Cleveland Cavaliers seasons

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This is a list of seasons as completed by the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). This list documents the team's season-by-season records, including post-season records, and also includes select year-end awards won by the team's players and/or coaches.

Legend
      World Champions       Conference Champions
      Division Champions       Qualified for Playoffs
Note: The Won, Lost and Pct. columns do not include post-season results.
These figures are combined only at the bottom of the list.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were founded in 1970 as an expansion franchise, then owned by Nick Mileti. The Cavaliers were to begin play immediately, beginning with the 1970-71 NBA season. In its 38 years in the league, Cleveland's major basketball franchise has won the Central Division championship only once (1976-77) and the Eastern Conference championship only once (2006-07). In the team's only appearance in the NBA Finals, following the 2006-07 season, the Cavaliers were swept by the San Antonio Spurs.

[edit] Seasons

Season Team League Conference Division Regular season results Post-season results Year-end awards
Finish Won Lost Pct.[1]
National Basketball Association (1970-Present)
1970-71 1970-71 NBA Eastern Central 4th 15 67 .183
1971-72 1971-72 NBA Eastern Central 4th 23 59 .280 Austin Carr (All-NBA Rookie Team)
1972-73 1972-73 NBA Eastern Central 4th 32 50 .390 Dwight Davis (All-NBA Rookie Team)
1973-74 1973-74 NBA Eastern Central 4th 29 53 .354
1974-75 1974-75 NBA Eastern Central 3rd 40 42 .488
1975-76 1975-76 NBA Eastern Central[2] 1st 49 33 .598 Won Conference Semifinal (Bullets, 4-3)
Lost Conference Final (Celtics, 2-4)		 Bill Fitch (Coach of the Year)
1976-77 1976-77 NBA Eastern Central 4th 43 39 .524 Lost First Round (Bullets, 1-2) Jim Brewer (All-Defensive 2nd Team)
1977-78 1977-78 NBA Eastern Central 3rd 43 39 .524 Lost First Round (Knicks, 0-2)
1978-79 1978-79 NBA Eastern Central T-4th[3] 30 52 .366
1979-80 1979-80 NBA Eastern Central T-5th[4] 37 45 .451
1980-81 1980-81 NBA Eastern Central 5th 28 54 .341
1981-82 1981-82 NBA Eastern Central 6th 15 67 .183
1982-83 1982-83 NBA Eastern Central 5th 23 59 .280
1983-84 1983-84 NBA Eastern Central 4th 28 54 .341
1984-85 1984-85 NBA Eastern Central 4th 36 46 .439 Lost First Round (Celtics, 1-3)
1985-86 1985-86 NBA Eastern Central 5th 29 53 .354
1986-87 1986-87 NBA Eastern Central 6th 31 51 .380 Brad Daugherty (All-NBA Rookie Team)
Ron Harper (All-NBA Rookie Team)
John Williams (All-NBA Rookie Team)
1987-88 1987-88 NBA Eastern Central T-4th[5] 42 40 .512 Lost First Round Playoffs (Bulls, 2-3)
1988-89 1988-89 NBA Eastern Central 2nd 57 25 .695 Lost First Round (Bulls, 2-3)[6] Larry Nance (All-Defensive 1st Team)
Mark Price (All-NBA 3rd Team)
1989-90 1989-90 NBA Eastern Central T-4th[7] 42 40 .512 Lost First Round (76ers, 2-3)
1990-91 1990-91 NBA Eastern Central 6th 33 49 .402
1991-92 1991-92 NBA Eastern Central 2nd 57 25 .695 Won First Round (Nets, 3-1)
Won Conference Semifinal (Celtics, 4-3)
Lost Conference Final (Bulls, 2-4)		 Brad Daugherty (All-NBA 3rd Team)
Larry Nance (All-Defensive 2nd Team)
Mark Price (All-NBA 3rd Team)
1992-93 1992-93 NBA Eastern Central 2nd 54 28 .658 Won First Round (Nets, 3-2)
Lost Conference Semifinal (Chicago Bulls, 0-4)		 Larry Nance (All-Defensive 2nd Team)
Mark Price (All-NBA 1st Team)
1993-94 1993-94 NBA Eastern Central T-3rd[8] 47 35 .573 Lost First Round Playoffs (Bulls, 0-3) Mark Price (All-NBA 3rd Team)
1994-95 1994-95 NBA Eastern Central 4th 43 39 .524 Lost First Round (Knicks, 1-3)
1995-96 1995-96 NBA Eastern Central 3rd 47 35 .573 Lost First Round (Knicks, 0-3) Bobby Phills (All-Defensive 2nd Team)
1996-97 1996-97 NBA Eastern Central 5th 42 40 .512
1997-98 1997-98 NBA Eastern Central 5th 47 35 .573 Lost First Round (Pacers, 1-3) Derek Anderson (All-NBA Rookie 2nd Team)
Cedric Henderson (All-NBA Rookie 2nd Team)
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (All-NBA Rookie 1st Team)
Brevin Knight (All-NBA Rookie 1st Team)
1998-99[9] 1998-99 NBA Eastern Central 7th 22 28 .440
1999-2000 1999-2000 NBA Eastern Central 6th 32 50 .390 Andre Miller (All-NBA Rookie 1st Team)
2000-01 2000-01 NBA Eastern Central 6th 30 52 .366 Chris Mihm (All-NBA Rookie 2nd Team)
2001-02 2001-02 NBA Eastern Central 7th 29 53 .354
2002-03 2002-03 NBA Eastern Central 8th 17 65 .207 Carlos Boozer (All-NBA Rookie 2nd Team)
2003-04 2003-04 NBA Eastern Central 5th 35 47 .427 LeBron James (Rookie of the Year)
LeBron James (All-NBA Rookie 1st Team)
2004-05 2004-05 NBA Eastern Central 9th 42 40 .512 LeBron James (All-NBA 2nd Team)
2005-06 2005-06 NBA Eastern Central 4th 50 32 .610 Won First Round (Wizards, 4-2)
Lost Conference Semifinal (Pistons, 3-4)		 LeBron James (All-NBA 1st Team)
2006-07 2006-07 NBA Eastern[10] Central 2nd 50 32 .610 Won First Round (Wizards, 4-0)
Won Conference Semifinal (Nets, 4-2)
Won Conference Final (Pistons, 4-2)
Lost NBA Final (Spurs, 0-4)		 LeBron James (All-NBA 2nd Team)
2007-08 2007-08 NBA Eastern Central 2nd 45 37 .549 Won First Round (Wizards 4-2)
Lost Conference Semifinal (Celtics, 3-4)		 LeBron James (All-NBA 1st Team)
Totals[11]
1433 1721 .454 Regular season results
56 69 .448 Post-season results
1489 1790 .454 Regular and post-season results

Winning Seasons: 17 (2007-08)

Losing Seasons: 21 (2003-04)

Playoff Appearances: 16 (2007-08)

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ A team's winning percentage is calculated by dividing the number of games a team has won by the total number of games a team has played, resulting in the percentage of games the team won over the course of a season. It does not factor in ties, but ties are counted in the total number of games the team has played.
  2. ^ As of the 2006-07 season, the Cavaliers' 1975-76 Central Division championship remains the team's only division championship.
  3. ^ The Cavaliers and the Pistons ended the 1978-79 season with identical 30-52 records.
  4. ^ The Cavaliers and the Pacers ended the 1979-80 season with identical 37-45 records.
  5. ^ The Cavaliers and the Bucks ended the 1987-88 season with identical 42-40 records.
  6. ^ The Cavaliers defeat by the Bulls in the first round of the 1989 playoffs is best known for "The Shot", a buzzer-beating jump-shot made by Michael Jordan over the head of Craig Ehlo. The Shot not only won the game for the Bulls, but it also won the series for the team.
  7. ^ The Cavaliers and the Pacers ended the 1989-90 season with identical 42-40 records.
  8. ^ The Cavaliers and the Pacers ended the 1993-94 season with identical 47-35 records.
  9. ^ Due to the circumstances of a lockout, the 1998-99 season was shortened to 50 games, with teams beginning play on 1999-02-05. The teams played full post-season schedules following the end of the regular season.
  10. ^ As of the 2006-07 season, the Cavaliers 2006-07 Eastern Conference championship remains the team's only conference championship.
  11. ^ The regular season and post-season totals are through the 2007-08 season

[edit] References

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1980s 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89
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