2007–08 Cleveland Cavaliers season explained

Team:	Cleveland Cavaliers
End Year:	2008
Wins:	45
Losses:	37
Division:	Central
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	4
Coach:	Mike Brown
Gm:	Danny Ferry
Owner:	Dan Gilbert
Arena:	Quicken Loans Arena
Playoffs:	Conference Semifinals (lost to Celtics 3–4)
Bbr Team:	CLE
Television:	FSN Ohio WUAB
Radio:	WTAM

The 2007–08 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 38th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers were the defending Eastern Conference champions, and were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the San Antonio Spurs, where they were swept in four games.

In the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards in the First Round in six games, advancing to the Semifinals, where they would lose in seven games to the eventual NBA champion, the Boston Celtics.

Key dates

• On June 28, the 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• On July 1, the free agency period started.
• On October 9, the Cavaliers' pre-season began with a 62–81 loss to Washington Wizards.
• On October 31, the Cavaliers' season started with a 74–92 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
• On November 2, the Cavaliers signed Sasha Pavlović to a multi-year extension.
• On November 2, the Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 110–106 for their first win.
• On November 27, the Cavaliers handed the Boston Celtics their second loss of the season.
• On December 5, the Cavaliers matched the offer sheet of the Charlotte Bobcats to retain Anderson Varejão and waived Demetris Nichols.
• On January 17, the Cavaliers defeated the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio for the second straight year.
• On January 23, a victory over the Washington Wizards gave the Cavaliers a season-long five-game win streak.
• On February 21, in a three-team trade, the Cavaliers acquired Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, a 2009 second-round pick from the Chicago Bulls, and a trade exception, plus Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Seattle SuperSonics.
• On March 5, LeBron James scored 50 points against the New York Knicks which led to victory.
• On March 10, an 88-80 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers put the Cavaliers a season-high 10 games over 0.500.
• On May 2, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards 105–88 to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs.
• On May 18, the Cavaliers fell to the Boston Celtics 92–97 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Draft picks

See main article: 2007 NBA draft.

Cleveland did not have a draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft due to trades from previous seasons.

• 1st round pick (#22) acquired from Toronto and traded to Charlotte as part of Sasha Pavlović deal.^[1] Used to draft Jared Dudley.
• 1st round pick (#24) traded to Boston and then to Phoenix as part of Jiří Welsch deal.^[2] Used to draft Rudy Fernández.
• 2nd round pick (#54) traded to Orlando and then to Houston as part of Drew Gooden deal.^[3] Used to draft Brad Newley.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2007-08 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleveland	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0
Detroit	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Indiana	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	–	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
Miami	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–4
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1
New Orleans	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
New York	0–4	0–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	—

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 31| Dallas| | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (18)| LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (4)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| November 2| New York| | LeBron James (45)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12)| LeBron James (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 1–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| November 4| @ Phoenix| | LeBron James (27)| Drew Gooden (14)| LeBron James (8)| US Airways Center
18,422| 1–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| November 6| @ Golden State| | LeBron James (24)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14)| LeBron James (9)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 2–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| November 7| @ Utah| | LeBron James (32)| LeBron James (15)| LeBron James (13)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 2–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6| November 9| @ Sacramento| | LeBron James (26)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15)| LeBron James (4)| ARCO Arena
15,293| 3–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 7| November 11| @ L. A. Clippers| | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (25)| Drew Gooden (16)| LeBron James (8)| STAPLES Center
15,541| 4–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| November 12| @ Denver| | LeBron James (27)| Dwayne Jones (10)| LeBron James (4)| Pepsi Center
19,155| 4–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 9| November 14| Orlando| | LeBron James (39)| LeBron James (13)| LeBron James (14)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 4–5|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 10| November 16| Utah| | LeBron James (40)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12)| LeBron James (9)| Quicken Loans Arena
19,862| 5–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 20| Milwaukee| | LeBron James (34)| Drew Gooden (13)| LeBron James (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,115| 5–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 12| November 21| @ Minnesota| | LeBron James (45)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones (10)| LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5)| Target Center
15,224| 6–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13| November 24| Toronto| | LeBron James (37)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15)| LeBron James (12)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,018| 7–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 14| November 25| @ Indiana| | LeBron James (30)| Drew Gooden (12)| LeBron James (10)| Conseco Fieldhouse
11,603| 8–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 15| November 27| Boston| | LeBron James (38)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15)| LeBron James (13)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 9–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 16| November 28| @ Detroit| | LeBron James (15)| Drew Gooden (9)| LeBron James (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 9–7|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| November 30| @ Toronto| | Daniel Gibson (24)| Drew Gooden (14)| Daniel Gibson (7)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 9–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 18| December 2| @ Boston| | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones, Eric Snow, Damon Jones, Devin Brown (2)| TD Garden
18,624| 9–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 4| New Jersey| | Shannon Brown (20)| Dwayne Jones (12)| Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (4)| Quicken Loans Arena
19,838| 9–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 20| December 5| @ Washington| | Daniel Gibson, Drew Gooden, Shannon Brown (13)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10)| Daniel Gibson (8)| Verizon Center
17,684| 9–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21| December 8| @ Charlotte| | Larry Hughes (22)| Drew Gooden (9)| Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (3)| Charlotte Bobcats Arena
17,624| 9–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 22| December 11| Indiana| | Larry Hughes (36)| Drew Gooden (11)| LeBron James, Eric Snow (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,010| 10–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 23| December 14| @ New Jersey| | LeBron James (29)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12)| LeBron James (8)| Izod Center
15,242| 10–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 15| Philadelphia| | LeBron James, Drew Gooden (21)| Drew Gooden (10)| LeBron James, Eric Snow (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 10–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 25| December 17| Milwaukee| | LeBron James (31)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11)| Devin Brown (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 11–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 26| December 19| @ New York| | LeBron James (32)| LeBron James (8)| LeBron James (6)| Madison Square Garden
18,704| 11–15|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 27| December 20| L. A. Lakers| | LeBron James (33)| Anderson Varejao (15)| LeBron James (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 12–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 28| December 23| Golden State| | LeBron James (25)| Anderson Varejao (11)| LeBron James (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 12–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 29| December 25| Miami| | LeBron James (25)| Drew Gooden (9)| LeBron James (12)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 13–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 30| December 27| @ Dallas| | LeBron James (24)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11)| LeBron James (7)| American Airlines Center
20,462| 14–16|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 31| December 29| @ New Orleans| | LeBron James (21)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12)| LeBron James (6)| New Orleans Arena
17,623| 14–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 32| January 2| Atlanta| | LeBron James (36)| Anderson Varejao (11)| LeBron James (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 15–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 33| January 4| Sacramento| | LeBron James (24)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15)| LeBron James (10)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 16–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 34| January 6| @ Toronto| | LeBron James (39)| Anderson Varejao (13)| LeBron James (8)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 17–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 35| January 8| Seattle| | LeBron James (22)| Anderson Varejao, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (4)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,409| 18–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 36| January 9| @ Atlanta| | LeBron James (31)| Drew Gooden (11)| LeBron James (6)| Philips Arena
16,246| 18–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 37| January 11| Charlotte| | LeBron James (31)| LeBron James (19)| LeBron James (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 19–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 38| January 15| @ Memphis| | LeBron James (51)| Drew Gooden (11)| LeBron James (9)| FedEx Forum
13,871| 20–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 39| January 17| @ San Antonio| | LeBron James (27)| Anderson Varejao (14)| LeBron James (7)| AT&T Center
18,482| 21–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40| January 21| @ Miami| | LeBron James (28)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11)| LeBron James (5)| AmericanAirlines Arena
19,600| 22–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 41| January 23| Washington| | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24)| Drew Gooden (10)| LeBron James (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 23–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 42| January 25| Phoenix| | LeBron James (36)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10)| LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 23–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 43| January 27| @ L. A. Lakers| | LeBron James (41)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11)| LeBron James, Larry Hughes (4)| STAPLES Center
18,997| 24–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 44| January 30| @ Portland| | LeBron James (37)| LeBron James (14)| LeBron James (4)| Rose Garden Arena
20,501| 25–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 45| January 31| @ Seattle| | Larry Hughes (28)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9)| Daniel Gibson (6)| KeyArena
13,109| 25–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 46| February 2| L. A. Clippers| | LeBron James (28)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13)| LeBron James (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 26–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 47| February 5| Boston| | LeBron James (33)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10)| LeBron James (12)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 27–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 7| @ Houston| | LeBron James (32)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (8)| LeBron James (6)| Toyota Center
18,402| 27–21|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 49| February 8| @ Atlanta| | LeBron James (26)| LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11)| LeBron James (7)| Philips Arena
19,335| 28–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 50| February 10| Denver| | LeBron James (30)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10)| LeBron James, Devin Brown, Damon Jones, Eric Snow (3)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 28–22|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 51| February 11| @ Orlando| | Larry Hughes (40)| LeBron James, Donyell Marshall (7)| LeBron James (10)| Amway Arena
17,519| 29–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 52| February 13| San Antonio| | LeBron James (39)| Drew Gooden (11)| LeBron James (9)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 29–23|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53| February 19| Houston| | LeBron James (26)| LeBron James (13)| LeBron James (11)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 29–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 54| February 20| @ Indiana| | LeBron James (31)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17)| LeBron James (12)| Conseco Fieldhouse
13,096| 30–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 55| February 22| Washington| | LeBron James (33)| LeBron James (15)| LeBron James (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 31–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 56| February 24| Memphis| | LeBron James (25)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13)| LeBron James (11)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 32–24|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 26| @ Milwaukee| | LeBron James (35)| Ben Wallace (11)| Delonte West (7)| Bradley Center
15,346| 32–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 58| February 27| @ Boston| | LeBron James (26)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12)| LeBron James (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 32–26|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 59| February 29| Minnesota| | LeBron James (30)| Ben Wallace (9)| Delonte West (13)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 33–26|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 60| March 2| Chicago| | LeBron James (37)| Ben Wallace, Anderson Varejao (8)| LeBron James (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 34–26|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61| March 5| @ New York| | LeBron James (50)| Joe Smith (11)| LeBron James (10)| Madison Square Garden
18,760| 35–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 62| March 6| @ Chicago| | LeBron James (39)| Anderson Varejao, Ben Wallace (10)| Devin Brown (4)| United Center
22,097| 35–27|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 63| March 8| Indiana| | LeBron James (38)| Anderson Varejao (16)| Anderson Varejao, Delonte West (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 36–27|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 64| March 10| Portland| | LeBron James (24)| LeBron James (10)| LeBron James (11)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,213| 37–27|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 65| March 12| @ New Jersey| | LeBron James (42)| LeBron James (11)| LeBron James (7)| Izod Center
18,287| 37–28|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 66| March 13| @ Washington| | LeBron James (25)| Anderson Varejao (12)| LeBron James, Delonte West (7)| Verizon Center
20,173| 37–29|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 67| March 16| Charlotte| | LeBron James (33)| Ben Wallace (15)| LeBron James (10)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 38–29|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 17| @ Orlando| | LeBron James (30)| LeBron James (9)| LeBron James (6)| Amway Arena
17,519| 38–30|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 69| March 19| Detroit| | LeBron James (30)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace (8)| LeBron James, Delonte West (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 39–30|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 70| March 21| Toronto| | LeBron James (29)| LeBron James (12)| Damon Jones (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 40–30|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 22| @ Milwaukee| | LeBron James (29)| LeBron James, Anderson Varejao (11)| LeBron James, Wally Szczerbiak, Damon Jones (4)| Bradley Center
15,337| 40–31|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| March 26| New Orleans| | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (29)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao (15)| LeBron James (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 40–32|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 29| @ Detroit| | LeBron James (13)| Anderson Varejao (9)| Damon Jones (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 40–33|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 74| March 30| Philadelphia| | LeBron James (26)| LeBron James (9)| Delonte West (11)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 41–33|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 75| April 2| @ Charlotte| | LeBron James (29)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao (12)| Devin Brown (8)| Charlotte Bobcats Arena
15,106| 42–33|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 3| Chicago| | LeBron James (33)| Wally Szczerbiak, Ben Wallace (8)| Devin Brown, Delonte West (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 42–34|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 77| April 5| Orlando| | Delonte West (19)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace (9)| LeBron James (9)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 42–35|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 78| April 9| New Jersey| | LeBron James (33)| Anderson Varejao (9)| LeBron James (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,063| 43–35|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 79| April 11| @ Chicago| | LeBron James (34)| Anderson Varejao (8)| Delonte West (6)| United Center
22,084| 43–36|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 80| April 13| Miami| | Delonte West (18)| Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14)| LeBron James (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 44–36|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 81| April 14| @ Philadelphia| | LeBron James (27)| Anderson Varejao (8)| LeBron James (5)| Wachovia Center
20,730| 45–36|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 82| April 16| Detroit| | Wally Szczerbiak (18)| Dwayne Jones (10)| Delonte West (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 45–37

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 1 || April 19 || Washington || W 93–86 || LeBron James (32) || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (11) || Gibson, West (5) ||Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 || 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 2 || April 21 || Washington || W 116–86 || LeBron James (30) || Ilgauskas, James (9) || LeBron James (12) ||Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 || 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 3 || April 24 || @ Washington || L 72–108 || LeBron James (22) || Anderson Varejão (9) || three players tied (3) ||Verizon Center
20,173 || 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 4 || April 27 || @ Washington || W 100–97 || LeBron James (34) || James, Wallace (12) || LeBron James (7) ||Verizon Center
20,173 || 3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 5 || April 30 || Washington || L 87–88 || LeBron James (34) || LeBron James (10) || Delonte West (8) ||Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 || 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 6 || May 2 || @ Washington || W 105–88 || LeBron James (27) || LeBron James (13) || LeBron James (13) ||Verizon Center
20,173 || 4–2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 1 || May 6 || @ Boston || L 72–76 || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (22) || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (12) || LeBron James (9) || TD Banknorth Garden
18,624 || 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 2 || May 8 || @ Boston || L 73–89 || LeBron James (21) || Anderson Varejão (10) || LeBron James (6) || TD Banknorth Garden
18,624 || 0–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 3 || May 10 || Boston || W 108–84 || James, West (21) || Ben Wallace (9) || LeBron James (8) || Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 || 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 4 || May 12 || Boston || W 88–77 || LeBron James (21) || Ilgauskas, Wallace (7) || LeBron James (13) || Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 || 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 5 || May 14 || @ Boston || L 89–96 || LeBron James (35) || Ilgauskas, Varejão (7) || LeBron James (5) || TD Banknorth Garden
18,624 || 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 6 || May 16 || Boston || W 74–69 || LeBron James (32) || LeBron James (12) || LeBron James (6) || Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 || 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 7 || May 18 || @ Boston || L 92–97 || LeBron James (45) || Joe Smith (6) || LeBron James (6) || TD Banknorth Garden
18,624 || 3–4|-

Player stats

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	3	0	3.3	.250	.000	.500	.3	.0	.00	.00	1.0
	78	20	22.6	.409	.308	.754	3.4	2.2	.67	.09	7.5
	5	0	2.4	.333	.000	.000	.2	.2	.00	.20	.4
	58	26	30.4	.432	.440	.810	2.3	2.5	.81	.24	10.4
	73	73	30.4	.474	.000	.802	9.3	1.4	.47	1.64	14.1
	75	74	40.4	.484	.315	.712	7.9	7.2	1.84	1.08	30.0
	67	3	19.9	.416	.417	.714	1.1	1.9	.28	.01	6.5
	56	0	8.4	.532	.000	.483	2.5	.2	.18	.45	1.4
	51	45	23.3	.362	.298	.688	2.5	1.6	.57	.12	7.4
	27	1	21.5	.512	.000	.652	5.0	.7	.33	.59	8.1
	22	5	13.9	.158	.000	.455	.9	1.9	.45	.18	1.0
	25	1	22.2	.359	.365	.878	3.2	1.4	.36	.28	8.2
	7	0	4.9	.286	.308	.000	.3	.0	.14	.00	1.7
	48	13	27.5	.461	.000	.598	8.3	1.1	.77	.54	6.7
	22	22	26.3	.457	.000	.432	7.4	.6	.86	1.68	4.2
	26	26	31.0	.440	.367	.788	3.7	4.5	1.12	.73	10.3

*Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	8	0	11.5	.265	.294	.667	2.4	1.1	.25	.00	4.1
	11	0	25.8	.449	.452	.714	1.7	2.5	.64	.18	9.0
	13	13	30.2	.479	.000	.818	7.5	1.6	.38	1.08	13.1
	13	13	42.5	.411	.257	.731	7.8	7.6	1.77	1.31	28.2
	5	0	5.2	.200	.286	.000	.0	.2	.00	.00	1.2
	5	0	4.0	.500	.000	.500	1.2	.0	.00	.20	.6
	8	0	13.9	.385	.444	.667	1.3	.1	.25	.00	3.5
	13	0	20.2	.486	.000	.636	4.6	.5	.38	.54	6.6
	13	13	28.8	.376	.323	.929	1.8	1.5	.15	.08	10.8
	3	0	2.7	.500	.500	.000	.3	.3	.33	.00	1.0
	13	0	18.5	.407	.000	.429	5.2	.7	.62	.08	4.1
	13	13	23.4	.515	.000	.350	6.5	1.2	.62	1.08	3.2
	13	13	34.8	.400	.429	.854	3.3	4.2	1.15	.46	10.8

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 19 through November 25.^[4]
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played December 31, 2007 through January 6, 2008.^[5]
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for January 2008.^[6]
• Mike Brown was named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for January 2008.^[7]
• Daniel Gibson, 33 points, was named the MVP of the Rookie Challenge Game during NBA All-Star Week on February 15, 2008.
• LeBron James, 27 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, was named the MVP of the NBA All-Star Game during NBA All-Star week on February 17, 2008.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 18 through February 24.^[8]
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for February 2008.^[9]

Milestones

• On December 17, 2007 LeBron James became the youngest NBA player to score 9,000 points.^[10]
• On February 11, 2008 Drew Gooden grabbed his 2,500th rebound as a Cavalier. Gooden is the 9th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 11, 2008 Larry Hughes scored his 2,000th point as a Cavalier. Hughes is the 44th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 13, 2008 Žydrūnas Ilgauskas blocked his 1,100th shot as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the 2nd Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 20, 2008 Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored his 9,000th point as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the 6th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 20, 2008 LeBron James played his 15,000th minute as a Cavalier. James is the 8th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 22, 2008 Zydrunas Ilgauskas grabbed his 2,000th offensive rebound as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the team leader in offensive rebounds.
• On February 22, 2008 Damon Jones hit is 300th three pointer as a Cavalier. Jones is the 6th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 22, 2008 LeBron James grabbed his 2,500th rebound as a Cavalier. James is the 10th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 27, 2008 LeBron James became the youngest NBA player to score 10,000 points.^[11]
• On March 19, 2008 LeBron James dished his 2,500th assist as a Cavalier. James is the 2nd Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On March 26, 2008 Žydrūnas Ilgauskas grabbed his 5,000th rebound as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the 2nd Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On March 29, 2008 LeBron James made his 500th three point shot as a Cavalier. James is the 4th Cavalier to reach that milestone.

All-Star

• Daniel Gibson participated in the 2008 Rookie Challenge Game on February 15, 2008 and was named the MVP.
• Daniel Gibson participated in the 2008 Three Point Contest on February 16, 2008 and finished in second place.
• LeBron James started the 2008 All-Star Game on February 17, 2008 and was named the MVP.

Transactions

The Cavaliers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

• Note: This is the largest trade in Cleveland Cavaliers history.

Free agents

Player Former team Sasha Pavlović Cleveland Cavaliers Anderson Varejão Cleveland Cavaliers Billy Thomas Colorado 14ers Kaniel Dickens Colorado 14ers Lance Allred Idaho Stampede

Player New team Demetris Nichols Chicago Bulls

See also

• 2007–08 NBA season

References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball
• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference

External links

• Cleveland Cavaliers official website

Notes and 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/raptors/news/pr_murray_020925.html
   1st round pick then traded to Charlotte for Sasha Pavlović. http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/pavlovic_040623.html
2. https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1998808 2007 1st round pick traded to Boston for Jiri Welsch
3. http://www.nba.com/magic/news/MAGIC_ACQUIRE_TONY_BATTIE_PIC-114607-66.html Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks traded to Orlando for Drew Gooden, Steven Hunter and the rights to Anderson Varejão
4. http://www.nba.com/news/pow_071126.html?rss=true James and Parker Earn Weekly Honors
5. http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/lbj_playeroftheweek_080107.html LeBron James Named NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week – NBA.com
6. http://www.nba.com/news/playersofmonth_080201.html?rss=true Yao Ming, LeBron James Named Players of the Month
7. http://www.nba.com/news/coaches_080201.html Mike Brown, Byron Scott Named Coaches of the Month
8. http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/playeroftheweek_080225.html LeBron James Named NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week – NBA.com
9. http://www.nba.com/news/pom_080303.html Kobe Bryant, LeBron James Named Players of the Month
10. http://www.nba.com/games/20071217/MILCLE/recap.html LeBron Reaches 9,000 in Cavs' Victory Over Bucks
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203083424/http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/recap_celtics_080227.html LeBron Makes History in Boston "D" Party