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The 2021–22 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 52nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season for the league began in the month of October and featured the typical 82-game schedule, returning to its typical format.
ESPN has the full 2020-21 Cleveland Cavaliers Regular Season NBA schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Cavaliers games.
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1970–1974: Expansion growing pains
The Cavaliers first began play in the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team. Under the direction of coach Bill Fitch, they compiled a league–worst 15–67 record. However, the team began to build around the 1971 draft pick, Austin Carr. He scored 63 points in a single game. The following seasons saw the Cavaliers gradually improve their on–court performance, thanks to season–by–season additions of talented players such as Bobby "Bingo" Smith, Jim Chones, Jim Cleamons, and Dick Snyder. The Cavaliers...
1975–1979: The Miracle of Richfield Cavs" era
In the 1975-76 season, with Carr, Bingo Smith, Jim Chones, Dick Snyder, and newly acquired Nate Thurmond, Fitch led the Cavs, as the team is commonly nicknamed, to a 49–33 record, which was the best record in the Central Division. He received the league's Coach of the Yearaward as the Cavs made their first–ever playoff appearance. The Cavs won the series against the Washington Bullets, 4–3. Because of the many heroics and last–second shots, the series became known locally as the "Miracle of R...
1980–1983: Ownership under Ted Stepien
The following season, after going 37–45 under Fitch's successor Stan Albeck, original owner Mileti sold his shares to minority owner Joe Zingale. In 1980, after just a few months, Zingale sold the team to Nationwide Advertising magnate Ted Stepienon April 12, 1980. Early on in his tenure, Stepien proposed to rename the team the "Ohio Cavaliers", part of a plan that included playing their home games not just in the Cleveland area but in Cincinnati and in non–Ohio markets such as Buffalo and Pi...
Basketball Hall of Famers:
1. Wayne Embry (Former team president and first African Americanto serve in that role in the NBA; inducted as a contributor.) 2. Nate Thurmond 3. Lenny Wilkens(Inducted as both player and coach.)
Not to be forgotten:
1. Terrell Brandon 2. Jim Chones 3. Brad Daugherty 4. Craig Ehlo 5. Danny Ferry 6. World B. Free 7. Ron Harper 8. Tyrone Hill 9. John Johnson 10. Shawn Kemp 11. Steve Kerr 12. Andre Miller 13. Larry Nance 14. Wesley Person 15. Bobby Phills 16. Mark Price 17. Campy Russell 18. Bob Sura 19. John "Hot Rod" Williams
Coaches
1. Bill Fitch1970–1979 2. Stan Albeck1979–1980 3. Bill Musselman1980–1981 4. Don Delaney1980–1982 5. Bob Kloppenburg1981–1982 6. Chuck Daly1981–1982 7. Bill Musselman1981–1982 8. Tom Nissalke1982–1984 9. George Karl1984–1986 10. Gene Littles1986 (interim) 11. Lenny Wilkens1986–1993 12. Mike Fratello1993–1999 13. Randy Wittman1999–2001 14. John Lucas2001–2003 15. Keith Smart2002–2003 16. Paul Silas2003–2005 17. Brendan Malone2005 (interim) 18. Byron Scott2010–2013 19. Mike Brown2005–2010, 2013...
Radio
WTAM (AM 1100) in Cleveland is the flagship station of a 16 station Cavaliers radio network . Veteran broadcaster Joe Tait has served as the team's radio play–by–play announcer since its inception in 1970, with a brief break away from the team in the period when it was owned by Ted Stepien. Tait is considered one of the prominent announcers in professional sports.
Television
The Cavaliers' TV games air on cable and satellite on Fox Sports Net Ohio, and also on WUAB(Channel 43) in Cleveland, the flagship of TV for sports in Cleveland. Starting in 2006, play–by–play announcer Fred McLeod and analyst Scott Williams, a former Cavaliers player, will handle local TV commentary. McLeod has been named as a replacement for long–time Cavs TV analyst Michael Reghi. Cavs legend Austin Carris an analyst for games on WUAB. After McLeod's death in 2019, he was replaced by John...
Aug 20, 2021 · The Cavaliers will play 16 games in December, their most in any month in 2021-22, including nine road games; Cleveland will also play seven games in October, 14 games in November, 15 games in...
This list summarizes the team's season-by-season records, including post-season, and includes select season-end awards won by the team's players and/or coaches. The Cavaliers were founded in 1970 as an expansion franchise and since their first season, they have always played in the Central Division and the Eastern Conference .
The 2020–21 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They did not make it to the playoffs for the third season in a row.
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