1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Chicago Bulls 3-2
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (57-25)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 730,925, Avg. 17,827 in 41 home dates
1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers RosterTeam Record: 57-25
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Chicago Bulls 3-2
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (57-25)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 730,925, Avg. 17,827 in 41 home dates
1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers Results
The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Cavaliers scored 8,923 points and allowed 8,300. Ron Harper scored a team-best 1,526 points for Cleveland, while Brad Daugherty, Larry Nance and Mark Price each contributed 17 or more per game, too. Brad Daugherty accounted for 718 rebounds. Mark Price dished out 631 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Ron Harper added 185 steals, and Larry Nance blocked 206 shots.
Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1988-89 Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the conference first round.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Harper | G-F | 82 | 82 | 2851 | 1149 | 587 | 116 | 29 | 430 | 323 | 122 | 287 | 409 | 434 | 185 | 74 | 230 | 224 | 1526 |
| Brad Daugherty | C | 78 | 78 | 2821 | 1012 | 544 | 3 | 1 | 524 | 386 | 167 | 551 | 718 | 285 | 63 | 40 | 230 | 175 | 1475 |
| Mark Price | G | 75 | 74 | 2728 | 1006 | 529 | 211 | 93 | 292 | 263 | 48 | 178 | 226 | 631 | 115 | 7 | 212 | 98 | 1414 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 73 | 72 | 2526 | 920 | 496 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 267 | 156 | 425 | 581 | 159 | 57 | 206 | 117 | 186 | 1259 |
| Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 82 | 10 | 2125 | 700 | 356 | 4 | 1 | 314 | 235 | 173 | 304 | 477 | 108 | 77 | 134 | 102 | 188 | 948 |
| Mike Sanders | F-G | 82 | 82 | 2102 | 733 | 332 | 10 | 3 | 135 | 97 | 98 | 209 | 307 | 133 | 89 | 32 | 104 | 230 | 764 |
| Craig Ehlo | G-F | 82 | 4 | 1867 | 524 | 249 | 100 | 39 | 117 | 71 | 100 | 195 | 295 | 266 | 110 | 19 | 116 | 161 | 608 |
| Darnell Valentine | G | 77 | 4 | 1086 | 319 | 136 | 14 | 3 | 112 | 91 | 22 | 81 | 103 | 174 | 57 | 7 | 83 | 88 | 366 |
| Chris Dudley | C | 61 | 2 | 544 | 168 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 39 | 72 | 85 | 157 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 82 | 185 |
| Randolph Keys | F-G | 42 | 0 | 331 | 172 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 51 | 169 |
| Tree Rollins | C | 60 | 2 | 583 | 138 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 38 | 101 | 139 | 19 | 11 | 38 | 22 | 89 | 136 |
| Phil Hubbard | F-C | 31 | 0 | 191 | 63 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 73 |
| Totals | 825 | 410 | 19755 | 6904 | 3466 | 474 | 170 | 2438 | 1821 | 1033 | 2475 | 3508 | 2260 | 791 | 586 | 1290 | 1592 | 8923 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Harper | G-F | 82 | 82 | 34.8 | 51.1 | 25.0 | 75.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 18.6 |
| Brad Daugherty | C | 78 | 78 | 36.2 | 53.8 | 33.3 | 73.7 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 18.9 |
| Mark Price | G | 75 | 74 | 36.4 | 52.6 | 44.1 | 90.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 18.9 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 73 | 72 | 34.6 | 53.9 | 0.0 | 79.9 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 17.2 |
| Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 82 | 10 | 25.9 | 50.9 | 25.0 | 74.8 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 11.6 |
| Mike Sanders | F-G | 82 | 82 | 25.6 | 45.3 | 30.0 | 71.9 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| Craig Ehlo | G-F | 82 | 4 | 22.8 | 47.5 | 39.0 | 60.7 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
| Darnell Valentine | G | 77 | 4 | 14.1 | 42.6 | 21.4 | 81.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
| Chris Dudley | C | 61 | 2 | 8.9 | 43.5 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| Randolph Keys | F-G | 42 | 0 | 7.9 | 43.0 | 10.0 | 69.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.0 |
| Tree Rollins | C | 60 | 2 | 9.7 | 44.9 | 0.0 | 63.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Phil Hubbard | F-C | 31 | 0 | 6.2 | 44.4 | 68.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| Averages | 825 | 410 | 23.9 | 50.2 | 35.9 | 74.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 10.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Harper | G-F | 5 | 189 | 69 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 98 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 5 | 195 | 69 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 97 |
| Mark Price | G | 4 | 158 | 57 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 64 |
| Brad Daugherty | C | 5 | 167 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 55 |
| Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 5 | 161 | 45 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 55 |
| Craig Ehlo | G-F | 4 | 97 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 48 |
| Mike Sanders | F-G | 5 | 87 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| Darnell Valentine | G | 5 | 80 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| Tree Rollins | C | 5 | 74 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| Randolph Keys | F-G | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Hubbard | F-C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Dudley | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 1225 | 388 | 182 | 33 | 11 | 155 | 111 | 57 | 128 | 201 | 115 | 38 | 37 | 76 | 105 | 486 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Harper | G-F | 5 | 37.8 | 56.5 | 0.0 | 76.9 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 19.6 |
| Larry Nance | F-C | 5 | 39.0 | 55.1 | 65.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 19.4 | |
| Mark Price | G | 4 | 39.5 | 38.6 | 37.5 | 93.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| Brad Daugherty | C | 5 | 33.4 | 36.2 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 11.0 |
| Hot Rod Williams | F-C | 5 | 32.2 | 46.7 | 72.2 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 11.0 | |
| Craig Ehlo | G-F | 4 | 24.3 | 43.6 | 38.5 | 81.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| Mike Sanders | F-G | 5 | 17.4 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 6.6 | |
| Darnell Valentine | G | 5 | 16.0 | 35.0 | 87.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 4.2 | |
| Tree Rollins | C | 5 | 14.8 | 75.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| Randolph Keys | F-G | 1 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Phil Hubbard | F-C | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chris Dudley | C | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Averages | 825 | 26.6 | 46.9 | 33.3 | 71.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 10.6 |
