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The 1970–71 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the inaugural season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 15–67 record in their first season, finishing last in the Central Division and Eastern Conference. John Johnson was named an All-Star, the first in franchise history. Key Dates:
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Cleveland Cavaliers x: Denotes player who is currently on the Cleveland Cavaliers roster: 0.0: Denotes the Cleveland Cavaliers statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers since 1994. The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known simply as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1970. This list summarizes the team's season-by-season records, including post ...
Home games were first held at Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1994. Since 1994, the Cavs have played home games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in downtown Cleveland, which is shared with the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League. Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005.
The Cleveland Cavaliers first began play in the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team under the ownership of Nick Mileti.Jerry Tomko, the father of future Major League Baseball pitcher Brett Tomko, submitted the winning entry to name the team the "Cavaliers" through a competition sponsored by The Plain Dealer; supporters preferred it to "Jays", "Foresters" and "Presidents".
Twenty-five years ago the Cavaliers made one of the biggest acquisitions in the team's history, trading for all-star Shawn Kemp.
1970 NBA expansion draft General information Sport Basketball Date(s) May 11, 1970 Overview League NBA Expansion teams Buffalo Braves Cleveland Cavaliers Portland Trail Blazers ← 1968 1974 → The 1970 NBA expansion draft was the fifth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). [a] The draft was held on May 11, 1970, so that the newly founded Buffalo Braves, Cleveland ...
Only Kevin Love, Collin Sexton, Darius Garland and Cedi Osman remain from the Cavs roster when J.B. Bickerstaff took over for John Beilein