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1996-1997 Cleveland Cavaliers Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Terrell Brandon	PG	5-11	180	May 20, 1970	26	Oregon	5	1991 1st Rnd, #11, Cleveland Cavaliers
Danny Ferry	PF	6-10	230	Oct 17, 1966	30	Duke	6	1989 1st Rnd, #2, Los Angeles Clippers
Reggie Geary	SG	6-2	187	Aug 31, 1973	23	Arizona	0	1996 2nd Rnd, #56, Cleveland Cavaliers
Tyrone Hill	PF	6-9	240	Mar 19, 1968	28	Xavier	6	1990 1st Rnd, #11, Golden State Warriors
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	C	7-3	260	Jun 5, 1975	21	BC Aisciai-Atletas (Lithuania)	0	1996 1st Rnd, #20, Cleveland Cavaliers
Antonio Lang	G-F	6-8	205	May 15, 1972	24	Duke	2	1994 2nd Rnd, #29, Phoenix Suns
Donny Marshall	SF	6-7	230	Jul 17, 1972	24	UConn	1	1995 2nd Rnd, #39, Cleveland Cavaliers
Chris Mills	SF	6-5	215	Jan 25, 1970	26	Arizona	3	1993 1st Rnd, #22, Cleveland Cavaliers
Bobby Phills	SG	6-5	215	Dec 20, 1969	26	Southern	5	1991 2nd Rnd, #45, Milwaukee Bucks
Vitaly Potapenko	C-F	6-10	280	Mar 21, 1975	21	Wright State	0	1996 1st Rnd, #12, Cleveland Cavaliers
Shawnelle Scott	C	6-10	250	Jun 16, 1972	24	St. John's	1	1994 2nd Rnd, #43, Portland Trail Blazers
Bob Sura	SG	6-5	200	Mar 25, 1973	23	Florida State	1	1995 1st Rnd, #17, Cleveland Cavaliers
Carl Thomas	SG	6-4	175	Oct 3, 1969	27	Eastern Michigan	3	1991 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Mark West	C	6-10	230	Nov 5, 1960	35	Old Dominion	13	1983 2nd Rnd, #30, Dallas Mavericks

Cleveland 90, New Jersey 77

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Izod Center (East Rutherford, New Jersey)

Attendance: 18,316

Officials: Bill Spooner, Greg Willard, Hue Hollins

Team Rebounds: Cleveland (5) New Jersey (12)

Technicals: Cleveland (0) New Jersey (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
CLE (1-0)	28	25	17	20	90
NJN (0-1)	19	20	16	22	77

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
CLE	81	111.4	95.3
NJN	81	95.3	111.4

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
CLE	.507	0.186	0.343	0.236
NJN	.474	0.260	0.314	0.379

Cleveland Cavaliers

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
1	Terrell Brandon	Starter	PG	37:00	9-19	2-3	5-6	15.0	0.0	6	6	5	4	2	0	3	25
32	Tyrone Hill	Starter	PF	37:00	7-9	0-0	5-7	12.1	2.0	6	8	1	4	0	0	3	19
24	Chris Mills	Starter	SF	39:00	5-12	1-2	2-2	9.0	2.0	3	5	0	1	3	0	1	13
3	Bob Sura	Starter	SG	38:00	4-10	0-1	0-0	8.0	2.0	4	6	3	3	1	0	0	8
41	Mark West	Starter	C	12:00	2-3	0-0	2-2	3.5	1.0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	6
35	Danny Ferry	Bench	SF	33:00	3-9	1-2	2-2	5.0	2.0	2	4	2	2	0	1	2	9
2	Reggie Geary	Bench	SG	12:00	1-2	0-0	1-1	2.1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
21	Antonio Lang	Bench	SF	09:00	0-2	0-1	0-0	1.0	0.0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
33	Donny Marshall	Bench	SF	11:00	1-2	1-1	0-0	1.2	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	3
52	Vitaly Potapenko	Bench	C	11:00	2-4	0-0	0-0	1.0	2.0	0	2	0	4	1	0	1	4
23	Carl Thomas	Bench	SG	01:00	0-0	0-0	0-0	-0.2	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Team										5
				240	34-72	5-10	17-20	85.8	12	23	40	16	24	10	1	15	90
					47.2%	50.0%	85.0%

New Jersey Nets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
45	Shawn Bradley	Starter	C	35:00	2-5	0-0	5-8	10.8	2.0	6	8	1	2	0	5	3	9
13	Kendall Gill	Starter	SG	41:00	5-15	0-1	12-12	7.5	2.0	3	5	3	4	1	0	5	22
31	Ed O'Bannon	Starter	SF	22:00	3-6	2-4	0-0	7.0	1.0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	8
14	Robert Pack	Starter	PG	27:00	2-6	0-2	1-2	4.5	0.0	1	1	6	2	1	0	2	5
55	Jayson Williams	Starter	PF	33:00	2-9	0-0	4-8	3.8	2.0	10	12	0	2	1	1	5	8
2	Vincent Askew	Bench	SF	07:00	0-0	0-0	0-0	-0.5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	Kerry Kittles	Bench	SG	23:00	2-5	1-4	0-0	3.2	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5
44	Tony Massenburg	Bench	PF	05:00	0-1	0-0	0-2	-2.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
34	Xavier McDaniel	Bench	PF	19:00	1-4	1-2	0-0	1.8	3.0	1	4	1	2	1	0	3	3
6	Khalid Reeves	Bench	SG	28:00	6-7	5-5	0-1	10.6	0.0	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	17
	Team										12					1
				240	23-58	9-18	22-33	74.6	11	24	47	13	19	7	7	22	77
					39.7%	50.0%	66.7%

Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Terrell Brandon 25p, 6r, 5a	Bob Sura 8p, 6r, 3a	Chris Mills 13p, 5r, 0a	Tyrone Hill 19p, 8r, 1a	Mark West 6p, 1r, 1a
Rotation		Reggie Geary 3p, 0r, 0a	Danny Ferry 9p, 4r, 2a		Vitaly Potapenko 4p, 2r, 0a
Rotation			Donny Marshall 3p, 2r, 2a
Lim PT		Carl Thomas 0p, 1r, 0a	Antonio Lang 0p, 0r, 2a

New Jersey Nets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Robert Pack 5p, 1r, 6a	Kendall Gill 22p, 5r, 3a	Ed O'Bannon 8p, 3r, 0a	Jayson Williams 8p, 12r, 0a	Shawn Bradley 9p, 8r, 1a
Rotation		Khalid Reeves 17p, 1r, 1a		Xavier McDaniel 3p, 4r, 1a
Rotation		Kerry Kittles 5p, 1r, 1a
Lim PT			Vincent Askew 0p, 0r, 0a	Tony Massenburg 0p, 0r, 0a