Cleveland Cavaliers 2022-23 Season at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
The Cleveland Cavaliers play at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, previously known as Quicken Loans Arena. The arena was built in 1994 and is part of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex with Progressive Field, which is next door and is home to Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians.
The arena can seat 19,432 people at basketball games, making it one of the largest NBA arenas for seating capacity.
Cleveland Cavaliers Team Info
Conference: Eastern
Division: Central
Year Founded: 1970
Team Colors: Wine, Gold, Black
Cleveland Cavaliers History
The Cavaliers joined the NBA as an expansion team in 1970 and made it to the playoffs for the first time in the 1975-76 season. They drafted LeBron James -- who grew up in the nearby city of Akron, Ohio -- straight out of high school with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft. James had been arguably the most highly touted high school player in basketball history and was viewed as a franchise player from Day 1.
James helped the Cavaliers more than double their win total in his first season in the NBA on his way to winning Rookie of the Year. He led the Cavs to the playoffs in his third season, and they made it to the NBA Finals the following year, but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs.
The Cavs made the playoffs in each of the following three seasons and James won two league MVPs, but they could not make it back to the finals. After losing to the Boston Celtics in the 2009-10 playoffs, James announced his intention to take his talents to the Miami Heat.
The Cavs' win total fell from 61 to 19 the year after LeBron left, but there was a silver lining. They won the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 draft and used it on point guard Kyrie Irving, who promptly won Rookie of the Year.
In 2016, the Cavaliers won their first NBA championship, marking Cleveland's first major sports title since 1964.