2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Paul Silas Brendan Malone
Owner(s)	George Gund III Gordon Gund
Arena	Gund Arena
Results Record 42–40 (.512) Place Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern) Playoff finish Did not qualify Local media Television FSN Ohio · WUAB Radio WTAM < 2003–04 2005–06 >

The 2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 35th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 42–40 record, a fourth place finish in the Central Division, and barely missed out of the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker for the 8th spot to the New Jersey Nets. LeBron James was the team's leading scorer and was named as an All-Star starter.

Key dates:

• On June 24, the 2004 NBA Draft, took place in New York City, New York.
• In July, the free agency period began.
• On September 15, the Cavaliers named Brendan Malone assistant coach.
• On October 14, the Cavaliers' preseason began with a 94–102 loss to Memphis.
• On November 3, the Cavaliers' regular season began with a 104–109 2OT loss to Indiana.
• On March 21, head coach Paul Silas was fired and Brendan Malone was named interim head coach. Mike Bratz and Wes Wilcox were added to Malone's staff as assistants.
• On April 20, the Cavaliers' season ended in a 104–95 win over the Toronto Raptors.
• On April 21, Jim Paxson was fired as President of Basketball Operations and General Manager.

Offseason

Free Agents

Additions Player Date Former team Robert Traylor August 5 New Orleans Hornets Anderson Varejão August 19 Cleveland Cavaliers Scott Williams September 28 Dallas Mavericks Lucious Harris October 1 New Jersey Nets

Subtractions Player Date New team Jason Kapono* June 22 Charlotte Bobcats Carlos Boozer July 29 Utah Jazz Lee Nailon September 30 New Orleans Hornets

^*Selected in expansion draft

Trades

June 23, 2004	To Cleveland Cavaliers Sasha Pavlović	To Charlotte Bobcats Future 1st round pick

July 20, 2004	To Cleveland Cavaliers Eric Snow	To Philadelphia 76ers Kedrick Brown and Kevin Ollie

July 23, 2004	To Cleveland Cavaliers Drew Gooden, Anderson Varejão, and Steven Hunter	To Orlando Magic Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	10	Luke Jackson	Guard	United States	Oregon

• 2nd round pick (#39) traded to Toronto in Michael Stewart deal.^[1] Used to draft Albert Miralles who was then traded to Miami.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
[[:Category:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 6.0 !C 52 SEN ! Diop, DeSagana style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Oak Hill Academy 4.5 !PF 90 USA ! Gooden, Drew style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas 2.0 !SG 12 USA ! Harris, Lucious style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Long Beach State 6.0 !C 11 LTU ! Ilgauskas, Zydrunas style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 87 !7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Lithuania 2.0 !SG 33 USA ! Jackson, Luke style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon 3.0 !SF 23 USA ! James, LeBron style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) St. Vincent-St. Mary's 1.0 !PG 0 USA ! McInnis, Jeff style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 179 lb (81 kg) North Carolina 5.5 !F/C 6 FRA ! Moiso, Jerome style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA 3.0 !SF 14 USA ! Newble, Ira style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (OH) 2.0 !SG 3 Serbia ! Pavlović, Sasha style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Serbia 1.0 !PG 20 USA ! Snow, Eric style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State 5.5 !F/C 32 USA ! Traylor, Robert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Michigan 4.5 !PF 17 BRA ! Varejão, Anderson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Brazil 1.0 !PG 2 USA ! Wagner, Dajuan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Memphis 2.5 !G/F 44 CZE ! Welsch, Jiří style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Czech Republic 5.5 !F/C 47 USA ! Williams, Scott style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina	Head coach Brendan Malone (Iona) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	–	32–9	22–19	8–8
x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	7	27–14	20–21	8–8
x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	10	25–16	19–22	9–7
Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	12	29–12	13–28	7–9
Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	24	23–18	7–34	8–8

Game log

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	November 3, 2004	Indiana Pacers	L, 104-109	Cleveland Cavaliers	2OT	Zydrunas Ilgauskas		0-1

December

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

January

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Diop, DeSagana !DeSagana Diop	39	0	7.8	.290	.000	.000	1.8	.4	.21	.69	1.0
Gooden, Drew !Drew Gooden	82	80	30.8	.492	.179	.810	9.2	1.6	.94	.93	14.4
Harris, Lucious !Lucious Harris	73	4	15.5	.395	.323	.812	1.7	.7	.37	.08	4.3
Ilgauskas, Zydrunas !Žydrūnas Ilgauskas	78	78	33.5	.468	.286	.799	8.6	1.3	.68	2.12	16.9
Jackson, Luke !Luke Jackson	10	0	4.3	.370	.667	.833	.6	.3	.00	.00	2.9
James, LeBron !LeBron James	80	80	42.4	.472	.351	.750	7.4	7.2	2.21	.65	27.2
McInnis, Jeff !Jeff McInnis	76	69	34.9	.412	.345	.813	2.1	5.1	.74	.01	12.8
Moiso, Jerome !Jérôme Moïso*	4	0	6.8	.600	.000	.000	1.8	.3	.25	.50	1.5
Newble, Ira !Ira Newble	74	69	24.8	.429	.358	.797	3.0	1.2	.68	.24	5.9
Pavlović, Aleksandar !Aleksandar Pavlović	65	9	13.3	.435	.385	.688	1.1	.8	.45	.06	4.8
Snow, Eric !Eric Snow	81	15	22.8	.382	.289	.738	1.9	3.9	.83	.20	4.0
Traylor, Robert !Robert Traylor	74	6	17.9	.444	.000	.539	4.5	.8	.73	.68	5.5
Varejão, Anderson !Anderson Varejão	54	0	16.0	.513	.000	.535	4.8	.5	.76	.70	4.9
Wagner, Dajuan !Dajuan Wagner	11	0	9.3	.327	.192	.750	.2	1.2	.45	.00	4.0
Welsch, Jiri !Jiří Welsch*	16	0	12.0	.235	.182	.714	1.8	1.2	.31	.00	2.9
Williams, Scott !Scott Williams	19	0	8.0	.293	.000	.818	1.6	.4	.21	.32	1.7

* Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball
• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference
• 2004-05 Season Media Guide

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