2024–25 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2024–25 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Kenny Atkinson
General manager	Mike Gansey
President	Koby Altman
Owner(s)	Dan Gilbert
Arena	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Results
Record	23–4 (.852)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FanDuel Sports Network Ohio (as of October 21, 2024; previously named Bally Sports Ohio during the preseason)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS

The 2024–25 Cleveland Cavaliers season is the 55th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On May 23, 2024, the Cavaliers fired their head coach J. B. Bickerstaff after five seasons with the team. On June 28, 2024, the Cavaliers hired Kenny Atkinson as their new head coach. The Cavaliers began their regular season with a 15-game win streak; the 4th time in NBA history a team has started the regular season with a 15–0 record. This also set the record for longest winning streak in franchise history, as well as the longest opening record for a head coach's first season with a new team.

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / club
1	20	Jaylon Tyson	SG	United States	California

The Cavaliers entered the draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with just one first-round pick. On the first night of the draft, with their only pick in the draft, the Cavaliers would select shooting guard Jaylon Tyson from the University of California.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 31 Allen, Jarrett 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1998-04-21 Texas F 21 Bates, Emoni (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2004-01-28 Eastern Michigan G 10 Garland, Darius 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 2000-01-26 Vanderbilt G 2 Jerome, Ty 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-07-08 Virginia G/F 3 LeVert, Caris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1994-08-25 Michigan G 5 Merrill, Sam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-05-15 Utah State G 45 Mitchell, Donovan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-09-07 Louisville F/C 4 Mobley, Evan 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-06-18 USC F 20 Niang, Georges 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993-06-17 Iowa State G/F 35 Okoro, Isaac 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 2001-01-26 Auburn G 9 Porter, Craig Jr. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2000-02-26 Wichita State G/F 1 Strus, Max  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-03-28 DePaul F/C 13 Thompson, Tristan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 254 lb (115 kg) 1991-03-13 Texas F 15 Thor, JT (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2002-08-26 Auburn G/F 33 Travers, Luke (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 2001-09-03 Australia G/F 24 Tyson, Jaylon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2002-12-02 California F/C 32 Wade, Dean 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1996-11-20 Kansas State

Head coach Kenny Atkinson Assistant coach(es) Johnnie Bryant (associate HC) DeMarre Carroll Omar Cook Mike Gerrity Trevor Hendry Jordan Ott Nate Reinking Bryan Tibaldi Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player (L) On personal leave Injured Roster Last transaction: December 15, 2024

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Cleveland Cavaliers	23	4	.852	–	14‍–‍1	9‍–‍3	5–0	27
Milwaukee Bucks	14	11	.560	8.0	10‍–‍4	4‍–‍7	4–3	25
Indiana Pacers	12	15	.444	11.0	8‍–‍4	4‍–‍11	2–2	27
Chicago Bulls	12	15	.444	11.0	4‍–‍9	8‍–‍6	2–4	27
Detroit Pistons	10	16	.385	12.5	4‍–‍7	6‍–‍9	1–5	26

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	23	4	.852	–	27
2	Boston Celtics *	21	5	.808	1.5	26
3	New York Knicks *	16	10	.615	6.5	26
4	Orlando Magic	17	11	.607	6.5	28
5	Milwaukee Bucks	14	11	.560	8.0	25
6	Miami Heat	13	11	.542	8.5	24
7	Atlanta Hawks	14	13	.519	9.0	27
8	Indiana Pacers	12	15	.444	11.0	27
9	Chicago Bulls	12	15	.444	11.0	27
10	Detroit Pistons	10	16	.385	12.5	26
11	Brooklyn Nets	10	16	.385	12.5	26
12	Philadelphia 76ers	8	16	.333	13.5	24
13	Charlotte Hornets	7	19	.269	15.5	26
14	Toronto Raptors	7	20	.259	16.0	27
15	Washington Wizards	3	21	.125	18.5	24

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
Preseason: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 8 Chicago L 112–116 Evan Mobley (19) Jaylon Tyson (7) Garland, Porter Jr. (5) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 0–1 2 October 10 Indiana L 117–129 Ty Jerome (15) Allen, Travers, Tyson (6) Ty Jerome (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,019 0–2 3 October 16 @ Detroit L 92–108 Jarrett Allen (19) Jarrett Allen (8) Caris LeVert (6) Little Caesars Arena 8,411 0–3 4 October 18 @ Chicago L 137–139 (OT) Jarrett Allen (25) Jarrett Allen (16) Evan Mobley (8) United Center 18,704 0–4
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 23–4 (Home: 14–1; Road: 9–3)
October: 5–0 (home: 2–0; road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 @ Toronto W 136–106 Evan Mobley (25) Mobley, Wade (8) Garland, Jerome (6) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 1–0 2 October 25 Detroit W 113–101 Mitchell, Wade (19) Jarrett Allen (11) Darius Garland (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 2–0 3 October 26 @ Washington W 135–116 Donovan Mitchell (30) Evan Mobley (13) Garland, Mitchell (5) Capital One Arena 15,156 3–0 4 October 28 @ New York W 110–104 Darius Garland (34) Jarrett Allen (15) Donovan Mitchell (5) Madison Square Garden 19,812 4–0 5 October 30 L.A. Lakers W 134–110 Evan Mobley (25) Jarrett Allen (17) Darius Garland (10) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 5–0
November: 12–3 (home: 8–1; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 1 Orlando W 120–109 Darius Garland (25) Evan Mobley (12) Caris LeVert (7) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 6–0 7 November 2 @ Milwaukee W 114–113 Donovan Mitchell (30) Jarrett Allen (12) Darius Garland (10) Fiserv Forum 17,341 7–0 8 November 4 Milwaukee W 116–114 Darius Garland (39) Jarrett Allen (15) Darius Garland (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 8–0 9 November 6 @ New Orleans W 131–122 Donovan Mitchell (29) Jarrett Allen (14) Darius Garland (9) Smoothie King Center 15,694 9–0 10 November 8 Golden State W 136–117 Darius Garland (27) Jarrett Allen (12) Darius Garland (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 10–0 11 November 9 Brooklyn W 105–100 Evan Mobley (23) Evan Mobley (16) Garland, LeVert (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 11–0 12 November 11 @ Chicago W 119–113 Donovan Mitchell (36) Evan Mobley (11) Ty Jerome (6) United Center 20,560 12–0 13 November 13 @ Philadelphia W 114–106 Darius Garland (25) Donovan Mitchell (13) Donovan Mitchell (9) Wells Fargo Center 19,777 13–0 14 November 15 Chicago W 144–126 Donovan Mitchell (37) Jarrett Allen (10) Darius Garland (9) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 14–0 15 November 17 Charlotte W 128–114 Darius Garland (25) Jarrett Allen (15) Darius Garland (12) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 15–0 16 November 19 @ Boston L 117–120 Donovan Mitchell (35) Allen, Mobley (11) Darius Garland (7) TD Garden 19,156 15–1 17 November 20 New Orleans W 128–100 Ty Jerome (29) Allen, Tyson (11) Porter Jr., Tyson (7) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 16–1 18 November 24 Toronto W 122–108 Jerome, Mitchell (26) Jarrett Allen (13) Garland, Jerome (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 17–1 19 November 27 Atlanta L 124–135 Donovan Mitchell (30) Evan Mobley (12) Garland, Mitchell (7) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 17–2 20 November 29 @ Atlanta L 101–117 Darius Garland (29) Evan Mobley (12) Donovan Mitchell (6) State Farm Arena 17,881 17–3
December: 6–1 (home: 4–0; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 Boston W 115–111 Donovan Mitchell (35) Allen, Mobley (10) Darius Garland (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 18–3 22 December 3 Washington W 118–87 Mitchell, Mobley (19) Evan Mobley (10) Donovan Mitchell (7) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 19–3 23 December 5 Denver W 126–114 Donovan Mitchell (28) Jarrett Allen (15) Allen, LeVert, Mitchell (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 20–3 24 December 7 @ Charlotte W 116–102 Evan Mobley (41) Allen, Mobley (10) Donovan Mitchell (8) Spectrum Center 18,832 21–3 25 December 8 @ Miami L 113–122 Darius Garland (23) Dean Wade (8) Ty Jerome (6) Kaseya Center 19,600 21–4 26 December 13 Washington W 115–105 Darius Garland (24) Jarrett Allen (11) Darius Garland (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 22–4 27 December 16 @ Brooklyn W 130–101 Evan Mobley (21) Georges Niang (9) Garland, Jerome (6) Barclays Center 16,588 23–4 28 December 20 Milwaukee Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 29 December 21 Philadelphia Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 30 December 23 Utah Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 31 December 27 @ Denver Ball Arena 32 December 30 @ Golden State Chase Center 33 December 31 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 3 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 35 January 5 Charlotte Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 36 January 8 Oklahoma City Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 37 January 9 Toronto Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 38 January 12 Indiana Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 39 January 14 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 40 January 16 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center 41 January 18 @ Minnesota Target Center 42 January 20 Phoenix Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 43 January 22 @ Houston Toyota Center 44 January 24 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 45 January 25 Houston Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 46 January 27 Detroit Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 47 January 29 @ Miami Kaseya Center 48 January 30 Atlanta Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 2 Dallas Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 50 February 4 Boston Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 51 February 5 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 52 February 7 @ Washington Capital One Arena 53 February 10 Minnesota Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 54 February 12 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 55 February 20 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 56 February 21 New York Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 57 February 23 Memphis Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 58 February 25 @ Orlando Kia Center 59 February 28 @ Boston TD Garden
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 Portland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 61 March 4 @ Chicago United Center 62 March 5 Miami Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 63 March 7 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 64 March 9 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 65 March 11 Brooklyn Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 66 March 14 @ Memphis FedExForum 67 March 16 Orlando Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 68 March 18 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 69 March 19 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 70 March 21 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 71 March 23 @ Utah Delta Center 72 March 25 @ Portland Moda Center 73 March 27 San Antonio Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 74 March 28 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 75 March 30 L.A. Clippers Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 2 New York Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 77 April 4 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 78 April 6 Sacramento Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 79 April 8 Chicago Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 80 April 10 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 81 April 11 @ New York Madison Square Garden 82 April 13 Indiana Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

East Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Atlanta Hawks	4	3	1	485	470	+15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Boston Celtics	4	3	1	482	459	+23
3	Cleveland Cavaliers	4	2	2	480	450	+30
4	Chicago Bulls	4	2	2	518	512	+6
5	Washington Wizards	4	0	4	408	482	−74

Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 7, 2024	Donovan Mitchell
July 22, 2024	Evan Mobley
August 2, 2024	Jarrett Allen
September 9, 2024	Tristan Thompson
September 17, 2024	Isaac Okoro

Additions

Date	Player	Former team	Ref.
June 28, 2024	Darius Brown II	Utah State Aggies
August 28, 2024	Luke Travers	Melbourne United
September 9, 2024	JT Thor	Charlotte Hornets

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.