1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Mike Fratello (42-40)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 692,684, Avg. 16,895 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster
1996-97 Cleveland Cavaliers Results

The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers paced the league with just 7,022 points allowed. Cleveland scored 7,173 points, worst in the league. Terrell Brandon scored a team-best 1,519 points for the squad, and Tyrone Hill contributed 736 rebounds. Terrell Brandon dished out 490 assists for the team.

On defense, Terrell Brandon added 138 steals.

Mike Fratello coached the team.

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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
Terrell Brandon	G	78	78	2868	1313	575	271	101	297	268	48	253	301	490	138	30	178	177	1519
Chris Mills	F	80	79	3167	894	405	220	86	209	176	118	379	497	198	86	41	120	222	1072
Tyrone Hill	C-F	74	70	2582	595	357	1	0	381	241	259	477	736	92	63	30	147	268	955
Danny Ferry	F	82	48	2633	794	341	284	114	87	74	82	255	337	151	56	32	94	245	870
Bobby Phills	G	69	65	2375	766	328	216	85	174	125	63	182	245	233	113	21	135	174	866
Bob Sura	G	82	23	2269	587	253	164	53	319	196	76	232	308	390	90	33	181	218	755
Vitaly Potapenko	C-F	80	3	1238	423	186	2	1	125	92	105	112	217	40	26	34	109	216	465
Mark West	C-F	70	43	959	180	100	0	0	56	27	69	117	186	19	11	55	52	142	227
Donny Marshall	F	56	0	548	160	52	87	33	54	38	22	48	70	24	24	3	32	60	175
Antonio Lang	F-G	64	1	843	162	68	6	0	48	35	52	75	127	33	33	30	50	111	171
Reggie Geary	G	39	0	246	58	22	21	8	11	5	4	11	15	36	13	2	15	36	57
Carl Thomas	G	19	0	77	24	9	12	2	1	1	3	10	13	8	2	1	6	7	21
Shawnelle Scott	C	16	0	50	16	8	0	0	11	4	8	8	16	0	0	3	0	6	20
Totals		809	410	19855	5972	2704	1284	483	1773	1282	909	2159	3068	1714	655	315	1119	1882	7173

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Terrell Brandon	G	78	78	36.8	43.8	37.3	90.2	0.6	3.2	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	2.3	2.3	19.5
Chris Mills	F	80	79	39.6	45.3	39.1	84.2	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.8	13.4
Tyrone Hill	C-F	74	70	34.9	60.0	0.0	63.3	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.2	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.6	12.9
Danny Ferry	F	82	48	32.1	42.9	40.1	85.1	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.0	10.6
Bobby Phills	G	69	65	34.4	42.8	39.4	71.8	0.9	2.6	3.6	3.4	1.6	0.3	2.0	2.5	12.6
Bob Sura	G	82	23	27.7	43.1	32.3	61.4	0.9	2.8	3.8	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.7	9.2
Vitaly Potapenko	C-F	80	3	15.5	44.0	50.0	73.6	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.7	5.8
Mark West	C-F	70	43	13.7	55.6		48.2	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	2.0	3.2
Donny Marshall	F	56	0	9.8	32.5	37.9	70.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.1	3.1
Antonio Lang	F-G	64	1	13.2	42.0	0.0	72.9	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.7
Reggie Geary	G	39	0	6.3	37.9	38.1	45.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.5
Carl Thomas	G	19	0	4.1	37.5	16.7	100.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.1
Shawnelle Scott	C	16	0	3.1	50.0		36.4	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3
Averages		809	410	24.5	45.3	37.6	72.3	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	8.9