# Temporada 1996-97 de los Cleveland Cavaliers

La temporada 1996-97 fue la vigesimoséptima de los Cleveland Cavaliers en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 42 victorias y 40 derrotas, ocupando el noveno puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad/Club |
| 1 | 12 | Vitaly Potapenko | Pívot | Ucrania Ucrania | Wright State |
| 1 | 20 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | Pívot | Lituania Lituania | Atletas |
| 2 | 56 | Reggie Geary | Base | Estados Unidos | Arizona |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Chicago Bulls | 69 | 13 | .841 | – | 39–2 | 30–11 | 24–4 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 56 | 26 | .683 | 13 | 36–5 | 20–21 | 17–11 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 54 | 28 | .659 | 15 | 30–11 | 24–17 | 17–11 |
| x-Charlotte Hornets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 15 | 30–11 | 24–17 | 14–14 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 27 | 25–16 | 17–24 | 13–15 |
| Indiana Pacers | 39 | 43 | .476 | 30 | 21–20 | 18–23 | 11–17 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 36 | 20–21 | 13–28 | 10–18 |
| Toronto Raptors | 30 | 52 | .366 | 39 | 18–23 | 12–29 | 6–22 |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | Pos. | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Chris Mills | 27 | SF | 80 | 79 | 39.6 | 5.1 | 11.2 | .453 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .391 | 2.2 | 2.6 | .842 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 13.4 |
| 2 | Terrell Brandon | 26 | PG | 78 | 78 | 36.8 | 7.4 | 16.8 | .438 | 1.3 | 3.5 | .373 | 3.4 | 3.8 | .902 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 19.5 |
| 3 | Tyrone Hill | 28 | C | 74 | 70 | 34.9 | 4.8 | 8.0 | .600 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.3 | 5.1 | .633 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 12.9 |
| 4 | Bobby Phills | 27 | SG | 69 | 65 | 34.4 | 4.8 | 11.1 | .428 | 1.2 | 3.1 | .394 | 1.8 | 2.5 | .718 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 12.6 |
| 5 | Danny Ferry | 30 | PF | 82 | 48 | 32.1 | 4.2 | 9.7 | .429 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .401 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .851 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Bob Sura | 23 | SG | 82 | 23 | 27.7 | 3.1 | 7.2 | .431 | 0.6 | 2.0 | .323 | 2.4 | 3.9 | .614 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Vitaly Potapenko | 21 | C | 80 | 3 | 15.5 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .440 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .500 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .736 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 5.8 |
| 8 | Mark West | 36 | C | 70 | 43 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | .556 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.8 | .482 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| 9 | Antonio Lang | 24 | PF | 64 | 1 | 13.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .420 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .729 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 10 | Donny Marshall | 24 | SF | 56 | 0 | 9.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | .325 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .379 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .704 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| 11 | Reggie Geary | 23 | PG | 39 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | .379 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .381 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .455 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| 12 | Carl Thomas | 27 | SG | 19 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .375 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .167 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 13 | Shawnelle Scott | 24 | C | 16 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.7 | .364 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Terrell Brandon | All-Star |