The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The team began play in the 1970–71 NBA season as an expansion team. The Cavaliers have won seven Central Division titles, five Eastern Conference titles, and one NBA title. In 2016, the Cavaliers won the NBA Championship, marking Cleveland’s first major sports title since 1964. The Cavs’ 26-game losing streak ranks as the longest in NBA history for a single season and second overall.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The team began play in the 1970–71 NBA season as an expansion team. They won their first Central Division title in 1976, which also marked the first winning season and playoff appearance in franchise history. The franchise was purchased by Ted Stepien in 1980, who had a disastrous run as owner and de facto general manager between 1980 and 1983. George and Gordon Gund purchased the franchise in 1983, and Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005. LeBron James returned to the Cavs in 2014 and led the team to four straight NBA Finals appearances. The Cavaliers have won seven Central Division titles, five Eastern Conference titles, and one NBA title. In 2016, the Cavaliers won the NBA Championship, marking Cleveland’s first major sports title since 1964. The 2016 NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors was the first time in Finals history a team had come back to win the series after trailing three games to one. The Cavs have made 22 playoff appearances, and won the top pick in the NBA draft lottery three times, first in 2011 where they selected Kyrie Irving, and again in 2013 and 2014. They also won the Eastern Conference championship in 2007 after winning the first Eastern Conference title in the franchise’s history. As of 2017, the Cavs’ 26-game losing streak ranks as the longest in NBA history for a single season and second overall. The longest losing streak is the 24-game streak of the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons, which ended in the 2010–11 season.
The Cleveland Cavaliers play their home games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in downtown Cleveland, which is shared with the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League. They have also played at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994, and at the Cleveland Arena again from 1994 to 2014. The team is a member of the National Basketball Association’s Eastern Conference Central Division, which includes the New York Knicks, New York Nets, and the Brooklyn Nets. They play their games at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, where they also have a home game against the New Jersey Nets. The NBA Finals is held in Cleveland every year from June 12 to July 15. The first game of the NBA Finals takes place on June 12, 2014, at the Oracle Arena in New York City, where the Cleveland Cavaliers face the San Francisco 49ers in the opening game. The game is the first of two games between the Cavaliers and the San Fran 49ers on June 14, 2014. The second game is scheduled for June 15, 2015, at The Q in San Francisco, with the game starting at 7:30 p.m. (ET) and the game going into the second half of the game at 8:30pm (GMT) The Cavs play their first home game at the Q in Cleveland on June 16, 2015. The home game is played at the Ohio State University arena, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.
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