how many times cleveland cavaliers has been to the eastern conference finals

The Cleveland Cavaliers have 8 appearances in Eastern Conference Finals all-time.

	TEAM	DATE	GP	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Cavaliers	5/6/1976	1	1975-76	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	L 99-111	240	99	43	20	5	1	40	91	44.0				19	27	70.4	48.1	17	26		26
2	Cavaliers	5/9/1976	1	1975-76	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	L 89-94	240	89	35	27	5	4	39	75	52.0				11	15	73.3	54.5	5	30		24
3	Cavaliers	5/11/1976	1	1975-76	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	W 83-78	240	83	44	20	6	8	35	92	38.0				13	17	76.5	41.7	14	30		18
4	Cavaliers	5/14/1976	1	1975-76	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	W 106-87	240	106	42	26	6	9	49	87	56.3				8	15	53.3	56.6	11	31		23
5	Cavaliers	5/16/1976	1	1975-76	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	L 94-99	240	94	37	23	2	2	39	80	48.8				16	24	66.7	51.9	11	26		25
6	Cavaliers	5/18/1976	1	1975-76	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	L 87-94	240	87	44	22	4	4	35	81	43.2				17	28	60.7	46.6	13	31		27
7	Cavaliers	5/19/1992	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CLE	@	CHI	L 89-103	240	89	38	28	6	4	36	74	48.6	2	6	33.3	15	22	68.2	53.2	12	26	14	19
8	Cavaliers	5/21/1992	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CLE	@	CHI	W 107-81	240	107	44	26	13	5	39	79	49.4	4	7	57.1	25	28	89.3	58.6	12	32	14	25
9	Cavaliers	5/23/1992	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	CHI	L 96-105	240	96	29	23	10	6	36	80	45.0	5	10	50.0	19	25	76.0	52.7	11	18	9	22
10	Cavaliers	5/25/1992	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	CHI	W 99-85	240	99	38	25	7	6	32	67	47.8	6	10	60.0	29	36	80.6	59.8	7	31	14	21
11	Cavaliers	5/27/1992	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CLE	@	CHI	L 89-112	240	89	43	18	6	2	32	86	37.2	5	14	35.7	20	23	87.0	46.3	15	28	16	28
12	Cavaliers	5/29/1992	1	1991-92	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	CHI	L 94-99	240	94	45	31	5	8	36	82	43.9	3	9	33.3	19	25	76.0	50.5	15	30	14	23
13	Cavaliers	5/21/2007	1	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	@	DET	L 76-79	240	76	49	16	11	3	32	86	37.2	1	10	10.0	11	17	64.7	40.7	18	31	8	16
14	Cavaliers	5/24/2007	1	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	@	DET	L 76-79	240	76	39	17	11	4	30	75	40.0	6	19	31.6	10	15	66.7	46.6	11	28	15	18
15	Cavaliers	5/27/2007	1	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	DET	W 88-82	240	88	34	20	6	3	33	67	49.3	6	13	46.2	16	21	76.2	57.7	6	28	11	16
16	Cavaliers	5/29/2007	1	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	DET	W 91-87	240	91	34	16	8	1	30	68	44.1	4	14	28.6	27	33	81.8	55.1	3	31	13	23
17	Cavaliers	5/31/2007	1	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	@	DET	W 109-107	290	109	39	13	8	5	37	82	45.1	7	15	46.7	28	39	71.8	55.0	12	27	14	36
18	Cavaliers	6/2/2007	1	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	DET	W 98-82	240	98	53	19	7	4	28	72	38.9	9	21	42.9	33	46	71.7	53.1	17	36	18	24
19	Cavaliers	5/20/2009	1	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	ORL	L 106-107	240	106	33	23	8	7	43	88	48.9	8	25	32.0	12	17	70.6	55.5	8	25	8	19
20	Cavaliers	5/22/2009	1	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	ORL	W 96-95	240	96	38	17	5	4	35	77	45.5	5	19	26.3	21	26	80.8	54.3	8	30	14	24
21	Cavaliers	5/24/2009	1	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	@	ORL	L 89-99	240	89	42	17	7	3	29	78	37.2	5	26	19.2	26	35	74.3	47.6	11	31	15	34
22	Cavaliers	5/26/2009	1	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	@	ORL	L 114-116	265	114	40	17	10	3	39	87	44.8	6	22	27.3	30	36	83.3	55.4	7	33	14	25
23	Cavaliers	5/28/2009	1	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	ORL	W 112-102	240	112	39	21	4	6	38	76	50.0	9	18	50.0	27	34	79.4	61.6	8	31	12	25
24	Cavaliers	5/30/2009	1	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	@	ORL	L 90-103	240	90	34	17	6	3	35	79	44.3	9	20	45.0	11	22	50.0	50.7	8	26	10	21
25	Cavaliers	5/20/2015	1	2014-15	Conference Finals	CLE	@	ATL	W 97-89	240	97	49	20	4	4	37	84	44.0	10	26	38.5	13	20	65.0	52.3	12	37	15	19
	Average		1.0							242.2	100.4	42.0	20.7	6.6	4.6	36.9	79.6	46.4	9.0	23.9	37.5	18.8	25.4	74.0	55.3	10.0	32.0		21.0
	Total		46							11,140	4,620	1,930	954	303	211	1,699	3,661	46.4	358	954	37.5	864	1,168	74.0	55.3	460	1,470		964

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.7

Mitchell

RPG

7.8

Mobley

APG

6.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/13	CLE	@	DET	8:00 PM
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

2 - 2

103

Final

112

Cavaliers

2 - 2

Mon 11 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.2

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Tatum

10.5

Wembanyama

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.5

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

1.8

Holmgren

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

115.7

114.1

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.3

105.7

107.0

107.4

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

11.3

3.6

3.0

0.8

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

510.3

Cunningham

443

Towns

431.9

James

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

551.3

Cunningham

458

Towns

451.3

James

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.1

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.30

Sasser

2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

2.20

Sasser

2.00

Lanier

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

53-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

39-54

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0