2013–14_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season

2013–14 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2013–14 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season


The 2013–14 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It would be the team's last losing record until the 2018–2019 season and the team's last season before re-signing LeBron James.

Quick Facts Cleveland Cavaliers season, Head coach ...

Key dates

Draft picks

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Roster

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Pre-season

More information 2013 pre-season game log Total: 4–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–1), Game ...

Regular season

Standings

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More information Eastern Conference, # ...

Game log

More information 2013–14 game log Total: 33–49 (Home: 19–22; Road: 14–27), Game ...

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

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Through April 16, 2014

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

  • December 16, 2013- Kyrie Irving won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.[33]

All-Star

Records

Team records

  • November 4, 2013- Tied team record for longest streak of holding opponents under 95 points to start a season- 4 games.[41]
  • January 2, 2014- The Cavs played in their third overtime game in a row at home for the first time in team history.[41]
  • February 5, 2014- Set a Quicken Loans Arena record with 27 offensive rebounds against the Los Angeles Lakers.[41]
  • April 5, 2014- In a loss to the Charlotte Hornets the Cavs tied a team record with their eighth overtime game in a season.[41]

Milestones

Team milestones

  • November 4, 2013- Team had at least 12 blocks and 10 steals in a game for the first time since March 16, 2004 (Chicago Bulls).[41]
  • November 11, 2013- Team had back-to-back games of at least 10 blocks for the first time since December 6, 2008.[41]
  • December 7, 2013- Held the Los Angeles Clippers to .322 shooting, the lowest percentage against the Cavs since November 18, 2003 (also against the Clippers).[41]
  • December 20, 2013- Scored 107 points for the fifth straight game, the most in a row since December 28, 1993.[41]

Injuries, surgeries and absences

  • Carrick Felix missed the first nine games of the season due to a sports hernia.[52]
  • Andrew Bynum did not play in the second game of back-to-backs due to a knee injury at the beginning of the season; missed two games in November due to personal reasons.[53]
  • Dion Waiters missed two games in mid-November due to illness.[54]
  • C. J. Miles missed four games in late-November due to a right calf strain.[55]
  • Tyler Zeller missed two games in late-November due to a right ankle sprain.[56]
  • Carrick Felix missed two games in mid-December due to right knee soreness.[57]
  • Anthony Bennett missed two games in mid-December due to illness.[58]
  • Dion Waiters missed three games in late-December due to right wrist tendinitis.[59]
  • Kyrie Irving missed three games in early January due to a left knee contusion.[40]
  • Jarrett Jack missed two games in mid-January due to lower back spasms.[60]
  • In late January it was announced that Carrick Felix would miss six to eight weeks with a stress fracture of the left knee (missed 37 games).[61]
  • Anderson Varejão missed three games in late-January/early-February with a knee bruise.[62]
  • Anderson Varejão missed 12 games in mid-February/early-March with a sore back[41]
  • Dion Waiters missed seven games in mid-February/early-March due to a hyperextended left knee[41]
  • C. J. Miles missed the final 26 games of the season due to a left ankle sprain.[41]
  • Luol Deng missed three games in mid-March due to a left ankle sprain.[41]
  • Kyrie Irving missed eight games in mid-March until late March due to a left biceps strain.[41]
  • Sergey Karasev missed five games in late March due to right knee patellar tendonitis.[41]
  • Anthony Bennett missed 17 games from mid-March until mid-April with a left patellar tendon strain.[41]
  • Luol Deng missed three games in mid-April due to lower back soreness.[41]

Transactions

Preseason

Overview

Players added

Via draft

Via free agency

Players lost

Via free agency

Waived/Not re-signed

Free agents

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In season

Overview

Players added

Via trade

Players lost

Via trade

Trades

January 6, 2014 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Luol Deng
To Chicago Bulls
Andrew Bynum
Draft considerations
February 20, 2014 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Spencer Hawes
To Philadelphia 76ers
Earl Clark
Henry Sims
Draft considerations

References


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