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Here’s the 1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics, formatted into tables for clarity.


Cleveland Cavaliers 1987–88 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Date of Birth College/From
5 John Bagley PG 6’0″ 185 lb Apr 23, 1960 Boston College
23 Tyrone Corbin SF 6’6″ 225 lb Dec 31, 1962 DePaul
43 Brad Daugherty C 7’0″ 245 lb Oct 19, 1965 North Carolina
3 Craig Ehlo SG 6’6″ 180 lb Aug 11, 1961 Washington State
4 Ron Harper SG 6’6″ 185 lb Jan 20, 1964 Miami (OH)
35 Phil Hubbard SF 6’8″ 215 lb Dec 13, 1956 Michigan
24 Keith Lee PF 6’10” 215 lb Dec 28, 1962 Memphis
22 Johnny Newman SF 6’7″ 190 lb Nov 28, 1963 Richmond
25 Mark Price PG 6’0″ 170 lb Feb 15, 1964 Georgia Tech
54 Melvin Turpin C 6’11” 240 lb Dec 28, 1960 Kentucky
41 Mark West C 6’10” 230 lb Nov 5, 1960 Old Dominion
18 Hot Rod Williams PF 6’11” 215 lb Aug 9, 1962 Tulane
12 Kent Benson C 6’10” 235 lb Dec 27, 1954 Indiana
11 Dell Curry SG 6’5″ 205 lb Jun 25, 1964 Virginia Tech
10 Mike Sanders SF 6’7″ 210 lb Mar 12, 1961 Wisconsin
14 Chris Dudley C 6’11” 260 lb Feb 22, 1965 Yale
15 Johnny Rogers SG 6’4″ 190 lb Dec 5, 1963 Alabama

1987–88 Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Brad Daugherty C 22 79 78 37.4 18.7 8.4 4.2 0.6 0.7 3.4 13.7 7.0 .510 0.0 0.0 .000 6.7 4.8 .716
Larry Nance PF 28 27 26 33.6 16.2 7.9 3.1 0.7 2.3 1.8 11.3 5.9 .526 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 4.3 .830
Mark Price PG 23 80 79 32.8 16.0 2.3 6.0 1.2 0.2 2.3 12.2 6.2 .506 1.9 0.9 .486 3.2 2.8 .877
Ron Harper SG 24 57 52 32.1 15.4 3.9 4.9 2.1 0.9 2.8 12.8 6.0 .464 0.4 0.1 .150 4.9 3.4 .705
Hot Rod Williams PF 25 77 50 27.4 10.9 6.6 1.3 0.8 1.9 1.4 8.6 4.1 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 2.7 .756
Dell Curry SG 23 79 8 19.0 10.0 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.3 1.4 9.4 4.3 .458 1.0 0.4 .346 1.3 1.0 .782
Mark West C 27 54 12 21.9 8.5 5.2 0.9 0.5 1.5 1.7 5.9 3.4 .576 0.0 0.0 2.8 1.8 .621
Phil Hubbard SF 31 78 59 20.9 8.4 3.6 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.5 6.2 3.0 .489 0.1 0.0 .000 3.1 2.3 .749
Tyrone Corbin SF 25 54 4 21.3 7.3 4.1 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.2 6.0 2.9 .491 0.1 0.0 .000 1.8 1.4 .786
Kevin Johnson PG 21 52 3 20.1 7.3 1.4 3.7 1.2 0.3 1.6 6.0 2.8 .460 0.2 0.0 .222 2.2 1.8 .821
Craig Ehlo SG 26 79 27 21.6 7.1 3.5 2.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 6.1 2.9 .466 0.8 0.3 .344 1.7 1.1 .674
Mike Sanders SF 27 24 11 17.4 6.8 2.0 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.0 5.5 3.0 .538 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.8 .870
Chris Dudley C 22 55 1 9.3 3.1 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.6 2.5 1.2 .474 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.7 .563
Johnny Rogers PF 24 24 0 7.0 2.6 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 2.5 1.1 .426 0.1 0.0 .000 0.5 0.4 .769
Kent Benson C 33 2 0 6.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 .500
Kevin Henderson SG 23 5 0 4.0 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.4 .400 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.0 .417
Kannard Johnson SF 22 4 0 3.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.3 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 82 82 241.2 104.5 40.3 25.2 8.9 6.4 17.5 82.4 40.4 .490 4.1 1.5 .378 29.7 22.1 .744

1987–88 Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Mark Price PG 23 5 5 41.0 21.0 3.6 7.6 0.6 0.0 1.6 13.4 7.6 .567 2.4 1.0 .417 5.0 4.8 .960
Ron Harper SG 24 4 4 33.5 17.8 5.0 3.8 2.8 1.0 2.8 15.8 7.5 .476 0.5 0.0 .000 4.0 2.8 .688
Larry Nance PF 28 5 5 40.0 16.8 7.2 3.6 0.4 2.2 2.8 12.8 6.8 .531 0.0 0.0 3.6 3.2 .889
Brad Daugherty C 22 5 5 40.8 15.8 9.2 3.2 0.4 1.4 3.2 12.6 5.8 .460 0.0 0.0 6.2 4.2 .677
Mike Sanders SF 27 5 5 26.8 12.8 5.0 1.4 0.6 0.4 2.2 10.4 5.6 .538 0.2 0.0 .000 2.0 1.6 .800
Hot Rod Williams PF 25 5 0 26.6 9.2 5.8 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.8 8.0 4.0 .500 0.0 0.0 2.6 1.2 .462
Craig Ehlo SG 26 5 1 25.6 8.8 3.6 3.4 1.0 0.0 2.4 8.0 3.4 .425 1.6 0.0 .000 3.2 2.0 .625
Dell Curry SG 23 2 0 8.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 0.5 .250 0.5 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
Chris Dudley C 22 4 0 6.0 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 .500
Phil Hubbard SF 31 3 0 7.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.0 0.3 .167 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 .000
Team Totals 5 5 240.0 100.4 40.4 23.8 5.8 6.4 15.6 80.6 40.0 .496 4.8 1.0 .208 28.4 19.4 .735

1987–88 Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Brad Daugherty C 22 79 78 2957 1480 665 333 48 56 267 1081 551 .510 2 0 .000 528 378 .716
Mark Price PG 23 80 79 2626 1279 180 480 99 12 184 974 493 .506 148 72 .486 252 221 .877
Ron Harper SG 24 57 52 1830 879 223 281 122 52 158 732 340 .464 20 3 .150 278 196 .705
Hot Rod Williams PF 25 77 50 2106 843 506 103 61 145 104 663 316 .477 1 0 .000 279 211 .756
Dell Curry SG 23 79 8 1499 787 166 149 94 22 108 742 340 .458 81 28 .346 101 79 .782
Phil Hubbard SF 31 78 59 1631 656 281 81 50 7 118 485 237 .489 5 0 .000 243 182 .749
Craig Ehlo SG 26 79 27 1709 563 274 206 82 30 107 485 226 .466 64 22 .344 132 89 .674
Mark West C 27 54 12 1183 459 281 50 25 79 91 316 182 .576 0 0 153 95 .621
Larry Nance PF 28 27 26 906 437 213 84 18 63 49 304 160 .526 1 0 .000 141 117 .830
Tyrone Corbin SF 25 54 4 1148 393 220 56 42 15 66 322 158 .491 3 0 .000 98 77 .786
Kevin Johnson PG 21 52 3 1043 380 72 193 60 17 82 311 143 .460 9 2 .222 112 92 .821
Chris Dudley C 22 55 1 513 170 144 23 13 19 31 137 65 .474 0 0 71 40 .563
Mike Sanders SF 27 24 11 417 162 47 26 13 5 23 132 71 .538 0 0 23 20 .870
Johnny Rogers PF 24 24 0 168 62 27 3 4 3 10 61 26 .426 2 0 .000 13 10 .769
Kevin Henderson SG 23 5 0 20 9 4 2 0 0 2 5 2 .400 0 0 12 5 .417
Kent Benson C 33 2 0 12 5 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1.000 0 0 2 1 .500
Kannard Johnson SF 22 4 0 12 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 .333 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 82 82 19780 8566 3304 2070 733 526 1404 6755 3313 .490 336 127 .378 2438 1813 .744

1987–88 Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Mark Price PG 23 5 5 205 105 18 38 3 0 8 67 38 .567 12 5 .417 25 24 .960
Larry Nance PF 28 5 5 200 84 36 18 2 11 14 64 34 .531 0 0 18 16 .889
Brad Daugherty C 22 5 5 204 79 46 16 2 7 16 63 29 .460 0 0 31 21 .677
Ron Harper SG 24 4 4 134 71 20 15 11 4 11 63 30 .476 2 0 .000 16 11 .688
Mike Sanders SF 27 5 5 134 64 25 7 3 2 11 52 28 .538 1 0 .000 10 8 .800
Hot Rod Williams PF 25 5 0 133 46 29 4 3 7 4 40 20 .500 0 0 13 6 .462
Craig Ehlo SG 26 5 1 128 44 18 17 5 0 12 40 17 .425 8 0 .000 16 10 .625
Chris Dudley C 22 4 0 24 5 6 2 0 0 1 4 2 .500 0 0 2 1 .500
Dell Curry SG 23 2 0 17 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 .250 1 0 .000 0 0
Phil Hubbard SF 31 3 0 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 6 1 .167 0 0 1 0 1.000
Team Totals 5 5 1200 502 202 119 29 32 78 403 200 .496 24 5 .208 142 97 .735

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Brad Daugherty Primary Big Man / Anchor 37.4 High 18.7 8.4 4.2 1.3 16.3 Anchored the team’s offense and rebounding; reliable post scorer and secondary facilitator.  AS
Larry Nance Athletic Forward / Versatile Frontcourt 33.6 High-Mid 16.2 7.9 3.1 3.0 15.1 Two-way forward: scoring, rebounding, rim protection; versatile defender. 
Ron Harper Two-Way Wing / Secondary Creator 32.1 High 15.4 3.9 4.9 3.0 13.6 Wing who contributed scoring, playmaking, and defensive activity; versatile guard. 
Mark Price Primary Playmaker / Floor General 32.8 High 16.0 2.3 6.0 1.4 12.85 Led backcourt assists, primary facilitator; orchestrated offense efficiently. 
Hot Rod Williams Supporting Big / Bench Frontcourt 27.4 Mid 10.9 6.6 1.3 2.7 10.75 Backup big man, contributed rebounding and scoring off the bench. 
Dell Curry Bench Shooter / 3-Point Specialist 19.0 Low 10.0 2.1 1.9 1.5 7.25 Provided floor spacing and outside shooting; low-usage bench contributor. 
Mark West Backup Center / Role Big 21.9 Low-Mid 8.5 5.2 0.9 2.0 8.3 Interior defense and rebounding in limited minutes. 
Craig Ehlo 3-and-D / Role Guard-Wing 21.6 Low-Mid 7.1 3.5 2.6 1.4 7.3 Rotational guard, spot-up shooter and defensive contributor. 
Tyrone Corbin Role Wing / Depth Contributor 21.3 Low 7.3 4.1 1.0 0.8 6.1 Bench wing providing rebounding and defense in spot minutes. 
Kevin Johnson Young Reserve Guard 20.1 Low 7.3 1.4 3.7 1.5 6.0 Limited minutes; contributed playmaking off the bench. 
Phil Hubbard Veteran Role Forward / Energy Sub 20.9 Low 8.4 3.6 1.0 0.7 6.0 Provided veteran minutes and stability off the bench. 
Mike Sanders Defensive Role Wing / Depth 17.4 Low 6.8 2.0 1.1 1.6 5.75 Role player wing, primarily defensive contribution in spot minutes. 
Chris Dudley End-of-Bench Big / Garbage-Time 9.3 Low 3.1 2.6 0.4 0.5 3.3 Minimal minutes; situational defensive/rebounding role. 
Johnny Rogers Deep Bench Forward 7.0 Very Low 2.6 1.1 0.1 0.3 2.55 Fringe rotation; very limited minutes. 
Kent Benson End-of-Bench Big 6.0 Very Low 2.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.0 Only appeared in 2 games; mop-up minutes. 
Kevin Henderson Deep Bench Guard 4.0 Very Low 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.5 Played 5 games; marginal contribution.
Kannard Johnson Fringe Bench SF 3.0 Very Low 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 Only 4 games; essentially no impact.