1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 4th 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 (42-40)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 504,847, Avg. 12,313 in 41 home dates
1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Results
The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
Cleveland racked up 8,566 points and surrendered 8,504. Brad Daugherty scored a team-best 1,480 points for the Cavaliers and accounted for 665 rebounds. Mark Price dished out 480 assists for the squad.
Defensively, Ron Harper added 122 steals, while Hot Rod Williams swatted 145 opponent shot attempts.
Lenny Wilkens coached the team. The 1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the conference first round.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
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Kent Benson | C | December 27, 1954 | 6'10" | 235 | Indiana | New Castle, IN USA |
Tyrone Corbin | G-F | December 31, 1962 | 6'6" | 210 | DePaul | Columbia, SC USA |
Dell Curry | G | June 25, 1964 | 6'4" | 190 | Virginia Tech | Harrisonburg, VA USA |
Brad Daugherty | C | October 19, 1965 | 6'11" | 245 | North Carolina | Black Mountain, NC USA |
Chris Dudley | C | February 22, 1965 | 6'11" | 235 | Yale | Stamford, CT USA |
Craig Ehlo | G-F | August 11, 1961 | 6'6" | 180 | Washington State | Lubbock, TX USA |
Ron Harper | G-F | January 20, 1964 | 6'6" | 185 | Miami (OH) | Dayton, OH USA |
Kevin Henderson | G | March 22, 1964 | 6'4" | 195 | Cal. St.-Fullerton | Baltimore, MD USA |
Phil Hubbard | F-C | December 13, 1956 | 6'8" | 215 | Michigan | Canton, OH USA |
Kannard Johnson | F | June 24, 1965 | 6'9" | 220 | Western Kentucky | Cincinnati, OH USA |
Kevin Johnson | G | March 4, 1966 | 6'1" | 180 | California | Sacramento, CA USA |
Larry Nance | F-C | February 12, 1959 | 6'10" | 205 | Clemson | Anderson, SC USA |
Mark Price | G | February 15, 1964 | 6'0" | 170 | Georgia Tech | Bartlesville, OK USA |
Johnny Rogers | F-C | December 30, 1963 | 6'10" | 225 | California-Irvine | Fullerton, CA USA |
Mike Sanders | F-G | May 7, 1960 | 6'6" | 210 | UCLA | Vidalia, LA USA |
Mark West | C-F | November 5, 1960 | 6'10" | 226 | Old Dominion | Petersburg, VA USA |
Hot Rod Williams | F-C | August 9, 1962 | 6'11" | 215 | Tulane | Sorrento, LA USA |