how many times have the cavaliers played in the conference finals since 2017

The Cleveland Cavaliers have 2 appearances in Conference Finals since 2016-17.

	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	5/17/2017	1	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	W 117-104	240	117	44	21	9	2	39	81	48.1	11	31	35.5	28	35	80.0	60.7	12	32	8	17
2	Cavaliers	5/19/2017	1	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	W 130-86	240	130	45	28	10	6	48	85	56.5	19	39	48.7	15	23	65.2	68.3	9	36	12	17
3	Cavaliers	5/21/2017	1	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	L 108-111	240	108	46	21	5	4	32	70	45.7	16	39	41.0	28	36	77.8	62.9	11	35	16	11
4	Cavaliers	5/23/2017	1	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	W 112-99	240	112	37	23	5	4	44	74	59.5	10	22	45.5	14	17	82.4	68.7	4	33	15	16
5	Cavaliers	5/25/2017	1	2016-17	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	W 135-102	240	135	38	24	13	5	48	85	56.5	19	41	46.3	20	24	83.3	70.6	6	32	11	21
6	Cavaliers	5/13/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	L 83-108	240	83	40	18	4	3	31	86	36.0	4	26	15.4	17	20	85.0	43.8	9	31	10	12
7	Cavaliers	5/15/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	L 94-107	240	94	45	18	2	5	37	80	46.3	10	31	32.3	10	17	58.8	53.7	8	37	15	21
8	Cavaliers	5/19/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	W 116-86	240	116	45	23	9	3	37	76	48.7	17	34	50.0	25	30	83.3	65.0	8	37	15	23
9	Cavaliers	5/21/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	W 111-102	240	111	47	15	6	8	41	81	50.6	8	23	34.8	21	29	72.4	59.2	9	38	19	23
10	Cavaliers	5/23/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	L 83-96	240	83	39	17	3	7	31	74	41.9	9	34	26.5	12	19	63.2	50.4	3	36	15	19
11	Cavaliers	5/25/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	W 109-99	240	109	44	16	8	9	41	87	47.1	9	23	39.1	18	22	81.8	56.4	15	29	11	19
12	Cavaliers	5/27/2018	1	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	@	BOS	W 87-79	240	87	41	15	2	4	30	66	45.5	9	35	25.7	18	25	72.0	56.5	2	39	13	21
	Average		1.0							240.0	107.1	42.6	19.9	6.3	5.0	38.3	78.8	48.6	11.8	31.5	37.3	18.8	24.8	76.1	59.7	8.0	34.6	13.3	18.3
	Total		12							2,880	1,285	511	239	76	60	459	945	48.6	141	378	37.3	226	297	76.1	59.7	96	415	160	220

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.6

Mitchell

RPG

7.7

Mobley

APG

6.2

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)
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	8:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

3 - 3

115

Final

Cavaliers

3 - 3

Fri 15 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.3

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Allen

1.8

Mobley

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

118.2

113.7

113.6

112.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

107.7

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

4.4

3.0

-0.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

599.6

Cunningham

517.1

Harden

502

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

651

Cunningham

537

Harden

500.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.2

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-55

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