2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach Paul Silas
Brendan Malone
Owner(s) George Gund III
Gordon Gund
Arena Gund Arena
Results
Record 42–40 (.512)
Place Division: 4th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Local media
Television FSN Ohio · WUAB
Radio WTAM

The 2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 35th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. During the offseason, the Cavaliers acquired Drew Gooden from the Orlando Magic. In his second season, expectations were high for LeBron James as the Cavaliers hoped for a return to the playoffs. Through the first half of the season, the Cavs held a 30–21 record at the All-Star Break as James was selected to his first All-Star selection in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. However, as March began, the Cavaliers were unable to upgrade at the trading deadline as the team went on a 6-game losing streak. Head coach Paul Silas was fired and replaced by interim Brendan Malone. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 42–40 record, a fourth-place finish in the Central Division, and barely missed out of the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker for the 8th spot to the New Jersey Nets. Bespite their collapse, James had an outstanding sophomore season averaging 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game.

Key dates:

Offseason

Free Agents

Additions
Player DateFormer team
Robert Traylor August 5 New Orleans Hornets
Anderson Varejão August 19 Cleveland Cavaliers
Scott Williams September 28 Dallas Mavericks
Lucious Harris October 1 New Jersey Nets
Subtractions
Player DateNew team
Jason Kapono* June 22 Charlotte Bobcats
Carlos Boocrack July 29 Utah Jazz
Lee Nailon September 30 New Orleans Hornets

*Selected in expansion draft

Trades

June 23, 2004
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Sasha Pavlović		 To Charlotte Bobcats
Future 1st round pick
July 20, 2004
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Eric Snow		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Kedrick Brown and Kevin Ollie
July 23, 2004
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Drew Gooden, Anderson Varejão, and Steven Hunter		 To Orlando Magic
Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks

Draft picks

Main article: 2004 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 10 Luke Jackson Guard  United States Oregon

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 52 Senegal Diop, DeSagana 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Oak Hill Academy
PF 90 United States Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas
SG 12 United States Harris, Lucious 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Long Beach State
C 11 Lithuania Ilgauskas, Zydrunas 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Lithuania
SG 33 United States Jackson, Luke 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon
SF 23 United States James, LeBron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) St. Vincent-St. Mary's
PG 0 United States McInnis, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 179 lb (81 kg) North Carolina
SF 14 United States Newble, Ira 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (OH)
SG 3 Serbia Pavlović, Sasha 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Serbia
PG 20 United States Snow, Eric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State
F/C 32 United States Traylor, Robert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 290 lb (132 kg) Michigan
PF 17 Brazil Varejão, Anderson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Brazil
PG 2 United States Wagner, Dajuan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Memphis
G/F 44 Czech Republic Welsch, Jiří 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Czech Republic
F/C 47 United States Williams, Scott 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 54 28 .659 – 32–9 22–19 8–8
x-Chicago Bulls 47 35 .573 7 27–14 20–21 8–8
x-Indiana Pacers 44 38 .537 10 25–16 19–22 9–7
Cleveland Cavaliers 42 40 .512 12 29–12 13–28 7–9
Milwaukee Bucks 30 52 .366 24 23–18 7–34 8–8

Game log

2004–05 game log
Total: 42–40 (Home: 29–12; Road: 13–28)
November: 9–5 (Home: 6–1; Road: 3–4)
December : 8–7 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–5)
January : 9–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–4)
February : 5–7 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–5)
March : 6–9 (Home: 5–3; Road: 1–6)
April : 5–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–4)
2004–05 schedule

Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
DeSagana Diop 39 0 7.8 .290 .000 .000 1.8 .4 .21 .69 1.0
Drew Gooden 82 80 30.8 .492 .179 .810 9.2 1.6 .94 .93 14.4
Lucious Harris 73 4 15.5 .395 .323 .812 1.7 .7 .37 .08 4.3
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas 78 78 33.5 .468 .286 .799 8.6 1.3 .68 2.12 16.9
Luke Jackson 10 0 4.3 .370 .667 .833 .6 .3 .00 .00 2.9
LeBron James 80 80 42.4 .472 .351 .750 7.4 7.2 2.21 .65 27.2
Jeff McInnis 76 69 34.9 .412 .345 .813 2.1 5.1 .74 .01 12.8
Jérôme Moïso* 4 0 6.8 .600 .000 .000 1.8 .3 .25 .50 1.5
Ira Newble 74 69 24.8 .429 .358 .797 3.0 1.2 .68 .24 5.9
Aleksandar Pavlović 65 9 13.3 .435 .385 .688 1.1 .8 .45 .06 4.8
Eric Snow 81 15 22.8 .382 .289 .738 1.9 3.9 .83 .20 4.0
Robert Traylor 74 6 17.9 .444 .000 .539 4.5 .8 .73 .68 5.5
Anderson Varejão 54 0 16.0 .513 .000 .535 4.8 .5 .76 .70 4.9
Dajuan Wagner 11 0 9.3 .327 .192 .750 .2 1.2 .45 .00 4.0
Jiří Welsch* 16 0 12.0 .235 .182 .714 1.8 1.2 .31 .00 2.9
Scott Williams 19 0 8.0 .293 .000 .818 1.6 .4 .21 .32 1.7

* Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

References

  1. ↑ Lamond Murray and a future 2nd round pick traded to Toronto for Michael Stewart and a future 1st round pick http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/CAVS_OBTAIN_FIRSTROUND_PICK_A-53834-44.html
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