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2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = Cleveland Cavaliers

| end_year = 2005

| wins = 42

| losses = 40

| division = Central

| division_place = 4

| conf_place = 9

| coach =

| gm = Jim Paxson

| president = Jim Paxson

| owners =

| arena = Gund Arena

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = CLE

| television =

| radio = WTAM

}}

The 2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 35th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in Cleveland, Ohio.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2005.html 2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers] During the offseason, the Cavaliers acquired Drew Gooden from the Orlando Magic, and Eric Snow from the Philadelphia 76ers. In his second season, expectations were high for LeBron James as the Cavaliers hoped for a playoff berth. 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 along with Zydrunas Ilgauskas. However, as March began, the Cavaliers were unable to upgrade at the trading deadline as the team went on a six-game losing streak. Head coach Paul Silas was fired and replaced by interim Brendan Malone. LeBron was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and finished in sixth place in MVP voting.

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 #8 seed in the Eastern Conference to the New Jersey Nets. This was the seventh straight year that the Cavs missed the playoffs. Despite their collapse, James had an outstanding sophomore season averaging 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. This was the last time that LeBron missed the playoffs until his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2019.

Key dates:

  • On June 24, the 2004 NBA draft, took place in New York City, New York.
  • In July, the free agency period began.
  • On September 15, the Cavaliers named Brendan Malone assistant coach.
  • On October 14, the Cavaliers' preseason began with a 94–102 loss to Memphis.
  • On November 3, the Cavaliers' regular season began with a 104–109 2OT loss to Indiana.
  • On March 21, head coach Paul Silas was fired and Brendan Malone was named interim head coach. Mike Bratz and Wes Wilcox were added to Malone's staff as assistants.
  • On April 20, the Cavaliers' season ended in a 104–95 win over the Toronto Raptors.
  • On April 21, Jim Paxson was fired as President of Basketball Operations and general manager.

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Offseason

=Free agents=

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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Additions

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| style="width:130px"|Player

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| Robert Traylor

August 5New Orleans Hornets
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| Anderson Varejão

August 19Cleveland Cavaliers
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| Scott Williams

September 28Dallas Mavericks
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| Lucious Harris

October 1New Jersey Nets
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|+ Subtractions

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| style="width:130px"|Player

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| Jason Kapono*

June 22Charlotte Bobcats
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| Carlos Boozer

July 29Utah Jazz
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| Lee Nailon

September 30New Orleans Hornets
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|}*Selected in expansion draft

=Trades=

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| style="width:110px" | June 23, 2004

| style="width:210px" valign="top"| To Cleveland Cavaliers

Sasha Pavlović

| style="width:250px" valign="top"| To Charlotte Bobcats

Future 1st round pick

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| style="width:110px" | July 20, 2004

| style="width:210px" valign="top"| To Cleveland Cavaliers

Eric Snow

| style="width:250px" valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers

Kedrick Brown and Kevin Ollie

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| style="width:110px" | July 23, 2004

| style="width:210px" valign="top"| To Cleveland Cavaliers

Drew Gooden, Anderson Varejão, and Steven Hunter

| style="width:250px" valign="top"| To Orlando Magic

Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks

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Draft picks

{{main|2004 NBA draft}}

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! style="background:#860038;color:#FFFFFF;" width="8%"| Round

! style="background:#860038;color:#FFFFFF;" width="8%"| Pick

! style="background:#860038;color:#FFFFFF;" width="25%"| Player

! style="background:#860038;color:#FFFFFF;" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#860038;color:#FFFFFF;" width="20%"| Nationality

! style="background:#860038;color:#FFFFFF;" width="35%"| School/Club Team

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| 1

| 10

| Luke Jackson

| Guard

| {{USA}}

| Oregon

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  • 2nd round pick (#39) traded to Toronto in Michael Stewart deal.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 Used to draft Albert Miralles who was then traded to Miami.

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Cleveland Cavaliers|season=2004–05

| bg1 = #860038 | color1 = #FFFFFF | bg2 = #BC945C | color2 = #041E42}}

{{player2 | num = 52 | first = DeSagana | last = Diop | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 300 | DOB = 1982-01-30 | school = Oak Hill Academy}}

{{player2 | num = 90 | first = Drew | last = Gooden | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 250 | DOB = 1981-09-24 | college = Kansas}}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Lucious | last = Harris | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1970-12-18 | college = Long Beach State}}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Zydrunas | last = Ilgauskas | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 3 | lbs = 260 | DOB = 1975-06-05 | from = Lithuania}}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Luke | last = Jackson | dab = basketball, born 1981 | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 215 | DOB = 1981-11-06 | college = Oregon}}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = LeBron | last = James | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 240 | DOB = 1984-12-30 | college = St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)}}

{{player2 | num = 0 | first = Jeff | last = McInnis | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 179 | DOB = 1974-10-22 | college = North Carolina}}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Ira | last = Newble | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1975-01-20 | college = Miami (OH)}}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Sasha | last = Pavlović | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1983-11-15 | from = Serbia}}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Eric | last = Snow | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1973-04-24 | college = Michigan State}}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Robert | last = Traylor | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 290 | DOB = 1977-02-01 | college = Michigan}}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Anderson | last = Varejão | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 240 | DOB = 1982-09-28 | from = Brazil}}

{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Dajuan | last = Wagner | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 200 | DOB = 1983-02-04 | college = Memphis}}

{{player2 | num = 44 | first = Jiří | last = Welsch | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 210 | DOB = 1980-01-27 | from = Czech Republic}}

{{player2 | num = 47 | first = Scott | last = Williams | dab = basketball | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 230 | DOB = 1968-03-21 | college = North Carolina}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

| roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2005.html

| accessdate = February 24, 2005

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{2004–05 NBA Central standings|team=CLE}}

{{2004–05 NBA East standings|team=CLE}}

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
colspan=31|2004-05 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#253E6A;color:#DF5106;width=35"|CHA

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#9F1F32;color:#001D43;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#0055BA;color:#898D8F;width=35"|DAL

!style="background:#4C92CC;color:#FDB827;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#006BB7;color:#ED164B;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#072E63;color:#DC5A34;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#D31145;color:#CBD4D8;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#F9160D;color:#1A2E8B;width=35"|LAC

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#00265B;color:#BAD1EB;width=35"|MEM

!style="background:#000000;color:#8B0000;width=35"|MIA

!style="background:#00471B;color:#5C378A;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#044D80;color:#000000;width=35"|MIN

!style="background:#12305B;color:#C4CED4;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#0093B1;color:#FDB827;width=35"|NOH

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#000000;width=35"|ORL

!style="background:#000000;color:#BB9754;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#6846A8;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|SAC

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"|SEA

!style="background:#7436BF;color:#BE0F34;width=35"|TOR

!style="background:#042A5C;color:#4C8ECC;width=35"|UTA

!style="background:#044D7D;color:#BC7A44;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta–1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
style="text-align:left;" | Boston3–1–4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
style="text-align:left;" | Charlotte3–10–4–0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago4–02–24–0–2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland4–02–14–02–2–1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
style="text-align:left;" | Dallas1–12–02–01–11–1–2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
style="text-align:left;" | Denver2–02–01–11–11–11–2–1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1–2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2–1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Houston1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1–1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1–0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Clippers2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0–2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | L.A. Lakers1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2–0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
style="text-align:left;" | Memphis2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0–1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
style="text-align:left;" | Miami4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1–4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4–1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
style="text-align:left;" | Minnesota1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1–2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2–2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
style="text-align:left;" | New Orleans1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2–1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | New York3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1–1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
style="text-align:left;" | Orlando3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1–2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2–0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0–3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
style="text-align:left;" | Portland2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3–1–31–21–31–12–20–2
style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1–1–31–31–12–12–0
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1–2–21–12–21–1
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2–2–03–10–2
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2–2–01–3
style="text-align:left;" | Utah2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2–0–2
style="text-align:left;" | Washington4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Game log

{{NBA game log start|Cleveland Cavaliers|end_year=2005|record=Total: 42–40 (Home: 29–12; Road: 13–28)}}

{{NBA game log section|Cleveland Cavaliers|November|first=yes

| home_wins = 6

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 4

}}

{{NBA game log section|Cleveland Cavaliers|December

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 5

}}

{{NBA game log section|Cleveland Cavaliers|January

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 4

}}

{{NBA game log section|Cleveland Cavaliers|February

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 5

}}

{{NBA game log section|Cleveland Cavaliers|March

| home_wins = 5

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 6

}}

{{NBA game log section|Cleveland Cavaliers|April

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 3

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 4

}}

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=CLE|end_year=2005}}

Player stats

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

= Regular season =

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! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|GP

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|GS

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|MPG

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|FG%

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|3P%

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|FT%

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|RPG

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|APG

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|SPG

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|BPG

! style="background:#9D2235; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#8C714C 3px solid; border-bottom:#8C714C 3px solid;"|PPG

{{sort|Diop, DeSagana|DeSagana Diop}}

| 39

07.8.290.000.0001.8.4.21.691.0
{{sort|Gooden, Drew|Drew Gooden}}

| style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 82

style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 8030.8.492.179.810style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 9.21.6.94.9314.4
{{sort|Harris, Lucious|Lucious Harris}}

| 73

415.5.395.323.8121.7.7.37.084.3
{{sort|Ilgauskas, Zydrunas|Žydrūnas Ilgauskas}}

| 78

7833.5.468.286.7998.61.3.68style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 2.1216.9
{{sort|Jackson, Luke|Luke Jackson}}

| 10

04.3.370style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | .667style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | .833.6.3.00.002.9
{{sort|James, LeBron|LeBron James}}

| 80

style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 80style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 42.4.472.351.7507.4style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 7.2style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 2.21.65style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | 27.2
{{sort|McInnis, Jeff|Jeff McInnis}}

| 76

6934.9.412.345.8132.15.1.74.0112.8
{{sort|Moiso, Jerome|Jérôme Moïso*}}

| 4

06.8style="background:#3a374d;color:white;" | .600.000.0001.8.3.25.501.5
{{sort|Newble, Ira|Ira Newble}}

| 74

6924.8.429.358.7973.01.2.68.245.9
{{sort|Pavlović, Aleksandar|Aleksandar Pavlović}}

| 65

913.3.435.385.6881.1.8.45.064.8
{{sort|Snow, Eric|Eric Snow}}

| 81

1522.8.382.289.7381.93.9.83.204.0
{{sort|Traylor, Robert|Robert Traylor}}

| 74

617.9.444.000.5394.5.8.73.685.5
{{sort|Varejão, Anderson|Anderson Varejão}}

| 54

016.0.513.000.5354.8.5.76.704.9
{{sort|Wagner, Dajuan|Dajuan Wagner}}

| 11

09.3.327.192.750.21.2.45.004.0
{{sort|Welsch, Jiri|Jiří Welsch*}}

| 16

012.0.235.182.7141.81.2.31.002.9
{{sort|Williams, Scott|Scott Williams}}

| 19

08.0.293.000.8181.6.4.21.321.7

* Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

Awards and records

=Awards=

=Records=

=Milestones=

=All-Star=

LeBron James voted as a starter for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. He appeared for the first time in the All-Star Game.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas - 2005 NBA All-Star Game

Transactions

=Trades=

=Free agents=

=Development League=

References

{{reflist}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060226091253/http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CLE&lg=N&yr=2004 Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball]
  • [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2005.html Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091217121409/http://www.nba.com/media/cavaliers/200506_200405_season.pdf 2004-05 Season Media Guide]

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