-10-26		BOS	L	100	105	39	89	.438	3	5	.600	19	33	.576	13	40	20	4	7	11	32	36	86	.419	0	3	.000	33	45	.733	21	54	22	3	2	14	24
3	3	1985-10-29		WSB	L	90	97	33	87	.379	3	8	.375	21	29	.724	12	38	22	10	4	10	27	39	79	.494	0	3	.000	19	30	.633	8	42	24	3	7	16	21
4	4	1985-10-31	@	WSB	W	114	107	44	92	.478	0	0		26	29	.897	13	48	28	9	4	22	30	40	91	.440	4	13	.308	23	32	.719	13	36	17	9	9	16	24
5	5	1985-11-03		MIL	L	110	120	39	90	.433	1	1	1.000	31	42	.738	16	47	25	7	7	20	32	46	92	.500	0	5	.000	28	37	.757	13	44	26	10	7	15	34
6	6	1985-11-05	@	LAL	W	129	111	51	90	.567	1	2	.500	26	38	.684	13	48	28	9	8	14	27	43	102	.422	4	8	.500	21	28	.750	16	43	26	3	5	15	25
7	7	1985-11-07	@	SAC	W	95	94	39	80	.488	2	3	.667	15	22	.682	12	43	14	11	8	26	30	35	85	.412	1	3	.333	23	29	.793	15	42	21	11	3	25	23
8	8	1985-11-09	@	UTA	L	114	121	45	96	.469	4	9	.444	20	27	.741	13	49	23	10	4	19	33	43	86	.500	0	0		35	43	.814	8	48	32	9	8	19	22
9	9	1985-11-10	@	POR	L	107	110	38	75	.507	3	5	.600	28	33	.848	14	44	22	3	7	22	37	38	85	.447	2	3	.667	32	43	.744	12	38	22	9	4	9	25
10	10	1985-11-14	@	IND	W	112	104	45	90	.500	1	6	.167	21	28	.750	8	45	29	9	8	15	24	45	97	.464	0	4	.000	14	25	.560	14	51	26	10	2	12	22
11	11	1985-11-16	@	CHI	W	132	128	44	87	.506	0	2	.000	44	54	.815	10	38	19	9	6	14	39	42	85	.494	2	8	.250	42	50	.840	12	39	29	3	2	18	37
12	12	1985-11-19		GSW	L	104	110	40	81	.494	0	2	.000	24	33	.727	18	49	24	11	8	24	19	48	92	.522	0	1	.000	14	18	.778	14	37	31	15	8	18	25
13	13	1985-11-20	@	WSB	L	98	101	37	87	.425	1	3	.333	23	26	.885	9	33	22	9	5	16	22	41	90	.456	0	1	.000	19	22	.864	15	51	23	7	8	21	26
14	14	1985-11-22		UTA	L	113	121	45	95	.474	0	3	.000	23	31	.742	16	43	30	6	7	17	29	46	87	.529	0	1	.000	29	36	.806	11	42	30	9	9	16	25
15	15	1985-11-24		ATL	W	98	90	39	88	.443	0	1	.000	20	34	.588	19	49	20	7	3	11	20	37	81	.457	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	14	41	24	8	5	16	30
16	16	1985-11-26	@	DET	L	98	113	46	97	.474	0	2	.000	6	9	.667	16	49	28	8	11	24	24	48	103	.466	1	2	.500	16	21	.762	15	53	34	13	9	17	15
17	17	1985-11-30		NJN	W	119	90	51	92	.554	1	3	.333	16	21	.762	8	47	33	5	6	10	25	32	95	.337	0	4	.000	26	34	.765	16	46	18	4	2	11	20
18	18	1985-12-03		IND	L	84	98	33	83	.398	1	5	.200	17	31	.548	10	36	23	9	7	16	25	40	84	.476	0	0		18	24	.750	18	59	27	8	4	21	27
19	19	1985-12-05		SEA	W	100	97	35	75	.467	0	3	.000	30	39	.769	11	42	31	2	3	15	25	39	90	.433	0	2	.000	19	24	.792	11	36	26	7	1	11	29
20	20	1985-12-07		DEN	W	124	114	47	92	.511	0	0		30	36	.833	20	60	28	10	6	27	24	44	99	.444	4	13	.308	22	29	.759	15	37	23	9	5	20	28
								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	1985-12-10		DET	L	120	130	45	96	.469	1	5	.200	29	40	.725	19	43	23	5	5	12	27	53	95	.558	0	1	.000	24	31	.774	16	46	30	6	2	16	27
22	22	1985-12-11	@	PHI	L	110	125	43	83	.518	1	6	.167	23	34	.676	14	46	25	11	3	29	35	46	91	.505	1	2	.500	32	45	.711	15	41	34	19	6	19	31
23	23	1985-12-13	@	MIL	W	128	124	45	92	.489	4	7	.571	34	44	.773	19	52	26	8	4	27	35	45	100	.450	2	11	.182	32	42	.762	17	43	23	12	6	16	31
24	24	1985-12-14		BOS	W	109	99	45	89	.506	3	4	.750	16	21	.762	10	49	30	7	5	20	24	38	90	.422	4	9	.444	19	26	.731	12	44	29	11	1	17	19
25	25	1985-12-17		HOU	L	94	98	42	90	.467	2	7	.286	8	9	.889	13	45	26	6	5	18	28	39	94	.415	0	2	.000	20	28	.714	20	46	20	11	12	12	17
26	26	1985-12-19	@	NYK	W	109	105	40	77	.519	1	4	.250	28	37	.757	15	51	18	8	3	22	35	41	86	.477	2	6	.333	21	32	.656	11	42	26	5	3	18	29
27	27	1985-12-20		LAL	L	116	128	46	99	.465	1	7	.143	23	28	.821	13	41	26	6	3	12	25	53	96	.552	0	4	.000	22	29	.759	15	52	27	8	2	14	21
28	28	1985-12-22		DAL	W	119	105	48	96	.500	2	6	.333	21	27	.778	12	42	35	12	2	13	25	36	84	.429	1	8	.125	32	35	.914	11	45	24	6	5	18	18
29	29	1985-12-23	@	NJN	L	101	108	41	81	.506	3	10	.300	16	26	.615	11	34	23	10	2	19	23	47	89	.528	0	1	.000	14	27	.519	17	47	29	8	3	17	24
30	30	1985-12-27	@	DET	W	119	105	43	88	.489	1	3	.333	32	39	.821	17	53	28	11	8	20	23	42	94	.447	1	3	.333	20	25	.800	14	39	28	10	6	18	25
31	31	1985-12-28		MIL	L	112	114	46	89	.517	0	3	.000	20	31	.645	17	51	26	4	5	20	30	43	97	.443	0	5	.000	28	37	.757	12	38	21	6	3	14	31
32	32	1985-12-30		CHI	L	117	121	48	92	.522	1	4	.250	20	27	.741	13	45	33	4	8	11	26	50	100	.500	1	5	.200	20	25	.800	17	45	34	5	9	11	23
33	33	1986-01-03		LAC	W	130	111	56	94	.596	0	2	.000	18	23	.783	14	52	40	11	9	21	31	38	86	.442	3	4	.750	32	40	.800	7	26	21	10	2	16	25
34	34	1986-01-04	@	NJN	L	106	125	40	92	.435	1	8	.125	25	28	.893	9	40	20	8	2	16	31	45	84	.536	0	0		35	44	.795	8	49	32	9	3	15	26
35	35	1986-01-07	@	MIL	L	101	110	38	98	.388	3	8	.375	22	26	.846	17	44	19	10	9	15	26	35	88	.398	1	2	.500	39	44	.886	26	61	17	12	6	20	20
36	36	1986-01-08	@	BOS	L	95	126	39	78	.500	0	3	.000	17	24	.708	5	37	20	8	6	22	29	48	87	.552	1	2	.500	29	37	.784	7	41	28	13	6	15	20
37	37	1986-01-11		SAC	W	105	101	41	81	.506	0	0		23	29	.793	13	37	28	5	3	12	29	40	86	.465	1	3	.333	20	30	.667	13	36	27	6	1	16	28
38	38	1986-01-14		POR	L	108	120	42	94	.447	0	2	.000	24	32	.750	18	44	23	7	3	17	31	43	83	.518	0	0		34	42	.810	16	48	26	13	3	18	30
39	39	1986-01-16	@	ATL	L	99	116	35	79	.443	2	2	1.000	27	33	.818	10	37	20	6	2	22	22	47	83	.566	1	1	1.000	21	31	.677	11	46	33	15	9	20	25
40	40	1986-01-18		IND	W	108	95	43	89	.483	0	6	.000	22	28	.786	13	42	28	10	3	13	20	39	88	.443	0	3	.000	17	21	.810	16	47	22	8	2	20	25
								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	1986-01-20		PHO	W	108	93	42	86	.488	0	0		24	30	.800	11	42	29	9	4	15	29	34	81	.420	1	5	.200	24	30	.800	8	36	24	5	1	20	27
42	42	1986-01-22		DET	L	104	107	42	79	.532	0	3	.000	20	25	.800	6	32	31	5	8	13	24	44	90	.489	1	2	.500	18	21	.857	9	35	30	8	3	11	24
43	43	1986-01-24		PHI	L	114	121	45	94	.479	1	4	.250	23	29	.793	16	36	27	11	2	15	28	48	80	.600	0	2	.000	25	30	.833	10	38	24	10	4	21	20
44	44	1986-01-27	@	DEN	L	103	124	43	92	.467	1	1	1.000	16	23	.696	15	47	18	4	7	20	25	50	96	.521	0	2	.000	24	30	.800	15	46	31	11	4	13	20
45	45	1986-01-28	@	HOU	L	109	116	37	76	.487	1	6	.167	34	42	.810	10	34	25	7	1	20	33	41	84	.488	2	6	.333	32	38	.842	15	44	30	13	1	22	28
46	46	1986-01-30	@	SAS	L	99	112	39	93	.419	0	2	.000	21	25	.840	14	39	24	6	6	13	27	41	82	.500	0	1	.000	30	38	.789	14	53	25	11	5	14	24
47	47	1986-01-31	@	DAL	L	91	107	31	77	.403	1	3	.333	28	39	.718	14	46	19	11	7	20	26	44	95	.463	0	3	.000	19	21	.905	16	52	25	10	2	18	27
48	48	1986-02-04		ATL	L	104	105	47	94	.500	1	3	.333	9	14	.643	11	38	32	8	5	14	28	37	83	.446	0	3	.000	31	48	.646	16	49	20	9	7	13	19
49	49	1986-02-06		PHI	L	103	111	43	97	.443	5	7	.714	12	15	.800	17	49	28	12	5	14	29	38	89	.427	0	2	.000	35	41	.854	19	52	19	6	3	19	18
50	50	1986-02-11		IND	W	119	97	47	87	.540	0	3	.000	25	29	.862	10	34	27	12	4	13	27	35	77	.455	0	1	.000	27	38	.711	14	42	24	5	0	22	27
51	51	1986-02-13		NJN	W	135	117	54	94	.574	1	4	.250	26	35	.743	9	43	39	17	8	16	33	42	96	.438	1	5	.200	32	40	.800	15	44	28	6	3	21	25
52	52	1986-02-15	@	IND	L	99	105	37	85	.435	3	8	.375	22	31	.710	13	41	22	4	8	11	31	35	85	.412	0	1	.000	35	44	.795	18	55	26	5	1	12	29
53	53	1986-02-17		NYK	W	111	97	42	79	.532	5	11	.455	22	32	.688	14	49	28	3	7	17	24	41	88	.466	3	3	1.000	12	21	.571	10	31	19	9	0	7	24
54	54	1986-02-18	@	NYK	W	111	105	44	82	.537	0	2	.000	23	32	.719	10	43	29	4	4	16	35	35	82	.427	3	7	.429	32	44	.727	12	39	23	8	1	18	28
55	55	1986-02-20		DET	L	107	109	43	90	.478	1	3	.333	20	27	.741	10	50	23	6	8	10	29	39	89	.438	2	3	.667	29	39	.744	14	51	29	6	3	10	21
56	56	1986-02-22		WSB	L	102	110	44	93	.473	0	4	.000	14	17	.824	10	36	30	3	6	10	27	43	88	.489	4	8	.500	20	28	.714	12	43	29	5	7	11	19
57	57	1986-02-24		SAS	W	124	114	44	86	.512	3	10	.300	33	38	.868	17	50	24	12	6	18	31	42	95	.442	1	5	.200	29	37	.784	15	39	27	10	7	15	28
58	58	1986-02-26	@	ATL	L	109	129	45	96	.469	1	2	.500	18	24	.750	9	40	27	10	2	15	31	46	87	.529	0	1	.000	37	47	.787	13	50	30	8	12	13	20
59	59	1986-02-28	@	CHI	L	96	116	40	84	.476	3	7	.429	13	16	.813	18	38	27	4	7	18	22	46	85	.541	2	3	.667	22	30	.733	14	39	35	9	3	11	18
60	60	1986-03-04	@	LAC	L	101	106	36	85	.424	1	7	.143	28	30	.933	11	41	20	7	3	16	33	32	72	.444	0	2	.000	42	53	.792	9	39	21	8	5	15	24
								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	1986-03-05	@	PHO	W	115	100	44	90	.489	4	6	.667	23	37	.622	15	53	22	11	5	17	32	37	86	.430	0	3	.000	26	36	.722	12	42	22	14	3	22	28
62	62	1986-03-07	@	SEA	L	106	120	44	105	.419	2	7	.286	16	20	.800	16	41	28	10	4	13	30	45	83	.542	2	4	.500	28	34	.824	7	39	27	8	2	17	21
63	63	1986-03-08	@	GSW	L	128	138	49	96	.510	3	6	.500	27	37	.730	18	43	24	6	5	15	41	47	83	.566	1	3	.333	43	55	.782	14	46	29	7	5	13	33
64	64	1986-03-11	@	NYK	W	112	107	37	89	.416	1	2	.500	37	44	.841	18	51	24	10	7	14	25	40	85	.471	1	2	.500	26	31	.839	9	41	23	5	1	18	32
65	65	1986-03-12		WSB	L	114	128	44	87	.506	4	8	.500	22	33	.667	16	45	27	7	2	18	24	47	88	.534	4	9	.444	30	37	.811	9	34	29	11	6	10	22
66	66	1986-03-14	@	PHI	L	100	109	44	93	.473	1	7	.143	11	14	.786	11	40	25	13	3	20	25	42	83	.506	0	3	.000	25	34	.735	15	48	30	11	4	23	13
67	67	1986-03-15		NJN	L	100	102	42	87	.483	0	2	.000	16	23	.696	11	43	27	8	7	19	16	46	97	.474	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	16	49	29	8	3	16	21
68	68	1986-03-17		PHI	L	112	118	51	99	.515	3	5	.600	7	10	.700	12	41	32	9	7	21	28	45	88	.511	1	2	.500	27	35	.771	10	42	22	15	4	20	14
69	69	1986-03-18	@	BOS	L	96	126	42	97	.433	3	9	.333	9	15	.600	10	36	15	10	7	16	20	52	90	.578	6	9	.667	16	21	.762	9	57	36	8	5	20	16
70	70	1986-03-20		NYK	L	87	93	32	87	.368	2	7	.286	21	25	.840	13	47	18	9	6	16	24	34	83	.410	2	3	.667	23	26	.885	9	48	16	5	1	14	18
71	71	1986-03-22		CHI	W	123	97	47	88	.534	3	4	.750	26	45	.578	16	48	31	4	4	13	32	33	87	.379	1	3	.333	30	44	.682	16	47	16	4	1	15	32
72	72	1986-03-25		ATL	L	91	97	35	78	.449	1	4	.250	20	27	.741	9	35	19	4	4	22	20	39	88	.443	0	2	.000	19	21	.905	12	45	28	10	5	18	24
73	73	1986-03-26	@	NJN	W	110	108	48	86	.558	4	7	.571	10	15	.667	11	41	30	5	5	18	30	39	84	.464	1	2	.500	29	34	.853	11	35	24	11	3	11	16
74	74	1986-03-29	@	ATL	W	123	105	48	75	.640	4	7	.571	23	30	.767	8	33	31	8	5	16	32	36	84	.429	0	2	.000	33	47	.702	24	46	22	7	3	17	22
75	75	1986-04-01		BOS	L	105	123	43	84	.512	6	11	.545	13	22	.591	9	41	23	4	6	16	30	43	95	.453	2	8	.250	35	44	.795	19	48	26	10	4	8	18
76	76	1986-04-03	@	MIL	L	93	114	40	88	.455	1	6	.167	12	20	.600	18	43	18	7	2	16	25	43	86	.500	1	4	.250	27	39	.692	19	53	24	7	4	14	18
77	77	1986-04-04	@	PHI	L	102	122	41	83	.494	2	4	.500	18	23	.783	15	41	30	4	6	17	24	52	101	.515	1	3	.333	17	24	.708	25	54	33	14	3	9	20
78	78	1986-04-06	@	WSB	L	95	106	41	96	.427	3	9	.333	10	14	.714	23	49	21	8	10	19	19	44	93	.473	1	1	1.000	17	23	.739	17	45	20	11	13	15	12
79	79	1986-04-07	@	DET	L	104	128	41	84	.488	1	2	.500	21	29	.724	9	40	19	5	6	22	31	49	93	.527	1	1	1.000	29	35	.829	14	46	32	7	8	13	21
80	80	1986-04-10		MIL	L	101	102	36	85	.424	3	7	.429	26	29	.897	16	40	16	6	3	12	22	36	79	.456	2	3	.667	28	34	.824	15	43	26	8	10	15	22
								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	1986-04-11	@	BOS	L	104	117	42	86	.488	2	5	.400	18	23	.783	12	35	24	6	3	19	29	44	80	.550	1	6	.167	28	36	.778	11	38	26	7	6	16	19
82	82	1986-04-13		CHI	W	104	97	41	86	.477	2	13	.154	20	24	.833	18	46	24	5	4	16	23	36	74	.486	0	4	.000	25	31	.806	7	28	21	8	1	12	21

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