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Last Time the Cleveland Cavaliers Won a Playoff Series

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John "Hot Rod" Williams #18 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots against Dwayne Schintzius #33 of the New Jersey Nets during Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 1993 Playoffs played on May 5, 1993 at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Chase Kiddy @chaseakiddy Jun 21, 2024, 2:39 PM

The Cleveland Cavaliers last won a playoff series in 2024, when they beat the Orlando Magic 4-3 in the first round.

Prior to that, the Cavaliers’ most recent playoff series win was in 2018, during LeBron James’ final season Cleveland.

Last Time the Cavs Won a Playoff Series Without LeBron

The last playoff series the Cavaliers won without LeBron was in 1993, when Cleveland beat the then-New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets 3-2 and advanced to play Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls in the second round of the playoffs. 

At the time, first-round playoff series were Best-of-5.

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.

Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.