The Cleveland Cavaliers were 42-40 in 1996-97. They finished 5th in the Central Division and 9th in the Eastern Conference.

1996-97 Conference Standings

TEAMWLPCTGB
7
45
37
.549
24.0
8
44
38
.537
25.0
9
Cavaliers Cavaliers
42
40
.512
27.0
10
39
43
.476
30.0
11
33
49
.402
36.0

1996-97 Stats

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GPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
Team
82
242.1
87.5
37.4
20.9
8.0
3.8
33.0
72.8
45.3
5.9
15.7
37.6
15.6
21.6
72.3
53.1
11.1
26.3
14.5
23.0
Team Rank
7th
29th
29th
19th
16th
27th
29th
29th
17th
15th
21st
5th
28th
28th
19th
18th
27th
27th
4th
19th
Opponent
82
242.1
85.6
37.0
20.1
6.7
4.3
30.3
68.8
44.1
5.6
15.0
37.3
19.4
26.1
74.2
53.4
10.3
26.7
16.2
21.3
Opponent Rank
7th
1st
1st
5th
3rd
7th
1st
1st
9th
6th
3rd
27th
18th
18th
20th
14th
1st
2nd
8th
22nd
Net
+1.8
+0.5
+0.8
+1.3
-0.4
+2.6
+4.1
+1.1
+0.3
+0.7
+0.3
-3.7
-4.5
-1.9
-0.3
+0.8
-0.3
-1.7
+1.6
Net Rank
12th
11th
11th
5th
21st
5th
2nd
13th
12th
10th
13th
29th
29th
23rd
16th
7th
17th
4th
26th

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
39
20
.661
6.0
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
26
.559
12.0
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
33
.441
19.0
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
43
.271
29.0
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
46
15
.754
2
43
17
.717
2.5
3
37
22
.627
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.0
5
37
24
.607
9.0
6
35
24
.593
10.0
7
34
26
.567
11.5
8
31
29
.517
14.5
9
29
33
.468
17.5
10
27
31
.466
17.5
11
23
36
.390
22.0
12
21
38
.356
24.0
13
19
42
.311
27.0
14
18
42
.300
27.5
15
14
47
.230
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
1/27
@
118-105
Tue
1/27
@
140-124
Tue
1/27
@
111-99
Wed
1/28
@
99-109
Wed
1/28
@
111-113

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/2
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
10:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM