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The Cleveland Cavaliers, often known as Cleveland, is a professional American basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland is competing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the central section of the Eastern Conference League. The team began playing as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves. Home games were first held at the Cleveland Arena from 1970 to 1974, followed by the Richfield Theater Hall from 1974 to 1994. Since 1994, Cavs played home games at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in downtown Cleveland, shared with Wrestler Cleveland Arena. League Soccer and Cleveland Monsters Association of American Hockey. Dan Gilbert has owned the team since March 2005.
The Cavaliers opened their opening season with the loss of their first 15 games in their early years, no better than sixth in the Eastern Conference during their first five seasons. The team won their first Central Division title in 1976, which also saw their first winning season and appearance in the qualifying history in the franchise history, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. This franchise was purchased by Ted Steben in 1980. The Stepen period as an owner was marked by six changes in training, exchange projects, questionable decisions, and lack of assistance, resulting in financial losses of $ 15 million. Cleveland was 66-180 at the time and endured a series of 24 consecutive losses covering the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons.
George and Gordon Gand bought the franchise in 1983. During the second half of the 1980s and during most of the 1990s, Cleveland was a playoff rival, led by players such as Mark Price and Brad Dugerti, to the Eastern Conference finals in 1992. However, after qualifying appearances in the team In 1998, Cleveland had six consecutive losing seasons without a playoff. Cleveland got the best overall selection in the 2003 draft, and chose LeBron James. Behind James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers once again became a regular qualifier in 2005. They debuted at the NBA Finals in 2007 after winning the first Eastern Conference title in franchise history. After being unable to return to the NBA Finals in the next three seasons, James joined the Miami Heat in 2010. As a result, the Cavaliers finished the 2010-11 season the last time at the conference, enduring a series of defeats in 26 games. Respectively, as of 2017, it ranks the longest in NBA history for one season and the second overall. However, between 2010 and 2014, the team won the first choice in the NBA draw three times, the first in 2011, where they chose Kerry Irving, and again in 2013 and 2014.
