1986-87 Tampa Bay/Rapid City Thrillers Statistics

Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Team Record: 34-14
Finishing 1st in the CBA's East Division
Postseason: 12-2 Won Championship
Finals - Defeated Rockford Lightning 4-1
Coach: Bill Musselman (34-14)
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida; Rapid City, South Dakota

1986-87 Tampa Bay/Rapid City Thrillers Roster

The Tampa Bay/Rapid City Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 34 wins and 14 losses, finishing first in the CBA's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-2.

Don Collins netted a team-best 1,142 points for the Thrillers, while Clinton Wheeler scored 14 or more per game also. Don Collins contributed 260 rebounds. Clinton Wheeler dished out 381 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Clinton Wheeler added 145 steals.

Bill Musselman coached the team. The 1986-87 Tampa Bay/Rapid City Thrillers won the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Don Collins	G	42	1540	772	428	3	1	337	285	260	106	85	47	135	1142
Clinton Wheeler	G	48	1996	649	330	8	3	233	198	156	381	145	7	162	861
Dale Blaney	G	47	1378	503	253	3	2	165	137	154	106	45	9	119	645
Eddie Johnson	G	26	883	459	216	10	4	159	135	66	104	32	2	63	571
Les Craft	C	34	872	198	107	1	0	97	61	257	31	18	38	124	275
John Stroeder	C	17	408	146	70	0	0	38	29	109	28	7	11	62	169
Ray Williams	G	4	55	19	11	1	1	8	6	12	5	2	1	12	29
Mike Graefe	G	5	13	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	2	0	2	2
Totals		223	7145	2748	1415	26	11	1039	853	1017	767	336	115	679	3694

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Don Collins	G	42	36.7	55.4	33.3	84.6	6.2	2.5	2.0	1.1	3.2	27.2
Clinton Wheeler	G	48	41.6	50.8	37.5	85.0	3.3	7.9	3.0	0.1	3.4	17.9
Dale Blaney	G	47	29.3	50.3	66.7	83.0	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	13.7
Eddie Johnson	G	26	34.0	47.1	40.0	84.9	2.5	4.0	1.2	0.1	2.4	22.0
Les Craft	C	34	25.6	54.0	0.0	62.9	7.6	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.6	8.1
John Stroeder	C	17	24.0	47.9		76.3	6.4	1.6	0.4	0.6	3.6	9.9
Ray Williams	G	4	13.8	57.9	100.0	75.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	7.3
Mike Graefe	G	5	2.6	0.0		100.0	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4
Averages		223	32.0	51.5	42.3	82.1	4.6	3.4	1.5	0.5	3.0	16.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Don Collins	G	14	510	281	139	2	1	95	75	70	43	30	13	45	354
Clinton Wheeler	G	14	650	207	111	9	2	90	81	33	126	45	1	49	305
Sam Mitchell	F	14	526	201	111	1	0	77	60	89	10	11	13	58	282
Dale Blaney	G	13	359	145	57	3	0	38	34	32	28	6	0	27	148
John Stroeder	C	14	372	111	60	1	0	33	24	100	25	10	11	60	144
Les Craft	C	14	323	88	46	0	0	45	33	107	11	10	8	53	125
Ron Valentine	F	12	138	69	35	0	0	30	16	15	3	1	1	22	86
Bill Nelson	F	13	175	41	32	0	0	20	13	37	8	5	5	25	77
Ron Spivey	F	14	226	48	21	0	0	15	9	55	6	7	8	36	51
Lester Conner	G	8	86	23	12	3	1	18	15	11	12	3	1	7	40
Totals		130	3365	1214	624	19	4	461	360	549	272	128	61	382	1612

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Don Collins	G	14	36.4	49.5	50.0	78.9	5.0	3.1	2.1	0.9	3.2	25.3
Clinton Wheeler	G	14	46.4	53.6	22.2	90.0	2.4	9.0	3.2	0.1	3.5	21.8
Sam Mitchell	F	14	37.6	55.2	0.0	77.9	6.4	0.7	0.8	0.9	4.1	20.1
Dale Blaney	G	13	27.6	39.3	0.0	89.5	2.5	2.2	0.5	0.0	2.1	11.4
John Stroeder	C	14	26.6	54.1	0.0	72.7	7.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	4.3	10.3
Les Craft	C	14	23.1	52.3		73.3	7.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	3.8	8.9
Ron Valentine	F	12	11.5	50.7		53.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.8	7.2
Bill Nelson	F	13	13.5	78.0		65.0	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.9	5.9
Ron Spivey	F	14	16.1	43.8		60.0	3.9	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.6	3.6
Lester Conner	G	8	10.8	52.2	33.3	83.3	1.4	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.9	5.0
Averages		130	25.9	51.4	21.1	78.1	4.2	2.1	1.0	0.5	2.9	12.4

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