1995–96 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 1995–96 NBA season was the 26th season of the National Basketball Association in Cleveland, Ohio. During the off-season, the Cavaliers acquired All-Star guard, and three-point specialist Dan Majerle from the Phoenix Suns, and acquired 2-time Slam Dunk champion Harold Miner from the Miami Heat. After the first two games, Tyrone Hill was seriously injured in a car accident and missed 38 games, as the Cavs struggled losing their first seven games of the regular season. However, Hill returned in the second half of the season playing off the bench, being replaced by Michael Cage as the team's starting center. The Cavaliers played above .500 for the remainder of the season, holding a 26–20 record at the All-Star break, posting a 10–2 record in February, and finishing in third place in the Central Division with a 47–35 record.

Terrell Brandon continued to show improvement, leading the team with 19.3 points, 6.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and was selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game in San Antonio, Texas, while Chris Mills averaged 15.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and Bobby Phills provided the team with 14.6 points and 1.4 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. In addition, Danny Ferry became the team's starting power forward, and contributed 13.3 points per game, while Majerle played a sixth man role, averaging 10.6 points per game, and leading the Cavaliers with 146 three-point field goals off the bench, Cage contributed 6.0 points and led the team with 8.9 rebounds per game, and Hill provided with 7.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game off the bench.

Brandon finished tied in sixteenth place in Most Valuable Player voting, and also tied in third place along with Ferry in Most Improved Player voting, while Phills finished tied in eighth place, and head coach Mike Fratello finished in second place in Coach of the Year voting.

However, in the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Cavs were swept by the 5th-seeded New York Knicks in three straight games. Following the season, Majerle signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat after just one season with the Cavaliers, while Cage signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Miner retired after four seasons in the NBA due to injuries, only playing just 19 games with the Cavaliers this season due to a knee injury.

After missing the previous two seasons with a back injury, former All-Star center Brad Daugherty also retired, ending his eight-year career in the NBA with the Cavaliers.

Key Dates:

Offseason

Free agents

Trades

Draft picks

Main article: 1995 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	17	Bob Sura	Guard	United States	Florida State
2	39	Donny Marshall	Forward	United States	UConn

Roster

1995–96 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	13	Amaechi, John	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1970–11–26	Penn State
G	1	Brandon, Terrell	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1970–05–20	Oregon
C	44	Cage, Michael	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	1962–01–28	San Diego State
G	11	Crotty, John	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1969–07–15	Virginia
C	43	Daugherty, Brad (IN)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1965–10–19	North Carolina
F	35	Ferry, Danny	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1966–10–17	Duke
F	32	Hill, Tyrone	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1968–03–19	Xavier
G	30	Johnson, Darryl	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1965–10–26	Michigan State
F	21	Lang, Antonio	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1972–05–15	Duke
G	9	Majerle, Dan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1965–09–09	Central Michigan
F	33	Marshall, Donny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1972–07–17	Connecticut
F	24	Mills, Chris	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1970–01–25	Arizona
G	4	Miner, Harold	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1971–05–05	USC
G	14	Phills, Bobby	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1969–12–20	Southern
G	3	Sura, Bob	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1973–03–25	Florida State

Head coach

Mike Fratello

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(IN) Inactive
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 5, 1996

Roster Notes

Center Brad Daugherty missed the entire season due to a back injury.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z–Chicago Bulls	72	10	.878	–	39‍–‍2	33‍–‍8	24–4	82
x–Indiana Pacers	52	30	.634	20.0	32‍–‍9	20‍–‍21	19–9	82
x–Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	25.0	26‍–‍15	21‍–‍20	13–15	82
x–Atlanta Hawks	46	36	.561	26.0	26‍–‍15	20‍–‍21	15–13	82
x–Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	26.0	30‍–‍11	16‍–‍25	15–13	82
Charlotte Hornets	41	41	.500	31.0	25‍–‍16	16‍–‍25	13–15	82
Milwaukee Bucks	25	57	.305	47.0	14‍–‍27	11‍–‍30	8–20	82
Toronto Raptors	21	61	.256	51.0	15‍–‍26	6‍–‍35	5–23	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z–Chicago Bulls	72	10	.878	–	82
2	y–Orlando Magic	60	22	.732	12.0	82
3	x–Indiana Pacers	52	30	.634	20.0	82
4	x–Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	25.0	82
5	x–New York Knicks	47	35	.573	25.0	82
6	x–Atlanta Hawks	46	36	.561	26.0	82
7	x–Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	26.0	82
8	x–Miami Heat	42	40	.512	30.0	82

9	Charlotte Hornets	41	41	.500	31.0	82
10	Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	33.0	82
11	Boston Celtics	33	49	.402	39.0	82
12	New Jersey Nets	30	52	.366	42.0	82
13	Milwaukee Bucks	25	57	.305	47.0	82
14	Toronto Raptors	21	61	.256	51.0	82
15	Philadelphia 76ers	18	64	.220	54.0	82

Record vs. opponents

1995-96 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3
Boston	0–4	–	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2
Charlotte	1–3	2–2	–	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–4	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1
Chicago	4–0	3–0	3–1	–	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–4	–	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1
Dallas	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	–	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1
Detroit	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–2
Golden State	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	–	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	–	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Indiana	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	–	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	–	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Miami	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	–	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2
Milwaukee	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–3	–	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3
Minnesota	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	0–4	2–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	3–1	1–1	–	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2
New York	1–2	4–0	0–3	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	–	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
Orlando	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	–	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Philadelphia	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	–	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0
Portland	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	–	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	–	1–3	0–4	2–0	0–4	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	–	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–2	–	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1
Toronto	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	3–1
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	–	4–0	1–1
Vancouver	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	–	0–2
Washington	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–4	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	—

Game log

1995–96 game log
Total: 47–35 (home: 26–15; road: 21–20)

November: 6–8 (home: 3–4; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

December : 9–4 (home: 7–2; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

January : 8–8 (home: 3–2; road: 5–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February : 10–2 (home: 7–1; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

March : 8–9 (home: 3–4; road: 5–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April : 6–4 (home: 3–2; road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

1995–96 schedule

Playoffs

1996 playoff game log

First round: 0–3 (home: 0–2; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 25	New York	L 83–106	Terrell Brandon (18)	Michael Cage (8)	Brandon, Majerle (5)	Gund Arena 16,419	0–1
2	April 27	New York	L 80–84	Terrell Brandon (21)	Michael Cage (8)	Terrell Brandon (12)	Gund Arena 17,232	0–2
3	May 1	@ New York	L 76–81	Terrell Brandon (19)	Michael Cage (12)	Terrell Brandon (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0–3

1996 schedule

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Terrell Brandon	75	75	34.3	46.5	38.7	88.7	3.3	6.5	1.8	0.4	19.3
Chris Mills	80	80	38.3	46.8	37.6	82.9	5.5	2.4	0.9	0.7	15.1
Bobby Phills	72	69	35.1	46.7	44.1	77.5	3.6	3.8	1.4	0.4	14.6
Danny Ferry	82	79	32.7	45.9	39.4	76.9	3.8	2.3	0.7	0.5	13.3
Dan Majerle	82	15	28.9	40.5	35.3	71.0	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	10.6
Tyrone Hill	44	2	21.1	51.2	0.0	60.0	5.5	0.8	0.7	0.5	7.8
Michael Cage	82	80	32.1	55.6	0.0	54.3	8.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	6.0
Bob Sura	79	3	14.6	41.1	34.6	70.2	1.7	2.9	0.7	0.3	5.3
Harold Miner	19	0	7.2	44.2	20.0	100.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	3.2
John Crotty	58	4	10.6	44.7	29.6	86.1	0.9	1.8	0.4	0.1	3.0
John Amaechi	28	3	12.8	41.4	0.0	57.6	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.4	2.8
Antonio Lang	41	0	9.0	53.2	0.0	72.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.8
Donny Marshall	34	0	6.1	35.3	23.3	62.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.1	2.3
Joe Courtney	23	0	8.7	42.9	0.0	44.4	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.7
Darryl Johnson	11	0	2.5	41.7	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.1

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Terrell Brandon	3	3	41.7	44.7	33.3	86.7	3.0	8.0	1.3	0.3	19.3
Dan Majerle	3	0	30.3	44.4	43.5	88.9	4.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	16.7
Danny Ferry	3	3	39.0	34.1	6.3	0.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.7	9.7
Bobby Phills	3	3	32.0	37.1	20.0	25.0	4.7	2.0	0.7	0.3	9.7
Tyrone Hill	3	0	17.7	75.0	0.0	77.8	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3
Chris Mills	3	3	35.0	33.3	0.0	100.0	5.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	7.7
Michael Cage	3	3	33.7	57.1	0.0	60.0	9.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	6.3
Bob Sura	3	0	6.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.3
John Crotty	2	0	4.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0
John Amaechi	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Lang	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Donny Marshall	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

All-Star

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Development League

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1995–96 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle