the cavs have been to the finals two times.
the cavs have been to the finals two times.
how many times have the cavs been to the finals?
two
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
on february 21, 2008, brown was traded to the chicago bulls as part of a 3-team deal between the bulls, the cavaliers, and the sonics. the sonics received cavs forward ira newble, cavs forward donyell marshall, and bulls forward adrian griffin. the cavs received bulls center ben wallace, bulls forward joe smith, the bulls' 2009 2nd round pick (which turned out to be danny green), sonics forward wally szczerbiak, and sonics guard delonte west. while the bulls received brown, cavs forward drew gooden, cavs guard larry hughes, and cavs forward cedric simmons.









































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