1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
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 Statistics
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
Kent BensonCDecember 27, 19546'10"235IndianaNew Castle, IN USA
Tyrone CorbinG-FDecember 31, 19626'6"210DePaulColumbia, SC USA
Dell CurryGJune 25, 19646'4"190Virginia TechHarrisonburg, VA USA
Brad DaughertyCOctober 19, 19656'11"245North CarolinaBlack Mountain, NC USA
Chris DudleyCFebruary 22, 19656'11"235YaleStamford, CT USA
Craig EhloG-FAugust 11, 19616'6"180Washington StateLubbock, TX USA
Ron HarperG-FJanuary 20, 19646'6"185Miami (OH)Dayton, OH USA
Kevin HendersonGMarch 22, 19646'4"195Cal. St.-FullertonBaltimore, MD USA
Phil HubbardF-CDecember 13, 19566'8"215MichiganCanton, OH USA
Kannard JohnsonFJune 24, 19656'9"220Western KentuckyCincinnati, OH USA
Kevin JohnsonGMarch 4, 19666'1"180CaliforniaSacramento, CA USA
Larry NanceF-CFebruary 12, 19596'10"205ClemsonAnderson, SC USA
Mark PriceGFebruary 15, 19646'0"170Georgia TechBartlesville, OK USA
Johnny RogersF-CDecember 30, 19636'10"225California-IrvineFullerton, CA USA
Mike SandersF-GMay 7, 19606'6"210UCLAVidalia, LA USA
Mark WestC-FNovember 5, 19606'10"226Old DominionPetersburg, VA USA
Hot Rod WilliamsF-CAugust 9, 19626'11"215TulaneSorrento, LA USA



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