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Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

Eastern Conference · power rating #8

Elo

1558

Projected

45.3–36.7

Playoffs

86%

Title

2.5%

Last season · 2025-26

Record

52–30

Home

27–14

Away

25–16

Net rating

+4.1

Conference

#4

Rating history

Cleveland Cavaliersleague 10th–90th percentile
15002004: 14492005: 14742006: 15602007: 16212008: 15622009: 17282010: 16312011: 13282012: 13052013: 13322014: 14542015: 16782016: 17452017: 16762018: 15692019: 13052020: 13342021: 13092022: 14762023: 15652024: 15192025: 16872026: 159715970407101316192225
End-of-season rating. 1500 is the league mean by construction — Elo is zero-sum, so the average team is always 1500 and a rising line means rising relative to everyone else, not in absolute terms. Gaps are seasons the franchise did not play under this name.

Where they finish

#1
2.9%
#2
10.2%
#3
13.3%
#4
13.8%
#5
14.0%
#6
12.8%
#7
10.6%
#8
9.0%
#9
7.3%
#10
4.3%

Conference seed at the end of the regular season. Seeds 1–6 qualify directly; 7–10 enter the play-in.

Next games

Thu, Oct 22@Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers48.9%Sat, Oct 24vsBrooklyn NetsBrooklyn Nets77.3%Mon, Oct 26vsMinnesota TimberwolvesMinnesota Timberwolves57.8%Wed, Oct 28vsWashington WizardsWashington Wizards79.6%Thu, Oct 29@Atlanta HawksAtlanta Hawks50.3%Sat, Oct 31@Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee Bucks63.0%Mon, Nov 2vsOklahoma City ThunderOklahoma City Thunder44.7%Wed, Nov 4@Oklahoma City ThunderOklahoma City Thunder32.3%

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