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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".
The team, however, did not make it out of the play-in tournament, losing the game to the Brooklyn Nets and then to the Atlanta Hawks, ending their season. On March 26, 2023, the Cavaliers clinched a spot in the NBA playoffs, making this the first time since 2018 that the team entered the playoffs, with a 108–91 win over the Houston Rockets .
James Bernett "Bunny" Chones (born November 30, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player, and current radio analyst for the Cleveland Cavaliers.. A 6'11" forward/center, Chones starred at Marquette University, where he earned All-America honors as a junior in 1972 after averaging 20.5 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. [1]
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 ...
His ten 3-pointers doubled his previous single-game high and were one short of Irving's team record. He also became the youngest player to score 50+ points and hit 10+ threes in a game before turning 25. [47] [48] On November 18, Garland led the Cavaliers to a double-overtime 132–122 win against the Charlotte Hornets with a game-leading 41 ...
In his first minute of the game action, in overtime, he hit the game-winning shot to clinch the series four games to two, and sent the Cavs into the second round of the NBA playoffs for the first time since 1993. [8] In 60 games played during the 2006–2007 regular season, Jones averaged 6.6 points and 1.6 assists per game.
In his 80s, Butts invented another game, titled simply Alfreds Other Game, [12] released in 1985 by Selchow and Righter. [13] Also a tile-based game, it includes 144 letter tiles and four playing boards. [4] Players receive 36 letters from which they try to make as many word combinations as possible. [14] Butts called it "simultaneous solitaire ...
Michael Campanella "Campy" Russell (born January 12, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for nine years (1975–1982, 1985) and played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game.