1976 Playoff Results 1989 Playoff Results Eastern Conference Semifinals Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle Was Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Chi Series Attendance April 13 Cleveland L 95 100 0-1 19,974 April 28 Cleveland L 88 95 0-1 19,312 April 15 Washington W 80 79 1-1 17,988 April 30 Cleveland W 96 88 1-1 20,273 April 17 Cleveland W 88 76 2-1 21,061 May 3 Chicago L 94 101 1-2 17,721 April 21 Washington L 98 109 2-2 17,542 May 5 Chicago W 108 105 (OT) 2-2 18,264 April 22 Cleveland W 92 91 3-2 21,312 May 7 Cleveland L 100 101 2-3 20,273 April 26 Washington L 98 102 (OT) 3-3 19,035 April 29 Cleveland W 87 85 4-3 21,564* 1990 Playoff Results Eastern Conference First Round Eastern Conference Finals Date Site W/L Cle Phi Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance April 26 Philadelphia L 106 111 0-1 15,319 May 6 Boston L 99 111 0-1 14,264 April 28 Philadelphia L 101 107 0-2 18,168 May 9 Boston L 89 94 0-2 12,098 May 1 Cleveland W 122 95 1-2 16,317 May 11 Cleveland W 83 78 1-2 21,564* May 3 Cleveland W 108 96 2-2 17,106 May 14 Cleveland W 106 87 2-2 21,564* May 5 Philadelphia L 97 113 2-3 18,168 May 16 Boston L 94 99 2-3 12,951 May 19 Cleveland L 87 94 2-4 21,564* 1992 Playoff Results * NBA Playoff Record at the time Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle NJ Series Attendance 1977 Playoff Results April 23 Cleveland W 120 113 1-0 16,512 Eastern Conference First Round April 25 Cleveland W 118 96 2-0 20,273 Date Site W/L Cle Was Series Attendance April 28 New Jersey L 104 109 2-1 15,258 April 13 Washington L 100 109 0-1 11,240 April 30 New Jersey W 98 89 3-1 13,071 April 15 Cleveland W 91 83 1-1 19,545 April 17 Washington L 98 104 1-2 10,488 Eastern Conference Semifinals Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance 1978 Playoff Results May 2 Cleveland W 101 76 1-0 17,496 Eastern Conference First Round May 4 Cleveland L 98 104 1-1 20,273 Date Site W/L Cle NY Series Attendance May 8 Boston L 107 110 1-2 14,890 April 12 Cleveland L 114 132 0-1 19,739 May 10 Boston W 114 112 (OT) 2-2 14,890 April 14 New York L 107 109 0-2 18,965 May 13 Cleveland W 114 98 3-2 20,273 May 15 Boston L 91 122 3-3 14,890 1985 Playoff Results May 17 Cleveland W 122 104 4-3 20,273 Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance Eastern Conference Finals April 18 Boston L 123 126 0-1 14,890 Date Site W/L Cle Chi Series Attendance April 20 Boston L 106 108 0-2 14,890 May 19 Chicago L 89 103 0-1 18,676 April 23 Cleveland W 105 98 1-2 20,900 May 21 Chicago W 107 81 1-1 18,676 April 25 Cleveland L 115 117 1-3 20,900 May 23 Cleveland L 96 105 1-2 20,273 May 25 Cleveland W 99 85 2-2 20,273 1988 Playoff Results May 27 Chicago L 89 112 2-3 18,676 Eastern Conference First Round May 29 Cleveland L 94 99 2-4 20,273 Date Site W/L Cle Chi Series Attendance April 28 Chicago L 93 104 0-1 18,676 May 1 Chicago L 101 106 0-2 18,645 May 3 Cleveland W 110 102 1-2 20,068 May 5 Cleveland W 97 91 2-2 20,026 May 8 Chicago L 101 107 2-3 18,008 1993 Playoff Results 2006 Playoff Results Eastern Conference First Round Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle NJ Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Was Series Attendance April 29 Cleveland W 114 98 1-0 18,339 April 22 Cleveland W 97 86 1-0 20,562 May 1 Cleveland L 99 101 1-1 20,273 April 25 Cleveland L 84 89 1-1 20,562 May 5 New Jersey W 93 84 2-1 16,453 April 28 Washington W 97 96 2-1 20,173 May 7 New Jersey L 79 96 2-2 15,238 April 30 Washington L 96 106 2-2 20,173 May 9 Cleveland W 99 89 3-2 17,388 May 3 Cleveland W 121 120 OT 3-2 20,562 May 5 Washington W 114 113 OT 4-2 20,173 Eastern Conference Semifinals Date Site W/L Cle Chi Series Attendance Eastern Conference Semifinals May 11 Chicago L 84 91 0-1 18,676 Date Site W/L Cle Det Series Attendance May 13 Chicago L 85 104 0-2 18,676 May 7 Detroit L 86 113 0-1 22,076 May 15 Cleveland L 90 96 0-3 20,273 May 9 Detroit L 91 97 0-2 22,076 May 17 Cleveland L 101 103 0-4 20,273 May 13 Cleveland W 86 77 1-2 20,562 May 15 Cleveland W 74 72 2-2 20,562 1994 Playoff Results May 17 Detroit W 86 84 3-2 22,076 Eastern Conference First Round May 19 Cleveland L 82 84 3-3 20,562 Date Site W/L Cle Chi Series Attendance May 21 Detroit L 61 79 3-4 22,076 April 29 Chicago L 96 104 0-1 18,676 May 1 Chicago L 96 105 0-2 18,676 2007 Playoff Results May 3 Cleveland L 92 95 (OT) 0-3 17,778 Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle Was Series Attendance 1995 Playoff Results April 22 Cleveland W 97 82 1-0 20,562 Eastern Conference First Round April 25 Cleveland W 109 102 2-0 20,562 Date Site W/L Cle NY Series Attendance April 28 Washington W 98 92 3-0 20,173 April 27 New York L 79 103 0-1 19,763 April 30 Washington W 97 90 4-0 20,173 April 29 New York W 90 84 1-1 19,763 May 1 Cleveland L 81 83 1-2 19,352 Eastern Conference Semifinals May 4 Cleveland L 80 93 1-3 18,575 Date Site W/L Cle NJN Series Attendance May 6 Cleveland W 81 77 1-0 20,562 1996 Playoff Results May 8 Cleveland W 102 92 2-0 20,562 Eastern Conference First Round May 12 New Jersey L 85 96 2-1 20,032 Date Site W/L Cle NY Series Attendance May 14 New Jersey W 87 85 3-1 20,032 April 25 Cleveland L 83 106 0-1 16,419 May 16 Cleveland L 72 83 3-2 20,562 April 27 Cleveland L 80 84 0-2 17,232 May 18 New Jersey W 88 72 4-2 20,032 May 1 New York L 76 81 0-3 19,763 Eastern Conference Finals 1998 Playoff Results Date Site W/L Cle Det Series Attendance Eastern Conference First Round May 21 Detroit L 76 79 0-1 22,076 Date Site W/L Cle Ind Series Attendance May 24 Detroit L 76 79 0-2 22,076 April 23 Indiana L 77 106 0-1 16,644 May 27 Cleveland W 88 82 1-2 20,562 April 25 Indiana L 86 92 0-2 16,617 May 29 Cleveland W 91 87 2-2 20,562 April 27 Cleveland W 86 77 1-2 17,495 May 31 Detroit W 109 107 2 OT 3-2 22,076 April 30 Cleveland L 74 80 1-3 18,188 June 2 Cleveland W 98 82 4-2 20,562 NBA Finals Date Site W/L Cle SAS Series Attendance June 7 San Antonio L 76 85 0-1 18,797 June 10 San Antonio L 92 103 0-2 18,797 June 12 Cleveland L 72 75 0-3 20,562 June 14 Cleveland L 82 83 0-4 20,562 2008 Playoff Results 2010 Playoff Results Eastern Conference First Round Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle Was Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Chi Series Attendance April 19 Cleveland W 93 86 1-0 20,562 April 17 Cleveland W 96 83 1-0 20,562 April 21 Cleveland W 116 86 2-0 20,562 April 19 Cleveland W 112 102 2-0 20,562 April 24 Washington L 72 108 2-1 20,173 April 22 Chicago L 106 108 2-1 22,991 April 27 Washington W 100 97 3-1 20,173 April 25 Chicago W 121 98 3-1 23,058 April 30 Cleveland L 87 88 3-2 20,562 April 27 Cleveland W 96 94 4-1 20,562 May 2 Washington W 105 88 4-2 20,173 Eastern Conference Semifinals Eastern Conference Semifinals Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance May 1 Cleveland W 101 93 1-0 20,562 May 6 Boston L 72 76 0-1 18,624 May 3 Cleveland L 86 104 1-1 20,562 May 8 Boston L 73 89 0-2 18,624 May 7 Boston W 124 95 2-1 18,624 May 10 Cleveland W 108 84 1-2 20,562 May 9 Boston L 87 97 2-2 18,624 May 12 Cleveland W 88 77 2-2 20,562 May 11 Cleveland L 88 120 2-3 20,562 May 14 Boston L 89 96 2-3 18,624 May 13 Boston L 85 94 2-4 18,624 May 16 Cleveland W 74 69 3-3 20,562 May 18 Boston L 92 97 3-4 18,624 2015 Playoff Results Eastern Conference First Round 2009 Playoff Results Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance Eastern Conference First Round April 19 Cleveland W 113 100 1-0 20,562 Date Site W/L Cle Det Series Attendance April 21 Cleveland W 99 91 2-0 20,562 April 18 Cleveland W 102 84 1-0 20,562 April 23 Boston W 103 95 3-0 18,624 April 21 Cleveland W 94 82 2-0 20,562 April 26 Boston W 101 93 4-0 18,624 April 24 Detroit W 79 68 3-0 22,076 April 26 Detroit W 99 78 4-0 22,076 Eastern Conference Semifinals Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance Eastern Conference Semifinals May 4 Cleveland L 92 99 0-1 20,562 Date Site W/L Cle Atl Series Attendance May 6 Cleveland W 106 91 1-1 20,562 May 5 Cleveland W 99 72 1-0 20,562 May 8 Chicago L 96 99 1-2 22,246 May 7 Cleveland W 105 85 2-0 20,562 May 10 Chicago W 86 84 2-2 22,256 May 9 Atlanta W 97 82 3-0 20,143 May 12 Cleveland W 106 101 3-2 20,562 May 11 Atlanta W 84 74 4-0 19,241 May 14 Chicago W 94 73 4-2 22,695 Eastern Conference Finals Eastern Conference Finals Date Site W/L Cle Orl Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance May 20 Cleveland L 106 107 0-1 20,562 May 20 Atlanta W 97 89 1-0 18,489 May 22 Cleveland W 96 95 1-1 20,562 May 22 Atlanta W 94 82 2-0 18,670 May 24 Orlando L 89 99 1-2 17,461 May 24 Cleveland W 114 111 OT 3-0 20,562 May 26 Orlando L 114 116 OT 1-3 17,461 May 26 Cleveland W 118 88 4-0 20,562 May 28 Cleveland W 112 102 2-3 20,562 May 30 Orlando L 90 103 2-4 17,461 NBA Finals Date Site W/L Cle Bos Series Attendance June 4 Golden State L 100 108 OT 0-1 19,596 June 7 Golden State W 95 93 OT 1-1 19,596 June 9 Cleveland W 96 91 2-1 20,562 June 11 Cleveland L 82 103 2-2 20,562 June 14 Golden State L 91 104 2-3 19,596 June 16 Cleveland L 97 105 2-4 20,562 2016 Playoff Results - NBA CHAMPIONS 2017 Playoff Results Eastern Conference First Round Eastern Conference First Round Date Site W/L Cle Det Series Attendance Date Site W/L Cle Ind Series Attendance April 17 Cleveland W 106 101 1-0 20,562 April 15 Cleveland W 109 108 1-0 20,562 April 20 Cleveland W 107 90 2-0 20,562 April 17 Cleveland W 117 111 2-0 20,562 April 22 Detroit W 101 91 3-0 21,584 April 20 Indiana W 119 114 3-0 17,923 April 24 Detroit W 100 98 4-0 21,584 April 23 Indiana W 106 102 4-0 17,923 Eastern Conference Semifinals Eastern Conference Semifinals Date Site W/L Cle Atl Series Attendance Date Site