Awards and records
Awards
LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 13 through November 19.
LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from March 5 through March 11.
LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of March, the fifth time he has won the award.
After the season, LeBron James was named to the All-NBA second team as a forward.
Records
On November 25, Zydrunas Ilgauskas tied a franchise record for offensive rebounds in a half (10) and in a game (12) in the Cavs' 108–95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
On December 6, Zydrunas Ilgauskas became the all-time offensive rebound leader in Cavs history in a 95–91 win over the Toronto Raptors.
In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James set or tied franchise playoff records for: points in a game (48), points in overtime (9), field goals made and attempted in a game (18, 33) and field goals made in overtime (4).
In Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Daniel Gibson set or tied franchise playoff records for: points in a quarter (19), points in a half (25), rookie points in a game (31) and three-pointers in a half (5).
With his 19th playoff win, coach Mike Brown set the franchise record for playoff victories.
Milestones
On December 23, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 7,000 career points (21 years, 359 days).
In the 2006–07 season, the Cavaliers swept all four California teams for the first time in team history (Golden State, Sacramento, LA Lakers, LA Clippers)
On March 14, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 8,000 career points (22 years, 74 days).
On April 6, LeBron James became the 2nd fastest player to record 8,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 2,000 assists in a career. LeBron did it in 311 games while it took Oscar Robertson 269 games and Michael Jordan 339.
On April 14, the Cavaliers played the 3,000th game in franchise history
All-Star
LeBron James led all players in votes received and was voted in as a starter for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. His 2,516,049 votes were the second most in NBA history. He became the first player in team history to lead the league in votes.
LeBron James led the Eastern Conference All-Stars with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the 132–153 loss.
Damon Jones participated in the Three Point Contest and finished in 5th place.
LeBron James participated in the Skills Challenge and finished in 3rd place.
Transactions
Trades
The Cavaliers did not make a trade during the 2006–07 NBA season.
Free agents
The Cavaliers did not sign any free agents during the 2006–07 NBA season.
Development League
On March 2, Shannon Brown was assigned to the NBDL's Albuquerque Thunderbirds.
On March 3, Shannon Brown was recalled from the Thunderbirds.
On March 23, Dwayne Jones was assigned to the Thunderbirds.
On March 27, Dwayne Jones was recalled from the Thunderbirds.
Playoffs
Main article: 2007 NBA Playoffs
First Round
(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (7) Washington Wizards
TNT
April 22
1
Washington Wizards 82, Cleveland Cavaliers 97
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
NBA TV
April 25
2
Washington Wizards 102, Cleveland Cavaliers 109
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
TNT
April 28
3
Cleveland Cavaliers 98, Washington Wizards 92
Verizon Center, Washington
NBA TV
April 30
4
Cleveland Cavaliers 97, Washington Wizards 90
Cleveland wins series, 4–0
Verizon Center, Washington
A rematch of the previous year's first round series was spoiled when Wizards star Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler were both forced out of the playoffs due to injuries received in the later parts of the regular season. Without Arenas and Butler, the Wizards found themselves unable to stop LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers from sweeping them out of the playoffs. It was Cleveland's first playoff sweep in franchise history.
Eastern Semifinals
(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets
ABC
May 6
1
New Jersey Nets 77, Cleveland Cavaliers 81
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
TNT
May 8
2
New Jersey Nets 92, Cleveland Cavaliers 102
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
ESPN
May 12
3
Cleveland Cavaliers 85, New Jersey Nets 96
Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
TNT
May 14
4
Cleveland Cavaliers 87, New Jersey Nets 85
Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
TNT
May 16
5
New Jersey Nets 83, Cleveland Cavaliers 72
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
ESPN
May 18
6
Cleveland Cavaliers 88, New Jersey Nets 72
Cleveland wins series, 4–2
Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford
The Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992, while the Nets have lost in the Conference Semifinals in three out of the last four years.
New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd averaged a triple double the entire playoffs, scoring 14.6 points, grabbing 10.9 rebounds and dishing out 10.9 assists per game.
The Cavaliers also got revenge of sorts, by eliminating the Nets two years after the Nets eliminated them on the final day of the regular season.[2][3]
Eastern Finals
Conference Finals: (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers
TNT
May 21
1
Cleveland Cavaliers 76, Detroit Pistons 79
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills
TNT
May 24
2
Cleveland Cavaliers 76, Detroit Pistons 79
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills
TNT
May 27
3
Detroit Pistons 82, Cleveland Cavaliers 88
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
TNT
May 29
4
Detroit Pistons 87, Cleveland Cavaliers 91
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
TNT
May 31
5
Cleveland Cavaliers 109, Detroit Pistons 107 (2OT)
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills
TNT
June 2
6
Detroit Pistons 82, Cleveland Cavaliers 98
Cleveland wins series, 4–2
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
In a rematch of last year's thrilling second-round series, the Pistons and the Cavaliers matched up in perhaps one of the closest contested series in NBA history, with the first five games being decided by 6 points or less. The spotlight of the series fell on Cleveland's LeBron James. Despite gaining some momentum in the opening games of the series against the experienced Pistons, key last-second decisions by James led to Cleveland losses in Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, by identical scores where Cleveland led for most of the two games. They faced a 0–2 deficit for the second straight year but would easily remember from the year before they could win three straight games to get back into the series.
With media circles on his back for his complacency in these games (James had a playoff career low 10 points in Game 1), LeBron came back to will the Cavs to close victories in Games 3 and 4 in Cleveland, evening the series at 2. The series shifted back to Detroit for a Game 5 that proved to be one of the most memorable postseason games in recent NBA history. In a match that went into double overtime, the Cavaliers stunned the Pistons on their home court, thanks to LeBron James' playoff career-high 48 point performance. James scored the Cavaliers' final 25 points of the game, including all 18 points in overtime making it two straight two-point wins at the Palace in Game 5.
This time around the heavily favored Cavaliers took advantage of their home court in 2007 and exploded in Game 6 to close out the Pistons once and for all, and to clinch the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. Rookie Daniel Gibson scored his career high 31 points including five three-pointers to lift the Cavs in the second half behind a roaring home crowd.