Mark Price Era
The Cavaliers' golden age of the late 80s and early 90s, led by Mark Price and Brad Daugherty.
The Mark Price Era refers to the period in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the Cavaliers were a regular playoff contender, led by players such as Mark Price and Brad Daugherty.
Lore & Background
During the latter half of the 1980s and through much of the 1990s, the Cavaliers were a regular playoff contender – led by players such as Mark Price and Brad Daugherty – and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1992. The 1988–89 season was the Cavaliers' best season to date, finishing the regular season at 57–25 with a team that included Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Ron Harper and Larry Nance, and head coach Lenny Wilkens. They had their second 57-win season in 1991–92 and reached the Eastern Conference Finals that year.
Reader's Guide
The Cavaliers made the playoffs 10 times between 1985 and 1998. The Mark Price Era is generally considered to span from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s, culminating in the 1992 Eastern Conference Finals appearance.
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