1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (42-40)

Executive: Wayne Embry

PTS/G: 104.5 (21st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 103.7 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 1.28 (11th of 23) Pace: 97.3 (19th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.8 (15th of 23) Def Rtg: 106.0 (5th of 23) Net Rtg: +0.8 (12th of 23)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (12th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +7500

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 504,847 (12th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)

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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	1987-11-06	@	NJN	W	114	108	47	82	.573	2	3	.667	18	32	.563	11	46	27	14	10	27	35	40	97	.412	0	4	.000	28	41	.683	23	51	22	12	11	19	25
2	2	1987-11-07	@	ATL	L	105	113	38	88	.432	1	1	1.000	28	39	.718	17	46	21	6	5	20	39	37	87	.425	0	2	.000	39	50	.780	20	54	24	10	5	22	38
3	3	1987-11-11		MIL	L	101	109	39	90	.433	3	5	.600	20	27	.741	14	51	22	8	5	24	20	45	100	.450	0	3	.000	19	24	.792	16	55	25	16	5	17	24
4	4	1987-11-13	@	BOS	L	114	128	45	90	.500	1	3	.333	23	27	.852	13	30	34	11	6	13	20	51	88	.580	3	8	.375	23	26	.885	15	40	39	8	4	16	20
5	5	1987-11-14		DET	L	113	128	46	92	.500	2	3	.667	19	24	.792	5	23	29	8	3	14	27	50	82	.610	1	3	.333	27	33	.818	7	39	31	8	5	16	22
6	6	1987-11-17		BOS	W	109	88	40	86	.465	0	3	.000	29	38	.763	13	49	22	11	6	19	27	33	89	.371	2	4	.500	20	25	.800	16	47	15	7	6	19	29
7	7	1987-11-19		HOU	L	97	105	36	79	.456	0	3	.000	25	33	.758	14	42	22	17	3	23	28	40	81	.494	0	2	.000	25	33	.758	12	42	23	16	7	22	26
8	8	1987-11-21		PHI	W	101	88	40	85	.471	1	5	.200	20	29	.690	12	38	28	8	7	12	20	35	82	.427	0	2	.000	18	24	.750	17	49	15	5	5	19	26
9	9	1987-11-24	@	PHI	L	104	108	43	84	.512	1	5	.200	17	26	.654	11	35	27	12	3	21	24	45	85	.529	0	0		18	25	.720	16	47	22	13	13	29	27
10	10	1987-11-25		NYK	L	101	104	31	69	.449	0	0		39	52	.750	17	40	18	10	6	21	30	37	78	.474	1	6	.167	29	42	.690	12	34	19	9	9	18	41
11	11	1987-11-28	@	NYK	L	93	105	35	66	.530	2	5	.400	21	28	.750	5	37	21	4	6	30	29	39	92	.424	2	3	.667	25	31	.806	20	44	23	16	6	15	29
12	12	1987-12-02		SEA	W	104	102	42	80	.525	2	2	1.000	18	28	.643	10	38	30	11	5	13	19	39	86	.453	4	10	.400	20	26	.769	15	43	23	8	4	17	25
13	13	1987-12-04	@	IND	W	108	90	45	80	.563	2	3	.667	16	27	.593	7	39	26	12	2	13	19	41	83	.494	2	7	.286	6	8	.750	8	34	24	4	6	17	23
14	14	1987-12-05		LAL	W	97	95	42	80	.525	0	2	.000	13	18	.722	7	38	29	9	10	16	17	35	85	.412	2	7	.286	23	29	.793	18	43	22	7	2	15	16
15	15	1987-12-08	@	SEA	L	96	107	39	80	.488	3	5	.600	15	26	.577	12	34	27	6	3	20	24	47	91	.516	2	7	.286	11	14	.786	17	45	32	10	6	21	29
16	16	1987-12-09	@	GSW	L	112	113	45	79	.570	2	3	.667	20	28	.714	8	33	25	10	5	25	31	38	79	.481	0	3	.000	37	44	.841	17	44	25	10	5	25	25
17	17	1987-12-11	@	SAC	W	115	113	43	82	.524	4	6	.667	25	34	.735	13	35	19	10	4	13	23	45	89	.506	1	1	1.000	22	24	.917	21	47	24	6	9	22	25
18	18	1987-12-13	@	LAL	L	89	90	33	70	.471	1	5	.200	22	29	.759	8	35	25	12	4	24	23	36	80	.450	0	8	.000	18	21	.857	13	41	24	13	5	27	24
19	19	1987-12-15		DAL	W	106	93	40	84	.476	3	7	.429	23	32	.719	16	48	22	4	6	13	18	36	97	.371	1	12	.083	20	26	.769	20	46	20	6	3	9	25
20	20	1987-12-17	@	CHI	L	100	111	39	85	.459	0	0		22	22	1.000	12	36	23	6	4	16	24	44	80	.550	0	1	.000	23	25	.920	9	35	29	10	4	12	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
21	21	1987-12-18		NJN	W	103	94	36	78	.462	2	2	1.000	29	35	.829	11	43	21	11	6	13	17	39	83	.470	1	3	.333	15	19	.789	11	40	15	7	7	12	24
22	22	1987-12-20		IND	W	127	116	45	85	.529	4	9	.444	33	40	.825	14	41	33	9	4	19	14	54	91	.593	2	8	.250	6	11	.545	7	31	30	10	5	16	32
23	23	1987-12-22	@	WSB	W	106	102	40	86	.465	0	1	.000	26	33	.788	17	42	23	13	10	22	25	41	86	.477	0	1	.000	20	31	.645	16	43	29	11	6	22	23
24	24	1987-12-23		UTA	L	83	91	31	80	.388	3	9	.333	18	22	.818	12	39	20	10	4	16	24	35	79	.443	2	4	.500	19	20	.950	12	47	25	5	7	18	20
25	25	1987-12-26		POR	W	120	117	42	90	.467	4	7	.571	32	47	.681	13	45	32	8	10	13	22	51	95	.537	2	3	.667	13	22	.591	13	48	37	7	6	18	29
26	26	1987-12-27	@	NJN	L	83	101	35	88	.398	1	4	.250	12	16	.750	15	40	18	13	7	22	19	42	84	.500	2	4	.500	15	18	.833	14	45	21	14	5	20	14
27	27	1987-12-30		ATL	L	110	117	40	85	.471	3	9	.333	27	41	.659	12	38	24	11	1	18	29	45	85	.529	2	4	.500	25	33	.758	9	32	26	2	7	16	29
28	28	1988-01-02		PHO	W	120	107	44	87	.506	0	5	.000	32	43	.744	16	48	22	15	8	14	26	44	86	.512	3	7	.429	16	27	.593	7	33	28	7	4	20	32
29	29	1988-01-04		DEN	W	122	101	49	84	.583	2	3	.667	22	26	.846	8	47	35	7	12	20	22	41	98	.418	7	16	.438	12	16	.750	12	33	27	10	1	18	25
30	30	1988-01-06		LAC	W	116	100	48	91	.527	1	1	1.000	19	24	.792	16	42	25	13	15	16	17	41	93	.441	2	6	.333	16	18	.889	23	49	20	11	6	23	18
31	31	1988-01-08	@	ATL	L	97	101	42	92	.457	1	5	.200	12	19	.632	15	44	22	8	6	13	25	41	85	.482	0	2	.000	19	26	.731	17	51	28	4	9	14	19
32	32	1988-01-09	@	PHI	L	110	126	42	81	.519	3	7	.429	23	34	.676	11	33	25	9	4	12	23	52	86	.605	3	5	.600	19	27	.704	15	43	33	6	9	16	22
33	33	1988-01-12		NYK	W	119	111	40	85	.471	2	7	.286	37	49	.755	23	46	18	9	11	25	31	37	83	.446	2	6	.333	35	41	.854	13	31	19	10	8	23	40
34	34	1988-01-14		CHI	W	91	88	32	82	.390	2	2	1.000	25	32	.781	11	44	18	12	4	16	19	38	87	.437	0	3	.000	12	15	.800	13	46	24	3	3	21	27
35	35	1988-01-15	@	DET	L	93	97	38	90	.422	0	0		17	24	.708	17	45	26	11	6	20	22	36	81	.444	0	1	.000	25	30	.833	13	42	20	8	9	18	22
36	36	1988-01-17	@	MIL	L	93	111	39	79	.494	1	1	1.000	14	17	.824	7	35	23	6	7	14	26	44	104	.423	0	3	.000	23	27	.852	26	58	30	9	6	11	15
37	37	1988-01-21		ATL	L	93	101	35	78	.449	0	4	.000	23	28	.821	13	48	26	3	6	17	27	38	83	.458	0	1	.000	25	31	.806	8	35	19	3	10	8	23
38	38	1988-01-23		BOS	W	119	100	47	87	.540	6	7	.857	19	26	.731	9	39	29	9	7	9	21	39	84	.464	3	11	.273	19	22	.864	14	43	19	5	6	20	20
39	39	1988-01-25	@	UTA	L	96	119	37	98	.378	0	4	.000	22	29	.759	22	47	19	14	3	17	19	48	82	.585	4	5	.800	19	21	.905	8	44	35	11	4	20	21
40	40	1988-01-27	@	SAS	W	112	102	45	87	.517	0	3	.000	22	34	.647	14	42	28	10	2	16	24	39	81	.481	3	6	.500	21	30	.700	13	38	30	11	8	22	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
41	41	1988-01-28	@	HOU	W	109	85	39	87	.448	3	5	.600	28	37	.757	18	51	20	14	1	14	21	35	95	.368	1	5	.200	14	20	.700	18	43	11	4	6	18	24
42	42	1988-01-30		WSB	W	128	126	51	94	.543	1	3	.333	25	35	.714	15	40	27	6	7	15	28	49	90	.544	1	3	.333	27	33	.818	14	41	25	8	7	18	32
43	43	1988-02-01		DET	W	94	83	38	82	.463	0	3	.000	18	29	.621	12	47	25	7	14	12	18	32	84	.381	0	3	.000	19	27	.704	14	47	22	4	3	15	23
44	44	1988-02-03	@	WSB	W	107	106	46	86	.535	1	3	.333	14	21	.667	12	36	34	7	16	15	22	36	81	.444	0	0		34	37	.919	15	40	19	9	5	14	23
45	45	1988-02-04		GSW	L	90	96	40	88	.455	1	7	.143	9	24	.375	10	40	28	14	9	19	16	41	88	.466	1	3	.333	13	16	.813	10	50	25	14	7	24	25
46	46	1988-02-09	@	MIL	L	104	112	41	93	.441	2	4	.500	20	27	.741	17	42	28	11	4	16	25	45	83	.542	1	3	.333	21	28	.750	13	45	29	4	4	19	25
47	47	1988-02-10		WSB	W	118	102	48	89	.539	1	2	.500	21	30	.700	15	49	29	10	8	17	20	40	87	.460	0	0		22	26	.846	12	41	23	10	4	18	23
48	48	1988-02-12		NJN	W	98	96	30	67	.448	3	4	.750	35	47	.745	11	41	19	11	8	24	21	44	88	.500	2	7	.286	6	13	.462	12	36	25	5	5	15	29
49	49	1988-02-13	@	NYK	L	103	120	40	71	.563	0	4	.000	23	29	.793	12	33	29	8	7	20	21	48	85	.565	3	6	.500	21	25	.840	14	35	32	9	3	14	25
50	50	1988-02-15		SAC	W	104	95	39	84	.464	2	5	.400	24	33	.727	9	43	23	5	12	13	21	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	13	17	.765	10	49	31	3	6	21	32
51	51	1988-02-17	@	PHI	W	115	107	46	84	.548	3	4	.750	20	22	.909	16	44	34	4	3	17	18	44	81	.543	1	4	.250	18	25	.720	8	29	28	12	7	10	16
52	52	1988-02-18	@	IND	L	83	88	34	78	.436	2	6	.333	13	20	.650	10	48	20	9	2	22	22	35	87	.402	0	2	.000	18	22	.818	12	43	18	13	3	14	20
53	53	1988-02-21		CHI	W	113	111	37	76	.487	1	4	.250	38	46	.826	14	36	27	11	4	19	31	38	73	.521	0	2	.000	35	43	.814	10	30	25	10	5	18	31
54	54	1988-02-24	@	DAL	L	89	93	39	93	.419	1	4	.250	10	16	.625	22	45	22	8	9	11	17	38	84	.452	0	4	.000	17	20	.850	16	43	18	5	13	14	17
55	55	1988-02-25	@	PHO	L	103	109	39	76	.513	5	6	.833	20	21	.952	8	32	24	5	5	18	16	49	85	.576	1	3	.333	10	11	.909	8	32	38	8	1	13	16
56	56	1988-02-27	@	LAC	L	96	97	37	83	.446	1	4	.250	21	26	.808	14	41	24	12	5	22	21	36	77	.468	1	2	.500	24	28	.857	13	36	20	10	9	18	19
57	57	1988-02-29	@	POR	L	94	107	31	87	.356	2	5	.400	30	39	.769	25	51	18	7	8	19	28	42	94	.447	3	5	.600	20	30	.667	19	48	30	9	7	16	30
58	58	1988-03-02	@	DEN	L	81	99	33	72	.458	0	7	.000	15	25	.600	10	47	20	4	8	26	16	44	103	.427	4	11	.364	7	7	1.000	19	47	22	13	9	12	25
59	59	1988-03-06	@	BOS	L	98	127	43	82	.524	0	5	.000	12	19	.632	11	30	22	7	3	20	25	51	91	.560	4	7	.571	21	25	.840	17	38	25	16	2	13	20
60	60	1988-03-09		MIL	W	117	91	49	81	.605	2	3	.667	17	26	.654	15	45	31	4	4	12	17	38	86	.442	2	7	.286	13	16	.813	10	29	19	6	2	12	26
								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	1988-03-11		SAS	W	117	107	43	78	.551	0	2	.000	31	37	.838	18	45	22	5	7	18	17	45	83	.542	0	3	.000	17	18	.944	10	27	21	8	4	13	29
62	62	1988-03-12	@	DET	L	100	104	40	76	.526	0	5	.000	20	27	.741	6	36	29	4	4	16	26	41	83	.494	0	0		22	31	.710	8	39	32	6	2	15	23
63	63	1988-03-14	@	NYK	L	102	104	40	77	.519	1	2	.500	21	28	.750	13	42	29	8	9	19	25	37	95	.389	4	10	.400	26	28	.929	25	48	23	15	2	19	26
64	64	1988-03-15	@	CHI	L	89	108	36	83	.434	1	4	.250	16	26	.615	9	32	28	11	4	12	19	46	84	.548	0	0		16	21	.762	12	51	28	6	5	17	25
65	65	1988-03-17		DET	L	99	102	40	80	.500	2	6	.333	17	20	.850	12	37	26	4	11	19	29	35	80	.438	0	2	.000	32	37	.865	16	39	17	9	5	12	24
66	66	1988-03-19	@	MIL	L	100	101	36	82	.439	1	4	.250	27	35	.771	14	41	26	7	9	18	24	38	81	.469	1	1	1.000	24	34	.706	11	37	24	11	5	16	25
67	67	1988-03-23		NJN	W	105	96	44	78	.564	2	4	.500	15	18	.833	7	38	28	8	8	17	24	37	96	.385	4	10	.400	18	20	.900	23	45	20	7	5	17	22
68	68	1988-03-25		CHI	L	110	111	40	90	.444	3	8	.375	27	37	.730	11	33	23	11	12	14	24	45	94	.479	2	3	.667	19	24	.792	23	60	28	10	10	23	30
69	69	1988-03-26	@	ATL	L	102	109	37	71	.521	0	1	.000	28	33	.848	8	32	28	7	6	20	24	42	82	.512	0	2	.000	25	32	.781	14	44	26	6	3	18	27
70	70	1988-03-29		NYK	W	108	103	41	76	.539	2	4	.500	24	31	.774	7	27	28	10	6	12	18	43	91	.473	4	20	.200	13	17	.765	21	49	22	7	6	20	28
71	71	1988-03-30	@	WSB	W	107	96	43	83	.518	3	5	.600	18	22	.818	12	41	31	11	4	17	19	41	84	.488	0	4	.000	14	22	.636	14	37	29	11	10	19	19
72	72	1988-04-02		IND	W	108	94	42	83	.506	1	2	.500	23	29	.793	11	44	30	9	10	18	14	40	85	.471	3	4	.750	11	16	.688	8	28	25	10	4	17	25
73	73	1988-04-05	@	IND	L	105	106	39	79	.494	0	4	.000	27	35	.771	10	35	19	9	3	14	20	43	85	.506	1	5	.200	19	24	.792	12	44	23	8	9	18	27
74	74	1988-04-06		WSB	W	98	87	38	77	.494	0	2	.000	22	26	.846	11	41	22	6	7	17	12	37	89	.416	3	5	.600	10	13	.769	13	36	17	10	1	17	21
75	75	1988-04-08		MIL	W	104	85	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	22	31	.710	12	46	27	8	7	14	17	36	85	.424	1	4	.250	12	15	.800	9	35	20	6	3	15	22
76	76	1988-04-10	@	NJN	W	119	105	50	73	.685	3	5	.600	16	21	.762	5	32	31	9	8	21	26	40	84	.476	3	7	.429	22	31	.710	19	34	14	9	0	13	22
77	77	1988-04-12		ATL	W	116	103	43	78	.551	3	5	.600	27	38	.711	13	43	29	6	8	14	17	41	94	.436	4	11	.364	17	17	1.000	14	34	24	6	6	11	28
78	78	1988-04-13	@	DET	L	98	115	37	81	.457	2	5	.400	22	26	.846	14	40	21	6	6	20	27	44	85	.518	2	5	.400	25	32	.781	12	41	24	5	4	16	24
79	79	1988-04-15		BOS	W	120	109	43	76	.566	1	4	.250	33	39	.846	7	34	25	12	6	14	20	47	86	.547	3	12	.250	12	15	.800	8	34	26	6	4	20	28
80	80	1988-04-18		IND	W	112	107	41	80	.513	1	4	.250	29	38	.763	15	46	25	7	10	9	19	42	86	.488	4	7	.571	19	25	.760	13	38	21	5	2	10	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
81	81	1988-04-22	@	CHI	W	107	103	42	83	.506	2	3	.667	21	32	.656	8	38	28	11	4	11	20	41	94	.436	3	9	.333	18	20	.900	21	58	22	8	5	20	26
82	82	1988-04-23		PHI	W	104	99	42	88	.477	3	8	.375	17	19	.895	15	39	27	10	4	10	22	38	80	.475	1	4	.250	22	27	.815	14	42	22	5	5	16	17

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