the last time the cavs won was in 2016.
the last time the cavs won was in 2016.
when was the last time the cavs won?
2016
on october 14, 1970, the cavs lost to the buffalo braves 92–107 in their first game. they have been awarded the first overall draft pick six times, choosing austin carr (1971), brad daugherty (1986), lebron james (2003), kyrie irving (2011), anthony bennett (2013) and andrew wiggins (2014). in his last season with the cavs, austin carr won the j. walter kennedy citizenship award, the first of four cavaliers to win the award (eric snow, luol deng and lebron james won the award in 2005, 2014 and 2017, respectively). as a cavalier, lebron won rookie of the year as well as four mvp awards and two all star game mvp awards. he also led the cavaliers to five nba finals, including the last 4 straight, and won the 2016 title as finals mvp. cleveland's next first overall pick after james, kyrie irving, won rookie of the year in 2012 and nba all-star game mvp in 2014.
list of cleveland cavaliers seasons
looking to go up 3–1 and take complete control of the series, the bulls went up 37–29 early in the second quarter. however, the cavs scored 16 unanswered points to go up 45-37 before settling for a 49–45 halftime lead. the bulls dominated the third quarter, outscoring the cavs 23–12. they led by as many as 11 points before settling for a 68–61 lead heading into the 4th quarter. led by j.r. smith and timofey mozgov, the cavs would rally, opening the 4th quarter on a 19–5 run to take an 80–73 lead with just under 5 minutes to play. with just under 40 seconds to play, lebron hit two consecutive free throws to put the cavs up 84–79. butler hit a three on the bulls' next possession, cutting the deficit to 84–82. the cavs were forced to burn three consecutive timeouts as they were unable to inbound the ball. once they inbounded the ball, james tried to burn the clock down as he was double teamed by rose and dunleavy. however, james swung his arm at dunleavy and committed an offensive foul, giving the ball back to the bulls with 14 seconds remaining. rose tied the game with a layup to even the game at 84–84 with 8 seconds remaining. james rushed down the court and tried to score the go-ahead layup but was blocked. the ball went out of bounds with 1.5 seconds remaining. on the cavs' final possession, matthew dellavedova inbounded the ball to james. james fired a jumper over butler that went through the hoop as the buzzer sounded, giving the cavs an 86–84 win. the cavs regained homecourt advantage as they evened up the series at 2–2. james led the team with 25 points (10/30 shooting) while rose led the bulls with 31 points on 11/23 shooting.
2015 nba playoffs