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1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Cleveland Cavaliers
end_year	1987
wins	31
losses	51
division	Central
division_place	6
conf_place	9
coach	Lenny Wilkens
gm	Wayne Embry
arena	Coliseum at Richfield
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	CLE
television	WUAB
radio	WWWE

Gordon Gund
George Gund III The 1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the Cavaliers' 17th season in the NBA.

The season saw the team draft Brad Daugherty and Ron Harper with the first and eighth overall picks, respectively. Future four-time All-Star Mark Price was brought in from Dallas, who drafted him in the second round of the draft.

Draft picks

Main article: 1986 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
1	1	Brad Daugherty	C	North Carolina
1	8	Ron Harper	G/SF	Miami (OH)
2	29	Johnny Newman	SF	Richmond
3	50	Kevin Henderson		California State-Fullerton
4	73	Warren Martin		North Carolina
5	96	Ben Davis		Gardner-Webb
6	119	Gilbert Wilburn		New Mexico State
7	142	Ralph Dalton		Georgetown

Roster

Lenny Wilkens
Dick Helm
Brian Winters

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 2, 1986 || Chicago |-style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || November 7, 1986 || @ Golden State |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 15, 1986 || @ Dallas |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 16, 1986 || @ Houston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 19, 1986 || Golden State |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 20, 1986 || @ Atlanta | L 89–108 | | | | The Omni 8,547 | 3–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 22, 1986 || @ Detroit |-style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || December 4, 1986 || Detroit |-style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || December 6, 1986 || Boston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || December 9, 1986 || Atlanta | L 98–122 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 10,276 | 8–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 23, 1986 || @ Chicago |-style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || December 29, 1986 || Atlanta | W 107–106 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 15,458 | 13–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || January 6, 1987 || Chicago |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 10, 1987 || @ Atlanta | L 104–129 | | | | The Omni 15,649 | 14–20 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 35 || January 13, 1987 || Detroit |-style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 14, 1987 || @ Detroit |-style="background:#fcc;" | 37 || January 16, 1987 || @ Boston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 19, 1987 || Houston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 23, 1987 || @ Chicago |-style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || January 24, 1987 || Chicago |-style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || January 29, 1987 || Atlanta | W 102–91 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield 10,569 | 17–27 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 46 || February 4, 1987 || @ Boston |-style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 12, 1987 || Detroit |-style="background:#fcc;" | 54 || February 22, 1987 || Chicago |-style="background:#fcc;" | 56 || February 25, 1987 || @ Detroit |-style="background:#cfc;" | 57 || February 28, 1987 || @ Denver |-style="background:#fcc;" | 67 || March 18, 1987 || Denver |-style="background:#fcc;" | 70 || March 24, 1987 || vs. Boston (at Hartford, CT) |-style="background:#fcc;" | 72 || March 29, 1987 || Dallas |-style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || April 6, 1987 || @ Atlanta | L 105–110 | | | | The Omni 8,459 | 27–49 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 77 || April 7, 1987

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ron Harper	82	82	37.4	45.5	21.3	68.4	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	22.9
Brad Daugherty	80	80	33.7	53.8	0.0	69.6	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	15.7
Hot Rod Williams	80	80	33.9	48.5	0.0	74.5	7.9	1.9	0.7	2.1	14.6
Phil Hubbard	68	68	30.6	53.1	0.0	59.6	5.7	2.0	1.0	0.1	11.8
John Bagley	72	67	30.3	42.6	30.1	83.1	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.1	10.7
Mark Price	67	0	18.2	40.8	32.9	83.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.1	6.9
Mark West	78	13	17.1	54.3	0.0	51.4	4.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	6.5
Craig Ehlo	44	15	20.2	41.4	17.2	70.7	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.7	6.2
Keith Lee	67	1	13.0	45.5	0.0	71.3	3.7	1.0	0.4	0.6	6.1
Melvin Turpin	64	1	12.5	46.2	0.0	71.4	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.6	6.1
Johnny Newman	59	0	10.7	41.1	4.5	86.8	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	5.0
Tyrone Corbin	32	0	13.7	36.8	25.0	73.7	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	4.0
Scooter McCray	24	2	11.6	46.2	0.0	48.8	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	3.3
Ben Poquette	37	1	11.8	50.0	0.0	79.5	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.6	3.1
Dirk Minniefield	11	0	11.1	31.0	0.0	25.0	0.9	1.2	0.5	0.1	2.5

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

Brad Daugherty, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
Ron Harper, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1987.html 1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers]
"1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats".

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