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Cleveland Cavaliers

Team

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team that plays in the Eastern Conference Central Division of the National Basketball Association. The team joined the league in 1970 as a result of the NBA expansion. The team is based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and plays its home games at the Quicken Loans Arena.

Over 48 seasons in the NBA, the team has won the Central Division seven times (1976, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), the Eastern Conference champion five times in 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, became the NBA champion once in 2016 and made the playoffs 20 times. In the 2010/11 season, the team suffered 26 consecutive losses, setting an anti-record among all major US sports leagues.

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History

After posting the second-worst record in franchise history in 2010–11, the Cavaliers used their first-round pick in a future draft, acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers, to trade Mo Williams for Baron Davis. Cleveland had a high chance of acquiring an early pick in the draft lottery, and with a 22.7% chance of winning the first overall pick. The Clippers originally held the pick, while the Cavaliers received their own pick with the fourth overall pick. The team selected Duke University point guard Kyrie Irving with the first overall pick. The fourth overall pick in the draft was Texas power forward Tristan Thompson.

Cleveland spent the next season building a team around two potential talents selected in the draft. In exchange for power forward J. J. Hickson, the Cavaliers received small forward Omri Casspi and a protected first-round pick in the following draft from the Sacramento Kings. At the next deadline, the team acquired a first-round pick and forward Luke Walton. The Cavaliers finished the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season with an improved record of 21–45. Kyrie Irving was named Rookie of the Year and a unanimous All-Rookie First Team selection. Tristan Thompson was named to the All-Rookie Second Team.

Following the shortened 2011–12 season, Cleveland received two first-round picks in the draft for the second straight year. The Cavaliers used their fourth pick to select shooting guard Dion Waiters from Syracuse and the 17th pick, acquired just before the draft by the Dallas Mavericks, to select center Tyler Zeller from North Carolina. In August 2012, Cleveland signed free agent C. J. Meisle to a veteran minimum deal. The team struggled to make the playoffs throughout the season, but were unable to achieve success, and head coach Byron Scott, who had led the team to a 64–166 record in three seasons, was fired.

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Stats

Premier League 2025

65Matches played

35

Win
20

Drawn
10

Lost

235

Goals

4486.29 avg. per match

110

Goals conceded

6786.45avg. per match

75.85%

Possession (%)

79.15%

Passing accuracy (%)

456

Balls recovered

2286.89 avg. per match

1 986

Distance covered (km)

34445.72 avg. per match

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Standings

Premier League 2025

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Boston Celtics	22	29	1	352	56	56
2	New York Knicks	20	26	5	337	50	56
3	Chicago Bulls	18	25	7	233	43	56
4	Indiana Pacers	16	24	10	238	36	56
5	Charlotte Hornets	14	19	8	237	34	56
6	Atlanta Hawks	12	18	9	122	32	56
7	Denver Nuggets	11	16	4	101	31	56
8	Los Angeles Lakers	11	15	5	218	28	56
9	Philadelphia 76ers	10	15	4	208	28	56
10	Toronto Raptors	10	14	8	105	27	56
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	9	16	6	426	25	56