1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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Record: 31-51, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (31-51)

Executive: Wayne Embry

PTS/G: 104.4 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 108.2 (11th of 23)

SRS: -3.19 (18th of 23) Pace: 101.3 (12th of 23)

Off Rtg: 102.6 (22nd of 23) Def Rtg: 106.4 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: -3.8 (19th of 23)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (19th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +3500

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 447,125 (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	1986-11-01		WSB	W	113	106	46	86	.535	1	5	.200	20	30	.667	11	42	32	8	5	22	22	45	97	.464	1	4	.250	15	24	.625	16	45	24	12	8	20	31
2	2	1986-11-02		CHI	L	89	94	39	92	.424	0	3	.000	11	16	.688	17	50	16	5	9	22	20	39	89	.438	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	18	49	19	11	7	16	23
3	3	1986-11-05	@	UTA	L	95	111	34	85	.400	2	6	.333	25	32	.781	14	52	25	8	7	29	24	43	108	.398	1	4	.250	24	28	.857	18	50	27	16	8	14	25
4	4	1986-11-07	@	GSW	W	115	114	42	88	.477	1	3	.333	30	39	.769	14	39	24	11	4	15	26	46	95	.484	0	2	.000	22	25	.880	17	50	31	10	2	17	30
5	5	1986-11-08	@	LAC	W	100	93	45	77	.584	0	1	.000	10	21	.476	9	47	31	3	5	22	35	33	85	.388	0	2	.000	27	40	.675	17	43	17	3	2	14	26
6	6	1986-11-11	@	SAC	L	114	119	39	80	.488	1	5	.200	35	45	.778	10	41	25	7	10	18	27	45	106	.425	1	1	1.000	28	35	.800	25	54	23	11	9	14	30
7	7	1986-11-13	@	SAS	L	102	115	37	77	.481	0	2	.000	28	39	.718	9	42	19	4	3	25	27	44	96	.458	0	5	.000	27	36	.750	19	51	18	15	1	12	32
8	8	1986-11-15	@	DAL	L	96	111	40	85	.471	1	5	.200	15	23	.652	13	49	30	6	8	30	21	46	112	.411	2	8	.250	17	20	.850	23	51	26	17	2	17	21
9	9	1986-11-16	@	HOU	L	106	134	44	92	.478	0	4	.000	18	21	.857	14	46	32	7	6	30	30	52	100	.520	0	0		30	39	.769	16	46	35	21	9	16	21
10	10	1986-11-19		GSW	L	104	112	42	102	.412	1	7	.143	19	23	.826	24	49	21	6	12	21	19	49	98	.500	1	1	1.000	13	14	.929	15	45	26	11	14	15	23
11	11	1986-11-20	@	ATL	L	89	108	39	89	.438	0	2	.000	11	17	.647	17	49	22	5	4	22	21	46	101	.455	2	8	.250	14	19	.737	20	56	29	10	10	16	17
12	12	1986-11-22	@	DET	L	84	93	39	95	.411	0	2	.000	6	19	.316	20	45	19	11	8	12	24	40	84	.476	0	2	.000	13	24	.542	20	63	19	4	5	21	22
13	13	1986-11-26		POR	W	118	114	49	93	.527	1	4	.250	19	30	.633	12	41	30	9	11	13	27	39	81	.481	0	3	.000	36	43	.837	11	40	21	8	2	18	22
14	14	1986-11-29	@	NYK	W	90	88	35	87	.402	0	3	.000	20	29	.690	19	52	21	14	6	14	22	38	80	.475	0	2	.000	12	26	.462	14	49	25	4	3	18	23
15	15	1986-12-02		SAS	W	115	105	45	92	.489	1	1	1.000	24	29	.828	17	49	32	11	8	23	22	42	96	.438	1	6	.167	20	28	.714	19	42	24	12	3	19	31
16	16	1986-12-04		DET	W	113	105	42	92	.457	2	5	.400	27	39	.692	17	52	22	7	9	19	28	39	84	.464	0	2	.000	27	36	.750	13	45	18	10	7	19	28
17	17	1986-12-06		BOS	W	88	86	41	92	.446	0	1	.000	6	14	.429	17	49	21	6	8	14	15	33	82	.402	1	6	.167	19	24	.792	14	44	15	3	9	16	17
18	18	1986-12-09		ATL	L	98	122	34	84	.405	3	11	.273	27	39	.692	9	38	23	10	5	15	23	52	89	.584	1	4	.250	17	27	.630	10	50	35	7	7	17	25
19	19	1986-12-11	@	IND	L	94	115	33	81	.407	0	0		28	40	.700	15	50	15	7	5	24	23	44	102	.431	0	3	.000	27	31	.871	21	57	29	17	5	15	31
20	20	1986-12-13		PHI	W	123	120	50	99	.505	5	7	.714	18	23	.783	9	41	26	12	13	16	16	50	98	.510	3	8	.375	17	26	.654	13	43	23	10	8	20	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	1986-12-16		LAL	L	116	121	47	88	.534	3	8	.375	19	30	.633	12	40	27	9	7	13	20	50	91	.549	1	5	.200	20	28	.714	13	45	26	11	5	14	22
22	22	1986-12-17	@	PHI	W	110	107	45	91	.495	1	6	.167	19	26	.731	15	42	28	14	6	21	25	39	85	.459	1	1	1.000	28	39	.718	18	48	20	10	10	27	26
23	23	1986-12-19		UTA	L	128	134	50	111	.450	3	12	.250	25	39	.641	24	55	27	9	8	24	36	52	114	.456	5	10	.500	25	41	.610	23	59	30	14	10	22	38
24	24	1986-12-21		IND	W	104	94	40	92	.435	5	7	.714	19	27	.704	24	61	19	3	8	22	24	35	91	.385	1	8	.125	23	33	.697	17	43	22	11	6	10	23
25	25	1986-12-23	@	CHI	L	92	108	36	80	.450	2	4	.500	18	20	.900	16	41	19	8	5	21	18	48	93	.516	2	4	.500	10	11	.909	16	37	36	11	7	15	21
26	26	1986-12-26		NJN	W	121	112	45	92	.489	3	5	.600	28	33	.848	19	55	25	9	7	19	21	47	100	.470	2	8	.250	16	25	.640	14	41	32	7	7	15	26
27	27	1986-12-27	@	NJN	L	111	120	40	87	.460	2	7	.286	29	42	.690	13	43	15	9	5	19	27	45	91	.495	1	2	.500	29	38	.763	14	49	24	9	4	18	26
28	28	1986-12-29		ATL	W	107	106	40	87	.460	6	11	.545	21	34	.618	19	49	24	1	5	14	20	41	95	.432	4	10	.400	20	26	.769	16	42	22	4	5	9	29
29	29	1986-12-30	@	IND	L	99	111	38	88	.432	1	10	.100	22	32	.688	19	50	24	8	3	26	20	46	103	.447	0	2	.000	19	22	.864	22	55	25	15	4	16	30
30	30	1987-01-02		MIL	L	84	91	32	87	.368	2	13	.154	18	34	.529	17	47	19	9	4	16	21	36	86	.419	1	4	.250	18	25	.720	18	56	20	10	4	19	22
31	31	1987-01-03	@	MIL	L	95	104	32	83	.386	0	3	.000	31	41	.756	19	50	18	10	8	24	29	40	90	.444	0	5	.000	24	37	.649	16	47	20	16	6	15	32
32	32	1987-01-06		CHI	L	95	99	40	86	.465	0	0		15	25	.600	11	36	23	7	5	15	20	44	85	.518	0	0		11	17	.647	13	47	29	5	3	17	24
33	33	1987-01-08		LAC	W	103	93	42	96	.438	4	8	.500	15	25	.600	16	54	22	5	8	13	23	36	90	.400	0	8	.000	21	27	.778	11	46	19	6	11	13	22
34	34	1987-01-10	@	ATL	L	104	129	40	90	.444	3	7	.429	21	32	.656	20	49	21	8	4	23	34	43	94	.457	2	5	.400	41	57	.719	27	58	27	13	6	14	22
35	35	1987-01-13		DET	L	101	103	39	79	.494	0	3	.000	23	36	.639	10	45	21	5	10	16	30	40	101	.396	0	1	.000	23	35	.657	22	56	26	9	2	16	26
36	36	1987-01-14	@	DET	L	87	104	33	86	.384	0	3	.000	21	40	.525	19	50	16	5	8	26	23	43	84	.512	0	0		18	28	.643	8	41	25	14	5	21	27
37	37	1987-01-16	@	BOS	L	128	133	52	111	.468	2	11	.182	22	27	.815	20	47	27	8	6	15	28	47	84	.560	1	2	.500	38	39	.974	9	35	32	7	10	16	20
38	38	1987-01-17		NYK	W	116	110	45	79	.570	2	4	.500	24	41	.585	21	58	21	2	4	25	21	42	91	.462	5	11	.455	21	28	.750	13	33	21	12	3	14	29
39	39	1987-01-19		HOU	L	103	127	40	93	.430	2	4	.500	21	36	.583	14	47	21	6	8	17	24	50	99	.505	2	4	.500	25	28	.893	16	58	28	9	9	15	31
40	40	1987-01-21		MIL	L	107	111	37	79	.468	1	3	.333	32	44	.727	13	38	18	4	9	13	23	41	90	.456	2	8	.250	27	31	.871	15	44	25	6	7	9	30
								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	1987-01-23	@	CHI	L	96	117	39	84	.464	0	4	.000	18	26	.692	14	41	27	6	8	17	13	50	93	.538	2	3	.667	15	17	.882	13	42	30	11	4	11	22
42	42	1987-01-24		CHI	W	114	84	45	88	.511	0	1	.000	24	31	.774	17	50	26	10	5	17	27	30	74	.405	0	1	.000	24	29	.828	11	34	20	6	5	19	25
43	43	1987-01-28	@	PHI	L	107	109	42	85	.494	0	2	.000	23	33	.697	21	47	24	9	2	26	29	41	86	.477	0	1	.000	27	34	.794	17	41	24	11	11	17	27
44	44	1987-01-29		ATL	W	102	91	35	75	.467	3	8	.375	29	44	.659	18	48	20	11	5	24	17	37	88	.420	1	8	.125	16	20	.800	15	37	13	13	7	17	35
45	45	1987-01-31		IND	W	102	100	41	85	.482	0	2	.000	20	32	.625	15	45	23	13	8	19	18	42	90	.467	0	2	.000	16	20	.800	13	47	23	7	5	22	26
46	46	1987-02-04	@	BOS	L	102	104	42	88	.477	2	3	.667	16	27	.593	12	39	25	12	4	14	26	39	89	.438	3	10	.300	23	27	.852	17	51	26	7	5	18	24
47	47	1987-02-05	@	WSB	L	85	94	34	96	.354	1	8	.125	16	21	.762	23	56	21	8	13	20	23	36	86	.419	0	1	.000	22	32	.688	13	45	23	9	17	15	15
48	48	1987-02-10		NYK	W	100	95	36	83	.434	0	2	.000	28	40	.700	19	51	13	10	5	18	26	39	76	.513	1	3	.333	16	32	.500	9	33	14	6	3	22	31
49	49	1987-02-12		DET	L	109	113	43	96	.448	0	8	.000	23	33	.697	17	47	22	10	9	17	27	46	87	.529	0	1	.000	21	28	.750	9	44	30	11	2	17	25
50	50	1987-02-15	@	NJN	L	104	120	38	82	.463	0	3	.000	28	45	.622	13	37	9	13	5	23	28	45	88	.511	0	1	.000	30	37	.811	17	54	22	8	3	23	32
51	51	1987-02-16		SEA	W	105	94	40	79	.506	0	1	.000	25	34	.735	11	42	24	9	14	16	20	38	91	.418	1	11	.091	17	24	.708	16	45	19	6	6	17	30
52	52	1987-02-18		SAC	W	129	119	49	96	.510	1	6	.167	30	39	.769	21	48	25	7	5	13	17	48	91	.527	3	6	.500	20	24	.833	12	32	28	6	5	13	30
53	53	1987-02-19	@	NYK	L	105	120	40	98	.408	1	10	.100	24	30	.800	23	45	20	11	5	20	22	47	79	.595	1	3	.333	25	29	.862	11	42	28	14	6	23	27
54	54	1987-02-22	@	CHI	L	98	102	40	82	.488	0	0		18	21	.857	12	43	28	8	12	23	23	41	84	.488	0	2	.000	20	27	.741	13	40	31	15	15	17	22
55	55	1987-02-23		WSB	W	109	105	42	91	.462	0	2	.000	25	31	.806	19	43	26	9	6	15	23	39	86	.453	2	4	.500	25	29	.862	18	42	25	6	8	17	22
56	56	1987-02-25	@	DET	L	105	106	46	79	.582	0	3	.000	13	17	.765	8	26	31	9	6	28	27	39	71	.549	0	0		28	37	.757	11	33	22	13	3	24	26
57	57	1987-02-28	@	DEN	W	119	117	44	85	.518	0	0		31	41	.756	13	44	31	11	5	21	27	47	94	.500	0	1	.000	23	28	.821	13	41	27	10	3	21	25
58	58	1987-03-02	@	SEA	L	107	123	44	86	.512	2	4	.500	17	29	.586	11	39	25	10	4	19	22	50	104	.481	3	8	.375	20	25	.800	24	54	34	15	4	15	24
59	59	1987-03-03	@	POR	L	122	127	46	95	.484	1	6	.167	29	40	.725	14	42	25	10	7	20	25	52	87	.598	1	2	.500	22	32	.688	13	46	34	9	7	26	27
60	60	1987-03-05	@	PHO	L	102	126	41	88	.466	2	3	.667	18	26	.692	12	40	30	9	4	23	24	53	83	.639	0	1	.000	20	28	.714	3	33	40	15	10	15	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
61	61	1987-03-07	@	LAL	L	118	122	53	98	.541	0	0		12	18	.667	23	46	28	8	5	20	17	51	94	.543	0	3	.000	20	25	.800	19	42	32	11	8	16	25
62	62	1987-03-10		PHI	L	91	100	35	88	.398	1	4	.250	20	27	.741	12	38	22	15	9	20	17	39	81	.481	3	6	.500	19	27	.704	14	50	19	10	4	24	19
63	63	1987-03-12		PHO	W	116	109	40	83	.482	0	2	.000	36	43	.837	16	49	23	9	10	17	18	45	97	.464	5	9	.556	14	19	.737	11	33	32	8	5	13	27
64	64	1987-03-14	@	MIL	L	104	111	43	75	.573	0	2	.000	18	31	.581	8	36	28	7	9	22	20	50	96	.521	0	3	.000	11	20	.550	12	39	35	15	4	12	25
65	65	1987-03-15	@	WSB	L	89	97	42	91	.462	0	2	.000	5	9	.556	15	40	18	11	6	19	14	40	82	.488	2	2	1.000	15	15	1.000	11	38	18	5	9	18	13
66	66	1987-03-17	@	NJN	W	110	91	37	71	.521	0	1	.000	36	49	.735	10	34	13	9	8	26	24	35	80	.438	1	9	.111	20	25	.800	16	36	16	11	6	29	34
67	67	1987-03-18		DEN	L	100	104	38	82	.463	0	2	.000	24	30	.800	14	43	16	7	11	22	20	46	94	.489	0	0		12	15	.800	17	41	26	11	6	13	26
68	68	1987-03-20		NJN	W	106	105	40	83	.482	0	0		26	40	.650	14	41	22	8	6	17	27	42	85	.494	2	6	.333	19	27	.704	13	41	24	6	3	18	30
69	69	1987-03-21	@	IND	L	76	77	32	71	.451	0	1	.000	12	16	.750	9	41	23	7	7	22	17	33	87	.379	1	4	.250	10	14	.714	15	46	22	8	6	15	17
70	70	1987-03-24	@	BOS	L	88	111	36	93	.387	0	2	.000	16	21	.762	19	37	19	5	6	9	17	47	85	.553	3	6	.500	14	18	.778	13	45	30	8	10	14	13
71	71	1987-03-27		MIL	W	116	113	41	78	.526	0	2	.000	34	55	.618	16	48	27	11	9	16	19	46	94	.489	2	8	.250	19	26	.731	15	44	24	8	2	15	36
72	72	1987-03-29		DAL	L	98	101	42	83	.506	0	4	.000	14	21	.667	11	44	27	8	5	20	18	43	99	.434	0	1	.000	15	19	.789	18	46	18	10	1	14	22
73	73	1987-03-31		PHI	L	105	116	41	82	.500	0	3	.000	23	26	.885	14	34	22	6	2	16	21	45	80	.563	2	5	.400	24	28	.857	14	35	19	12	5	15	19
74	74	1987-04-01	@	PHI	L	99	108	40	82	.488	4	8	.500	15	21	.714	13	33	20	11	1	14	14	47	90	.522	0	3	.000	14	18	.778	18	47	26	10	6	17	19
75	75	1987-04-04		WSB	L	111	127	44	87	.506	0	3	.000	23	37	.622	14	35	32	8	8	15	18	56	101	.554	1	2	.500	14	20	.700	22	48	29	10	8	12	25
76	76	1987-04-06	@	ATL	L	105	110	27	72	.375	0	1	.000	51	59	.864	17	41	14	9	5	16	22	47	89	.528	0	3	.000	16	19	.842	16	45	40	9	4	18	36
77	77	1987-04-07		BOS	W	107	83	48	92	.522	0	4	.000	11	21	.524	13	47	22	9	4	7	15	37	80	.463	0	4	.000	9	13	.692	6	37	20	2	5	17	21
78	78	1987-04-09		IND	W	111	99	42	82	.512	1	5	.200	26	36	.722	17	52	27	6	9	21	15	46	93	.495	1	2	.500	6	13	.462	13	34	28	6	4	14	25
79	79	1987-04-11	@	MIL	L	93	121	38	85	.447	0	0		17	23	.739	13	40	25	12	9	27	26	46	94	.489	2	6	.333	27	32	.844	16	46	27	18	2	19	20
80	80	1987-04-14		NJN	W	113	95	43	76	.566	1	2	.500	26	38	.684	10	42	30	6	9	23	30	34	77	.442	5	13	.385	22	28	.786	11	29	18	3	1	24	37
								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	1987-04-15	@	WSB	L	101	110	43	82	.524	0	4	.000	15	27	.556	21	54	21	2	9	27	20	44	100	.440	2	2	1.000	20	23	.870	20	36	21	9	3	10	19
82	82	1987-04-18		NYK	W	122	113	49	93	.527	0	4	.000	24	34	.706	17	49	36	7	6	13	20	48	96	.500	1	5	.200	16	23	.696	16	43	26	11	2	15	25

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