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 4240 (.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:

Offseason

Free Agents

Additions
Player DateFormer 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 DateNew 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

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 52 Senegal Diop, DeSagana style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Oak Hill Academy
PF 90 United States Gooden, Drew style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas
SG 12 United States Harris, Lucious style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Long Beach State
C 11 Lithuania Ilgauskas, Zydrunas style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Lithuania
SG 33 United States Jackson, Luke style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon
SF 23 United States James, LeBron style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) St. Vincent-St. Mary's
PG 0 United States McInnis, Jeff style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 179 lb (81 kg) North Carolina
F/C 6 France Moiso, Jerome style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
SF 14 United States Newble, Ira style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (OH)
SG 3 Serbia Pavlović, Sasha style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Serbia
PG 20 United States Snow, Eric style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State
F/C 32 United States Traylor, Robert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Michigan
PF 17 Brazil Varejão, Anderson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Brazil
PG 2 United States Wagner, Dajuan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Memphis
G/F 44 Czech Republic Welsch, Jiří style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Czech Republic
F/C 47 United States Williams, Scott style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina
Head coach



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

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January

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February

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March

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April

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

* Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

References

  1. Lamond Murray and a future 2nd round pick traded to Toronto for Michael Stewart and a future 1st round pick http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/CAVS_OBTAIN_FIRSTROUND_PICK_A-53834-44.html