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Cleveland Cavaliers

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Also known as: Cleveland Cavaliers
Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1023 (#15) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 988 (#16) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +2.5 (#11) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.583 (#11) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 @ NJN W 90 - 77
1996-11-02 @ WAS W 98 - 96
1996-11-05 vs SAS L 68 - 74
1996-11-08 vs VAN W 88 - 72
1996-11-10 vs DEN W 108 - 79
1996-11-12 @ ATL L 83 - 87
1996-11-13 vs POR W 81 - 70
1996-11-15 @ PHI W 105 - 89
1996-11-16 vs DET L 98 - 102
1996-11-19 vs ATL W 73 - 63
1996-11-21 @ TOR W 89 - 81
1996-11-24 vs SAC W 103 - 74
1996-11-27 @ MIL L 75 - 92
1996-11-30 vs ORL L 82 - 86
1996-12-03 vs TOR W 93 - 74
1996-12-04 @ ORL W 84 - 57
1996-12-06 @ DET L 81 - 93
1996-12-08 vs LAC W 90 - 69
1996-12-10 vs MIA L 74 - 76
1996-12-11 @ WAS L 95 - 106
1996-12-13 vs GSW W 101 - 87
1996-12-14 @ MIN W 101 - 93
1996-12-18 vs NJN W 99 - 81
1996-12-20 vs TOR W 91 - 82
1996-12-22 vs UTA W 100 - 94
1996-12-23 @ ORL L 84 - 89
1996-12-27 vs MIL W 94 - 86
1996-12-28 @ CHI L 97 - 102
1996-12-30 vs MIN W 108 - 96
1997-01-02 vs PHX W 103 - 94
1997-01-04 vs IND W 99 - 91
1997-01-07 @ IND L 90 - 95
1997-01-11 vs WAS L 85 - 98
1997-01-13 vs ATL L 79 - 93
1997-01-16 @ DEN L 87 - 88
1997-01-17 @ SEA L 84 - 96
1997-01-19 @ LAC - Incomplete score
1997-01-20 @ UTA L 74 - 94
1997-01-23 vs CHI L 71 - 87
1997-01-25 vs CHH W 106 - 73
1997-01-28 @ NJN W 84 - 62
1997-01-29 vs NYK L 65 - 75
1997-02-01 vs MIA L 66 - 71
1997-02-02 @ MIA L 76 - 80
1997-02-04 @ MIL W 79 - 78
1997-02-05 @ TOR L 84 - 89
1997-02-11 vs PHI W 105 - 94
1997-02-12 @ IND W 83 - 75
1997-02-17 vs NJN W 108 - 101
1997-02-19 @ LAL W 103 - 84
1997-02-21 @ PHX L 88 - 94
1997-02-23 @ VAN W 91 - 84
1997-02-25 vs SEA L 66 - 72
1997-02-27 vs CHI W 73 - 70
1997-03-01 vs BOS W 99 - 81
1997-03-02 @ NYK L 82 - 90
1997-03-04 @ ATL L 88 - 93
1997-03-05 vs IND W 85 - 78
1997-03-08 vs MIL L 82 - 90
1997-03-11 @ SAC W 88 - 85
1997-03-13 @ GSW L 95 - 101
1997-03-14 @ POR L 73 - 96
1997-03-17 vs DET W 85 - 82
1997-03-19 @ CHH L 72 - 90
1997-03-20 vs LAL L 76 - 89
1997-03-22 @ DAL W 75 - 72
1997-03-25 @ SAS L 59 - 64
1997-03-27 @ HOU L 89 - 107
1997-03-28 @ MIA L 79 - 83
1997-03-30 vs DAL W 84 - 80
1997-04-01 vs NYK L 88 - 94
1997-04-02 @ BOS W 96 - 87
1997-04-04 @ CHI L 71 - 84
1997-04-07 vs CHH L 105 - 110
1997-04-08 @ NYK W 93 - 73
1997-04-11 @ BOS L 101 - 103
1997-04-12 vs PHI W 125 - 118
1997-04-14 @ CHH L 82 - 94
1997-04-16 vs ORL W 78 - 63
1997-04-18 @ DET W 82 - 75
1997-04-20 vs WAS L 81 - 85

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Terrell Brandon G 77 36.2 19.4 3.9 6.3 1.7 0.4 2.2 16.8 12.6 - - - 43.8 37.0 90.1 - 52.6 47.6
Chris Mills G 79 39.1 13.5 6.1 2.5 1.1 0.5 1.5 11.2 10.9 - - - 45.6 39.4 84.2 - 54.6 50.5
Tyrone Hill G 74 34.4 12.9 9.9 1.2 0.9 0.4 2.0 8.0 15.3 - - - 60.0 0.0 63.3 - 62.6 60.0
Bobby Phills G 68 34.0 12.4 3.5 3.4 1.6 0.3 1.9 11.0 8.3 - - - 42.6 39.6 71.6 - 51.3 48.3
Danny Ferry G 81 31.6 10.6 4.1 1.8 0.7 0.4 1.2 9.7 6.8 - - - 42.9 40.1 85.9 - 52.2 50.1
Bob Sura G 81 27.3 9.2 3.8 4.8 1.1 0.4 2.2 7.2 9.9 - - - 43.0 32.5 61.6 - 51.9 47.6
Sarunas Marciulionis - 1 29.0 7.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 9.0 2.0 - - - 33.3 33.3 0 - 38.9 38.9
Vitaly Potapenko G 79 15.0 5.9 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.4 5.3 3.2 - - - 44.1 50.0 73.6 - 48.7 44.2
Mark West G 69 13.0 3.3 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.7 2.6 3.8 - - - 56.2 0 48.2 - 56.0 56.2
Donny Marshall G 55 9.2 3.1 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 2.8 1.9 - - - 32.3 37.8 70.4 - 47.3 42.3
Antonio Lang G 63 12.8 2.7 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 2.6 2.9 - - - 42.0 0.0 72.9 - 46.7 42.0
Reggie Geary G 39 5.7 1.5 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.5 1.3 - - - 37.9 38.1 45.5 - 45.4 44.8
Shawnelle Scott G 16 2.5 1.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 1.4 - - - 50.0 0 36.4 - 48.0 50.0
Carl Thomas G 19 3.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.8 - - - 37.5 16.7 100.0 - 43.0 41.7

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG