1989–90 Cleveland Cavaliers season

1989–90 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
Arena	Richfield Coliseum
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round (Eliminated 2-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WOIO (Joe Tait, Jim Chones) SportsChannel Ohio (Denny Schriener, Jim Chones)
Radio	WRMR (850 AM)[1] (Joe Tait) (main) · (Jim Johnson) (fill-in)

The 1989-90 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 21st season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 42-40 record, finishing 4th in the Central Division. Mark Price led the team in assists as the Cavs advanced to the playoffs.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	25	John Morton	Guard	United States	Seton Hall
2	43	Chucky Brown	Forward	United States	NC State

Roster

1989–90 Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SF 20 Bennett, Winston 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1965–02–09 Kentucky SF 52 Brown, Chucky 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1968–02–29 North Carolina State SF 33 Chievous, Derrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1967–07–03 Missouri C 43 Daugherty, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1965–10–19 North Carolina SG 3 Ehlo, Craig 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–08–11 Washington State PG 5 Kerr, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1965–09–27 Arizona C 44 Mokeski, Paul 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1957–01–03 Kansas SG 23 Morton, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1967–05–18 Seton Hall PF 22 Nance, Larry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–02–12 Clemson PG 25 Price, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1964–02–15 Georgia Tech C 30 Rollins, Tree 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1955–06–10 Clemson PF 18 Williams, John "Hot Rod" 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962–08–09 Tulane	Head coach Lenny Wilkens Assistant coach(es) Dick Helm Brian Winters Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.720	–	35–6	24–17	22–8
x-Chicago Bulls	55	27	.671	4	36–5	19–22	20–10
x-Milwaukee Bucks	44	38	.537	15	27–14	17–24	14–16
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	17	27–14	15–26	14–16
x-Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	17	28–13	14–27	16–14
Atlanta Hawks	41	41	.500	18	25–16	16–25	15–15
Orlando Magic	18	64	.220	41	12–29	6–35	4–26

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.720	–
2	y-Philadelphia 76ers	53	29	.646	6
3	x-Chicago Bulls	55	27	.671	4
4	x-Boston Celtics	52	30	.634	7
5	x-New York Knicks	45	37	.549	14
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	44	38	.537	15
7	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	17
8	x-Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	17
9	Atlanta Hawks	41	41	.500	18
10	Washington Bullets	31	51	.378	28
11	Miami Heat	18	64	.220	41
11	Orlando Magic	18	64	.220	41
13	New Jersey Nets	17	65	.207	42

Notes

• z, y – division champions
• x – clinched playoff spot

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Game log

1989–90 game log Total: 42–40 (Home: 27–14; Road: 15–26)
November: 6–7 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 3, 1989 @ Chicago 2 November 4, 1989 @ Indiana 3 November 8, 1989 Orlando 4 November 10, 1989 @ Washington (at Baltimore, MD) 5 November 11, 1989 Boston 6 November 14, 1989 @ New Jersey 7 November 15, 1989 Golden State 8 November 17, 1989 8:00 PM EST Atlanta W 131–125 (OT) Ehlo (31) Williams (14) Price (10) Richfield Coliseum 16,135 4–4 9 November 22, 1989 New York 10 November 24, 1989 @ Detroit 11 November 25, 1989 Houston 12 November 28, 1989 Washington 13 November 29, 1989 @ Philadelphia
December : 5–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 December 1, 1989 @ Boston 15 December 2, 1989 Minnesota 16 December 5, 1989 Utah 17 December 7, 1989 @ L.A. Clippers 18 December 9, 1989 @ Sacramento 19 December 11, 1989 @ Utah 20 December 13, 1989 Milwaukee 21 December 15, 1989 Seattle 22 December 20, 1989 Denver 23 December 22, 1989 @ Milwaukee 24 December 25, 1989 3:30 PM EST @ Atlanta L 104–115 Williams, Williams (17) Ehlo, Nance (8) Price (11) The Omni 13,357 10–14 25 December 27, 1989 Detroit 26 December 28, 1989 @ Charlotte 27 December 30, 1989 Phoenix
January : 8–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 5–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 January 3, 1990 Chicago 29 January 5, 1990 Washington 30 January 6, 1990 @ Orlando 31 January 10, 1990 Milwaukee 32 January 12, 1990 @ Philadelphia 33 January 13, 1990 New Jersey 34 January 15, 1990 San Antonio 35 January 17, 1990 @ Houston 36 January 19, 1990 @ San Antonio 37 January 20, 1990 @ Dallas 38 January 23, 1990 Philadelphia 39 January 24, 1990 7:30 PM EST @ Atlanta L 86–103 Price (20) Keys, Nance (6) Price (7) The Omni 14,220 16–23 40 January 26, 1990 @ Minnesota 41 January 27, 1990 @ Indiana 42 January 30, 1990 @ Miami
February : 6–6 (Home: 6–3; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 43 February 3, 1990 Detroit 44 February 5, 1990 L.A. Clippers 45 February 6, 1990 @ Detroit 46 February 8, 1990 Miami All-Star Break 47 February 14, 1990 Indiana 48 February 16, 1990 8:00 PM EST Atlanta W 109–101 Nance (30) Daugherty (14) Price (9) Richfield Coliseum 18,988 22–26 49 February 17, 1990 @ New York 50 February 19, 1990 Dallas 51 February 21, 1990 Portland 52 February 23, 1990 Orlando 53 February 25, 1990 Charlotte 54 February 27, 1990 @ Portland
March : 8–8 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–7) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 55 March 1, 1990 @ Denver 56 March 2, 1990 @ L.A. Lakers 57 March 4, 1990 @ Phoenix 58 March 6, 1990 @ Seattle 59 March 8, 1990 @ Golden State 60 March 11, 1990 @ Milwaukee 61 March 13, 1990 Philadelphia 62 March 15, 1990 L.A. Lakers 63 March 17, 1990 Indiana 64 March 18, 1990 @ Orlando 65 March 21, 1990 @ Boston 66 March 23, 1990 @ Chicago 67 March 24, 1990 New Jersey 68 March 26, 1990 Sacramento 69 March 28, 1990 Chicago 70 March 30, 1990 @ Miami
April : 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 71 April 1, 1990 Indiana 72 April 3, 1990 @ New York 73 April 4, 1990 7:30 PM EDT Atlanta W 101–95 Daugherty (24) Daugherty (13) Price (20) Richfield Coliseum 18,074 35–38 74 April 6, 1990 Boston 75 April 8, 1990 Detroit 76 April 11, 1990 @ Chicago 77 April 12, 1990 @ Washington 78 April 14, 1990 Miami 79 April 17, 1990 @ Milwaukee 80 April 18, 1990 @ New Jersey 81 April 20, 1990 @ Orlando 82 April 22, 1990 New York
1989–90 season schedule

Playoffs

1990 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 26, 1990 7:30 PM EDT @ Philadelphia 2 April 29, 1990 7:30 PM EDT @ Philadelphia 3 May 1, 1990 7:30 PM EDT Philadelphia 4 May 3, 1990 7:30 PM EDT Philadelphia 5 May 5, 1990 1:00 PM EDT @ Philadelphia
1989–90 season schedule

East First Round

(2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (7) Cleveland Cavaliers: 76ers win series 3-2

• Game 1 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 26): Philadelphia 111, Cleveland 106
• Game 2 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 29): Philadelphia 107, Cleveland 101
• Game 3 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 1): Cleveland 122, Philadelphia 95
• Game 4 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 3): Cleveland 108, Philadelphia 96
• Game 5 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (May 5): Philadelphia 113, Cleveland 97

Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff meeting)

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

References

1. Dyer, Bob (January 30, 1988). "Cavs End Contract with WWWE". Akron Beacon Journal (Beacon Journal Publishing Co.). p. B8.
2. 1989-90 NBA Season Summary - Basketball-Reference.com

External links

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball
• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference