1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								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	1987-11-06	@	NJN	W	114	108	103.9	98.4	109.7	.390	.037	.593	47.4	57.4	12.8	10.8	.585	21.9	28.2	.220	.412	14.2	60.3	.289
2	2	1987-11-07	@	ATL	L	105	113	98.6	106.1	106.5	.443	.011	.499	46.0	55.3	5.6	5.9	.438	16.0	33.3	.318	.425	16.8	59.2	.448
3	3	1987-11-11		MIL	L	101	109	92.1	99.4	109.6	.300	.056	.496	48.1	56.4	7.3	5.2	.450	19.1	26.4	.222	.450	13.3	69.8	.190
4	4	1987-11-13	@	BOS	L	114	128	118.0	132.5	96.6	.300	.033	.559	42.9	75.6	11.4	7.5	.506	11.3	34.2	.256	.597	13.9	53.1	.261
5	5	1987-11-14		DET	L	113	128	107.3	121.6	105.3	.261	.033	.551	37.1	63.0	7.6	3.8	.511	12.0	13.5	.207	.616	14.2	72.0	.329
6	6	1987-11-17		BOS	W	109	88	106.2	85.8	102.6	.442	.035	.531	51.0	55.0	10.7	7.1	.465	15.6	29.5	.337	.382	16.0	69.2	.225
7	7	1987-11-19		HOU	L	97	105	95.3	103.1	101.8	.418	.038	.519	50.0	61.1	16.7	3.8	.456	19.7	31.8	.316	.494	18.7	70.0	.309
8	8	1987-11-21		PHI	W	101	88	108.5	94.5	93.1	.341	.059	.517	43.7	70.0	8.6	8.8	.476	10.9	27.3	.235	.427	17.0	60.5	.220
9	9	1987-11-24	@	PHI	L	104	108	98.7	102.5	105.4	.310	.060	.545	42.7	62.8	11.4	3.5	.518	18.0	26.2	.202	.529	23.2	60.0	.212
10	10	1987-11-25		NYK	L	101	104	105.9	109.0	95.4	.754	.000	.550	54.1	58.1	10.5	8.3	.449	18.6	43.6	.565	.481	15.7	65.7	.372
11	11	1987-11-28	@	NYK	L	93	105	93.4	105.5	99.5	.424	.076	.594	45.7	60.0	4.0	6.7	.545	27.7	17.2	.318	.435	12.4	61.5	.272
12	12	1987-12-02		SEA	W	104	102	109.8	107.7	94.7	.350	.025	.563	46.9	71.4	11.6	6.6	.538	12.3	26.3	.225	.477	14.9	65.1	.233
13	13	1987-12-04	@	IND	W	108	90	113.6	94.7	95.0	.338	.038	.588	53.4	57.8	12.6	2.6	.575	12.4	21.2	.200	.506	16.4	80.0	.072
14	14	1987-12-05		LAL	W	97	95	104.2	102.0	93.1	.225	.025	.552	46.9	69.0	9.7	12.8	.525	15.4	21.9	.163	.424	13.3	63.3	.271
15	15	1987-12-08	@	SEA	L	96	107	98.8	110.1	97.2	.325	.063	.525	43.0	69.2	6.2	3.6	.506	17.9	30.0	.188	.527	17.8	56.4	.121
16	16	1987-12-09	@	GSW	L	112	113	106.3	107.2	105.4	.354	.038	.613	42.9	55.6	9.5	6.6	.582	21.5	22.9	.253	.481	20.3	59.5	.468
17	17	1987-12-11	@	SAC	W	115	113	119.6	117.5	96.1	.415	.073	.593	42.7	44.2	10.4	4.5	.549	11.8	33.3	.305	.511	18.1	51.2	.247
18	18	1987-12-13	@	LAL	L	89	90	90.4	91.4	98.5	.414	.071	.538	46.1	75.8	12.2	5.6	.479	22.5	22.2	.314	.450	23.2	67.5	.225
19	19	1987-12-15		DAL	W	106	93	115.7	101.6	91.6	.381	.083	.540	51.1	55.0	4.4	7.1	.494	11.7	38.1	.274	.376	7.7	61.5	.206
20	20	1987-12-17	@	CHI	L	100	111	107.7	119.5	92.9	.259	.000	.528	50.7	59.0	6.5	5.1	.459	14.5	31.6	.259	.550	11.7	72.7	.288
								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	1987-12-18		NJN	W	103	94	112.4	102.6	91.6	.449	.026	.551	51.8	58.3	12.0	7.5	.474	12.2	27.5	.372	.476	11.6	74.4	.181
22	22	1987-12-20		IND	W	127	116	122.4	111.8	103.7	.471	.106	.619	56.9	73.3	8.7	4.8	.553	15.6	36.8	.388	.604	14.3	79.4	.066
23	23	1987-12-22	@	WSB	W	106	102	104.0	100.1	101.9	.384	.012	.527	49.4	57.5	12.8	11.8	.465	18.0	38.6	.302	.477	18.1	61.0	.233
24	24	1987-12-23		UTA	L	83	91	91.2	100.0	91.0	.275	.113	.463	45.3	64.5	11.0	5.3	.406	15.1	25.5	.225	.456	17.0	69.2	.241
25	25	1987-12-26		POR	W	120	117	111.1	108.3	108.0	.522	.078	.542	48.4	76.2	7.4	10.9	.489	10.5	27.1	.356	.547	14.7	71.1	.137
26	26	1987-12-27	@	NJN	L	83	101	86.0	104.7	96.5	.182	.045	.437	47.1	51.4	13.5	8.8	.403	18.8	32.6	.136	.512	17.9	64.1	.179
27	27	1987-12-30		ATL	L	110	117	106.8	113.5	103.0	.482	.106	.534	54.3	60.0	10.7	1.2	.488	14.9	34.3	.318	.541	13.9	74.3	.294
28	28	1988-01-02		PHO	W	120	107	114.6	102.2	104.7	.494	.057	.566	59.3	50.0	14.3	10.1	.506	11.7	38.1	.368	.529	17.0	82.1	.186
29	29	1988-01-04		DEN	W	122	101	115.0	95.2	106.1	.310	.036	.639	58.8	71.4	6.6	14.6	.595	17.3	27.6	.262	.454	14.6	76.5	.122
30	30	1988-01-06		LAC	W	116	100	118.3	102.0	98.1	.264	.011	.571	46.2	52.1	13.3	17.2	.533	13.6	38.1	.209	.452	18.6	53.1	.172
31	31	1988-01-08	@	ATL	L	97	101	103.1	107.3	94.1	.207	.054	.483	46.3	52.4	8.5	7.2	.462	11.5	30.6	.130	.482	12.7	63.0	.224
32	32	1988-01-09	@	PHI	L	110	126	114.1	130.7	96.4	.420	.086	.573	43.4	59.5	9.3	4.9	.537	11.1	28.2	.284	.622	14.0	59.5	.221
33	33	1988-01-12		NYK	W	119	111	114.9	107.1	103.6	.576	.082	.558	59.7	45.0	8.7	14.3	.482	19.0	56.1	.435	.458	18.5	63.9	.422
34	34	1988-01-14		CHI	W	91	88	92.6	89.5	89.0	.390	.024	.474	48.9	56.3	12.2	4.8	.402	14.3	25.0	.305	.437	18.3	71.7	.138
35	35	1988-01-15	@	DET	L	93	97	95.5	99.6	97.4	.267	.000	.462	51.7	68.4	11.3	7.5	.422	16.6	37.0	.189	.444	16.0	68.3	.309
36	36	1988-01-17	@	MIL	L	93	111	99.5	118.7	93.5	.215	.013	.538	37.6	59.0	6.4	6.9	.500	13.9	17.9	.177	.423	8.7	51.9	.221
37	37	1988-01-21		ATL	L	93	101	100.2	108.8	92.8	.359	.051	.515	57.8	74.3	3.2	7.3	.449	15.8	32.5	.295	.458	7.6	81.4	.301
38	38	1988-01-23		BOS	W	119	100	122.8	103.2	96.9	.299	.080	.604	47.6	61.7	9.3	9.6	.575	8.4	23.7	.218	.482	17.6	68.2	.226
39	39	1988-01-25	@	UTA	L	96	119	94.4	117.0	101.7	.296	.041	.433	51.6	51.4	13.8	3.9	.378	13.3	37.9	.224	.610	18.0	75.8	.232
40	40	1988-01-27	@	SAS	W	112	102	111.3	101.4	100.6	.391	.034	.549	52.5	62.2	9.9	2.7	.517	13.6	35.9	.253	.500	18.9	68.3	.259
								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	1988-01-28	@	HOU	W	109	85	113.2	88.2	96.3	.425	.057	.528	54.3	51.3	14.5	1.1	.466	11.9	41.9	.322	.374	14.8	64.7	.147
42	42	1988-01-30		WSB	W	128	126	120.7	118.9	96.0	.372	.032	.585	49.4	52.9	5.7	8.0	.548	12.1	35.7	.266	.550	14.7	64.1	.300
43	43	1988-02-01		DET	W	94	83	100.6	88.8	93.5	.354	.037	.496	50.0	65.8	7.5	17.3	.463	11.2	26.7	.220	.381	13.5	71.4	.226
44	44	1988-02-03	@	WSB	W	107	106	114.6	113.5	93.4	.244	.035	.562	47.4	73.9	7.5	19.8	.541	13.6	32.4	.163	.444	12.6	61.5	.420
45	45	1988-02-04		GSW	L	90	96	84.8	90.5	96.1	.273	.080	.457	44.4	70.0	13.2	10.6	.460	16.2	20.0	.102	.472	20.2	75.0	.148
46	46	1988-02-09	@	MIL	L	104	112	104.1	112.1	99.9	.290	.043	.496	48.3	68.3	11.0	5.0	.452	13.2	34.7	.215	.548	16.6	65.8	.253
47	47	1988-02-10		WSB	W	118	102	114.9	99.4	102.7	.337	.022	.577	54.4	60.4	9.7	9.2	.545	14.3	34.1	.236	.460	15.5	73.9	.253
48	48	1988-02-12		NJN	W	98	96	102.0	99.9	96.1	.701	.060	.559	53.2	63.3	11.5	9.9	.470	21.5	31.4	.522	.511	13.8	71.4	.068
49	49	1988-02-13	@	NYK	L	103	120	112.1	130.6	91.9	.408	.056	.615	48.5	72.5	8.7	8.9	.563	19.3	36.4	.324	.582	12.7	60.0	.247
50	50	1988-02-15		SAC	W	104	95	101.9	93.1	102.0	.393	.060	.528	46.7	59.0	4.9	14.3	.476	11.7	18.8	.286	.477	18.3	77.3	.151
51	51	1988-02-17	@	PHI	W	115	107	124.7	116.0	92.2	.262	.048	.614	60.3	73.9	4.3	3.9	.565	15.4	43.2	.238	.549	9.8	77.8	.222
52	52	1988-02-18	@	IND	L	83	88	86.0	91.2	96.5	.256	.077	.478	52.7	58.8	9.3	2.4	.449	20.2	24.4	.167	.402	12.6	76.0	.207
53	53	1988-02-21		CHI	W	113	111	117.3	115.2	96.4	.605	.053	.587	54.5	73.0	11.4	5.6	.493	16.5	41.2	.500	.521	16.4	68.8	.479
54	54	1988-02-24	@	DAL	L	89	93	104.5	109.2	85.1	.172	.043	.445	51.1	56.4	9.4	11.3	.425	9.9	44.9	.108	.452	13.1	59.0	.202
55	55	1988-02-25	@	PHO	L	103	109	111.2	117.7	92.6	.276	.079	.604	50.0	61.5	5.4	6.1	.546	17.4	25.0	.263	.582	12.6	75.0	.118
56	56	1988-02-27	@	LAC	L	96	97	101.7	102.8	94.4	.313	.048	.508	53.2	64.9	12.7	6.7	.452	18.9	37.8	.253	.474	16.8	67.5	.312
57	57	1988-02-29	@	POR	L	94	107	97.7	111.2	96.2	.448	.057	.451	51.5	58.1	7.3	9.0	.368	15.4	46.3	.345	.463	13.0	57.8	.213
58	58	1988-03-02	@	DEN	L	81	99	83.8	102.4	96.7	.347	.097	.488	50.0	60.6	4.1	8.7	.458	23.9	26.3	.208	.447	10.2	66.1	.068
59	59	1988-03-06	@	BOS	L	98	127	103.7	134.4	94.5	.232	.061	.542	44.1	51.2	7.4	3.6	.524	18.1	34.4	.146	.582	11.3	52.8	.231
60	60	1988-03-09		MIL	W	117	91	130.1	101.2	89.9	.321	.037	.633	60.8	63.3	4.4	5.1	.617	11.5	44.1	.210	.453	11.4	75.0	.151
								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	1988-03-11		SAS	W	117	107	127.3	116.5	91.9	.474	.026	.620	62.5	51.2	5.4	8.8	.551	16.0	51.4	.397	.542	12.5	73.0	.205
62	62	1988-03-12	@	DET	L	100	104	101.3	105.3	98.7	.355	.066	.569	48.0	72.5	4.1	4.8	.526	15.4	16.2	.263	.494	13.4	78.9	.265
63	63	1988-03-14	@	NYK	L	102	104	107.7	109.8	94.7	.364	.026	.571	46.7	72.5	8.4	10.6	.526	17.5	36.1	.273	.411	15.0	53.7	.274
64	64	1988-03-15	@	CHI	L	89	108	93.0	112.8	95.7	.313	.048	.471	38.6	77.8	11.5	4.8	.440	11.3	18.8	.193	.548	15.4	65.7	.190
65	65	1988-03-17		DET	L	99	102	109.8	113.1	90.2	.250	.075	.557	48.7	65.0	4.4	14.1	.513	17.6	34.3	.213	.438	11.1	61.0	.400
66	66	1988-03-19	@	MIL	L	100	101	103.1	104.1	97.0	.427	.049	.513	52.6	72.2	7.2	11.3	.445	15.6	35.0	.329	.475	14.3	71.1	.296
67	67	1988-03-23		NJN	W	105	96	112.0	102.4	93.8	.231	.051	.611	45.8	63.6	8.5	9.3	.577	16.5	24.1	.192	.406	14.0	57.4	.188
68	68	1988-03-25		CHI	L	110	111	106.6	107.6	93.4	.411	.089	.518	35.5	57.5	10.7	13.2	.461	11.6	22.9	.300	.489	18.0	48.9	.202
69	69	1988-03-26	@	ATL	L	102	109	105.4	112.6	96.8	.465	.014	.596	42.1	75.7	7.2	7.5	.521	19.0	21.1	.394	.512	15.8	63.2	.305
70	70	1988-03-29		NYK	W	108	103	117.1	111.7	92.2	.408	.053	.602	35.5	68.3	10.8	8.5	.553	11.8	20.0	.316	.495	16.9	48.8	.143
71	71	1988-03-30	@	WSB	W	107	96	112.1	100.6	95.5	.265	.060	.577	52.6	72.1	11.5	5.0	.536	15.5	34.3	.217	.488	16.9	67.4	.167
72	72	1988-04-02		IND	W	108	94	110.2	95.9	98.0	.349	.024	.564	61.1	71.4	9.2	12.3	.512	15.8	35.5	.277	.488	15.6	80.5	.129
73	73	1988-04-05	@	IND	L	105	106	107.8	108.8	97.4	.443	.051	.556	44.3	48.7	9.2	3.8	.494	12.9	23.8	.342	.512	15.9	67.6	.224
74	74	1988-04-06		WSB	W	98	87	105.8	93.9	92.6	.338	.026	.554	53.2	57.9	6.5	8.3	.494	16.1	32.4	.286	.433	15.2	69.8	.112
75	75	1988-04-08		MIL	W	104	85	108.2	88.4	96.1	.360	.023	.522	56.8	65.9	8.3	8.6	.477	12.3	31.6	.256	.429	14.1	79.1	.141
76	76	1988-04-10	@	NJN	W	119	105	127.8	112.8	93.1	.288	.068	.723	48.5	62.0	9.7	10.4	.705	20.3	25.0	.219	.494	11.7	58.7	.262
77	77	1988-04-12		ATL	W	116	103	124.6	110.6	93.1	.487	.064	.612	55.8	67.4	6.4	9.6	.571	12.9	39.4	.346	.457	9.8	68.2	.181
78	78	1988-04-13	@	DET	L	98	115	100.0	117.3	98.0	.321	.062	.530	49.4	56.8	6.1	7.5	.469	17.8	32.6	.272	.529	13.9	68.4	.294
79	79	1988-04-15		BOS	W	120	109	119.7	108.7	100.3	.513	.053	.644	50.0	58.1	12.0	8.1	.572	13.1	21.2	.434	.564	17.8	77.1	.140
80	80	1988-04-18		IND	W	112	107	124.0	118.5	90.3	.475	.050	.579	54.8	61.0	7.8	12.7	.519	8.5	37.5	.363	.512	9.3	70.5	.221
								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	1988-04-22	@	CHI	W	107	103	108.3	104.2	98.8	.386	.036	.551	39.6	66.7	11.1	4.7	.518	10.2	17.8	.253	.452	16.3	58.8	.191
82	82	1988-04-23		PHI	W	104	99	116.4	110.8	89.3	.216	.091	.540	48.1	64.3	11.2	5.3	.494	9.4	34.9	.193	.481	14.8	63.2	.275

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