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. 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. LeBron James was the team's leading scorer and was named as an All-Star starter.

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.

Offseason

Free Agents

**Additions**
Player	Date	Former 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	Date	New team
Jason Kapono^*	June 22	Charlotte Bobcats
Carlos Boozer	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

2nd round pick (#39) traded to Toronto in Michael Stewart deal.^[1] Used to draft Albert Miralles who was then traded to Miami.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
6.0 !C	52	SEN !	Diop, DeSagana	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Oak Hill Academy
4.5 !PF	90	USA !	Gooden, Drew	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Kansas
2.0 !SG	12	USA !	Harris, Lucious	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Long Beach State
6.0 !C	11	LTU !	Ilgauskas, Zydrunas	7000220980000000000♠7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Lithuania
2.0 !SG	33	USA !	Jackson, Luke	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oregon
3.0 !SF	23	USA !	James, LeBron	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	St. Vincent-St. Mary's
1.0 !PG	0	USA !	McInnis, Jeff	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	North Carolina
5.5 !F/C	6	FRA !	Moiso, Jerome	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	UCLA
3.0 !SF	14	USA !	Newble, Ira	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Miami (OH)
2.0 !SG	3	Serbia !	Pavlović, Sasha	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Serbia
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Snow, Eric	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Michigan State
5.5 !F/C	32	USA !	Traylor, Robert	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	Michigan
4.5 !PF	17	BRA !	Varejão, Anderson	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Brazil
1.0 !PG	2	USA !	Wagner, Dajuan	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Memphis
2.5 !G/F	44	CZE !	Welsch, Jiří	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Czech Republic
5.5 !F/C	47	USA !	Williams, Scott	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina

Head coach

Brendan Malone (Iona)

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)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 9, 2004	@ Atlanta	W 93–79	Ilgauskas (27)			Phillips Arena 19,624	1–3

December : 8–7 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
28	December 28, 2004	@ Atlanta	W 111–102	James (40)			Phillips Arena 19,445	17–11

January : 9–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 5, 2005	Atlanta	W 101–85	Ilgauskas (28)			Gund Arena 17,881	19–12

February : 5–7 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
50	February 16, 2005	Atlanta	W 111–89	James (28)			Gund Arena 20,562	30–20

March : 6–9 (Home: 5–3; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April : 5–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–4)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

2004–05 season 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
Diop, DeSagana !DeSagana Diop	39	0	7.8	.290	.000	.000	1.8	.4	.21	.69	1.0
Gooden, Drew !Drew Gooden	82	80	30.8	.492	.179	.810	9.2	1.6	.94	.93	14.4
Harris, Lucious !Lucious Harris	73	4	15.5	.395	.323	.812	1.7	.7	.37	.08	4.3
Ilgauskas, Zydrunas !Žydrūnas Ilgauskas	78	78	33.5	.468	.286	.799	8.6	1.3	.68	2.12	16.9
Jackson, Luke !Luke Jackson	10	0	4.3	.370	.667	.833	.6	.3	.00	.00	2.9
James, LeBron !LeBron James	80	80	42.4	.472	.351	.750	7.4	7.2	2.21	.65	27.2
McInnis, Jeff !Jeff McInnis	76	69	34.9	.412	.345	.813	2.1	5.1	.74	.01	12.8
Moiso, Jerome !Jérôme Moïso*	4	0	6.8	.600	.000	.000	1.8	.3	.25	.50	1.5
Newble, Ira !Ira Newble	74	69	24.8	.429	.358	.797	3.0	1.2	.68	.24	5.9
Pavlović, Aleksandar !Aleksandar Pavlović	65	9	13.3	.435	.385	.688	1.1	.8	.45	.06	4.8
Snow, Eric !Eric Snow	81	15	22.8	.382	.289	.738	1.9	3.9	.83	.20	4.0
Traylor, Robert !Robert Traylor	74	6	17.9	.444	.000	.539	4.5	.8	.73	.68	5.5
Varejão, Anderson !Anderson Varejão	54	0	16.0	.513	.000	.535	4.8	.5	.76	.70	4.9
Wagner, Dajuan !Dajuan Wagner	11	0	9.3	.327	.192	.750	.2	1.2	.45	.00	4.0
Welsch, Jiri !Jiří Welsch*	16	0	12.0	.235	.182	.714	1.8	1.2	.31	.00	2.9
Williams, Scott !Scott Williams	19	0	8.0	.293	.000	.818	1.6	.4	.21	.32	1.7

* Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

References

↑ 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

Cleveland Cavaliers

Founded in 1970 Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise	Franchise History 1970 Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Cleveland Arena Richfield Coliseum Quicken Loans Arena

Culture and lore	"Cleveland Rocks" Cleveland sports curse Joe Tait Ted Stepien Rule The Decision The Miracle of Richfield The Shot

Key personnel	Owner: Dan Gilbert General manager: David Griffin Head coach: Tyronn Lue

Playoff appearances (19)	1976 1977 1978 1985 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2015

Central Division titles (4)	1976 2009 2010 2015

Eastern Conference titles (2)	2007 2015

Retired numbers	7 11 22 25 34 42 43

Hall of Fame inductees	Wayne Embry Nate Thurmond Lenny Wilkens

D-League affiliate	Canton Charge

Media	Broadcasters Radio: WTAM WMMS Cavaliers Radio Network WLFM-LP TV: Fox Sports Ohio

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2004–05 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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