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Cleveland Cavaliers

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Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 1131 (#7) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1036 (#12) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → +3.2 (#10) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.601 (#10) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 @ HOU L 86 - 94
1997-11-01 @ SAS L 80 - 83
1997-11-04 vs IND W 80 - 77
1997-11-07 @ BOS W 96 - 92
1997-11-08 vs ATL L 97 - 99
1997-11-11 vs CHI W 101 - 80
1997-11-13 @ NJN W 85 - 74
1997-11-15 @ CHI L 70 - 79
1997-11-16 vs NJN L 72 - 77
1997-11-19 vs ORL L 93 - 96
1997-11-21 @ MIN W 103 - 80
1997-11-26 @ PHI W 95 - 89
1997-11-28 @ CHH W 97 - 91
1997-11-29 vs BOS W 103 - 97
1997-12-03 @ GSW W 95 - 67
1997-12-05 @ VAN W 107 - 98
1997-12-07 @ LAL W 94 - 84
1997-12-10 vs DEN W 102 - 83
1997-12-11 @ MIL W 79 - 77
1997-12-13 vs CHH L 84 - 85
1997-12-16 vs PHX W 103 - 90
1997-12-17 @ ATL L 83 - 94
1997-12-19 vs NYK L 77 - 104
1997-12-21 vs UTA W 106 - 101
1997-12-23 vs DAL W 99 - 85
1997-12-26 @ CHH L 88 - 96
1998-01-02 @ ORL W 81 - 71
1998-01-03 vs NJN W 95 - 81
1998-01-06 vs HOU W 100 - 70
1998-01-08 vs SEA L 84 - 109
1998-01-10 vs TOR L 93 - 102
1998-01-12 @ UTA L 99 - 106
1998-01-13 @ PHX W 102 - 84
1998-01-16 @ DEN W 99 - 74
1998-01-17 @ SEA L 91 - 99
1998-01-20 vs POR L 84 - 86
1998-01-22 vs SAC W 112 - 96
1998-01-24 vs PHI W 111 - 92
1998-01-26 @ MIA W 94 - 93
1998-01-27 @ DAL L 77 - 84
1998-01-30 @ IND L 83 - 89
1998-01-31 vs DET W 90 - 88
1998-02-02 vs MIN W 109 - 99
1998-02-04 @ WAS L 88 - 104
1998-02-10 vs MIA L 81 - 91
1998-02-12 @ TOR W 103 - 94
1998-02-17 @ PHI L 97 - 98
1998-02-20 @ NJN W 109 - 95
1998-02-22 @ MIL L 71 - 79
1998-02-23 @ CHI L 75 - 97
1998-02-25 vs VAN W 106 - 101
1998-02-27 @ DET L 87 - 90
1998-03-01 vs GSW W 102 - 82
1998-03-04 vs TOR W 122 - 88
1998-03-06 @ ORL L 89 - 91
1998-03-08 @ ATL L 96 - 101
1998-03-11 vs MIL W 95 - 83
1998-03-12 @ MIA L 74 - 97
1998-03-14 vs NYK W 88 - 85
1998-03-19 @ SAC W 90 - 85
1998-03-21 @ LAC W 100 - 79
1998-03-24 vs SAS L 85 - 86
1998-03-26 @ TOR W 97 - 96
1998-03-27 vs DET W 88 - 87
1998-03-29 vs CHH W 97 - 82
1998-03-31 vs ORL W 93 - 86
1998-04-01 @ DET W 92 - 90
1998-04-03 vs LAL L 93 - 105
1998-04-05 vs LAC W 94 - 93
1998-04-07 @ IND L 80 - 82
1998-04-09 vs CHI W 91 - 85
1998-04-11 vs PHI W 106 - 95
1998-04-14 vs BOS W 95 - 86
1998-04-15 @ WAS L 93 - 101
1998-04-17 @ BOS L 71 - 78
1998-04-18 vs IND W 96 - 92
1998-04-23 @ IND L 77 - 106
1998-04-25 @ IND L 86 - 92
1998-04-27 vs IND W 86 - 77
1998-04-30 vs IND L 74 - 80

1998 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%
Shawn Kemp G 78 34.2 18.4 9.4 2.4 1.3 1.1 3.4 14.7 14.4 - - - 44.0 25.0 73.5 - 51.1 44.1
Wesley Person G 80 38.5 14.5 4.4 2.3 1.6 0.6 1.3 11.6 10.5 - - - 45.9 42.8 78.1 - 58.2 55.9
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Zydrunas Ilgauskas G 80 28.9 14.3 8.9 0.9 0.6 1.6 1.8 10.9 13.6 - - - 52.3 0.0 74.9 - 56.7 52.3
Derek Anderson G 67 27.4 11.6 2.9 3.5 1.3 0.2 2.0 8.7 8.7 - - - 40.9 20.7 86.9 - 53.5 42.4
Cedric Henderson G 80 30.6 9.9 3.9 2.1 1.2 0.6 2.1 8.7 6.9 - - - 47.5 0.0 70.2 - 51.0 47.5
Brevin Knight G 78 30.8 8.6 3.2 8.1 2.5 0.2 2.4 7.3 13.0 - - - 42.4 0.0 79.6 - 50.0 42.4
Vitaly Potapenko G 78 17.2 7.1 3.9 0.7 0.3 0.3 1.6 6.0 4.7 - - - 48.4 0.0 69.4 - 52.0 48.4
Bob Sura G 45 19.0 5.0 2.0 3.5 1.0 0.1 2.0 4.5 5.0 - - - 35.0 27.8 55.9 - 43.7 38.7
Danny Ferry G 67 14.5 4.2 1.7 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.8 4.1 2.4 - - - 39.6 32.7 78.4 - 47.7 45.3
Greg Graham G 5 9.6 2.8 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 2.2 0.0 - - - 54.5 0.0 100.0 - 58.9 54.5
Henry James G 26 5.4 2.8 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.2 0.9 - - - 40.4 43.5 94.4 - 56.2 49.1
Carl Thomas G 28 8.0 2.5 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 2.2 2.1 - - - 39.3 42.4 57.1 - 52.1 50.8
Mitchell Butler G 17 11.6 2.2 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.8 1.7 - - - 31.9 16.7 60.0 - 36.0 33.0
Tony Dumas G 7 5.9 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.7 1.0 - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 - 52.6 58.3
Scott Brooks G 40 6.5 1.7 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.4 2.2 - - - 40.4 33.3 95.2 - 52.1 43.0
Shawnelle Scott G 38 3.8 1.1 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.8 - - - 46.9 0 68.8 - 52.5 46.9

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