The 2007–08 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 38th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers were the defending Eastern Conference champions, and were coming off of an NBA Finals defeat to the San Antonio Spurs, where they were swept in four games.

In the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards in the First Round in six games, advancing to the Semifinals, where they would lose in seven games to the eventual NBA champion, the Boston Celtics.

Key dates On June 28, the 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City. On July 1, the free agency period started. On October 9, the Cavaliers' pre-season began with a 62–81 loss to Washington Wizards. On October 31, the Cavaliers' season started with a 74–92 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. On November 2, the Cavaliers signed Sasha Pavlović to a multi-year extension. On November 2, the Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 110–106 for their first win. On November 27, the Cavaliers handed the Boston Celtics their second loss of the season. On December 5, the Cavaliers matched the offer sheet of the Charlotte Bobcats to retain Anderson Varejão and waived Demetris Nichols. On January 17, the Cavaliers defeated the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio for the second straight year. On January 23, a victory over the Washington Wizards gave the Cavaliers a season-long five-game win streak. On February 21, in a three-team trade, the Cavaliers acquired Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, a 2009 second-round pick from the Chicago Bulls, and a trade exception, plus Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Seattle SuperSonics. On March 5, LeBron James scored 50 points against the New York Knicks which led to victory. On March 10, an 88–80 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers put the Cavaliers a season-high 10 games over 0.500. On May 2, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards 105–88 to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. On May 18, the Cavaliers fell to the Boston Celtics 92–97 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Draft picks

Cleveland did not have a draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft due to trades from previous seasons. 1st round pick (#22) acquired from Toronto and traded to Charlotte as part of Sasha Pavlović deal.Lamond Murray and a future 2nd round pick traded to Toronto for Michael Stewart and a future 1st round pick. http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/pr_murray_020925.html 1st round pick then traded to Charlotte for Sasha Pavlović. http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/pavlovic_040623.html Used to draft Jared Dudley. 1st round pick (#24) traded to Boston and then to Phoenix as part of Jiří Welsch deal.2007 1st round pick traded to Boston for Jiri Welsch Used to draft Rudy Fernández. 2nd round pick (#54) traded to Orlando and then to Houston as part of Drew Gooden deal.Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks traded to Orlando for Drew Gooden, Steven Hunter and the rights to Anderson Varejão Used to draft Brad Newley.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 31 | Dallas | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (18) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | November 2 | New York | | LeBron James (45) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 4 | @ Phoenix | | LeBron James (27) | Drew Gooden (14) | LeBron James (8) | US Airways Center18,422 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 6 | @ Golden State | | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14) | LeBron James (9) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 7 | @ Utah | | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (15) | LeBron James (13) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 9 | @ Sacramento | | LeBron James (26) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (4) | ARCO Arena15,293 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 11 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (25) | Drew Gooden (16) | LeBron James (8) | STAPLES Center15,541 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 12 | @ Denver | | LeBron James (27) | Dwayne Jones (10) | LeBron James (4) | Pepsi Center19,155 | 4–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 14 | Orlando | | LeBron James (39) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (14) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 16 | Utah | | LeBron James (40) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena19,862 | 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 20 | Milwaukee | | LeBron James (34) | Drew Gooden (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,115 | 5–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 21 | @ Minnesota | | LeBron James (45) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones (10) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5) | Target Center15,224 | 6–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 | November 24 | Toronto | | LeBron James (37) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,018 | 7–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 25 | @ Indiana | | LeBron James (30) | Drew Gooden (12) | LeBron James (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse11,603 | 8–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 27 | Boston | | LeBron James (38) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (13) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 9–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 28 | @ Detroit | | LeBron James (15) | Drew Gooden (9) | LeBron James (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 9–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 30 | @ Toronto | | Daniel Gibson (24) | Drew Gooden (14) | Daniel Gibson (7) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 9–8

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 2 | @ Boston | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones, Eric Snow, Damon Jones, Devin Brown (2) | TD Garden18,624 | 9–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 4 | New Jersey | | Shannon Brown (20) | Dwayne Jones (12) | Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (4) | Quicken Loans Arena19,838 | 9–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5 | @ Washington | | Daniel Gibson, Drew Gooden, Shannon Brown (13) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | Daniel Gibson (8) | Verizon Center17,684 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 8 | @ Charlotte | | Larry Hughes (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (3) | Charlotte Bobcats Arena17,624 | 9–12 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 11 | Indiana | | Larry Hughes (36) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James, Eric Snow (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,010 | 10–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 14 | @ New Jersey | | LeBron James (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (8) | Izod Center15,242 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 15 | Philadelphia | | LeBron James, Drew Gooden (21) | Drew Gooden (10) | LeBron James, Eric Snow (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 10–14 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 17 | Milwaukee | | LeBron James (31) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | Devin Brown (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 11–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 19 | @ New York | | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (8) | LeBron James (6) | Madison Square Garden18,704 | 11–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 20 | L. A. Lakers | | LeBron James (33) | Anderson Varejao (15) | LeBron James (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 23 | Golden State | | LeBron James (25) | Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 12–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 25 | Miami | | LeBron James (25) | Drew Gooden (9) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 13–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 27 | @ Dallas | | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (7) | American Airlines Center20,462 | 14–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 29 | @ New Orleans | | LeBron James (21) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (6) | New Orleans Arena17,623 | 14–17

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | January 2 | Atlanta | | LeBron James (36) | Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 15–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Sacramento | | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 16–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | @ Toronto | | LeBron James (39) | Anderson Varejao (13) | LeBron James (8) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 17–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 8 | Seattle | | LeBron James (22) | Anderson Varejao, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,409 | 18–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 9 | @ Atlanta | | LeBron James (31) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (6) | Philips Arena16,246 | 18–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 | January 11 | Charlotte | | LeBron James (31) | LeBron James (19) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 19–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Memphis | | LeBron James (51) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (9) | FedEx Forum13,871 | 20–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 17 | @ San Antonio | | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejao (14) | LeBron James (7) | AT&T Center18,482 | 21–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 21 | @ Miami | | LeBron James (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (5) | AmericanAirlines Arena19,600 | 22–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 23 | Washington | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) | Drew Gooden (10) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 23–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 25 | Phoenix | | LeBron James (36) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 23–19 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 27 | @ L. A. Lakers | | LeBron James (41) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James, Larry Hughes (4) | STAPLES Center18,997 | 24–19 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 30 | @ Portland | | LeBron James (37) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (4) | Rose Garden Arena20,501 | 25–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 31 | @ Seattle | | Larry Hughes (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) | Daniel Gibson (6) | KeyArena13,109 | 25–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | February 2 | L. A. Clippers | | LeBron James (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 26–20 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 5 | Boston | | LeBron James (33) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 27–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 7 | @ Houston | | LeBron James (32) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (8) | LeBron James (6) | Toyota Center18,402 | 27–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 | February 8 | @ Atlanta | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (7) | Philips Arena19,335 | 28–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 10 | Denver | | LeBron James (30) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James, Devin Brown, Damon Jones, Eric Snow (3) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 28–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | February 11 | @ Orlando | | Larry Hughes (40) | LeBron James, Donyell Marshall (7) | LeBron James (10) | Amway Arena17,519 | 29–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 13 | San Antonio | | LeBron James (39) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 29–23 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 19 | Houston | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 29–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 20 | @ Indiana | | LeBron James (31) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) | LeBron James (12) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,096 | 30–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 22 | Washington | | LeBron James (33) | LeBron James (15) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 31–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 24 | Memphis | | LeBron James (25) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 32–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 26 | @ Milwaukee | | LeBron James (35) | Ben Wallace (11) | Delonte West (7) | Bradley Center15,346 | 32–25