Cleveland Cavaliers Playoff Rosters

2007-2008 Cleveland Cavaliers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Lance Allred C 6-11 250 Feb 2, 1981 27 Weber State 0 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Devin Brown SG 6-5 220 Dec 30, 1978 29 Texas-San Antonio 5 2002 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Daniel Gibson SG/PG 6-2 200 Feb 27, 1986 22 Texas 1 2006 2nd Rnd, #42, Cleveland Cavaliers
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 7-3 260 Jun 5, 1975 32 BC Aisciai-Atletas (Lithuania) 11 1996 1st Rnd, #20, Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James SF/PF 6-9 250 Dec 30, 1984 23 St. Vincent St. Mary High School (Ohio) 4 2003 1st Rnd, #1, Cleveland Cavaliers
Damon Jones PG 6-3 185 Aug 25, 1976 31 Houston 9 1997 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Dwayne Jones C/PF 6-11 248 Jun 9, 1983 24 Saint Joseph's 2 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Sasha Pavlovic SG/SF 6-7 235 Nov 15, 1983 24 Buducnost (Montenegro) 4 2003 1st Rnd, #19, Utah Jazz
Joe Smith PF 6-10 225 Jul 26, 1975 32 Maryland 12 1995 1st Rnd, #1, Golden State Warriors
Eric Snow PG 6-3 190 Apr 24, 1973 34 Michigan State 12 1995 2nd Rnd, #43, Milwaukee Bucks
Wally Szczerbiak SF 6-7 240 Mar 5, 1977 31 Miami (OH) 8 1999 1st Rnd, #6, Minnesota Timberwolves
Billy Thomas SG 6-4 208 Dec 23, 1975 32 Kansas 2 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Anderson Varejao C/PF 6-10 273 Sep 28, 1982 25 Barca (Spain) 3 2004 2nd Rnd, #30, Orlando Magic
Ben Wallace C/PF 6-9 240 Sep 10, 1974 33 Virginia Union 11 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Delonte West SG/PG 6-3 180 Jul 26, 1983 24 Saint Joseph's 3 2004 1st Rnd, #24, Boston Celtics

2007-2008 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Boston Celtics #8 Atlanta Hawks BOS in 7
First Round #2 Detroit Pistons #7 Philadelphia Sixers DET in 6
First Round #3 Orlando Magic #6 Toronto Raptors ORL in 5
First Round #4 Cleveland Cavaliers #5 Washington Wizards CLE in 6
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Cleveland Cavaliers BOS in 7
Second Round #2 Detroit Pistons #3 Orlando Magic DET in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Detroit Pistons BOS in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Denver Nuggets LAL in 4
First Round #2 New Orleans Hornets #7 Dallas Mavericks NOP in 5
First Round #3 San Antonio Spurs #6 Phoenix Suns SAS in 5
First Round #4 Utah Jazz #5 Houston Rockets UTA in 6
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Utah Jazz LAL in 6
Second Round #2 New Orleans Hornets #3 San Antonio Spurs SAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics #1 Los Angeles Lakers BOS in 6

2007-2008 Cleveland Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
LeBron James 13 42.5 28.2 7.8 7.6 1.8 1.3 4.2
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 13 30.3 13.1 7.5 1.6 0.4 1.1 1.6
Delonte West 13 34.9 10.8 3.3 4.2 1.2 0.5 2.5
Wally Szczerbiak 13 28.8 10.8 1.8 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.8
Daniel Gibson 11 25.8 9.0 1.7 2.5 0.6 0.2 1.4
Joe Smith 13 20.2 6.6 4.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
Anderson Varejao 13 18.4 4.1 5.2 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.7
Ben Wallace 13 23.4 3.2 6.5 1.2 0.6 1.1 0.5
Devin Brown 8 11.5 4.1 2.4 1.1 0.2 0.0 1.1
Sasha Pavlovic 8 13.9 3.5 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2
Damon Jones 5 5.1 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
Dwayne Jones 5 4.0 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
Billy Thomas 2 4.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

2007-2008 Cleveland Cavaliers Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Cleveland Leaders Washington Leaders
Apr 19, 2008
v.
Washington
W, 93-86 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 32. LeBron James
REB: 11. Z. Ilgauskas
AST: 5. Delonte West
PTS: 24. G. Arenas
REB: 19. A. Jamison
AST: 5. D. Stevenson
Apr 21, 2008
v.
Washington
W, 116-86 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 30. LeBron James
REB: 9. LeBron James
AST: 12. LeBron James
PTS: 12. Caron Butler
REB: 9. A. Jamison
AST: 5. Caron Butler
Apr 24, 2008
@
Washington
L, 108-72 Capital One Arena
Opening Round
2-1 PTS: 22. LeBron James
REB: 9. A. Varejao
AST: 3. LeBron James
PTS: 19. D. Stevenson
REB: 7. A. Jamison
AST: 6. A. Daniels
Apr 27, 2008
@
Washington
W, 97-100 Capital One Arena
Opening Round
3-1 PTS: 34. LeBron James
REB: 12. LeBron James
AST: 7. LeBron James
PTS: 23. A. Jamison
REB: 11. A. Jamison
AST: 5. D. Stevenson
Apr 30, 2008
v.
Washington
L, 87-88 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Opening Round
3-2 PTS: 34. LeBron James
REB: 10. LeBron James
AST: 8. Delonte West
PTS: 32. Caron Butler
REB: 11. A. Jamison
AST: 5. Caron Butler
May 2, 2008
@
Washington
W, 88-105 Capital One Arena
Opening Round
4-2 PTS: 27. LeBron James
REB: 13. LeBron James
AST: 13. LeBron James
PTS: 23. A. Jamison
REB: 15. A. Jamison
AST: 5. A. Daniels

2007-2008 Cleveland Cavaliers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Cleveland Leaders Boston Leaders
May 6, 2008
@
Boston
L, 76-72 TD Garden
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 22. Z. Ilgauskas
REB: 12. Z. Ilgauskas
AST: 9. LeBron James
PTS: 28. K. Garnett
REB: 12. K. Perkins
AST: 6. Rajon Rondo
May 8, 2008
@
Boston
L, 89-73 TD Garden
Conference Semi Finals
0-2 PTS: 21. LeBron James
REB: 10. A. Varejao
AST: 6. LeBron James
PTS: 19. Paul Pierce
REB: 12. K. Garnett
AST: 6. Rajon Rondo
May 10, 2008
v.
Boston
W, 108-84 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 21. LeBron James
REB: 9. Ben Wallace
AST: 8. LeBron James
PTS: 17. K. Garnett
REB: 9. K. Garnett
AST: 5. Paul Pierce
May 12, 2008
v.
Boston
W, 88-77 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 21. LeBron James
REB: 7. Ben Wallace
AST: 13. LeBron James
PTS: 15. K. Garnett
REB: 10. K. Garnett
AST: 4. K. Garnett
May 14, 2008
@
Boston
L, 96-89 TD Garden
Conference Semi Finals
2-3 PTS: 35. LeBron James
REB: 7. A. Varejao
AST: 5. LeBron James
PTS: 29. Paul Pierce
REB: 16. K. Garnett
AST: 13. Rajon Rondo
May 16, 2008
v.
Boston
W, 74-69 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Conference Semi Finals
3-3 PTS: 32. LeBron James
REB: 12. LeBron James
AST: 6. LeBron James
PTS: 25. K. Garnett
REB: 8. K. Garnett
AST: 5. Rajon Rondo
May 18, 2008
@
Boston
L, 97-92 TD Garden
Conference Semi Finals
3-4 PTS: 45. LeBron James
REB: 6. Joe Smith
AST: 6. LeBron James
PTS: 41. Paul Pierce
REB: 13. K. Garnett
AST: 8. Rajon Rondo