1995-96 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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Record: 47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Mike Fratello (47-35)

Executive: Wayne Embry

PTS/G: 91.1 (28th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 88.5 (1st of 29)

SRS: 2.49 (8th of 29) Pace: 82.3 (29th of 29)

Off Rtg: 109.9 (10th of 29) Def Rtg: 106.7 (11th of 29) Net Rtg: +3.1 (8th of 29)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (8th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000

Arena: Gund Arena Attendance: 730,095 (11th of 29)

NBA 1996 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 3, 1995	Box Score	@	Orlando Magic	L		88	99	0	1	L 1	17,248	2:12
2	Sat, Nov 4, 1995	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	L		71	85	0	2	L 2	15,200	2:18
3	Tue, Nov 7, 1995	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		101	104	0	3	L 3	17,218
4	Thu, Nov 9, 1995	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		88	106	0	4	L 4	20,562	2:06
5	Fri, Nov 10, 1995	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		80	100	0	5	L 5	16,489
6	Sun, Nov 12, 1995	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		81	84	0	6	L 6	15,137
7	Wed, Nov 15, 1995	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		94	113	0	7	L 7	23,257
8	Fri, Nov 17, 1995	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		114	82	1	7	W 1	12,679
9	Sat, Nov 18, 1995	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		93	90	2	7	W 2	17,043
10	Wed, Nov 22, 1995	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		84	94	2	8	L 1	16,710
11	Fri, Nov 24, 1995	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		100	93	3	8	W 1	16,647
12	Sat, Nov 25, 1995	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		89	87	4	8	W 2	17,357
13	Tue, Nov 28, 1995	Box Score		Toronto Raptors	W		93	89	5	8	W 3	15,188
14	Thu, Nov 30, 1995	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		97	85	6	8	W 4	11,226
15	Sat, Dec 2, 1995	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		78	79	6	9	L 1	10,406
16	Sun, Dec 3, 1995	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W	OT	108	107	7	9	W 1	16,673
17	Wed, Dec 6, 1995	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	L		82	94	7	10	L 1	24,042
18	Fri, Dec 8, 1995	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		113	85	8	10	W 1	17,118
19	Sat, Dec 9, 1995	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		73	85	8	11	L 1	16,251
20	Tue, Dec 12, 1995	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		97	86	9	11	W 1	14,756
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 15, 1995	Box Score	@	Minnesota Timberwolves	W		100	88	10	11	W 2	10,722
22	Sun, Dec 17, 1995	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		92	79	11	11	W 3	14,935
23	Tue, Dec 19, 1995	Box Score		Minnesota Timberwolves	W		100	95	12	11	W 4	14,304
24	Thu, Dec 21, 1995	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		87	89	12	12	L 1	16,412
25	Sat, Dec 23, 1995	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		97	96	13	12	W 1	18,264
26	Thu, Dec 28, 1995	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		86	76	14	12	W 2	19,763
27	Sat, Dec 30, 1995	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W	2OT	124	121	15	12	W 3	20,173
28	Tue, Jan 2, 1996	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		108	100	16	12	W 4	13,452
29	Fri, Jan 5, 1996	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		77	93	16	13	L 1	18,028	2:03
30	Sat, Jan 6, 1996	Box Score		Orlando Magic	W		105	94	17	13	W 1	20,562
31	Mon, Jan 8, 1996	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		109	91	18	13	W 2	17,250
32	Wed, Jan 10, 1996	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		86	92	18	14	L 1	12,150
33	Fri, Jan 12, 1996	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		83	90	18	15	L 2	16,670
34	Sun, Jan 14, 1996	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		89	74	19	15	W 1	19,023
35	Tue, Jan 16, 1996	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		90	99	19	16	L 1	17,072
36	Thu, Jan 18, 1996	Box Score	@	Vancouver Grizzlies	W		98	90	20	16	W 1	16,805
37	Sat, Jan 20, 1996	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		93	82	21	16	W 2	15,380
38	Sun, Jan 21, 1996	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		81	88	21	17	L 1	20,480
39	Tue, Jan 23, 1996	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		72	84	21	18	L 2	16,503
40	Wed, Jan 24, 1996	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		91	88	22	18	W 1	8,429
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 27, 1996	Box Score		Miami Heat	L		85	102	22	19	L 1	20,562
42	Mon, Jan 29, 1996	Box Score	@	Charlotte Hornets	L		86	88	22	20	L 2	24,042
43	Wed, Jan 31, 1996	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		81	71	23	20	W 1	16,187
44	Fri, Feb 2, 1996	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		107	85	24	20	W 2	20,562
45	Sat, Feb 3, 1996	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	88	25	20	W 3	17,979
46	Tue, Feb 6, 1996	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		91	73	26	20	W 4	15,778	1:59
47	Tue, Feb 13, 1996	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	W		110	100	27	20	W 5	17,771
48	Thu, Feb 15, 1996	Box Score	@	Toronto Raptors	W		95	76	28	20	W 6	17,242		at Hamilton, Canada
49	Sat, Feb 17, 1996	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		97	82	29	20	W 7	20,367
50	Mon, Feb 19, 1996	Box Score		Miami Heat	W		73	70	30	20	W 8	18,119
51	Tue, Feb 20, 1996	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		76	102	30	21	L 1	23,604
52	Thu, Feb 22, 1996	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		80	86	30	22	L 2	19,456
53	Sat, Feb 24, 1996	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		103	74	31	22	W 1	18,623
54	Tue, Feb 27, 1996	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		92	80	32	22	W 2	15,546
55	Thu, Feb 29, 1996	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		95	86	33	22	W 3	14,111
56	Fri, Mar 1, 1996	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		68	74	33	23	L 1	12,342
57	Sun, Mar 3, 1996	Box Score		Toronto Raptors	L		89	100	33	24	L 2	18,409
58	Tue, Mar 5, 1996	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	2OT	101	107	33	25	L 3	17,260
59	Thu, Mar 7, 1996	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		72	83	33	26	L 4	15,780
60	Fri, Mar 8, 1996	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		96	91	34	26	W 1	18,308	2:09
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 10, 1996	Box Score	@	Miami Heat	L		81	88	34	27	L 1	15,200
62	Thu, Mar 14, 1996	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		98	73	35	27	W 1	16,471	1:50
63	Fri, Mar 15, 1996	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		69	80	35	28	L 1	20,135
64	Sun, Mar 17, 1996	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		115	84	36	28	W 1	17,821	2:13
65	Tue, Mar 19, 1996	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		81	72	37	28	W 2	17,121
66	Thu, Mar 21, 1996	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		98	85	38	28	W 3	16,285	2:04
67	Fri, Mar 22, 1996	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		75	88	38	29	L 1	19,911	2:02
68	Sun, Mar 24, 1996	Box Score		Vancouver Grizzlies	W		90	85	39	29	W 1	18,108	2:10
69	Tue, Mar 26, 1996	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		89	96	39	30	L 1	18,049	2:00
70	Thu, Mar 28, 1996	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		83	81	40	30	W 1	11,124	2:14
71	Sat, Mar 30, 1996	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		90	64	41	30	W 2	15,025	1:59
72	Sun, Mar 31, 1996	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L	OT	100	105	41	31	L 1	17,317	2:48
73	Wed, Apr 3, 1996	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	89	42	31	W 1	20,562
74	Thu, Apr 4, 1996	Box Score	@	Toronto Raptors	W		98	77	43	31	W 2	21,173
75	Sat, Apr 6, 1996	Box Score		Charlotte Hornets	L		89	93	43	32	L 1	20,562
76	Wed, Apr 10, 1996	Box Score	@	Orlando Magic	L		104	116	43	33	L 2	17,248
77	Thu, Apr 11, 1996	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		101	97	44	33	W 1	19,763
78	Sun, Apr 14, 1996	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		72	98	44	34	L 1	20,562
79	Tue, Apr 16, 1996	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		80	77	45	34	W 1	11,615
80	Thu, Apr 18, 1996	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		92	77	46	34	W 2	20,562
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 20, 1996	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		75	73	47	34	W 3	20,562
82	Sun, Apr 21, 1996	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		88	89	47	35	L 1	16,708

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Thu, Apr 25, 1996	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	83	106	1	L 1	16,419
2	Sat, Apr 27, 1996	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	80	84	2	L 2	17,232
3	Wed, May 1, 1996	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	76	81	3	L 3	19,763

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