2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Conference Champions
Head coach	Mike Brown
Arena	GA9's Arena
Results
Record	50–32 (.610)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (Lost to Spurs 0-4)
Local media
Television	MEGA TV
Radio	WTAM

The 2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 37th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 50–32 record, a second-place finish in the Central Division, became the champions of the Eastern Conference, and made their first ever NBA Finals appearance. However, they were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in four games. LeBron James was the team's leading scorer and finished in 2nd place in league MVP voting.

With the exceptions of Shannon Brown, Damon Jones, Dwayne Jones, Donyell Marshall, Ira Newble, Aleksandar Pavlović, and Scot Pollard, the team's season roster is featured in the video games NBA 2K16 ^[1] and NBA 2K17.

Key Dates:

• On June 28, the 2006 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• In July, the free agency period began.
• On October 10, the Cavaliers' preseason began with a 93–109 loss to the Boston Celtics.
• On November 1, the Cavaliers' regular season began with a 97–94 win over the Washington Wizards.
• On March 27, the Cavaliers clinched a playoff berth.
• On June 2, the Cavaliers won their first ever Eastern Conference championship.
• On June 14, the Cavaliers' season ended in an NBA Finals sweep to the San Antonio Spurs.

Offseason

Free agents

Additions Player Date Former team Scot Pollard August 18 Indiana Pacers David Wesley September 5 Houston Rockets

Subtractions Player Date New team Flip Murray July 18 Detroit Pistons Stephen Graham August 9 Portland Trail Blazers Alan Henderson September 8 Philadelphia 76ers Eddie Basden November Fenerbahçe

Trades

August 18, 2008	To Cleveland Cavaliers Eddie Basden	To Chicago Bulls Martynas Andriuskevicius

October 13, 2008	To Cleveland Cavaliers Dwayne Jones	To Boston Celtics Luke Jackson and cash considerations

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	25	Shannon Brown	Guard	United States	Michigan State
2	42*	Daniel Gibson	Guard	United States	Texas
2	55	Ejike Ugboaja	Forward	Nigeria	Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria)

^*2nd round pick acquired from Philadelphia in Lee Nailon deal.^[2]

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From 2.0 !SG 6 USA ! Brown, Shannon 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State 1.0 !PG 1 USA ! Gibson, Daniel 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Texas 4.5 !PF 90 USA ! Gooden, Drew 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas 2.0 !SG 32 USA ! Hughes, Larry 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Saint Louis 6.0 !C 11 LTU ! Ilgauskas, Zydrunas 7000220980000000000♠7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Lithuania 3.0 !SF 23 USA ! James, LeBron (C) 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) St. Vincent-St. Mary's 1.0 !PG 19 USA ! Jones, Damon 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Houston 6.0 !C 27 USA ! Jones, Dwayne 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 251 lb (114 kg) Saint Joseph's 4.5 !PF 24 USA ! Marshall, Donyell 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Connecticut 3.0 !SF 14 USA ! Newble, Ira 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (OH) 2.0 !SG 3 Serbia ! Pavlović, Aleksandar 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Serbia 6.0 !C 31 USA ! Pollard, Scot 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Kansas 1.0 !PG 20 USA ! Snow, Eric (C) 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State 4.5 !PF 17 BRA ! Varejão, Anderson 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Brazil 2.0 !SG 4 USA ! Wesley, David 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Baylor	Head coach Mike Brown (San Diego) Assistant coach(es) Hank Egan (Navy) Kenny Natt (Northeast Louisiana) Michael Malone (Loyola) Melvin Hunt (Baylor) Chris Jent (Ohio State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Žydrūnas Ilgauskas	Anderson Varejão	Scot Pollard
PF	Drew Gooden	Donyell Marshall	Dwayne Jones
SF	LeBron James	Ira Newble	David Wesley (PG)left team
SG	Sasha Pavlović	Daniel Gibson	Shannon Brown
PG	Larry Hughes	Damon Jones	Eric Snow

Player salaries

Rank	Player	Salary
1	Larry Hughes	$13,363,012
2	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	$9,422,697
3	Drew Gooden	$6,645,402
4	Eric Snow	$6,093,750
5	LeBron James	$5,828,090
6	Donyell Marshall	$5,633,037
7	Damon Jones	$3,884,678
8	Ira Newble	$3,196,050
9	Scot Pollard	$2,200,000
10	Sasha Pavlović	$1,962,206
11	David Wesley	$1,750,000
12	Shannon Brown	$971,280
13	Anderson Varejão	$945,600
14	Dwayne Jones	$664,209
15	Daniel Gibson	$412,718

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	-	26–15	27–14	9–7
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3	30–11	20–21	10–6
x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4	31–10	18–23	12–4
Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18	22–19	13–28	8–8
Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25	18–23	10–31	1–15

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	–
2	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3
3	y-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	6
4	y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	9
5	x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4
6	x-New Jersey Nets	41	41	.500	12
7	x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	12
8	x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	13
9	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	18
10	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18
11	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	20
12	Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	20
13	Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	23
14	Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25
15	Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	29

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–3	—	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Charlotte	3–1	2–2	—	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	3–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	—	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Memphis	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–3	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	—	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1
New York	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	—	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	—	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	—	1–1	2–2	0–2
Toronto	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	3–1
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	—

November

Record: 9-6; Home: 7-2; Away: 2-4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	November 1	Washington	97–94	Cleveland	NA	Larry Hughes (27)	20,562	1–0
2	November 3	Cleveland	88–81	San Antonio	NA	LeBron James (35)	18,797	2–0
3	November 4	Cleveland	88–92	Charlotte	NA	Drew Gooden (21)	19,147	2–1
4	November 7	Atlanta	95–104	Cleveland	1	LeBron James(34)	20,562	2–2
5	November 9	Chicago	113–94	Cleveland	NA	Drew Gooden (20)	19,947	3–2
6	November 11	Boston	94–93	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (38)	20,562	4–2
7	November 13	Cleveland	102–96	New York	NA	James, D.Jones (29)	18,468	5–2
8	November 15	Portland	100–87	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (32)	20,096	6–2
9	November 17	Minnesota	92–76	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (37)	20,562	7–2
10	November 18	Cleveland	99–111	Washington	NA	LeBron James (20)	20,173	7–3
11	November 21	Memphis	97–94	Cleveland	NA	Drew Gooden (22)	20,562	8–3
12	November 22	Cleveland	87–95	Toronto	NA	LeBron James (30)	19,800	8–4
13	November 24	Cleveland	87–97	Indiana	NA	LeBron James (30)	18,165	8–5
14	November 25	Philadelphia	108–95	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (25)	20,562	9–5
15	November 29	New York	98–101	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (27)	20,192	9–6

December

Record: 8–6; Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
16	December 1	Cleveland	106–95	Atlanta	NA	LeBron James (31)	19,650	10–6
17	December 2	Cleveland	63–81	Houston	NA	LeBron James (21)	18,260	10–7
18	December 6	Toronto	95–91	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (26)	20,119	11–7
19	December 9	Indiana	107–75	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (27)	20,562	12–7
20	December 11	Cleveland	89–95	NO/OK City	NA	Anderson Varejão (17)	19,164	12–8
21	December 13	Charlotte	104–101	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (22)	20,562	13–8
22	December 15	Seattle	106–84	Cleveland	NA	Larry Hughes (25)	20,562	14–8
23	December 16	Cleveland	74–81	Orlando	NA	LeBron James (29)	17,451	14–9
24	December 20	Cleveland	111–113	New Jersey	NA	LeBron James (37)	17,270	14–10
25	December 21	Detroit	71–87	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (26)	20,562	14–11
26	December 23	Orlando	86–83	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (32)	20–562	15–11
27	December 27	Cleveland	89–76	Atlanta	NA	LeBron James (27)	19,467	16–11
28	December 29	Milwaukee	109–99	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (32)	20,562	17–11
29	December 30	Cleveland	96–103	Chicago	NA	LeBron James (33)	22,965	17–12

January

Record: 9–7; Home: 3–3; Road: 6–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
30	January 2	San Antonio	82–78	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (19)	20,214	18–12
31	January 3	Cleveland	107–104	Boston	NA	LeBron James (32)	18,624	19–12
32	January 5	Cleveland	95–86	Milwaukee	NA	Drew Gooden (31)	18,717	20–12
33	January 6	New Jersey	96–91	Cleveland	NA	Hughes, Gooden (21)	20,562	21–12
34	January 9	Cleveland	108–98	Sacramento	NA	LeBron James (34)	17,317	22–12
35	January 11	Cleveland	90–109	Phoenix	NA	LeBron James (34)	18,422	22–13
36	January 13	Cleveland	104–92	LA Clippers	NA	LeBron James (28)	20,027	23–13
37	January 16	Cleveland	96–101	Seattle	NA	LeBron James (30)	15,619	23–14
38	January 17	Cleveland	76–94	Portland	NA	LeBron James (23)	19,228	23–15
39	January 19	Cleveland	99–110	Denver	NA	LeBron James (30)	19,155	23–16
40	January 20	Cleveland	106–104	Golden State	1	LeBron James (32)	19,864	24–16
41	January 22	Orlando	79–90	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (18)	20,562	24–17
42	January 24	Philadelphia	115–118	Cleveland	2	LeBron James (39)	20,562	24–18
43	January 26	Cleveland	105–97	Philadelphia	NA	Drew Gooden (21)	19,523	25–18
44	January 28	Phoenix	100–115	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (30)	20,562	25–19
45	January 30	Golden State	124–97	Cleveland	NA	Sasha Pavlović (24)	19,443	26–19

February

Record: 7–5; Home: 5–2; Road: 2–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
46	February 1	Cleveland	89–92	Miami	NA	Daniel Gibson (19)	20,125	26–20
47	February 2	Charlotte	101–81	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (18)	20,562	27–20
48	February 4	Detroit	78–90	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (21)	20,140	27–21
49	February 7	LA Clippers	94–77	Cleveland	NA	Zydrunas Ilgauskas (16)	20,129	28–21
50	February 9	Miami	103–79	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (29)	20,562	29–21
51	February 11	LA Lakers	99–90	Cleveland	NA	Sasha Pavlović(21)	20,562	30–21
52	February 14	Cleveland	98–99	Utah	NA	Larry Hughes(33)	19,911	30–22
53	February 15	Cleveland	114–108	LA Lakers	NA	LeBron James (38)	18,997	31–22
54	February 21	Cleveland	86–85	Toronto	NA	LeBron James (29)	19,800	32–22
55	February 22	Chicago	78–84	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (29)	20,562	32–23
56	February 25	Cleveland	81–86	Miami	NA	LeBron James (29)	20,225	32–24
57	February 27	NO/OK City	97–89	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (35)	19,619	33–24

March

Record: 11–5; Home: 6–2; Road: 5–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
58	March 1	Cleveland	92–95	Dallas	NA	LeBron James (39)	20,428	33–25
59	March 3	Toronto	120–97	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (36)	20,562	34–25
60	March 5	Houston	91–85	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (32)	20,562	35–25
61	March 7	Cleveland	101–97	Detroit	1	LeBron James (41)	22,076	36–25
62	March 10	Cleveland	94–92	Milwaukee	NA	LeBron James (32)	18,081	37–25
63	March 11	Indiana	99–88	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (26)	20,562	38–25
64	March 13	Sacramento	124–100	Cleveland	NA	Hughes, Pavlović (25)	20,562	39–25
65	March 14	Cleveland	118–96	Memphis	NA	LeBron James (29)	14,561	40–25
66	March 17	Utah	82–73	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (24)	20,562	41–25
67	March 20	Cleveland	100–108	Charlotte	1	LeBron James (37)	17,043	41–26
68	March 21	Dallas	90–98	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (31)	20,562	41–27
69	March 23	New York	90–68	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (21)	20,562	42–27
70	March 25	Denver	93–105	Cleveland	NA	James, Ilgauskas (18)	20,562	42–28
71	March 27	Cleveland	105–94	Indiana	NA	LeBron James (26)	14,024	43–28
72	March 28	Cleveland	93–97	New York	NA	LeBron James (24)	19,763	43–29
73	March 31	Cleveland	112–108	Chicago	1	LeBron James (39)	22,960	44–29

April

Record: 6–3; Home: 3–1; Road: 3–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
74	April 1	Cleveland	96–98	Boston	NA	Larry Hughes (24)	17,204	44–30
75	April 3	Cleveland	101–88	Minnesota	NA	LeBron James (31)	16,118	45–31
76	April 5	Miami	90–94	Cleveland	1	LeBron James (35)	20,562	45–31
77	April 6	Cleveland	99–94	Washington	NA	LeBron James (25)	20,173	46–31
78	April 8	Cleveland	82–87	Detroit	NA	LeBron James (20)	22,076	46–32
79	April 12	New Jersey	94–76	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (35)	20,562	47–32
80	April 14	Atlanta	110–76	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (23)	20,562	48–32
81	April 17	Cleveland	98–92	Philadelphia	NA	Larry Hughes (22)	17,693	49–32
82	April 18	Milwaukee	109–96	Cleveland	NA	LeBron James (24)	20,562	50–32

2006–07 game log Total: 50–32 (Home: 30–11; Road: 20–21)
November: 9–6 (Home: 7–2; Road: 2–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 2 3 4 November 7, 2006 Atlanta L 95–104 (OT) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
December : 8–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 December 1, 2006 @ Atlanta W 106–95 Philips Arena 19,650 10–6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 December 27, 2006 @ Atlanta W 89–76 Philips Arena 19,467 16–11 28 29
January : 9–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 6–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
February : 7–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
March : 11–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 5–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73
April : 6–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 April 14, 2007 Atlanta W 110–76 Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 48–32 81 82
2006–07 schedule

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; GS = Games started; MIN= Minutes; FG% = field goal %, FT% = free throw %, 3FG% = 3 point % STL= Steals; BLK = Blocks; AST = Assists; REB = Rebounds; PTS = Points

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FT%	3FG%	STL	BLK	AST	REB	PTS
LeBron James	78	78	40.9	47.6%	69.8%	31.9%	1.60	.71	6.0	6.7	27.3
Larry Hughes	70	68	37.1	40.0%	67.6%	33.3%	1.27	.37	3.7	3.8	14.9
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	78	78	27.3	45.5%	80.7%	0.0%	.62	1.26	1.6	7.7	11.9
Drew Gooden	80	80	28.0	47.3%	71.4%	16.7%	.88	.35	1.1	8.5	11.1
Sasha Pavlović	67	28	22.9	45.3%	79.4%	40.5%	.82	.25	1.6	2.4	9.0
Donyell Marshall	81	0	16.8	42.4%	66.3%	35.1%	.48	.53	.6	4.0	7.0
Anderson Varejão	81	6	21.9	47.6%	61.6%	0.0%	.94	.64	.9	6.7	6.8
Damon Jones	60	0	19.6	38.6%	68.2%	38.5%	.27	.03	1.6	1.1	6.6
Daniel Gibson	60	16	16.5	42.4%	71.8%	41.9%	.38	.13	1.2	1.5	4.6
Eric Snow	82	45	23.5	41.7%	63.7%	0.0%	.67	.20	4.0	2.3	4.2
Shannon Brown	23	5	8.8	37.8%	71.4%	28.0%	.30	.13	.4	.9	3.2
Ira Newble	15	1	8.6	43.2%	60.6%	53.3%	.40	.00	.1	2.0	3.1
David Wesley	35	5	10.1	29.3%	79.4%	23.7%	.34	.11	1.1	1.0	2.1
Scot Pollard	24	0	4.5	42.3%	50.0%	0.0%	.17	.04	.1	1.3	1.0
Dwayne Jones	4	0	4.5	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	.00	.00	.0	1.5	.8

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FT%	3FG%	STL	BLK	AST	REB	PTS
LeBron James	20	20	44.7	41.6%	75.5%	28.0%	1.70	.50	8.0	8.1	25.1
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	20	20	32.5	49.2%	83.8%	0.0%	.45	.80	.9	9.7	12.6
Drew Gooden	20	20	30.3	49.3%	76.9%	0.0%	.50	.45	1.0	8.0	11.4
Larry Hughes	18	18	35.5	34.7%	74.6%	35.2%	1.39	.44	2.4	3.9	11.3
Sasha Pavlović	20	20	30.8	38.1%	52.8%	34.5%	.95	.25	1.6	2.6	9.2
Daniel Gibson	20	2	20.1	43.1%	88.4%	40.9%	.60	.20	1.1	1.6	8.3
Anderson Varejão	20	0	22.4	51.1%	56.3%	0.0%	1.05	.55	.6	6.0	6.0
Donyell Marshall	19	0	10.7	33.3%	63.6%	31.1%	.16	.21	.3	2.2	3.5
Damon Jones	11	0	12.6	30.8%	1.000%	31.8%	.00	.00	1.0	.8	2.4
Eric Snow	19	0	12.8	31.6%	57.1%	0.0%	.58	.11	1.5	1.5	1.7
Ira Newble	6	0	1.7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.00	.00	.2	.2	0.0
Scot Pollard	3	0	1.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.00	.00	.0	0.0	0.0
Shannon Brown	1	0	1.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.00	.00	.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and records

Awards

• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 13 through November 19.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from March 5 through March 11.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of March, the fifth time he has won the award.
• After the season, LeBron James was named to the All-NBA second team as a forward.

Records

• On November 25, Zydrunas Ilgauskas tied a franchise record for offensive rebounds in a half (10) and in a game (12) in the Cavs' 108–95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
• On December 6, Zydrunas Ilgauskas became the all-time offensive rebound leader in Cavs history in a 95–91 win over the Toronto Raptors.
• In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James set or tied franchise playoff records for: points in a game (48), points in overtime (9), field goals made and attempted in a game (18, 33) and field goals made in overtime (4).
• In Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Daniel Gibson set or tied franchise playoff records for: points in a quarter (19), points in a half (25), rookie points in a game (31) and three-pointers in a half (5).
• With his 19th playoff win, coach Mike Brown set the franchise record for playoff victories.

Milestones

• On December 23, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 7,000 career points (21 years, 359 days).
• In the 2006–07 season, the Cavaliers swept all four California teams for the first time in team history (Golden State, Sacramento, LA Lakers, LA Clippers)
• On March 14, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 8,000 career points (22 years, 74 days).
• On April 6, LeBron James became the 2nd fastest player to record 8,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 2,000 assists in a career. LeBron did it in 311 games while it took Oscar Robertson 269 games and Michael Jordan 339.
• On April 14, the Cavaliers played the 3,000th game in franchise history

All-Star

• LeBron James led all players in votes received and was voted in as a starter for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. His 2,516,049 votes were the second most in NBA history. He became the first player in team history to lead the league in votes.
• LeBron James led the Eastern Conference All-Stars with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the 132–153 loss.
• Damon Jones participated in the Three Point Contest and finished in 5th place.
• LeBron James participated in the Skills Challenge and finished in 3rd place.

Transactions

Trades

The Cavaliers did not make a trade during the 2006–07 NBA season.

Free agents

The Cavaliers did not sign any free agents during the 2006–07 NBA season.

Development League

• On March 2, Shannon Brown was assigned to the NBDL's Albuquerque Thunderbirds.
• On March 3, Shannon Brown was recalled from the Thunderbirds.
• On March 23, Dwayne Jones was assigned to the Thunderbirds.
• On March 27, Dwayne Jones was recalled from the Thunderbirds.

Playoffs

First Round

(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (7) Washington Wizards

A rematch of the previous year's first round series was spoiled when Wizards star Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler were both forced out of the playoffs due to injuries received in the later parts of the regular season. Without Arenas and Butler, the Wizards found themselves unable to stop LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers from sweeping them out of the playoffs. It was Cleveland's first playoff sweep in franchise history.

Eastern Semifinals

(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets

The Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992, while the Nets have lost in the Conference Semifinals in three out of the last four years.

New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd averaged a triple double the entire playoffs, scoring 14.6 points, grabbing 10.9 rebounds and dishing out 10.9 assists per game.

The Cavaliers also got revenge of sorts, by eliminating the Nets two years after the Nets eliminated them on the final day of the regular season.^[3][4]

Eastern Finals

Conference Finals: (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers

In a rematch of last year's thrilling second-round series, the Pistons and the Cavaliers matched up in perhaps one of the closest contested series in NBA history, with the first five games being decided by 6 points or less. The spotlight of the series fell on Cleveland's LeBron James. Despite gaining some momentum in the opening games of the series against the experienced Pistons, key last-second decisions by James led to Cleveland losses in Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, by identical scores where Cleveland led for most of the two games. They faced a 0–2 deficit for the second straight year but would easily remember from the year before they could win three straight games to get back into the series.

With media circles on his back for his complacency in these games (James had a playoff career low 10 points in Game 1), LeBron came back to will the Cavs to close victories in Games 3 and 4 in Cleveland, evening the series at 2. The series shifted back to Detroit for a Game 5 that proved to be one of the most memorable postseason games in recent NBA history. In a match that went into double overtime, the Cavaliers stunned the Pistons on their home court, thanks to LeBron James' playoff career-high 48 point performance. James scored the Cavaliers' final 25 points of the game, including all 18 points in overtime making it two straight two-point wins at the Palace in Game 5.

This time around the heavily favored Cavaliers took advantage of their home court in 2007 and exploded in Game 6 to close out the Pistons once and for all, and to clinch the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. Rookie Daniel Gibson scored his career high 31 points including five three-pointers to lift the Cavs in the second half behind a roaring home crowd.

NBA Finals

Game 1

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers entered the 2007 Finals as newcomers. Game 1 was the first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history, and the first for each of its players (other than reserve point guard Eric Snow). However, the San Antonio Spurs had been to the Finals in three of the past eight seasons, winning a championship each time. With solid performances by Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbili, the Spurs won the series opener in convincing fashion, limiting LeBron James to 14 points on 4–16 shooting.

Game 2

The Spurs took a stranglehold on momentum in Game 2. The Spurs big three overwhelmed the Cavs and the Spurs led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter. They absolutely dominated game during first 3 quarters and played show-time basketball. A furious 25–6 rally by Cleveland in the final quarter wasn't enough as the Spurs took a 2–0 lead in the series.

Game 3

Rookie Daniel Gibson started Game 3 in place of the injured Larry Hughes but scored a series-low 2 points on 1–10 shooting. As a team the Cavs shot only .367 but out-rebounded the Spurs 48–41. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had a 2006–07 season high 18 rebounds. On the game's final play, LeBron James missed a potential game-tying 29 foot 3-pointer (which he contested as a foul on Bruce Bowen).

Game 3 was the lowest-scoring Finals game since 1955, with Tim Duncan of the Spurs having his lowest scoring game in his NBA Finals career, with 14 points.

Game 4

San Antonio started out strong through the first three quarters, leading by as many as 11. Cleveland would stage a rally near the end of the third quarter and the first five minutes of the fourth, scoring 14 consecutive points to take its first second-half lead of the series. However, the Spurs would stage a 12–3 rally of their own to retake the lead and win the series in a 4–0 sweep.

2007 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 2 3 4
Eastern Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 2 3 4 5 6
Eastern Conference Finals: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 2 3 4 5 6
NBA Finals: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 2 3 4
2006–07 schedule

References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball
• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference
• 2006–07 Season Media Guide

External links

• Media related to 2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season at Wikimedia Commons
• 2006–07 Cavaliers Tribute on YouTube