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The Cleveland Cavaliers 1997–98 featured a balanced attack led by Shawn Kemp, whose interior scoring and rebounding anchored the frontcourt, while Brevin Knight directed the offense as the team’s primary playmaker. Wesley Person provided dependable perimeter scoring and outside shooting, and Cedric Henderson added complementary production on the wing. The statistics reflect a team built on balanced scoring, solid rebounding, and efficient ball distribution, with offense shared across multiple key contributors.

Here is the 1997–98 Cleveland Cavaliers roster and player statistics — a season marked by youth, promising development, and the debut of Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

Roster

NO. PLAYER NAME POS HT WT DOB COLLEGE
1 Wesley Person SG 6-6 195 March 28, 1971 Auburn
2 Scott Brooks PG 5-11 165 July 31, 1965 TCU, University of California, Irvine
3 Bob Sura SG 6-5 200 March 25, 1973 Florida State
4 Shawn Kemp PF 6-10 230 November 26, 1969 Trinity Valley CC, Kentucky
6 Mitchell Butler SG 6-5 210 December 15, 1970 UCLA
11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 7-3 238 June 5, 1975  
12 Brevin Knight PG 5-10 173 November 8, 1975 Stanford
20 Greg Graham SG 6-4 174 November 26, 1970 Indiana
23 Derek Anderson SF 6-5 194 July 18, 1974 Ohio State, Kentucky
27 Tony Dumas SG 6-6 190 August 25, 1972 Missouri-Kansas City
30 Carl Thomas SG 6-4 175 October 3, 1969 Eastern Michigan
32 Henry James PF 6-8 220 July 29, 1965 South Plains College, St. Mary’s University
35 Danny Ferry PF 6-10 230 October 17, 1966 Duke
44 Shawnelle Scott C 6-10 250 June 16, 1972 St. John’s
45 Cedric Henderson SF 6-7 215 March 11, 1975 Memphis
52 Vitaly Potapenko C 6-10 280 March 21, 1975 Wright State University

Regular Season Per Game

Player Pos Age GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Shawn Kemp PF 28 80 80 34.6 18.0 9.3 2.5 1.4 1.1 3.4 14.6 6.5 .445 0.1 0.0 .250 7.0 5.1 .727
Wesley Person SG 26 82 82 39.0 14.7 4.4 2.3 1.6 0.6 1.3 11.7 5.4 .460 5.5 2.3 .430 2.1 1.6 .776
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 22 82 81 29.0 13.9 8.8 0.9 0.6 1.6 1.8 10.7 5.5 .518 0.0 0.0 .250 3.7 2.8 .762
Cedric Henderson SF 22 82 71 30.8 10.1 4.0 2.0 1.2 0.5 2.0 8.8 4.2 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 1.7 .716
Derek Anderson SF 23 66 13 27.9 11.7 2.8 3.4 1.3 0.2 1.9 8.9 3.6 .408 1.3 0.3 .202 4.8 4.2 .873
Brevin Knight PG 22 80 76 31.0 9.0 3.2 8.2 2.5 0.2 2.4 7.4 3.3 .441 0.1 0.0 .000 3.1 2.5 .801
Vitaly Potapenko C 22 80 0 17.7 7.1 3.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.7 6.1 2.9 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 1.3 .708
Danny Ferry PF 31 69 3 15.0 4.2 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.8 4.1 1.6 .395 1.4 0.5 .333 0.6 0.5 .800
Bob Sura SG 24 46 4 20.5 5.8 2.0 3.7 1.0 0.2 2.0 5.0 1.9 .377 1.3 0.4 .317 2.8 1.6 .565
Henry James PF 32 28 0 5.9 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.1 0.9 .407 0.9 0.4 .440 0.8 0.8 .955
Carl Thomas SG 28 29 0 9.4 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.4 2.4 0.9 .386 1.3 0.5 .395 0.4 0.3 .615
Scott Brooks PG 32 43 0 7.3 1.8 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.5 0.7 .424 0.3 0.1 .455 0.5 0.4 .900
Shawnelle Scott C 25 41 0 4.6 1.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.4 .444 0.0 0.0   0.4 0.3 .667
Mitchell Butler SG 27 18 0 11.4 2.1 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 2.6 0.8 .319 0.3 0.1 .167 0.6 0.3 .600
Greg Graham SG 27 6 0 9.3 2.7 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 1.7 2.0 1.2 .583 0.5 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000
Tony Dumas SG 25 7 0 6.7 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.7 0.9 .500 0.6 0.3 .500 0.4 0.0 .000
Team Totals     82 82 241.8 92.5 40.1 23.1 9.9 5.1 17.3 75.7 34.4 .454 9.8 3.6 .372 26.7 20.2 .756

Playoff Per Game

Player Pos Age GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Shawn Kemp PF 28 4 4 38.0 26.0 10.3 2.0 1.3 1.0 4.0 17.8 8.3 .465 0.0 0.0   11.3 9.5 .844
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 22 4 4 36.8 17.3 7.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.5 12.3 7.0 .571 0.0 0.0   6.3 3.3 .520
Derek Anderson SF 23 4 0 25.8 10.8 2.3 2.8 1.3 0.3 3.0 5.5 2.5 .455 0.0 0.0   6.5 5.8 .885
Wesley Person SG 26 4 4 34.0 8.0 2.3 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.3 7.3 2.8 .379 4.8 1.8 .368 1.0 0.8 .750
Cedric Henderson SF 22 4 4 39.3 7.5 4.3 2.8 1.5 0.0 3.3 7.0 2.8 .393 0.3 0.0 .000 3.3 2.0 .615
Brevin Knight PG 22 4 4 33.0 4.5 4.0 5.8 2.5 0.3 2.0 5.3 1.5 .286 0.0 0.0   2.5 1.5 .600
Vitaly Potapenko C 22 4 0 17.5 4.3 2.8 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.5 3.8 1.5 .400 0.0 0.0   2.5 1.3 .500
Bob Sura SG 24 3 0 10.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.7 0.3 .200 0.7 0.0 .000 1.0 0.7 .667
Carl Thomas SG 28 1 0 11.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   3.0 2.0 .667
Scott Brooks PG 32 1 0 8.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   2.0 2.0 1.000
Shawnelle Scott C 25 1 0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  
Danny Ferry PF 31 3 0 3.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 .000 0.7 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0  
Team Totals     4 4 240.0 80.8 34.5 18.5 8.5 3.0 18.3 61.5 26.8 .435 6.0 1.8 .292 35.3 25.5 .723

Regular Season Per 36 Mins

Player Pos Age GP GS Min PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Shawn Kemp PF 28 80 80 2769 18.7 9.7 2.6 1.4 1.2 3.5 15.1 6.7 .445 0.1 0.0 .250 7.2 5.3 .727
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 22 82 81 2379 17.2 10.9 1.1 0.8 2.0 2.2 13.3 6.9 .518 0.1 0.0 .250 4.6 3.5 .762
Vitaly Potapenko C 22 80 0 1412 14.5 8.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 3.4 12.4 6.0 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 2.6 .708
Wesley Person SG 26 82 82 3198 13.6 4.1 2.1 1.5 0.6 1.2 10.8 5.0 .460 5.0 2.2 .430 1.9 1.5 .776
Derek Anderson SF 23 66 13 1839 15.1 3.7 4.4 1.7 0.3 2.5 11.5 4.7 .408 1.6 0.3 .202 6.2 5.4 .873
Cedric Henderson SF 22 82 71 2527 11.9 4.6 2.4 1.4 0.6 2.4 10.3 5.0 .480 0.1 0.0 .000 2.7 1.9 .716
Brevin Knight PG 22 80 76 2483 10.5 3.7 9.5 2.8 0.3 2.8 8.6 3.8 .441 0.1 0.0 .000 3.6 2.9 .801
Danny Ferry PF 31 69 3 1034 10.1 4.0 2.1 0.9 0.6 1.8 10.0 3.9 .395 3.4 1.1 .333 1.4 1.1 .800
Henry James PF 32 28 0 166 17.3 3.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 2.6 12.8 5.2 .407 5.4 2.4 .440 4.8 4.6 .955
Bob Sura SG 24 46 4 942 10.2 3.6 6.5 1.7 0.3 3.6 8.8 3.3 .377 2.3 0.7 .317 5.0 2.8 .565
Scott Brooks PG 32 43 0 312 9.1 3.5 5.7 2.1 0.3 1.4 7.6 3.2 .424 1.3 0.6 .455 2.3 2.1 .900
Shawnelle Scott C 25 41 0 188 8.4 11.3 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.9 6.9 3.1 .444 0.0 0.0   3.4 2.3 .667
Carl Thomas SG 28 29 0 272 10.2 4.9 1.2 2.1 0.7 1.6 9.3 3.6 .386 5.0 2.0 .395 1.7 1.1 .615
Mitchell Butler SG 27 18 0 206 6.5 3.8 3.1 1.4 0.0 1.4 8.2 2.6 .319 1.0 0.2 .167 1.7 1.0 .600
Tony Dumas SG 25 7 0 47 10.7 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 9.2 4.6 .500 3.1 1.5 .500 2.3 0.0 .000
Greg Graham SG 27 6 0 56 10.3 0.6 3.9 0.6 0.0 6.4 7.7 4.5 .583 1.9 0.0 .000 1.3 1.3 1.000

Playoff Per 36 Mins

Player Pos Age GP GS Min PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Shawn Kemp PF 28 4 4 152 24.6 9.7 1.9 1.2 0.9 3.8 16.8 7.8 .465 0.0 0.0   10.7 9.0 .844
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 22 4 4 147 16.9 7.3 0.5 0.5 1.2 2.4 12.0 6.9 .571 0.0 0.0   6.1 3.2 .520
Derek Anderson SF 23 4 0 103 15.0 3.1 3.8 1.7 0.3 4.2 7.7 3.5 .455 0.0 0.0   9.1 8.0 .885
Wesley Person SG 26 4 4 136 8.5 2.4 2.6 0.8 0.0 0.3 5.0 1.9 .379 5.0 1.9 .368 1.1 0.8 .750
Cedric Henderson SF 22 4 4 157 6.9 3.9 2.5 1.4 0.0 3.0 6.4 2.5 .393 0.2 0.0 .000 3.0 1.8 .615
Brevin Knight PG 22 4 4 132 4.9 4.4 6.3 2.7 0.3 2.2 5.7 1.6 .286 0.0 0.0   2.7 1.6 .600
Vitaly Potapenko C 22 4 0 70 8.7 5.7 1.5 1.0 0.0 3.1 7.7 3.1 .400 0.0 0.0   5.1 2.6 .500
Bob Sura SG 24 3 0 31 4.6 3.5 4.6 1.2 0.0 2.3 5.8 1.2 .200 2.3 0.0 .000 3.5 2.3 .667
Scott Brooks PG 32 1 0 8 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   9.0 9.0 1.000
Shawnelle Scott C 25 1 0 3 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 24.0 12.0 .500 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  
Carl Thomas SG 28 1 0 11 6.5 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   9.8 6.5 .667
Danny Ferry PF 31 3 0 10 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 .000 7.2 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0  

Regular Season Totals

Player Pos Age GP GS Min PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Shawn Kemp PF 28 80 80 2769 1442 745 197 108 90 271 1164 518 .445 8 2 .250 556 404 .727
Wesley Person SG 26 82 82 3198 1204 363 188 129 49 110 957 440 .460 447 192 .430 170 132 .776
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 22 82 81 2379 1139 723 71 52 135 146 876 454 .518 4 1 .250 302 230 .762
Cedric Henderson SF 22 82 71 2527 832 325 168 96 45 165 725 348 .480 4 0 .000 190 136 .716
Derek Anderson SF 23 66 13 1839 770 187 227 86 13 128 586 239 .408 84 17 .202 315 275 .873
Brevin Knight PG 22 80 76 2483 723 253 656 196 18 194 592 261 .441 7 0 .000 251 201 .801
Vitaly Potapenko C 22 80 0 1412 570 313 57 27 28 132 488 234 .480 1 0 .000 144 102 .708
Danny Ferry PF 31 69 3 1034 291 114 59 26 17 53 286 113 .395 99 33 .333 40 32 .800
Bob Sura SG 24 46 4 942 267 94 171 44 7 93 231 87 .377 60 19 .317 131 74 .565
Henry James PF 32 28 0 166 80 15 5 1 1 12 59 24 .407 25 11 .440 22 21 .955
Scott Brooks PG 32 43 0 312 79 30 49 18 3 12 66 28 .424 11 5 .455 20 18 .900
Carl Thomas SG 28 29 0 272 77 37 9 16 5 12 70 27 .386 38 15 .395 13 8 .615
Shawnelle Scott C 25 41 0 188 44 59 8 6 8 10 36 16 .444 0 0   18 12 .667
Mitchell Butler SG 27 18 0 206 37 22 18 8 0 8 47 15 .319 6 1 .167 10 6 .600
Greg Graham SG 27 6 0 56 16 1 6 1 0 10 12 7 .583 3 0 .000 2 2 1.000
Tony Dumas SG 25 7 0 47 14 5 5 0 0 5 12 6 .500 4 2 .500 3 0 .000
Team Totals     82 82 19830 7585 3286 1894 814 419 1361 6207 2817 .454 801 298 .372 2187 1653 .756

Playoff Totals

Player Pos Age GP GS Min PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Shawn Kemp PF 28 4 4 152 104 41 8 5 4 16 71 33 .465 0 0   45 38 .844
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 22 4 4 147 69 30 2 2 5 10 49 28 .571 0 0   25 13 .520
Derek Anderson SF 23 4 0 103 43 9 11 5 1 12 22 10 .455 0 0   26 23 .885
Wesley Person SG 26 4 4 136 32 9 10 3 0 1 29 11 .379 19 7 .368 4 3 .750
Cedric Henderson SF 22 4 4 157 30 17 11 6 0 13 28 11 .393 1 0 .000 13 8 .615
Brevin Knight PG 22 4 4 132 18 16 23 10 1 8 21 6 .286 0 0   10 6 .600
Vitaly Potapenko C 22 4 0 70 17 11 3 2 0 6 15 6 .400 0 0   10 5 .500
Bob Sura SG 24 3 0 31 4 3 4 1 0 2 5 1 .200 2 0 .000 3 2 .667
Carl Thomas SG 28 1 0 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0   3 2 .667
Scott Brooks PG 32 1 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0   2 2 1.000
Shawnelle Scott C 25 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 .500 0 0   0 0  
Danny Ferry PF 31 3 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 2 0 .000 0 0  
Team Totals     4 4 960 323 138 74 34 12 69 246 107 .435 24 7 .292 141 102 .723