1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Log

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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 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	1988-11-04	@	CHH	W	133	93	54	92	.587	1	2	.500	24	34	.706	14	54	33	16	3	20	24	40	86	.465	0	0		13	20	.650	7	31	27	8	1	24	25
2	2	1988-11-05	@	IND	W	105	99	38	82	.463	0	1	.000	29	34	.853	12	38	22	15	4	17	24	37	84	.440	3	6	.500	22	25	.880	17	49	17	6	6	25	27
3	3	1988-11-09		LAC	W	108	91	41	90	.456	2	6	.333	24	40	.600	18	48	28	12	9	16	19	38	92	.413	0	2	.000	15	21	.714	18	48	20	9	2	21	32
4	4	1988-11-12		IND	W	121	96	51	105	.486	0	2	.000	19	24	.792	16	47	33	14	11	10	18	38	86	.442	3	8	.375	17	21	.810	16	40	19	6	9	23	21
5	5	1988-11-15		ATL	L	95	97	37	89	.416	1	5	.200	20	33	.606	13	41	31	13	9	14	21	39	82	.476	2	4	.500	17	21	.810	8	37	24	9	6	19	24
6	6	1988-11-18	@	NJN	W	95	94	40	75	.533	1	4	.250	14	19	.737	8	32	19	8	9	21	23	37	83	.446	2	8	.250	18	23	.783	16	41	21	13	8	18	22
7	7	1988-11-19		MIL	W	106	99	38	80	.475	0	1	.000	30	37	.811	17	48	22	7	13	15	16	45	98	.459	2	7	.286	7	15	.467	16	41	27	5	5	12	25
8	8	1988-11-22	@	BOS	W	114	102	41	70	.586	0	0		32	39	.821	6	39	29	6	4	12	21	41	85	.482	2	2	1.000	18	23	.783	8	31	21	5	3	10	24
9	9	1988-11-23	@	PHI	L	91	104	39	83	.470	2	4	.500	11	17	.647	13	39	27	9	5	18	23	43	90	.478	1	3	.333	17	22	.773	12	44	25	11	3	14	15
10	10	1988-11-26	@	NYK	L	112	127	43	77	.558	1	4	.250	25	32	.781	10	38	30	9	9	27	19	52	95	.547	4	8	.500	19	21	.905	14	40	36	11	3	17	27
11	11	1988-11-27		MIA	W	109	80	40	77	.519	2	3	.667	27	33	.818	11	34	27	11	8	10	18	35	75	.467	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	16	40	16	5	3	25	29
12	12	1988-12-01	@	MIL	W	99	96	33	84	.393	3	8	.375	30	38	.789	14	42	24	10	7	17	22	37	79	.468	0	3	.000	22	26	.846	14	44	24	7	0	19	27
13	13	1988-12-02		BOS	W	112	84	48	92	.522	0	3	.000	16	29	.552	12	52	36	13	7	7	23	34	99	.343	0	2	.000	16	28	.571	24	59	13	4	2	17	23
14	14	1988-12-04		DEN	W	122	103	50	89	.562	1	4	.250	21	31	.677	16	45	32	5	14	15	20	46	101	.455	3	8	.375	8	13	.615	18	44	26	3	2	15	28
15	15	1988-12-06	@	HOU	L	105	106	44	90	.489	2	5	.400	15	25	.600	12	41	25	13	8	16	18	47	90	.522	0	3	.000	12	16	.750	13	47	20	12	7	19	18
16	16	1988-12-08	@	SAS	W	104	95	36	69	.522	3	4	.750	29	33	.879	12	41	14	8	8	25	18	42	89	.472	3	8	.375	8	11	.727	12	31	23	10	6	19	34
17	17	1988-12-10	@	DAL	W	102	98	41	91	.451	3	6	.500	17	23	.739	19	46	25	6	5	11	26	35	75	.467	3	6	.500	25	30	.833	13	41	22	5	6	16	22
18	18	1988-12-13		LAL	L	102	111	40	94	.426	3	13	.231	19	21	.905	18	45	29	8	2	16	22	44	77	.571	5	8	.625	18	24	.750	7	37	28	6	10	21	18
19	19	1988-12-15		DET	W	119	98	41	88	.466	1	8	.125	36	43	.837	17	43	30	10	7	11	23	39	83	.470	0	2	.000	20	29	.690	17	43	24	5	6	21	34
20	20	1988-12-17		ATL	W	120	94	48	84	.571	2	6	.333	22	31	.710	8	46	33	8	9	15	17	39	97	.402	2	14	.143	14	21	.667	19	46	20	10	3	19	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
21	21	1988-12-20		UTA	W	110	94	37	95	.389	5	7	.714	31	36	.861	24	49	25	13	2	12	27	33	69	.478	2	4	.500	26	34	.765	11	39	22	5	4	24	26
22	22	1988-12-21	@	BOS	W	115	114	46	71	.648	1	4	.250	22	30	.733	6	35	27	5	9	20	21	44	101	.436	3	4	.750	23	25	.920	25	43	30	9	6	9	25
23	23	1988-12-23		SEA	W	119	107	50	90	.556	0	4	.000	19	25	.760	19	49	33	14	3	19	17	45	91	.495	8	16	.500	9	14	.643	15	34	24	8	7	23	22
24	24	1988-12-27	@	CHI	W	107	96	41	82	.500	2	4	.500	23	31	.742	14	41	31	9	1	12	16	40	85	.471	2	11	.182	14	19	.737	14	44	27	5	5	18	22
25	25	1988-12-28		CHH	W	122	98	50	90	.556	3	6	.500	19	25	.760	15	46	30	12	8	20	16	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	16	20	.800	11	33	32	7	3	19	20
26	26	1988-12-30		WSB	W	127	110	52	91	.571	1	5	.200	22	32	.688	14	51	35	9	11	17	14	50	105	.476	0	1	.000	10	12	.833	16	43	31	5	2	17	28
27	27	1989-01-03		IND	W	119	98	44	89	.494	2	7	.286	29	36	.806	14	43	29	14	9	15	24	38	91	.418	0	5	.000	22	28	.786	20	53	18	6	10	25	31
28	28	1989-01-05		CHI	W	103	98	38	80	.475	5	7	.714	22	29	.759	11	40	24	7	10	14	20	42	89	.472	1	4	.250	13	18	.722	11	43	26	5	7	14	24
29	29	1989-01-07		NYK	W	104	96	40	80	.500	2	5	.400	22	34	.647	16	50	27	5	21	24	14	42	100	.420	1	10	.100	11	16	.688	18	43	17	16	7	18	25
30	30	1989-01-09	@	SEA	L	103	105	41	76	.539	2	7	.286	19	27	.704	9	41	18	8	9	21	19	41	91	.451	5	11	.455	18	23	.783	19	47	24	8	5	13	21
31	31	1989-01-11	@	PHO	W	124	121	54	94	.574	2	7	.286	14	19	.737	8	37	36	10	8	12	20	49	89	.551	3	5	.600	20	24	.833	11	42	33	8	6	16	20
32	32	1989-01-13	@	LAL	L	95	116	37	97	.381	3	7	.429	18	30	.600	16	43	20	13	4	13	22	44	80	.550	3	4	.750	25	28	.893	7	52	32	5	4	21	22
33	33	1989-01-14	@	DEN	W	116	104	44	81	.543	0	4	.000	28	34	.824	9	48	21	4	9	16	18	45	111	.405	0	6	.000	14	17	.824	25	50	23	9	8	12	25
34	34	1989-01-16		PHO	W	126	110	50	90	.556	5	11	.455	21	25	.840	12	40	38	15	9	15	16	45	91	.495	2	6	.333	18	19	.947	15	41	23	10	2	21	23
35	35	1989-01-19	@	IND	W	113	106	44	83	.530	2	4	.500	23	33	.697	13	45	29	8	6	14	11	43	86	.500	5	7	.714	15	17	.882	11	38	31	6	6	16	26
36	36	1989-01-21		NJN	W	115	103	46	85	.541	3	9	.333	20	34	.588	13	44	35	8	11	18	17	44	97	.454	0	5	.000	15	23	.652	19	44	27	14	4	17	32
37	37	1989-01-23		GSW	W	142	109	57	109	.523	4	9	.444	24	30	.800	22	68	38	12	8	16	21	43	101	.426	6	14	.429	17	20	.850	12	39	25	10	6	17	25
38	38	1989-01-24	@	ATL	L	105	121	40	69	.580	3	7	.429	22	27	.815	11	36	21	6	9	23	23	48	97	.495	3	4	.750	22	26	.846	17	42	26	18	4	8	18
39	39	1989-01-27	@	DET	W	80	79	32	70	.457	0	2	.000	16	21	.762	8	39	23	5	2	15	21	33	86	.384	0	2	.000	13	20	.650	22	49	10	3	0	18	22
40	40	1989-01-29	@	WSB	L	117	122	50	102	.490	3	7	.429	14	20	.700	17	39	25	9	8	11	23	46	92	.500	1	2	.500	29	36	.806	16	47	29	3	4	15	18
								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	1989-01-31		PHI	W	118	103	50	89	.562	0	5	.000	18	23	.783	13	43	38	8	5	13	18	42	81	.519	1	4	.250	18	21	.857	4	27	30	9	2	17	19
42	42	1989-02-02	@	NYK	L	109	125	48	104	.462	3	12	.250	10	20	.500	14	36	32	10	2	17	17	53	91	.582	3	11	.273	16	19	.842	13	47	30	12	2	21	25
43	43	1989-02-03		SAC	W	110	94	43	89	.483	3	9	.333	21	29	.724	14	43	27	10	2	12	21	40	79	.506	2	8	.250	12	20	.600	9	41	22	5	2	20	22
44	44	1989-02-05	@	CHH	W	110	91	44	89	.494	3	6	.500	19	27	.704	13	46	27	5	1	13	15	41	87	.471	1	5	.200	8	12	.667	8	40	28	6	5	16	22
45	45	1989-02-07	@	MIL	L	106	115	44	93	.473	3	8	.375	15	21	.714	14	40	27	8	6	13	16	49	99	.495	4	7	.571	13	17	.765	20	50	32	9	6	12	18
46	46	1989-02-09		IND	W	108	99	37	80	.463	3	6	.500	31	37	.838	10	42	22	7	6	15	17	42	87	.483	2	7	.286	13	20	.650	9	38	30	8	3	15	25
47	47	1989-02-14	@	MIA	W	109	98	42	86	.488	0	2	.000	25	32	.781	10	37	27	12	7	12	15	40	91	.440	3	6	.500	15	17	.882	18	47	23	8	2	23	26
48	48	1989-02-15		NYK	W	129	107	52	86	.605	3	9	.333	22	37	.595	15	51	36	9	17	18	19	43	106	.406	6	14	.429	15	21	.714	21	46	20	11	3	15	32
49	49	1989-02-17	@	ATL	L	100	108	34	76	.447	2	4	.500	30	39	.769	16	47	18	7	8	17	23	46	91	.505	0	2	.000	16	24	.667	17	41	27	12	7	13	25
50	50	1989-02-18		PHI	W	118	100	44	82	.537	4	5	.800	26	31	.839	12	45	31	12	10	18	21	38	92	.413	2	9	.222	22	26	.846	15	43	20	8	3	18	21
51	51	1989-02-20		HOU	W	110	90	39	78	.500	2	3	.667	30	36	.833	10	45	30	12	10	20	14	38	86	.442	2	6	.333	12	19	.632	14	42	26	14	6	23	24
52	52	1989-02-22		NJN	W	130	111	55	87	.632	0	3	.000	20	31	.645	8	45	44	9	7	12	17	43	94	.457	4	8	.500	21	24	.875	9	37	35	5	3	12	23
53	53	1989-02-24		POR	W	128	91	55	90	.611	0	1	.000	18	23	.783	14	42	35	15	8	20	11	41	100	.410	1	6	.167	8	11	.727	25	44	26	11	6	26	22
54	54	1989-02-28		DET	W	115	99	40	78	.513	1	4	.250	34	40	.850	10	45	24	12	5	12	23	38	93	.409	6	16	.375	17	25	.680	15	42	29	5	4	18	30
55	55	1989-03-02		SAS	W	112	84	47	91	.516	0	3	.000	18	28	.643	19	52	32	11	9	14	18	35	86	.407	0	2	.000	14	22	.636	16	40	22	6	7	22	21
56	56	1989-03-03	@	DET	L	90	96	35	77	.455	1	5	.200	19	27	.704	12	40	19	7	4	20	27	35	78	.449	1	7	.143	25	28	.893	11	37	21	10	0	16	22
57	57	1989-03-05		MIL	L	98	103	39	79	.494	0	6	.000	20	27	.741	15	39	28	12	5	17	21	43	82	.524	2	3	.667	15	18	.833	10	31	24	12	3	17	20
58	58	1989-03-07	@	SAC	W	105	95	43	95	.453	2	5	.400	17	23	.739	19	53	25	7	7	12	18	40	95	.421	5	11	.455	10	14	.714	18	45	24	6	6	11	18
59	59	1989-03-09	@	GSW	L	114	120	41	90	.456	7	10	.700	25	35	.714	16	46	22	12	14	23	25	46	107	.430	3	10	.300	25	29	.862	22	50	24	11	11	18	23
60	60	1989-03-10	@	LAC	L	103	105	38	83	.458	4	9	.444	23	30	.767	7	28	28	12	10	16	19	46	93	.495	0	2	.000	13	17	.765	15	44	30	11	4	19	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
61	61	1989-03-12	@	POR	W	123	110	49	83	.590	4	6	.667	21	25	.840	12	45	24	8	4	16	22	43	102	.422	5	9	.556	19	26	.731	21	43	22	9	0	13	22
62	62	1989-03-13	@	UTA	L	83	98	30	77	.390	1	6	.167	22	29	.759	12	47	16	4	7	17	24	39	91	.429	0	2	.000	20	26	.769	15	47	24	13	7	11	24
63	63	1989-03-15		CHI	W	115	91	47	82	.573	0	4	.000	21	24	.875	10	46	33	17	4	17	13	40	89	.449	1	7	.143	10	12	.833	14	35	26	8	2	18	21
64	64	1989-03-19	@	NJN	W	101	91	41	89	.461	1	4	.250	18	24	.750	5	34	21	14	7	9	19	36	81	.444	0	3	.000	19	21	.905	13	56	18	4	6	24	23
65	65	1989-03-20		WSB	W	103	97	38	78	.487	7	8	.875	20	26	.769	6	38	26	10	7	15	15	44	85	.518	1	4	.250	8	10	.800	6	39	31	7	13	14	21
66	66	1989-03-22	@	PHI	L	97	100	37	67	.552	3	8	.375	20	26	.769	9	34	27	6	11	18	15	43	99	.434	1	11	.091	13	17	.765	23	48	27	13	3	10	19
67	67	1989-03-23		MIL	W	102	88	37	77	.481	2	4	.500	26	33	.788	12	42	30	8	8	8	23	30	72	.417	4	10	.400	24	27	.889	11	38	22	4	4	15	21
68	68	1989-03-25	@	MIL	L	105	113	39	85	.459	5	9	.556	22	29	.759	12	37	27	6	5	16	23	42	88	.477	2	8	.250	27	29	.931	12	44	27	9	6	13	28
69	69	1989-03-27	@	IND	L	102	104	33	72	.458	3	12	.250	33	40	.825	10	37	22	10	1	15	24	42	95	.442	1	3	.333	19	26	.731	24	53	24	10	3	15	29
70	70	1989-03-28		DAL	W	102	90	43	83	.518	4	9	.444	12	20	.600	7	42	25	11	2	17	15	37	85	.435	2	8	.250	14	20	.700	11	41	24	11	3	16	18
71	71	1989-03-31	@	CHI	W	109	100	38	75	.507	4	5	.800	29	34	.853	7	38	22	9	7	14	14	43	86	.500	3	8	.375	11	18	.611	9	37	28	8	4	12	25
72	72	1989-04-02		BOS	W	117	100	43	72	.597	1	5	.200	30	37	.811	4	36	33	12	11	15	18	40	105	.381	1	2	.500	19	21	.905	21	45	27	10	5	17	26
73	73	1989-04-04		ATL	W	105	91	42	85	.494	0	4	.000	21	30	.700	14	41	34	16	5	13	20	36	85	.424	2	7	.286	17	20	.850	19	50	18	9	10	21	24
74	74	1989-04-07	@	WSB	L	96	107	37	92	.402	2	12	.167	20	27	.741	20	47	21	12	6	23	19	43	87	.494	1	2	.500	20	21	.952	10	39	28	12	4	16	22
75	75	1989-04-09		CHH	W	122	116	39	76	.513	2	4	.500	42	56	.750	13	41	27	7	8	10	21	45	90	.500	7	11	.636	19	27	.704	15	41	37	5	4	12	39
76	76	1989-04-11		PHI	W	92	90	40	72	.556	1	7	.143	11	19	.579	7	37	35	7	10	19	17	40	88	.455	1	4	.250	9	14	.643	14	41	26	12	1	14	19
77	77	1989-04-12	@	DET	L	95	107	36	76	.474	5	9	.556	18	27	.667	14	43	20	4	5	13	21	44	84	.524	4	8	.500	15	21	.714	11	37	23	6	3	7	24
78	78	1989-04-14	@	BOS	L	104	113	40	83	.482	2	6	.333	22	33	.667	8	34	27	7	6	12	20	44	89	.494	0	0		25	30	.833	17	51	31	8	7	14	27
79	79	1989-04-16		CHI	W	111	92	44	82	.537	2	9	.222	21	32	.656	9	49	35	8	4	14	14	37	89	.416	1	6	.167	17	19	.895	10	42	22	8	2	12	25
80	80	1989-04-18		DET	L	102	118	35	80	.438	3	5	.600	29	32	.906	13	39	26	7	5	14	21	48	90	.533	6	12	.500	16	22	.727	15	45	28	7	3	11	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
81	81	1989-04-21	@	ATL	L	89	92	37	84	.440	1	7	.143	14	23	.609	14	43	21	11	7	23	26	32	82	.390	1	5	.200	27	34	.794	20	49	19	12	4	20	24
82	82	1989-04-23	@	CHI	W	90	84	35	87	.402	0	4	.000	20	22	.909	17	50	22	13	5	18	19	34	82	.415	0	6	.000	16	20	.800	14	44	24	11	3	21	23

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