2007–08 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Cleveland Cavaliers 2008 45 37 Central 2 4 Mike Brown Danny Ferry Dan Gilbert Quicken Loans Arena Conference Semifinals(lost to Celtics 3–4) CLE FSN Ohio WUAB 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. 2 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 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.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 Used to draft Jared Dudley. 1st round pick (#24) traded to Boston and then to Phoenix as part of Jiří Welsch deal.2007 1st round pick traded to Boston for Jiri Welsch Used to draft Rudy Fernández. 2nd round pick (#54) traded to Orlando and then to Houston as part of Drew Gooden deal.Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks traded to Orlando for Drew Gooden, Steven Hunter and the rights to Anderson Varejão Used to draft Brad Newley. Roster Cleveland Cavaliers 2007–08 41 Lance Allred C 6 11 250 1981-02-02 Weber State 33 Devin Brown SG 6 5 210 1978-12-30 Texas-San Antonio 1 Daniel Gibson PG 6 2 190 1986-02-27 Texas 11 Žydrūnas Ilgauskas C 7 3 260 1975-06-05 Lithuania 23 LeBron James SF 6 8 240 1984-12-30 St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (OH) 19 Damon Jones SG 6 3 190 1976-08-25 Houston 27 Dwayne Jones basketball PF 6 11 251 1983-06-09 St. Joseph's 3 Sasha Pavlović SG 6 7 210 1983-11-15 Serbia 32 Joe Smith basketball PF 6 10 225 1975-07-26 Maryland 20 Eric Snow PG 6 3 205 1973-04-24 Michigan State 10 Wally Szczerbiak SF 6 7 244 1977-03-05 Miami (OH) 12 Billy Thomas basketball SF 6 5 220 1975-12-23 Kansas 17 Anderson Varejão C 6 10 240 1982-09-28 Brazil 4 Ben Wallace basketball FC 6 9 240 1974-09-10 Virginia Union 13 Delonte West PG 6 3 180 1983-07-26 St. Joseph's Mike Brown Hank Egan Melvin Hunt Chris Jent John Kuester Michael Malone https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2008.html March 13, 2008 Regular season Season standings CLE CLE Game log Cleveland Cavaliers 2008 Total: 45–37 (home: 27–14; road: 18–23) Cleveland Cavaliers October yes 0 1 0 0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 31 | Dallas | 20071031 CLE 74 92 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (18) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–1 Cleveland Cavaliers November 4 2 4 6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | November 2 | New York | 20071102 CLE 110 106 | LeBron James (45) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 4 | @ Phoenix | 20071104 PHO 92 103 | LeBron James (27) | Drew Gooden (14) | LeBron James (8) | US Airways Center18,422 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 6 | @ Golden State | 20071106 GSW 108 104 | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14) | LeBron James (9) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 7 | @ Utah | 20071107 UTA 101 103 | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (15) | LeBron James (13) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 9 | @ Sacramento | 20071109 SAC 93 91 | LeBron James (26) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (4) | ARCO Arena15,293 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 11 | @ L. A. Clippers | 20071111 LAC 103 95 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (25) | Drew Gooden (16) | LeBron James (8) | STAPLES Center15,541 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 12 | @ Denver | 20071112 DEN 100 122 | LeBron James (27) | Dwayne Jones (10) | LeBron James (4) | Pepsi Center19,155 | 4–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 14 | Orlando | 20071114 CLE 116 117 1 | LeBron James (39) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (14) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 16 | Utah | 20071116 CLE 99 94 | LeBron James (40) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena19,862 | 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 20 | Milwaukee | 20071120 CLE 107 111 | LeBron James (34) | Drew Gooden (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,115 | 5–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 21 | @ Minnesota | 20071121 MIN 97 86 | LeBron James (45) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones (10) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5) | Target Center15,224 | 6–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 | November 24 | Toronto | 20071124 CLE 111 108 | LeBron James (37) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,018 | 7–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 25 | @ Indiana | 20071125 IND 111 106 | LeBron James (30) | Drew Gooden (12) | LeBron James (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,603 | 8–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 27 | Boston | 20071127 CLE 109 104 1 | LeBron James (38) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (13) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 9–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 28 | @ Detroit | 20071128 DET 74 109 | LeBron James (15) | Drew Gooden (9) | LeBron James (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 9–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 30 | @ Toronto | 20071130 TOR 82 91 | Daniel Gibson (24) | Drew Gooden (14) | Daniel Gibson (7) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 9–8 Cleveland Cavaliers December 4 3 1 6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 2 | @ Boston | 20071202 BOS 70 80 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones, Eric Snow, Damon Jones, Devin Brown (2) | TD Garden18,624 | 9–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 4 | New Jersey | 20071204 CLE 79 100 | Shannon Brown (20) | Dwayne Jones (12) | Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (4) | Quicken Loans Arena19,838 | 9–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5 | @ Washington | 20071205 WAS 86 105 | Daniel Gibson, Drew Gooden, Shannon Brown (13) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | Daniel Gibson (8) | Verizon Center17,684 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 8 | @ Charlotte | 20071208 WAS 93 96 | Larry Hughes (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (3) | Charlotte Bobcats Arena17,624 | 9–12 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 11 | Indiana | 20071211 CLE 118 105 | Larry Hughes (36) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James, Eric Snow (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,010 | 10–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 14 | @ New Jersey | 20071214 NJN 97 105 | LeBron James (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (8) | Izod Center15,242 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 15 | Philadelphia | 20071215 CLE 86 92 | LeBron James, Drew Gooden (21) | Drew Gooden (10) | LeBron James, Eric Snow (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 10–14 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 17 | Milwaukee | 20071217 CLE 104 99 2 | LeBron James (31) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | Devin Brown (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 11–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 19 | @ New York | 20071219 NYK 90 108 | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (8) | LeBron James (6) | Madison Square Garden18,704 | 11–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 20 | L. A. Lakers | 20071220 CLE 94 90 | LeBron James (33) | Anderson Varejao (15) | LeBron James (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 23 | Golden State | 20071223 CLE 96 105 | LeBron James (25) | Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 12–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 25 | Miami | 20071225 CLE 96 82 | LeBron James (25) | Drew Gooden (9) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 13–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 27 | @ Dallas | 20071227 DAL 88 81 | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (7) | American Airlines Center20,462 | 14–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 29 | @ New Orleans | 20071229 NOH 76 86 | LeBron James (21) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (6) | New Orleans Arena17,623 | 14–17 Cleveland Cavaliers January 5 1 3 2 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | January 2 | Atlanta | 20080102 CLE 98 94 | LeBron James (36) | Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 15–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Sacramento | 20080104 CLE 97 93 | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 16–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | @ Toronto | 20080106 TOR 93 90 | LeBron James (39) | Anderson Varejao (13) | LeBron James (8) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 17–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 8 | Seattle | 20080108 CLE 95 79 | LeBron James (22) | Anderson Varejao, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,409 | 18–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 9 | @ Atlanta | 20080109 ATL 81 90 | LeBron James (31) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (6) | Philips Arena16,246 | 18–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 | January 11 | Charlotte | 20080111 CLE 113 106 2 | LeBron James (31) | LeBron James (19) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 19–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Memphis | 20080115 CLE 132 124 1 | LeBron James (51) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (9) | FedEx Forum13,871 | 20–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 17 | @ San Antonio | 20080117 SAS 90 88 | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejao (14) | LeBron James (7) | AT&T Center18,482 | 21–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 21 | @ Miami | 20080121 MIA 97 90 | LeBron James (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (5) | AmericanAirlines Arena19,600 | 22–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 23 | Washington | 20080123 CLE 121 85 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) | Drew Gooden (10) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 23–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 25 | Phoenix | 20080125 CLE 108 110 | LeBron James (36) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 23–19 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 27 | @ L. A. Lakers | 20080127 LAL 98 95 | LeBron James (41) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James, Larry Hughes (4) | STAPLES Center18,997 | 24–19 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 30 | @ Portland | 20080130 POR 84 83 | LeBron James (37) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (4) | Rose Garden Arena20,501 | 25–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 31 | @ Seattle | 20080131 SEA 95 101 | Larry Hughes (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) | Daniel Gibson (6) | KeyArena13,109 | 25–20 Cleveland Cavaliers February 5 3 3 3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | February 2 | L. A. Clippers | 20080202 CLE 98 84 | LeBron James (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 26–20 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 5 | Boston | 20080205 CLE 114 113 | LeBron James (33) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 27–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 7 | @ Houston | 20080207 HOU 77 92 | LeBron James (32) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (8) | LeBron James (6) | Toyota Center18,402 | 27–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 | February 8 | @ Atlanta | 20080208 ATL 100 95 | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (7) | Philips Arena19,335 | 28–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 10 | Denver | 20080210 CLE 83 110 | LeBron James (30) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James, Devin Brown, Damon Jones, Eric Snow (3) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 28–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | February 11 | @ Orlando | 20080211 ORL 118 111 | Larry Hughes (40) | LeBron James, Donyell Marshall (7) | LeBron James (10) | Amway Arena17,519 | 29–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 13 | San Antonio | 20080213 CLE 105 112 | LeBron James (39) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 29–23 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 19 | Houston | 20080219 CLE 85 93 | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 29–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 20 | @ Indiana | 20080220 IND 106 97 | LeBron James (31) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) | LeBron James (12) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,096 | 30–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 22 | Washington | 20080222 CLE 90 89 | LeBron James (33) | LeBron James (15) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 31–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 24 | Memphis | 20080224 CLE 109 89 | LeBron James (25) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 32–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 26 | @ Milwaukee | 20080226 MIL 102 105 | LeBron James (35) | Ben Wallace (11) | Delonte West (7) | Bradley Center15,346 | 32–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 27 | @ Boston | 20080227 BOS 87 92 | LeBron James (26) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (4) | TD Garden18,624 | 32–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | February 29 | Minnesota | 20080229 CLE 92 84 | LeBron James (30) | Ben Wallace (9) | Delonte West (13) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 33–26 Cleveland Cavaliers March 7 1 1 6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 2 | Chicago | 20080302 CLE 95 86 | LeBron James (37) | Ben Wallace, Anderson Varejao (8) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 34–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 5 | @ New York | 20080305 NYK 119 105 | LeBron James (50) | Joe Smith (11) | LeBron James (10) | Madison Square Garden18,760 | 35–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 6 | @ Chicago | 20080306 CHI 96 107 | LeBron James (39) | Anderson Varejao, Ben Wallace (10) | Devin Brown (4) | United Center22,097 | 35–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 8 | Indiana | 20080308 CLE 103 95 | LeBron James (38) | Anderson Varejao (16) | Anderson Varejao, Delonte West (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 36–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 | March 10 | Portland | 20080310 CLE 88 80 | LeBron James (24) | LeBron James (10) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,213 | 37–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 12 | @ New Jersey | 20080312 NJN 99 104 | LeBron James (42) | LeBron James (11) | LeBron James (7) | Izod Center18,287 | 37–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13 | @ Washington | 20080313 WAS 99 101 | LeBron James (25) | Anderson Varejao (12) | LeBron James, Delonte West (7) | Verizon Center20,173 | 37–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 | March 16 | Charlotte | 20080316 CLE 98 91 | LeBron James (33) | Ben Wallace (15) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 38–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 17 | @ Orlando | 20080317 ORL 90 104 | LeBron James (30) | LeBron James (9) | LeBron James (6) | Amway Arena17,519 | 38–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 19 | Detroit | 20080319 CLE 89 73 | LeBron James (30) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace (8) | LeBron James, Delonte West (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 39–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 21 | Toronto | 20080321 CLE 90 83 | LeBron James (29) | LeBron James (12) | Damon Jones (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 40–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 22 | @ Milwaukee | 20080322 MIL 98 108 | LeBron James (29) | LeBron James, Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James, Wally Szczerbiak, Damon Jones (4) | Bradley Center15,337 | 40–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 26 | New Orleans | 20080326 MIL 99 100 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao (15) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 40–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 29 | @ Detroit | 20080329 DET 71 85 | LeBron James (13) | Anderson Varejao (9) | Damon Jones (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 40–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 30 | Philadelphia | 20080330 CLE 91 88 | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (9) | Delonte West (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 41–33 Cleveland Cavaliers April 2 3 2 1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | April 2 | @ Charlotte | 20080402 CHA 118 114 | LeBron James (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao (12) | Devin Brown (8) | Charlotte Bobcats Arena15,106 | 42–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | Chicago | 20080403 CLE 98 101 | LeBron James (33) | Wally Szczerbiak, Ben Wallace (8) | Devin Brown, Delonte West (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 42–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 5 | Orlando | 20080405 CLE 86 101 | Delonte West (19) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace (9) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 42–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 78 | April 9 | New Jersey | 20080409 CLE 104 83 | LeBron James (33) | Anderson Varejao (9) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,063 | 43–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 11 | @ Chicago | 20080411 CHI 95 100 | LeBron James (34) | Anderson Varejao (8) | Delonte West (6) | United Center22,084 | 43–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 13 | Miami | 20080413 CLE 84 76 | Delonte West (18) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 44–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 14 | @ Philadelphia | 20080414 PHI 91 90 | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejao (8) | LeBron James (5) | Wachovia Center20,730 | 45–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 16 | Detroit | 20080416 CLE 74 84 | Wally Szczerbiak (18) | Dwayne Jones (10) | Delonte West (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 45–37 CLE 2008 Playoffs Cleveland Cavaliers 2008 yes Cleveland Cavaliers First Round yes yes no 2 1 2 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || April 19 || Washington || W 93–86 || LeBron James (32) || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (11) || Gibson, West (5) ||Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 || April 21 || Washington || W 116–86 || LeBron James (30) || Ilgauskas, James (9) || LeBron James (12) ||Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || April 24 || @ Washington || L 72–108 || LeBron James (22) || Anderson Varejão (9) || three players tied (3) ||Verizon Center20,173 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || April 27 || @ Washington || W 100–97 || LeBron James (34) || James, Wallace (12) || LeBron James (7) ||Verizon Center20,173 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 || April 30 || Washington || L 87–88 || LeBron James (34) || LeBron James (10) || Delonte West (8) ||Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || May 2 || @ Washington || W 105–88 || LeBron James (27) || LeBron James (13) || LeBron James (13) ||Verizon Center20,173 || 4–2 |- Cleveland Cavaliers Conference Semifinals yes no 3 0 0 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || May 6 || @ Boston || L 72–76 || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (22) || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (12) || LeBron James (9) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || May 8 || @ Boston || L 73–89 || LeBron James (21) || Anderson Varejão (10) || LeBron James (6) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || May 10 || Boston || W 108–84 || James, West (21) || Ben Wallace (9) || LeBron James (8) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || May 12 || Boston || W 88–77 || LeBron James (21) || Ilgauskas, Wallace (7) || LeBron James (13) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 || May 14 || @ Boston || L 89–96 || LeBron James (35) || Ilgauskas, Varejão (7) || LeBron James (5) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || May 16 || Boston || W 74–69 || LeBron James (32) || LeBron James (12) || LeBron James (6) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 7 || May 18 || @ Boston || L 92–97 || LeBron James (45) || Joe Smith (6) || LeBron James (6) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 3–4 |- CLE yes 2008 Player stats Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Allred, Lance Lance Allred 3 0 3.3 .250 .000 .500 .3 .0 .00 .00 1.0 Brown, Devin Devin Brown 78 20 22.6 .409 .308 .754 3.4 2.2 .67 .09 7.5 Dickens, Kaniel Kaniel Dickens 5 0 2.4 .333 .000 .000 .2 .2 .00 .20 .4 Gibson, Daniel Daniel Gibson 58 26 30.4 .432 .440 .810 2.3 2.5 .81 .24 10.4 Ilgauskas, Zydrunas Žydrūnas Ilgauskas 73 73 30.4 .474 .000 .802 9.3 1.4 .47 1.64 14.1 James, LeBron LeBron James 75 74 40.4 .484 .315 .712 7.9 7.2 1.84 1.08 30.0 Jones, Damon Damon Jones 67 3 19.9 .416 .417 .714 1.1 1.9 .28 .01 6.5 Jones, Dwayne Dwayne Jones 56 0 8.4 .532 .000 .483 2.5 .2 .18 .45 1.4 Pavlović, Aleksandar Aleksandar Pavlović 51 45 23.3 .362 .298 .688 2.5 1.6 .57 .12 7.4 Smith, Joe Joe Smith* 27 1 21.5 .512 .000 .652 5.0 .7 .33 .59 8.1 Snow, Eric Eric Snow 22 5 13.9 .158 .000 .455 .9 1.9 .45 .18 1.0 Szczerbiak, Wally Wally Szczerbiak* 25 1 22.2 .359 .365 .878 3.2 1.4 .36 .28 8.2 Thomas, Billy Billy Thomas* 7 0 4.9 .286 .308 .000 .3 .0 .14 .00 1.7 Varejão, Anderson Anderson Varejão 48 13 27.5 .461 .000 .598 8.3 1.1 .77 .54 6.7 Wallace, Ben Ben Wallace* 22 22 26.3 .457 .000 .432 7.4 .6 .86 1.68 4.2 West, Delonte Delonte West* 26 26 31.0 .440 .367 .788 3.7 4.5 1.12 .73 10.3 *Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Brown, Devin Devin Brown 8 0 11.5 .265 .294 .667 2.4 1.1 .25 .00 4.1 Gibson, Daniel Daniel Gibson 11 0 25.8 .449 .452 .714 1.7 2.5 .64 .18 9.0 Ilgauskas, Zydrunas Žydrūnas Ilgauskas 13 13 30.2 .479 .000 .818 7.5 1.6 .38 1.08 13.1 James, LeBron LeBron James 13 13 42.5 .411 .257 .731 7.8 7.6 1.77 1.31 28.2 Jones, Damon Damon Jones 5 0 5.2 .200 .286 .000 .0 .2 .00 .00 1.2 Jones, Dwayne Dwayne Jones 5 0 4.0 .500 .000 .500 1.2 .0 .00 .20 .6 Pavlović, Aleksandar Aleksandar Pavlović 8 0 13.9 .385 .444 .667 1.3 .1 .25 .00 3.5 Smith, Joe Joe Smith 13 0 20.2 .486 .000 .636 4.6 .5 .38 .54 6.6 Szczerbiak, Wally Wally Szczerbiak 13 13 28.8 .376 .323 .929 1.8 1.5 .15 .08 10.8 Thomas, Billy Billy Thomas 3 0 2.7 .500 .500 .000 .3 .3 .33 .00 1.0 Varejão, Anderson Anderson Varejão 13 0 18.5 .407 .000 .429 5.2 .7 .62 .08 4.1 Wallace, Ben Ben Wallace 13 13 23.4 .515 .000 .350 6.5 1.2 .62 1.08 3.2 West, Delonte Delonte West 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.James and Parker Earn Weekly Honors, NBA.com, November 26, 2007. LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played December 31, 2007 through January 6, 2008.LeBron James Named NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week – NBA.com. LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for January 2008.Yao Ming, LeBron James Named Players of the Month, NBA.com, February 1, 2008. Mike Brown was named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for January 2008.Mike Brown, Byron Scott Named Coaches of the Month, NBA.com, February 1, 2008. 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.LeBron James Named NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week – NBA.com. LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for February 2008.Kobe Bryant, LeBron James Named Players of the Month, NBA.com, March 3, 2008. Records Milestones On December 17, 2007 LeBron James became the youngest NBA player to score 9,000 points.LeBron Reaches 9,000 in Cavs' Victory Over Bucks, Associated Press, December 17, 2007. 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.LeBron Makes History in Boston "D" Party, NBA, February 27, 2008 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 February 21, 2008 To Cleveland Cavaliers ----Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Joe Smith, Delonte West, a 2009 second round pick and a $1.7 mil trade exception To Chicago Bulls ----Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown. To Seattle SuperSonics ----Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall and Adrian Griffin. *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 StampedePlayer 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 Category:Cleveland Cavaliers seasons Cleveland Cleve Cleve