The

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was the 34th season of the

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Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...

. In the years following their 1998 first-round playoff loss to the

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, the Cavaliers dropped to the bottom of the league and became a perennial entrant in the annual

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. The franchise's freefall bottomed out during the 2002–03 season, as the Cavs fell to a 17–65 record, tied with the

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for the league's worst. However, the fortunes of the franchise shifted dramatically in May 2003, when the Cavs won the first overall pick in the draft lottery. The Cavaliers selected high school phenom

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from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in nearby

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, providing the team with a centerpiece player around which to build. The Cavaliers revised their look for the 2003–04 season, introducing a new logo and a variation on the wine and gold color scheme used by the club during the 1970s. Dark blue was also added as a trim color. Both the logo and uniforms lasted until 2010 during James' first stint in Cleveland before leaving the team to join the

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. He had controversially announced his departure from Cleveland in a nationally televised special on July 8, 2010. The team made major moves during the season, trading Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart and a second-round draft pick to the

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in exchange for

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, Tony Battie, and Kedrick Brown. Later, Darius Miles was traded to the

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for Jeff McInnis and Ruben Boumtje Boumtje. The Cavaliers lost their first five games of the season, leading them to an awful 6–19 start. However, they played .500 basketball for the remainder of the season, finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 35–47 record. They fell just one game short of making the

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. James was named Rookie of the Year and selected to the All-Rookie First Team. Following the season, second-year forward Carlos Boozer signed as a free agent with the

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Offseason

Despite James being with Cleveland for the first season, Cleveland still did not make the playoffs, still needing improvement.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

* Facing the

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in his first NBA game, LeBron James recorded 25 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals and

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60% from the field.basketball-reference.com
James 2003-04 Game Log
accessed April 27, 2007. After recording a season-high 41 points against the

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, James became the youngest player in league history to score 40 points in a game. He averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 assists, and 5.5 rebounds per game for the season,nba.com
LeBron James: Player Info Page
, accessed April 27, 2007. and was named Rookie of the Year; becoming the first Cavalier and youngest NBA player to ever receive the award. He joined

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and

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as the only three players in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game in their rookie season.nba.com
LeBron James: NBA Bio
, accessed April 27, 2007. The Cavaliers improved by 18 wins and concluded the regular season with a 35–47 record, but failed to make the playoffs.basketball-reference.com
2003-04 Cleveland Cavaliers
accessed April 27, 2007.

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

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(25) , Carlos Boozer (11) , LeBron James (9) , ARCO Arena
17,317 , 0–1 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , October 30 , @ Phoenix , , Ricky Davis (22) , Carlos Boozer (14) , LeBron James (8) , America West Arena
18,422 , 0–2 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , November 1 , @ Portland , , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (21) , Carlos Boozer (9) , Ricky Davis (7) ,

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20,610 , 0–3 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , November 5 ,

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(7) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 0–4 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , November 7 , @

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, , LeBron James (23) , Ricky Davis (12) , Ricky Davis (10) , Conseco Fieldhouse
18,345 , 0–5 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , November 8 , Washington , , Miles, Davis (26) , James, Davis, Boozer (8) , LeBron James (9) , Gund Arena
17,706 , 1–5 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 7 , November 10 ,

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, , Chris Mihm (19) , Carlos Boozer (8) , Ricky Davis (8) , Gund Arena
16,422 , 2–5 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 8 , November 12 , @

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, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (20) , Carlos Boozer (16) , LeBron James (7) , American Airlines Arena
15,329 , 2–6 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 9 , November 14 , @

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, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (22) , Carlos Boozer (11) , Ricky Davis (6) , FleetCenter
18,624 , 2–7 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 10 , November 15 ,

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, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (28) , Carlos Boozer (15) , LeBron James (8) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 3–7 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 11 , November 18 , L.A. Clippers , , Ricky Davis (27) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) , LeBron James (8) , Gund Arena
16,176 , 4–7 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 12 , November 19 , @ Washington , , LeBron James (28) , Chris Mihm (12) , James, Ollie (8) ,

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19,705 , 4–8 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 13 , November 21 ,

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, , LeBron James (19) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) , Ricky Davis (6) , Gund Arena
19,269 , 4–9 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 14 , November 22 , @

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, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (21) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) , Ricky Davis (6) ,

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19,445 , 4–10 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 15 , November 26 , @

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, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (20) , James, Mihm (8) , LeBron James (9) , New Orleans Arena
16,410 , 4–11 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 16 , November 28 , @

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, , Ricky Davis (25) , Chris Mihm (13) , LeBron James (7) , The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076 , 4–12 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 17 , November 29 , Memphis , , LeBron James (33) , LeBron James (16) , James, Davis (7) , Gund Arena
18,102 , 4–13 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 18 , December 2 , @

, ,

(19) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) , Davis, James (5) ,

Pepsi Center Ball Arena (formerly known as the Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Int ...

19,610 , 4–14 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 19 , December 3 , @ L.A. Clippers , , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) , Carlos Boozer (21) , LeBron James (8) ,

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17,445 , 4–15 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 20 , December 6 ,

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (19) , Carlos Boozer (10) , LeBron James (5) , Gund Arena
17,390 , 5–15 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 21 , December 9 ,

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, , LeBron James (18) , Ira Newble (10) , Ricky Davis (6) , Gund Arena
16,139 , 5–16 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 22 , December 11 ,

, , Carlos Boozer (28) , Chris Mihm (10) , LeBron James (9) , Gund Arena
15,115 , 6–16 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 23 , December 13 ,

, , LeBron James (37) , Carlos Boozer (15) , Ricky Davis (8) , Gund Arena
17,353 , 6–17 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 24 , December 15 , @

, , LeBron James (27) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (7) , LeBron James (6) , Conseco Fieldhouse
14,951 , 6–18 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 25 , December 17 ,

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, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (19) , Carlos Boozer (11) , Kevin Ollie (6) , Gund Arena
14,567 , 6–19 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 26 , December 19 , @

, , LeBron James (36) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) , Kevin Ollie (12) , Wachovia Center
20,761 , 7–19 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 27 , December 20 , @

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, , LeBron James (32) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) , LeBron James (10) ,

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22,282 , 8–19 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 28 , December 23 ,

, , LeBron James (22) , Carlos Boozer (14) , J. R. Bremer (4) , Gund Arena
16,609 , 9–19 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 29 , December 25 , @

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, , LeBron James (34) , Carlos Boozer (19) , LeBron James (6) , TD Waterhouse Centre
17,283 , 9–20 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 30 , December 26 , Chicago , , LeBron James (18) , Carlos Boozer (14) , Darius Miles (5) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 9–21 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 31 , December 28 , Portland , , LeBron James (32) , Carlos Boozer (13) , LeBron James (9) , Gund Arena
18,109 , 10–21 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 32 , December 30 , Indiana , , LeBron James (22) , Carlos Boozer (11) , Carlos Boozer (6) , Gund Arena
18,648 , 10–22 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 33 , January 2 , @

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, , Carlos Boozer (16) , Carlos Boozer (13) ,

(9) ,

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19,968 , 10–23 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 34 , January 6 ,

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) , Tony Battie (8) , LeBron James (10) , Gund Arena
15,277 , 11–23 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 35 , January 7 , @

, , LeBron James (21) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) , LeBron James (5) , Air Canada Centre
19,874 , 11–24 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 36 , January 9 , @

, , LeBron James (19) , Tony Battie (13) , LeBrob James (6) , FleetCenter
18,624 , 11–25 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 37 , January 12 , @ L.A. Lakers , , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (19) , Carlos Boozer (12) , LeBron James (7) ,

18,997 , 11–26 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 38 , January 13 , @

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, , LeBron James (27) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) , LeBron James (9) , KeyArena
17,072 , 12–26 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 39 , January 15 , @ Golden State , , LeBron James (29) , Carlos Boozer (10) , LeBron James (6) , The Arena in Oakland
19,602 , 12–27 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 40 , January 17 , @

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, , Carlos Boozer (32) , Carlos Boozer (18) ,

(5) , Delta Center
19,622 , 13–27 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 41 , January 20 , Seattle , , Carlos Boozer (32) , Carlos Boozer (20) , Carlos Boozer (4) , Gund Arena
14,048 , 14–27 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 42 , January 22 ,

, , Dajuan Wagner (20) , Carlos Boozer (11) , Kevin Ollie (9) , Gund Arena
17,720 , 14–28 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 43 , January 24 ,

, , Eric Williams (20) , Carlos Boozer (15) , Jeff McInnis (6) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 15–28 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 44 , January 26 ,

, , Carlos Boozer (23) , Carlos Boozer (16) , Jeff McInnis (7) , Gund Arena
14,382 , 16–28 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 45 , January 28 ,

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (30) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) , Jeff McInnis (8) , Gund Arena
14,433 , 17–28 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 46 , January 30 , @

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, , LeBron James (20) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) , Jeff McInnis (5) , Bradley Center
18,717 , 17–29 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 47 , February 1 , @ Washington , ,

(38) , Carlos Boozer (14) , Jeff McInnis (9) ,

15,541 , 18–29 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 48 , February 3 , @

, , Carlos Booxer (21) , Carlos Boozer (15) , LeBron James (6) , The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076 , 19–29 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 49 , February 4 , L.A. Lakers , , LeBron James (32) , Carlos Boozer (16) , Carlos Boozer (7) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 19–30 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 50 , February 6 , @

, , Jeff McInnis (21) , James, Boozer (9) , James, McInnis (5) ,

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19,212 , 19–31 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 51 , February 7 , Washington , , Carlos Boozer (19) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) , LeBron James (6) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 19–32 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 52 , February 9 ,

, , LeBron James (24) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (16) , Jeff McInnis (9) , Gund Arena
15,146 , 20–32 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 53 , February 11 ,

, ,

(14) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) , McInnis, James (5) , Gund Arena
15,074 , 20–33 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 54 , February 18 ,

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, , Carlos Boozer (24) , Carlos Boozer (14) , LeBron James (9) , Gund Arena
18,349 , 20–34 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 55 , February 20 ,

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, , LeBron James (32) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) , Jeff McInnis (8) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 21–34 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 56 , February 22 , @

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (31) , Carlos Boozer (17) , Jeff McInnis (4) ,

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19,763 , 22–34 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 57 , February 23 ,

, , Carlos Boozer (24) , Carlos Boozer (9) , Jeff McInnis (9) , Gund Arena
17,093 , 23–34 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 58 , February 25 , @

, , McInnins, Ilgauskas (17) , Carlos Boozer (18) , Jeff McInnis (10) , Toyota Center
18,184 , 23–35 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 59 , February 27 , @

, , LeBron James (30) , Carlos Boozer (16) , Jeff McInnis (10) , TD Waterhouse Centre
17,283 , 24–35 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 60 , March 1 , @

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (19) , Carlos Boozer (13) , Jeff McInnis (6) ,

19,203 , 24–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 61 , March 3 ,

, ,

(24) , Carlos Boozer (15) , Jeff McInnis (9) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 25–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 62 , March 5 , @

, , LeBron James (19) ,

(11) , Jeff McInnis (11) , New Orleans Arena
17,795 , 26–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 63 , March 6 ,

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (29) , Carlos Boozer (13) , Jeff McInnis (12) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 27–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 64 , March 8 , @ Atlanta , , LeBron James (34) , Carlos Boozer (11) , Jeff McInnis (10) ,

14,050 , 28–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 65 , March 10 , @

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (30) , Carlos Boozer (13) , Jeff McInnis (7) , Air Canada Centre
17,459 , 29–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 66 , March 14 ,

, , LeBron James (26) , Boozer, Ilgauskas (9) , Jeff McInnis (10) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 30–36 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 67 , March 16 , Chicago , , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) , LeBron James (8) , Gund Arena
17,776 , 31–36 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 68 , March 19 ,

, , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) , Carlos Boozer (13) , LeBron James (7) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 31–37 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 69 , March 21 ,

, , Carlos Boozer (21) , Carlos Boozer (17) , Kevin Ollie (8) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 31–38 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 70 , March 23 , Phoenix , , LeBron James (25) , Carlos Boozer (14) , LeBron James (6) , Gund Arena
19,024 , 31–39 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 71 , March 26 , @

, , LeBron James (16) , Carlos Boozer (11) , LeBron James (7) , Wachovia Center
20,804 , 31–40 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 72 , March 27 ,

, , LeBron James (41) , Carlos Boozer (11) , LeBron James (13) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 32–40 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 73 , March 29 , @

, , James, Ilgauskas (18) , Ilgauskas, Diop (6) , Ollie, Battie (5) , SBC Center
18,797 , 32–41 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 74 , March 30 , @

, , LeBron James (28) , Carlos Boozer (20) , James, Ollie, Cleaves (6) ,

American Airlines Center The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena located in the Victory Park, Dallas, Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Stars of the National ...

20,575 , 32–42 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 75 , April 2 , @

, , Carlos Boozer (26) , Carlos Boozer (11) , Mateen Cleaves (8) , Bradley Center
17,813 , 32–43 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 76 , April 3 , Golden State , ,

(34) , Carlos Boozer (13) , LeBron James (10) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 32–44 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 77 , April 6 ,

, , LeBron James (21) , Boozer, Ilgauskas (15) , Jeff McInnis (10) , Gund Arena
20,071 , 32–45 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 78 , April 7 , @ Memphis , , Dajuan Wagner (18) , Carlos Boozer (8) , Jeff McInnis (6) , Pyramid Arena
19,351 , 32–46 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 79 , April 9 , @

, , LeBron James (24) , James, Ilgauskas (7) , LeBron James (8) , American Airlines Arena
20,213 , 32–47 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 80 , April 10 , Miami , , Jeff McInnis (16) , Carlos Boozer (14) , LeBron James (11) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 33–47 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 81 , April 12 , Milwaukee , , LeBron James (27) , Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14) , LeBron James (9) , Gund Arena
20,562 , 34–47 , -style="background:#cfc;" , 82 , April 14 , @

, , Jeff McInnis (19) , Carlos Boozer (12) , Jeff McInnis (7) ,

19,763 , 35–47

Player stats

Regular season

* Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

Award winners

, Small Forward, Rookie of the Year *

, Small Forward, NBA All-Rookie First Team

References

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Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference
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Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Divis ...