1985–86 Cleveland Cavaliers season

1985–86 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	George Karl (25–42) Gene Littles (4–11)
Arena	Coliseum at Richfield
Results
Record	29–53 (.354)
Place	Division: 5th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WUAB
Radio	WWWE

The 1985–86 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 16th NBA basketball season for the franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. The team was coached by George Karl and Gene Littles, and played their home games at The Coliseum in the Cleveland suburb of Richfield, Ohio. The Cavaliers went 29-53 during the regular-season, and missed making the playoffs by one game.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Charles Oakley	PF/C	United States	Virginia Union
2	30	Calvin Duncan		United States	Virginia Commonwealth
2	45	Hot Rod Williams	PF/C	United States	Tulane
3	55	Herb Johnson	PF/C	United States	Tulsa
4	79	Mark Davis	F	United States	Old Dominion
5	101	Gunther Behnke		Germany
6	125	Ricky Johnson		United States	Illinois State
7	147	Buzz Peterson		United States	North Carolina

Regular season

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	57	25	.695	–	33–8	24–17	21–9
x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	7	34–7	16–25	21–9
x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	11	31–10	15–26	18–12
x-Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	27	22–19	8–33	10–20
Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	28	16–25	13–28	10–19
Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	31	19–22	7–34	9–20

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	57	25	.695	10
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	54	28	.659	13
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	17
5	x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	21
6	x-Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	28
7	x-New Jersey Nets	39	43	.476	28
8	x-Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	37
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	38
10	Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	41
11	New York Knicks	23	59	.280	44

Notes

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–6	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4
Boston	6–0	—	5–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1
Chicago	1–5	1–5	—	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Cleveland	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	4–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	0–2	4–1	1–5	2–0	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–3	3–3	4–2	3–2	5–1	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	3–3	3–3	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	2–4	1–4	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–2	5–1	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	1–5	1–5	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–3	2–4	0–6	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–5	2–3	0–2	—	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	5–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	4–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	0–5	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	—	4–2	6–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
New Jersey	2–4	2–4	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	5–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–4
New York	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	—	0–6	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3
Philadelphia	1–4	2–4	5–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	4–2	6–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–4	2–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	2–4	2–3	3–2	5–1	1–4	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	4–2	0–6	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	—	3–2	1–4	5–1	2–3	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–2	2–4	2–0	0–5	0–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	—	5–1	5–0	2–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	4–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–5	—	2–3	2–4	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	4–2	2–3	0–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–5	3–2	—	2–3	1–1
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–5	3–3	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	3–2	—	1–1
Washington	4–1	1–5	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	2–4	4–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—

Regular season

Game log

1985–86 game log Total: 29–53 (Home: 16–25; Road: 13–28)
October: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 25, 1985 @ Chicago 2 October 26, 1985 Boston
November : 6–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 4–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 November 16, 1985 @ Chicago 12 November 19, 1985 Golden State 15 November 24, 1985 Atlanta W 98–90 Coliseum at Richfield 6,145 6–9 16 November 26, 1985 @ Detroit
December : 7–8 (Home: 4–6; Road: 3–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 December 7, 1985 Denver 21 December 10, 1985 Detroit 24 December 14, 1985 Boston 25 December 17, 1985 Houston 28 December 22, 1985 Dallas 30 December 27, 1985 @ Detroit 32 December 30, 1985 Chicago
January : 4–11 (Home: 4–3; Road: 0–8) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 8, 1986 @ Boston 39 January 16, 1986 @ Atlanta L 99–116 The Omni 4,961 16–23 42 January 22, 1986 Detroit 44 January 27, 1986 @ Denver 45 January 28, 1986 @ Houston 47 January 31, 1986 @ Dallas
February : 5–7 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 4, 1986 Atlanta L 104–105 Coliseum at Richfield 6,702 18–30 55 February 20, 1986 Detroit 58 February 26, 1986 @ Atlanta L 109–129 The Omni 6,504 23–35 59 February 28, 1986 @ Chicago
March : 5–10 (Home: 1–5; Road: 4–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 63 March 8, 1986 @ Golden State 69 March 18, 1986 vs. Boston (at Hartford, CT) 71 March 22, 1986 Chicago 72 March 25, 1986 Atlanta L 91–97 Coliseum at Richfield 7,178 26–46 74 March 29, 1986 @ Atlanta W 123–105 The Omni 9,056 28–46
April : 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1, 1986 Boston 79 April 7, 1986 @ Detroit 81 April 11, 1986 @ Boston 82 April 13, 1986 Chicago
1985–86 schedule

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	AVG

References