1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 1986–87 NBA season was the Cavaliers' 17th season in the NBA.[1]

1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coachLenny Wilkens
General managerWayne Embry
Owners
ArenaColiseum at Richfield
Results
Record31–51 (.378)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWUAB
RadioWWWE

The season saw the team draft Brad Daugherty and Ron Harper with the first and eighth overall picks, respectively. Future four-time All-Star Mark Price was brought in from Dallas, who drafted him in the second round of the draft.

Draft picks
Main article: 1986 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
11Brad DaughertyC United StatesNorth Carolina
18Ron HarperG/SF United StatesMiami (OH)
229Johnny NewmanSF United StatesRichmond
350Kevin Henderson United StatesCalifornia State-Fullerton
473Warren Martin United StatesNorth Carolina
596Ben Davis United StatesGardner-Webb
6119Gilbert Wilburn United StatesNew Mexico State
7142Ralph Dalton United StatesGeorgetown

Roster
1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 5 Bagley, John 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1960-04-23 Boston College
SF 23 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962-12-31 DePaul
C 43 Daugherty, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1965-10-19 North Carolina
SG 3 Ehlo, Craig 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961-08-11 Washington State
SG 4 Harper, Ron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1964-01-20 Miami (OH)
SF 35 Hubbard, Phil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-12-13 Michigan
PF 24 Lee, Keith 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962-12-28 Memphis
SF 22 Newman, Johnny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963-11-28 Richmond
PG 25 Price, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1964-02-15 Georgia Tech
C 54 Turpin, Melvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1960-12-28 Kentucky
C 41 West, Mark 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960-11-05 Old Dominion
PF 18 Williams, Hot Rod 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962-08-09 Tulane
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 5, 1987

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Atlanta Hawks 5725.695–35–622–1917–13
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634532–920–2117–13
x-Milwaukee Bucks 5032.610732–918–2317–13
x-Indiana Pacers 4141.5001628–1313–2813–16
x-Chicago Bulls 4042.4881729–1211–3017–12
Cleveland Cavaliers 3151.3782625–166–358–22
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Boston Celtics5923.720–
2 y-Atlanta Hawks5725.6952
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks5032.6109
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4537.54914
6 x-Washington Bullets4240.51217
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50018
8 x-Chicago Bulls4042.48819
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3151.37828
10 New Jersey Nets2458.29335
11 New York Knicks2458.29335
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1986-87 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta –3–34–24–22–02–03–31–11–13–32–01–13–35–05–13–31–11–12–02–02–02–05–0
Boston 3–3–6–03–22–02–03–22–02–05–12–00–23–34–24–23–32–02–02–02–02–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–6–5–11–11–13–30–20–23–22–00–24–23–24–23–31–11–11–11–12–00–23–3
Cleveland 2–42–31–5–0–21–11–51–10–23–32–00–21–54–24–12–41–11–11–11–11–10–22–4
Dallas 0–20–21–12–0–4–21–15–03–30–25–03–22–02–02–02–03–22–35–14–25–03–31–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–12–4–0–24–13–31–12–30–51–12–02–00–23–23–22–45–12–32–41–1
Detroit 3–32–33–35–11–12–0–1–11–13–32–01–13–35–16–05–01–10–21–11–12–01–13–3
Golden State 1–10–22–01–10–51–41–1–4–10–26–02–40–22–02–01–11–54–24–14–14–22–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–03–33–31–11–4–2–04–11–40–21–11–10–23–22–35–15–11–43–31–1
Indiana 3–31–52–33–32–01–13–32–00–2–2–00–22–45–13–22–41–10–21–12–01–11–14–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–53–20–20–61–40–2–0–60–21–10–20–21–50–61–41–42–42–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–35–01–14–24–12–06–0–1–12–02–02–05–15–15–04–14–23–21–1
Milwaukee 3–33–32–45–10–21–13–32–02–04–22–01–1–4–24–22–32–00–22–01–12–01–14–1
New Jersey 0–52–42–32–40–20–21–50–21–11–51–10–22–4–5–13–31–10–20–20–20–21–12–4
New York 1–52–42–41–40–20–20–60–21–12–32–00–22–41–5–3–31–10–22–01–10–21–12–4
Philadelphia 3–33–33–34–20–22–00–51–12–04–22–00–23–23–33–3–1–12–02–01–12–01–13–3
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–32–31–15–12–31–15–11–50–21–11–11–1–2–42–32–31–54–10–2
Portland 1–10–21–11–13–22–32–02–43–22–06–01–52–02–02–00–24–2–3–24–14–23–21–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–11–11–54–21–11–41–51–14–10–50–22–00–20–23–22–3–3–32–31–51–1
San Antonio 0–20–21–11–12–41–51–11–41–50–24–11–41–12–01–11–13–21–43–3–1–42–40–2
Seattle 0–20–20–21–10–53–20–22–44–11–14–22–40–22–02–00–25–12–43–24–1–3–21–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–03–34–21–13–23–31–13–22–31–11–11–11–11–42–35–14–22–3–1–1
Washington 0–52–43–34–21–11–13–32–01–12–42–01–11–44–24–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–1—

Game log
1986–87 game log
Total: 31–51 (Home: 25–16; Road: 6–35)
November: 5–9 (home: 2–2; road: 3–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2November 2, 1986Chicago
4November 7, 1986@ Golden State
8November 15, 1986@ Dallas
9November 16, 1986@ Houston
10November 19, 1986Golden State
11November 20, 1986@ Atlanta L 89–108 The Omni
8,547		 3–8
12November 22, 1986@ Detroit
December : 8–7 (home: 7–3; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16December 4, 1986Detroit
17December 6, 1986Boston
18December 9, 1986Atlanta L 98–122 Coliseum at Richfield
10,276		 8–10
25December 23, 1986@ Chicago
28December 29, 1986Atlanta W 107–106 Coliseum at Richfield
15,458		 13–15
January : 5–11 (home: 5–5; road: 0–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
32January 6, 1987Chicago
34January 10, 1987@ Atlanta L 104–129 The Omni
15,649		 14–20
35January 13, 1987Detroit
36January 14, 1987@ Detroit
37January 16, 1987@ Boston
39January 19, 1987Houston
41January 23, 1987@ Chicago
42January 24, 1987Chicago
44January 29, 1987Atlanta W 102–91 Coliseum at Richfield
10,569		 17–27
February : 5–7 (home: 4–1; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
46February 4, 1987@ Boston
49February 12, 1987Detroit
54February 22, 1987Chicago
56February 25, 1987@ Detroit
57February 28, 1987@ Denver
March : 4–12 (home: 3–4; road: 1–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
67March 18, 1987Denver
70March 24, 1987vs. Boston
(at Hartford, CT)
72March 29, 1987Dallas
April : 4–5 (home: 4–1; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
76April 6, 1987@ Atlanta L 105–110 The Omni
8,459		 27–49
77April 7, 1987
1986–87 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Ron Harper 82 82 37.4 45.5 21.3 68.4 4.8 4.8 2.5 1.0 22.9
Brad Daugherty 80 80 33.7 53.8 0.0 69.6 8.1 3.8 0.6 0.8 15.7
Hot Rod Williams 80 80 33.9 48.5 0.0 74.5 7.9 1.9 0.7 2.1 14.6
Phil Hubbard 68 68 30.6 53.1 0.0 59.6 5.7 2.0 1.0 0.1 11.8
John Bagley 72 67 30.3 42.6 30.1 83.1 3.5 5.3 1.3 0.1 10.7
Mark Price 67 0 18.2 40.8 32.9 83.3 1.7 3.0 0.6 0.1 6.9
Mark West 78 13 17.1 54.3 0.0 51.4 4.3 0.5 0.3 1.0 6.5
Craig Ehlo 44 15 20.2 41.4 17.2 70.7 3.7 2.1 0.9 0.7 6.2
Keith Lee 67 1 13.0 45.5 0.0 71.3 3.7 1.0 0.4 0.6 6.1
Melvin Turpin 64 1 12.5 46.2 0.0 71.4 3.0 0.5 0.2 0.6 6.1
Johnny Newman 59 0 10.7 41.1 4.5 86.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 5.0
Tyrone Corbin 32 0 13.7 36.8 25.0 73.7 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 4.0
Scooter McCray 24 2 11.6 46.2 0.0 48.8 2.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 3.3
Ben Poquette 37 1 11.8 50.0 0.0 79.5 2.1 0.8 0.2 0.6 3.1
Dirk Minniefield 11 0 11.1 31.0 0.0 25.0 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.1 2.5

Player Statistics Citation:[2]

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. 1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers
  2. "1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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