Cleveland Cavaliers Nba Finals History. The 2016 nba finals was the championship series of the national basketball association nba 2015 16 season and conclusion of the 2016 playoffs the eastern conference champion cleveland cavaliers defeated the defending nba champion and western conference champion golden state warriors 4 3 in a rematch of the 2015 nba finals the cavaliers became the fourth team to win the championship after. Have the cleveland cavaliers gone by any other names.
No the cleveland cavaliers have been known by that name since 1971. It was also cleveland s first championship in major professional sports since the 1964 browns signaling the end of the so called cleveland sports curse. This list summarizes the team s season by season records including post season and includes select season end awards won by the team s players and or coaches.
They ve been in the playoffs a total of 22 times in their 50 seasons.
Supporters preferred it to jays foresters and presidents. Cleveland ohio team name. 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. Conference semi finals conference finals nba finals.