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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The
2014β15
Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 45th season of the franchise in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). The season was marked by the publicity the team received by signing free agent forward
LeBron James and trading for forward
Kevin Love . These All-Star players, added with All-Star guard
Kyrie Irving , were dubbed nationally as the "Big Three".
[1] With these acquisitions, this formed a new superteam of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love in the
East .
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A sub-.500 team the previous four seasons, the Cavaliers won the Central division with a 53β29 record. After a slow 19β20 start, including a stretch of 2β10 in 12 games, a number of trades turned the season around, and they finished 34β9 the rest of the way. Despite losing key players to injuries, their run continued deep in the NBA Playoffs, starting with a sweep of the
Boston Celtics in four games in the first round, then defeating the
Chicago Bulls in six games in the Semi-finals, before sweeping the top-seeded
Atlanta Hawks in four games in the conference finals, making it to the
NBA Finals , their second appearance since
2007 . However, the Cavaliers' season ended with a 2β4 series loss to the
Golden State Warriors in the
NBA Finals , who won their fourth NBA championship, their first NBA Championship in
40 years .
Offseason
In July 2014, LeBron James signed with the Cavaliers and Kevin Love was acquired through a 3-team trade in August. With these acquisitions, this formed a new superteam of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love in the
East .
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Draft picks
Roster
2014β15 Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G
8
Dellavedova, Matthew
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1990-09-08
Saint Mary's
G
12
Harris, Joe
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1991-09-06
Virginia
C
33
Haywood, Brendan
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
263 lb (119 kg)
1979-11-27
North Carolina
G
2
Irving, Kyrie
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
193 lb (88 kg)
1992-03-23
Duke
F
23
James, LeBron
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
250 lb (113 kg)
1984-12-30
St. VincentβSt. Mary HS (OH)
F
1
Jones, James
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1980-10-04
Miami (FL)
F
0
Love, Kevin
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
243 lb (110 kg)
1988-09-07
UCLA
F
31
Marion, Shawn
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
228 lb (103 kg)
1978-05-07
UNLV
F
18
Miller, Mike
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
218 lb (99 kg)
1980-02-19
Florida
C
20
Mozgov, Timofey
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
250 lb (113 kg)
1986-07-16
Russia
C
3
Perkins, Kendrick
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
270 lb (122 kg)
1984-11-10
Clifton J. Ozen (TX)
G
4
Shumpert, Iman
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1990-06-26
Georgia Tech
G
5
Smith, J. R.
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1985-09-09
St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
F/C
13
Thompson, Tristan
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
238 lb (108 kg)
1991-03-13
Texas
C
17
VarejΓ£o, Anderson
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
273 lb (124 kg)
1982-09-28
Brazil
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: April 20, 2015
Roster Notes
Center
Anderson VarejΓ£o played 26 games (his last game being on December 23, 2014) but missed the majority of the season and the playoffs due to tearing his left Achilles tendon. He underwent successful surgery at the
Cleveland Clinic on December 26, 2014.
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Preseason
Regular season
Standings
Game log
2014β15 game log Total: 53β29 (home: 31β10; road: 22β19)
October: 1β1 (home: 0β1; road: 1β0)
November
: 7β6 (home: 5β3; road: 2β3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
3
November 4
10:00 pm
@
Portland
L 82β101
Kevin Love (22)
Kevin Love (10)
LeBron James (10)
Moda Center 19,441
1β2
4
November 5
9:00 pm
@
Utah
L 100β102
Kyrie Irving (34)
Kevin Love (8)
LeBron James (4)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
1β3
5
November 7
10:30 pm
@
Denver
W 110β101
LeBron James (22)
Anderson VarejΓ£o (9)
LeBron James (11)
Pepsi Center 19,263
2β3
6
November 10
7:00 pm
New Orleans
W 118β111
LeBron James (32)
LeBron James (11)
James &
Irving (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
3β3
7
November 14
7:30 pm
@
Boston
W 122β121
LeBron James (41)
Kevin Love (15)
LeBron James (7)
TD Garden 18,624
4β3
8
November 15
7:30 pm
Atlanta
W 127β94
LeBron James (32)
Anderson VarejΓ£o (10)
Dion Waiters (8)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
5β3
9
November 17
7:00 pm
Denver
L 97β106
LeBron James (22)
Kevin Love (11)
Kyrie Irving (8)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
5β4
10
November 19
7:00 pm
San Antonio
L 90β92
Anderson VarejΓ£o (23)
Love &
VarejΓ£o (11)
LeBron James (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
5β5
11
November 21
8:00 pm
@
Washington
L 78β91
James &
Irving (22)
Anderson VarejΓ£o (9)
LeBron James (4)
Verizon Center 20,356
5β6
12
November 22
7:30 pm
Toronto
L 93β110
Kevin Love (23)
Anderson VarejΓ£o (12)
LeBron James (10)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
5β7
13
November 24
7:00 pm
Orlando
W 106β74
LeBron James (29)
Tristan Thompson (11)
LeBron James (11)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
6β7
14
November 26
7:00 pm
Washington
W 113β87
LeBron James (29)
LeBron James (10)
LeBron James (8)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
7β7
15
November 29
7:30 pm
Indiana
W 109β97
Kevin Love (28)
Tristan Thompson (11)
LeBron James (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
8β7
December
: 10β7 (home: 6β3; road: 4β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
16
December 2
7:00 pm
Milwaukee
W 111β108
Kyrie Irving (28)
Kevin Love (11)
LeBron James (10)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
9β7
17
December 4
8:00 pm
@
New York
W 90β87
Kyrie Irving (37)
Kevin Love (11)
LeBron James (12)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
10β7
18
December 5
7:30 pm
@
Toronto
W 105β91
LeBron James (24)
Tristan Thompson (14)
LeBron James (13)
Air Canada Centre 20,077
11β7
19
December 8
7:30 pm
@
Brooklyn
W 110β88
Dion Waiters (26)
Love &
VarejΓ£o (14)
LeBron James (7)
Barclays Center 17,732
12β7
20
December 9
7:00 pm
Toronto
W 105β101
LeBron James (35)
Kevin Love (9)
Kyrie Irving (10)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
13β7
21
December 11
8:00 pm
@
Oklahoma City
L 94β103
Kevin Love (26)
Kevin Love (7)
Kevin Love (8)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
13β8
22
December 12
8:00 pm
@
New Orleans
L 114β119
LeBron James (41)
Tristan Thompson (10)
Kyrie Irving (7)
Smoothie King Center 18,069
13β9
23
December 15
7:00 pm
Charlotte
W 97β88
LeBron James (27)
Kevin Love (18)
LeBron James (13)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
14β9
24
December 17
7:00 pm
Atlanta
L 98β127
James &
Waiters (21)
Kevin Love (10)
Love &
Irving (6)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
14β10
25
December 19
7:30 pm
Brooklyn
W 95β91
LeBron James (22)
Kevin Love (14)
LeBron James (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
15β10
26
December 21
4:30 pm
Memphis
W 105β91
LeBron James (25)
Kevin Love (8)
James &
Irving (11)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
16β10
27
December 23
7:00 pm
Minnesota
W 125β104
Kyrie Irving (29)
Kevin Love (10)
Love ,
Irving &
Waiters (4)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
17β10
28
December 25
5:00 pm
@
Miami
L 91β101
LeBron James (30)
Tristan Thompson (9)
LeBron James (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,817
17β11
29
December 26
7:00 pm
@
Orlando
W 98β89
LeBron James (29)
Tristan Thompson (13)
LeBron James (8)
Amway Center 18,846
18β11
30
December 28
4:30 pm
Detroit
L 80β103
Kevin Love (20)
Tristan Thompson (11)
LeBron James (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
18β12
31
December 30
7:30 pm
@
Atlanta
L 101β109
Kyrie Irving (35)
Tristan Thompson (13)
Kyrie Irving (9)
Philips Arena 19,215
18β13
32
December 31
7:00 pm
Milwaukee
L 80β96
Kyrie Irving (25)
Tristan Thompson (13)
Matthew Dellavedova (4)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
18β14
January: 11β6 (home: 6β2; road: 5β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
33
January 2
7:00 pm
@
Charlotte
W 91β87
Kevin Love (27)
Tristan Thompson (14)
Miller &
Dellavedova (4)
Time Warner Cable Arena 19,307
19β14
34
January 4
1:00 pm
Dallas
L 90β109
Kevin Love (30)
Tristan Thompson (11)
Matthew Dellavedova (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
19β15
35
January 5
7:00 pm
@
Philadelphia
L 92β95
Kevin Love (28)
Kevin Love (19)
Matthew Dellavedova (8)
Wells Fargo Center 17,771
19β16
36
January 7
7:00 pm
Houston
L 93β105
Kyrie Irving (38)
Kevin Love (16)
Matthew Dellavedova (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
19β17
37
January 9
10:30 pm
@
Golden State
L 94β112
J. R. Smith (27)
Kevin Love (14)
Kyrie Irving (5)
Oracle Arena 19,596
19β18
38
January 11
9:00 pm
@
Sacramento
L 84β103
Kevin Love (25)
Timofey Mozgov (12)
Kyrie Irving (7)
Sleep Train Arena 16,143
19β19
39
January 13
9:00 pm
@
Phoenix
L 100β107
LeBron James (33)
Shawn Marion (11)
Kyrie Irving (6)
US Airways Center 16,819
19β20
40
January 15
10:30 pm
@
L.A. Lakers
W 109β102
LeBron James (36)
Tristan Thompson (11)
LeBron James (5)
Staples Center 18,997
20β20
41
January 16
10:30 pm
@
L.A. Clippers
W 126β121
Kyrie Irving (37)
Tristan Thompson (12)
LeBron James (7)
Staples Center 19,380
21β20
42
January 19
7:30 pm
Chicago
W 108β94
LeBron James (26)
Timofey Mozgov (15)
Kyrie Irving (12)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
22β20
43
January 21
7:00 pm
Utah
W 106β92
LeBron James (26)
Kevin Love (13)
LeBron James (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
23β20
44
January 23
7:30 pm
Charlotte
W 129β90
LeBron James (25)
Timofey Mozgov (10)
LeBron James (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
24β20
45
January 25
3:30 pm
Oklahoma City
W 108β98
LeBron James (34)
Kevin Love (13)
Kyrie Irving (6)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
25β20
46
January 27
7:30 pm
@
Detroit
W 103β95
Kyrie Irving (38)
Tristan Thompson (12)
LeBron James (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,178
26β20
47
January 28
7:00 pm
Portland
W 99β94
Kyrie Irving (55)
Kevin Love (12)
Kyrie Irving (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
27β20
48
January 30
7:30 pm
Sacramento
W 101β90
Kevin Love (23)
Kevin Love (10)
LeBron James (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
28β20
49
January 31
8:00 pm
@
Minnesota
W 106β90
LeBron James (36)
Kevin Love (17)
LeBron James (5)
Target Center 19,356
29β20
February: 8β3 (home: 5β0; road: 3β3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
50
February 2
7:00 pm
Philadelphia
W 97β84
Kyrie Irving (24)
Kevin Love (15)
LeBron James (11)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
30β20
51
February 5
8:00 pm
L.A. Clippers
W 105β94
Kevin Love (24)
Tristan Thompson (10)
LeBron James (9)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
31β20
52
February 6
7:00 pm
@
Indiana
L 99β103
Kyrie Irving (29)
Timofey Mozgov (9)
James &
Irving (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
31β21
53
February 8
3:30 pm
L.A. Lakers
W 120β105
Kevin Love (32)
Kevin Love (10)
Kyrie Irving (10)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
32β21
54
February 11
8:00 pm
Miami
W 113β93
Timofey Mozgov (20)
LeBron James (10)
James &
Smith (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
33β21
55
February 12
8:00 pm
@
Chicago
L 98β113
LeBron James (31)
Timofey Mozgov (11)
Kyrie Irving (7)
United Center 21,920
33β22
All-Star Break
56
February 20
8:00 pm
@
Washington
W 127β89
LeBron James (28)
Tristan Thompson (9)
Kyrie Irving (7)
Verizon Center 21,920
34β22
57
February 22
1:00 pm
@
New York
W 101β83
James &
Irving (18)
Kevin Love (16)
James &
Shumpert (7)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
35β22
58
February 24
7:30 pm
@
Detroit
W 102β93
Kevin Love (24)
Kevin Love (9)
LeBron James (11)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,087
36β22
59
February 26
8:00 pm
Golden State
W 110β99
LeBron James (42)
LeBron James (11)
James &
Smith (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
37β22
60
February 27
7:00 pm
@
Indiana
L 86β93
J. R. Smith (21)
Love ,
Dellavedova &
Shumpert (10)
Matthew Dellavedova (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165
37β23
March
: 11β4 (home: 5β0; road: 6β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
61
March 1
3:30 pm
@
Houston
L 103β105 (OT)
LeBron James (37)
Tristan Thompson (19)
James ,
Smith &
Dellavedova (4)
Toyota Center 18,345
37β24
62
March 3
7:00 pm
Boston
W 110β79
LeBron James (27)
Kevin Love (8)
Matthew Dellavedova (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
38β24
63
March 4
7:30 pm
@
Toronto
W 120β112
LeBron James (29)
Kevin Love (10)
LeBron James (14)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
39β24
64
March 6
7:30 pm
@
Atlanta
L 97β106
Kyrie Irving (20)
Kevin Love (8)
LeBron James (8)
Philips Arena 19,244
39β25
65
March 7
7:30 pm
Phoenix
W 89β79
Timofey Mozgov (19)
Tristan Thompson (12)
LeBron James (8)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
40-25
66
March 10
8:30 pm
@
Dallas
W 127β94
LeBron James (27)
Kevin Love (14)
LeBron James (8)
American Airlines Center 20,501
41β25
67
March 12
9:30 pm
@
San Antonio
W 128β125 (OT)
Kyrie Irving (57)
Tristan Thompson (7)
LeBron James (9)
AT&T Center 18,581
42β25
68
March 15
6:00 pm
@
Orlando
W 123β108
Kyrie Irving (33)
LeBron James (8)
LeBron James (13)
Amway Center 17,786
43β25
69
March 16
8:00 pm
@
Miami
L 92β106
LeBron James (26)
Tristan Thompson (8)
Kyrie Irving (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,626
43β26
70
March 18
7:00 pm
Brooklyn
W 117β92
Mozgov &
Smith (17)
Kevin Love (11)
Kyrie Irving (10)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
44β26
71
March 20
7:30 pm
Indiana
W 95β92
LeBron James (29)
Kevin Love (13)
James &
Dellavedova (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
45β26
72
March 22
3:00 pm
@
Milwaukee
W 108β90
LeBron James (28)
LeBron James (10)
Kyrie Irving (7)
BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,687
46β26
73
March 25
8:00 pm
@
Memphis
W 111β89
Kyrie Irving (24)
Tristan Thompson (11)
J. R. Smith (6)
FedExForum 18,119
47β26
74
March 27
7:30 pm
@
Brooklyn
L 98β106
Kyrie Irving (26)
Tristan Thompson (9)
LeBron James (9)
Barclays Center 17,732
47β27
75
March 29
4:30 pm
Philadelphia
W 87β86
LeBron James (20)
LeBron James (11)
LeBron James (6)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
48β27
April
: 5β2 (home: 4β1; road: 1β1)
2014β15 season schedule
Detailed records
Playoffs
2015 playoff game log Total: 14β6 (home: 7β3; road: 7β3)
First Round: 4β0 (home: 2β0; road: 2β0)
Conference Semifinals: 4β2 (home: 2β1; road: 2β1)
Eastern Conference Finals: 4β0 (home: 2β0; road: 2β0)
NBA Finals: 2β4 (home: 1β2; road: 1β2)
2015 playoff schedule
Player statistics
Summer League
Preseason
Regular season
Records
References
^
Big Three even bigger - Fox Sports.com
^ Brett Pollakoff (July 17, 2014).
"Report: LeBron James has reached out to Kevin Love to express interest in him playing for Cavaliers" .
NBC Sports . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Kurt Helin (August 23, 2014).
"It's done: Kevin Love traded to Cavaliers, Andrew Wiggins headed to Minnesota in three-team deal" .
NBC Sports . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Michael Lee (October 16, 2014).
"LeBron James's latest super team more about the game than the show" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Chris Fedor (August 26, 2014).
"A phone call from LeBron James helped bring Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers" .
Cleveland.com . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Kevin Spain (August 26, 2014).
"Kevin Love says call from LeBron helped make decision" .
USA TODAY . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Brett Pollakoff (July 17, 2014).
"Report: LeBron James has reached out to Kevin Love to express interest in him playing for Cavaliers" .
NBC Sports . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Kurt Helin (August 23, 2014).
"It's done: Kevin Love traded to Cavaliers, Andrew Wiggins headed to Minnesota in three-team deal" .
NBC Sports . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Michael Lee (October 16, 2014).
"LeBron James's latest super team more about the game than the show" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Chris Fedor (August 26, 2014).
"A phone call from LeBron James helped bring Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers" .
Cleveland.com . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Kevin Spain (August 26, 2014).
"Kevin Love says call from LeBron helped make decision" .
USA TODAY . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^
"Cavaliers' Varejao out for season with torn tendon" .
Deseret News . December 24, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ Sean Highkin (December 26, 2014).
"Anderson Varejao undergoes surgery for torn Achilles, out for the season" .
NBC Sports . Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
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