Английская Википедия:2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season

(Photo from 2016-17 season) Team captain forward LeBron James played his ninth season with Cleveland (and the second of his second stint). He was an All-Star for the twelfth time in his career, was named to the All-NBA First Team, and was named Finals MVP after leading the Cavaliers back from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors for the franchise's first NBA title.

The 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 46th season of the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA championship, the first NBA championship in franchise history. During the regular season, the Cavaliers had the third best team offensive rating and were tenth in team defensive rating in the NBA. During the playoffs, the Cavaliers had the best team offensive rating and were eighth in team defensive rating in the NBA.

In the playoffs, the Cavaliers swept the Detroit Pistons in four games in the first round, then swept the Atlanta Hawks in four games in the Semi-finals, before finally defeating the Toronto Raptors in six games in the Conference Finals to reach the NBA Finals for a second consecutive year. There, the Cavaliers faced off against the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the team that defeated them in the previous year's NBA Finals in six games, and were coming off of a record-breaking regular season, where the team posted a league-best 73–9 record.

The Cavaliers would go on to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals in seven games, coming back from a 3–1 series deficit to avenge their loss from the prior year. The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA Finals history to recover from a 3–1 series deficit and win.^[1] The Cavaliers' victory also marked the first championship win by a major professional sports team from Cleveland since 1964, ending a 52–year championship drought dating back to the 1964 NFL title won by the Cleveland Browns. The Cleveland Cavaliers would be the first NBA champion to represent the Central Division since the 2003–04 Detroit Pistons.

Regular season summary

The Cavaliers started the season strong and rose to the top of the Eastern Conference. However, despite having the best record in their conference, the team fired head coach David Blatt on January 22, 2016.^[2] Assistant coach Tyronn Lue took over for the remainder of the season.^[3] The Cavaliers finished the regular season with a 57–25 record and obtained the number one seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2010.^[4]

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Team captain guard Kyrie Irving played his fifth season with Cleveland and hit the go-ahead shot in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

Postseason summary

In the 2016 NBA Playoffs' first round, the Cleveland Cavaliers matched up against the 8th seed Detroit Pistons. In the first game of their series, Cleveland’s point guard Kyrie Irving led the way scoring 31 points and sealing a win for the Cavaliers, 106-101.^[5] The Cavs swept the rest of the series, winning 107-90 in Game 2, 101-91 in Game 3, and 100-98 in Game 4.^[6] Kyrie Irving was the top scorer of the series averaging 27.5 points per game,^[7] LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers in this series in assist and steals, averaging 6.8 assists and 1.8 steals,^[8] and big man Kevin Love led Cleveland in rebounds averaging 12 total rebounds per game.^[9] The Cavaliers were matched with the number four seed, Atlanta Hawks, for their second series in the 2015-2016 post-season. Similar to their last series, they swept their opponents 4-0.^[10] Lebron James led the way in scoring, averaging 24.3 points per game. He also led his team in assists and steals, averaging 7.8 assists and 3 steals per game.^[11] Kevin Love was the rebound leader for the series averaging 13 rebounds per game.^[12] The Cavaliers were now facing the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals. The series between the Raptors and the Cavaliers took 6 games to finish with Cleveland winning 4 to 2. This was the first time in their 2015-2016 playoff run that they lost a game.^[13] Lebron James led his team in all major stats against the Toronto Raptors. He averaged 26 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 6.7 assists in the 6 game series.^[14] The Cavaliers were off to face the Golden State Warriors in the NBA finals. They were considered huge underdogs because the Warriors had accomplished an incredible feat in the regular season, seventy-three wins and nine losses, the best record ever in the NBA.^[15]

The Cavaliers lost three of the first four games of the 2016 NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors, who had defeated Cleveland in the Finals the year before.^[16] The first two games were blowouts for Golden State, 104–89 and 110–77 respectively, combining for a total winning margin of 48. Cleveland would respond with a 120–90 blowout of their own to cut the series deficit to 2–1, but the Warriors would pull away late in Game 4 to take a decisive 3–1 series lead. In turn, the Cavaliers won Games 5 and 6 of the series to bring about a climactic Game 7 at Oracle Arena.^[17]

With Game 7 tied at 89–89, LeBron James chased down and blocked Andre Iguodala's attempted lay-up in a play that became known as "The Block."^[18]^[19] The Cavaliers ultimately won Game 7, 93–89, for the first NBA championship in franchise history.^[17] Until then, no team had recovered from a 3–1 deficit in an NBA Finals series.^[1] James was named the unanimous NBA Finals MVP, receiving the award for the third time in his career.^[18]

This win ended a fifty-two year championship run in the city of Cleveland, with the last championship that any sports team had won there being 1964 when the Cleveland Browns won an NFL season.^[20] When the game ended, it was visible the sense of relief that the players felt. Lebron James was the star of the show, and he could not hold his tears back. When he finally got the strength to stand up, the only thing that he was able to say was, "Cleveland, this is for you," as the Oracle Arena blasted with cheers from Cleveland fans.^[21] Not only was this a monumental win for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it also cemented Lebron James as one of the all-time greats of the NBA.^[22] Prior to this ring, he had only won with the Miami Heat. The win in Cleveland was undoubtedly one of the best basketball performances the NBA has ever seen.^[23]

Draft picks

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club team
1	24	Tyus Jones	PG	Шаблон:USA	Duke
2	53	Sir'Dominic Pointer	SG / SF	Шаблон:USA	St. John's

Roster

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Player statistics

Шаблон:NBA roster statistics legend

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FT%	3FG%	STL	BLK	AST	REB	PTS
LeBron James	76	76	35.6	52.0%	73.1%	30.9%	1.4	.60	6.8	7.4	25.3
Kyrie Irving	53	53	31.5	44.8%	88.5%	32.1%	1.1	.30	4.7	3.0	19.6
Kevin Love	77	77	31.5	41.9%	82.2%	36.0%	.80	.50	2.4	9.9	16.0
J.R. Smith	77	77	30.7	41.5%	63.4%	40.0%	1.1	.30	1.7	2.8	12.4
Tristan Thompson	82	34	27.7	58.8%	61.6%	0%	.50	.60	.6	9.0	7.8
Matthew Dellavedova	76	14	24.6	40.5%	86.4%	41.0%	.60	.10	4.4	2.1	7.5
Iman Shumpert	54	5	24.4	37.4%	78.4%	29.5%	1.0	.40	1.7	3.8	5.8
Mo Williams	41	14	18.2	43.7%	90.5%	35.3%	.30	.10	2.4	1.9	8.2
Richard Jefferson	74	5	17.9	45.8%	66.7%	38.2%	.40	.20	.8	1.7	5.5
Timofey Mozgov	76	48	17.4	56.5%	71.6%	14.3%	.30	.80	.4	4.4	6.3
Channing Frye	26	3	17.2	44.1%	78.6%	37.7%	.30	.30	1.0	3.6	7.5
Anderson Varejao	31	0	10.0	42.1%	76.2%	0%	.40	.20	.6	2.9	2.6
James Jones	48	0	9.6	40.8%	80.8%	39.4%	.20	.20	.3	1.0	3.7
Jared Cunningham	40	3	8.9	35.2%	62.5%	31.3%	.30	.10	.5	0.7	2.6
Jordan McRae	15	1	7.5	44.2%	69.2%	63.6%	.00	.10	1.0	0.8	4.1
Sasha Kaun	25	0	3.8	52.9%	45.5%	0%	.20	.20	.10	1.0	0.9
Joe Harris	5	0	3.0	25.0%	0%	25.0%	.00	.00	0.4	.6	0.6

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Standings

Шаблон:2015–16 NBA East standings

Шаблон:2015–16 NBA Central standings

Preseason

Regular season game log

Playoffs

Game log

Transactions

Trades

June 25, 2015	To Cleveland Cavaliers^[25] Rakeem Christmas Cedi Osman 2019 Second Round Pick	To Minnesota Timberwolves Tyus Jones
July 23, 2015	To Cleveland Cavaliers^[26] 2019 Second Round Pick	To Indiana Pacers Rakeem Christmas
July 27, 2015	To Cleveland Cavaliers^[27] Two Trade Exceptions	To Portland Trail Blazers Mike Miller Brendan Haywood 2019 & 2020 Second Round Pick
January 12, 2016	To Cleveland Cavaliers^[28] 2020 Second Round Pick	To Orlando Magic Joe Harris 2017 Second Round Pick
February 18, 2016	To Cleveland Cavaliers^[29] Second Round Pick	To Portland Trail Blazers Anderson Varejão Шаблон:Ref First Round Pick
February 18, 2016	To Cleveland Cavaliers^[29] Channing Frye	To Orlando Magic Jared Cunningham Second Round Pick

Free agents

Re-signed

style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Player	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Signed	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Former Team
Iman Shumpert^[30]	Signed 4-year contract worth $40 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
Kevin Love^[31]	Signed 5-year contract worth $110 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James^[32]	Signed 2-year contract worth $47.9 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
James Jones^[33]	Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
Matthew Dellavedova^[34]	Signed 1-year contract worth $1.2 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
J. R. Smith^[35]	Signed 2-year contract worth $10 million	Cleveland Cavaliers
Tristan Thompson^[36]	Signed 5-year contract worth $82 million	Cleveland Cavaliers

Additions

style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Player	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Signed	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Former Team
Mo Williams^[37]	Signed 2-year contract worth $4 million	Charlotte Hornets
Richard Jefferson^[38]	Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million	Dallas Mavericks
Sasha Kaun^[39]	Signed 2-year contract	CSKA Moscow
Jordan McRae	Signed 2-year contract	Delaware 87ers / Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Player	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| Reason Left	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="10%"\| New Team
Shawn Marion^[40]	Retired	Шаблон:N/A (Retired)
Kendrick Perkins^[41]	Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million	New Orleans Pelicans
David Blatt (Head coach)^[42]	Fired	Darüşşafaka Doğuş

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="5%" \| Recipient	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="9%" \| Award	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="5%" \| Date awarded	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell" width="1%" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	November 23, 2015	^[43]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	January 11, 2016	^[44]
LeBron James	NBA All-Star starter (12th appearance)	January 21, 2016	^[45]
Tyronn Lue	NBA All-Star Game head coach	January 27, 2016	^[46]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Month (February)	March 3, 2016	^[47]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	March 7, 2016	^[48]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	March 28, 2016	^[49]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	April 4, 2016	^[50]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Month (March)	April 5, 2016	^[51]
LeBron James	Eastern Conference Player of the Month (April)	April 15, 2016	^[52]
LeBron James	All-NBA First Team	May 26, 2016	^[53]
LeBron James	NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award	June 19, 2016	^[54]
LeBron James	Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year	December 1, 2016	^[55]
LeBron James	Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year	December 27, 2016	^[56]

Records

JR Smith set franchise records in:
- Three-point field goals in a season: (204)
- Three-point field goal attempts in a season: (510)
- Turnover percentage in a season: (6.3%)
- Three-point field goals in a postseason: (65)
Tristan Thompson set a franchise record in:
- Offensive rating in a season: (129.8)

Milestones

On March 29, Tristan Thompson broke the franchise record of consecutive games with the Cavs, appearing in his 362nd consecutive game.
The Cavs finished the season first in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2010.
The Cavs finished first in the Central Division for the second straight season.
The Cavs became the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3–1 deficit and win the NBA Finals.
The Cavs won the 2016 NBA Finals, ending the city's 52-year championship drought.
LeBron James famously blocked Andre Iguodala in Game 7. This has been called one of the best plays of his career.
LeBron James became the third player in NBA history to record a triple-double in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
James also became the first player in NBA history to lead both NBA Finals teams in all five statistical categories for the round.

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Notes

1. Шаблон:Note Varejão never played a single game for Portland.

External links

What Will 2015-2016 Look Like for the Cavaliers

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