1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Cleveland Cavaliers 1987 31 51 Central 6 9 Lenny Wilkens Wayne Embry Gordon Gund George Gund III Coliseum at Richfield Did not qualify CLE WUAB WWWE The 1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the Cavaliers' 17th season in the NBA.1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers 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 1986 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality 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 Cleveland Cavaliers 1986–87 #E13C32 #FFFFFF #E13C32 #FFFFFF 5 John Bagley basketball PG 6 0 185 1960-04-23 Boston College 23 Tyrone Corbin SF 6 6 210 1962-12-31 DePaul 43 Brad Daugherty basketball C 7 0 245 1965-10-19 North Carolina 3 Craig Ehlo SG 6 6 180 1961-08-11 Washington State 4 Ron Harper SG 6 6 185 1964-01-20 Miami University 35 Phil Hubbard SF 6 8 215 1956-12-13 Michigan 24 Keith Lee basketball PF 6 10 215 1962-12-28 Memphis 22 Johnny Newman SF 6 7 190 1963-11-28 Richmond 25 Mark Price PG 6 0 170 1964-02-15 Georgia Tech 54 Melvin Turpin C 6 11 240 1960-12-28 Kentucky 41 Mark West basketball C 6 10 230 1960-11-05 Old Dominion 18 Hot Rod Williams John "Hot Rod" Williams PF 6 11 215 1962-08-09 Tulane Lenny Wilkens Dick Helm Brian Winters https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1987.html March 5, 1987 Regular season Season standings CLE CLE z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Cleveland Cavaliers 1987 Total: 31–51 (Home: 25–16; Road: 6–35) Cleveland Cavaliers November yes 2 2 3 7 |-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 Omni8,547 | 3–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 22, 1986 || @ Detroit Cleveland Cavaliers December 7 3 1 4 |-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 Richfield10,276 | 8–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 23, 1986 || @ Chicago |-style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || December 29, 1986 || Atlanta | W 107–106 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield15,458 | 13–15 Cleveland Cavaliers January 5 5 0 6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || January 6, 1987 || Chicago |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 10, 1987 || @ Atlanta | L 104–129 | | | | The Omni15,649 | 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 Richfield10,569 | 17–27 Cleveland Cavaliers February 4 1 1 6 |-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 Cleveland Cavaliers March 3 4 1 8 |-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 Cleveland Cavaliers April 4 1 0 4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || April 6, 1987 || @ Atlanta | L 105–110 | | | | The Omni8,459 | 27–49 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 77 || April 7, 1987 CLE 1987 Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPGRon Harper828237.445.521.368.44.84.82.51.022.9Brad Daugherty808033.753.80.069.68.13.80.60.815.7Hot Rod Williams808033.948.50.074.57.91.90.72.114.6Phil Hubbard686830.653.10.059.65.72.01.00.111.8John Bagley726730.342.630.183.13.55.31.30.110.7Mark Price67018.240.832.983.31.73.00.60.16.9Mark West781317.154.30.051.44.30.50.31.06.5Craig Ehlo441520.241.417.270.73.72.10.90.76.2Keith Lee67113.045.50.071.33.71.00.40.66.1Melvin Turpin64112.546.20.071.43.00.50.20.66.1Johnny Newman59010.741.14.586.81.20.50.30.15.0Tyrone Corbin32013.736.825.073.73.00.50.50.14.0Scooter McCray24211.646.20.048.82.41.00.40.23.3Ben Poquette37111.850.00.079.52.10.80.20.63.1Dirk Minniefield11011.131.00.025.00.91.20.50.12.5 Player statistics citation:1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1987.html 2021-07-10 Basketball-Reference.com en 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 Category:Cleveland Cavaliers seasons Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland