Q 01/05

The Cavaliers entered the NBA in 1970 alongside which two other expansion teams?

A) Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves

B) Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks

C) San Diego Rockets and Seattle SuperSonics

D) Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Jazz

Answer · why

A) Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves

Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves joined the league with Cleveland, which lost its first 15 games before finally winning at fellow newcomer Po...

Q 02/05

How was the 'Cavaliers' name chosen in 1970?

A) The owner's favourite college team

B) A newspaper contest won by a fan

C) A vote of season-ticket holders

D) An old ABL team's name

Answer · why

B) A newspaper contest won by a fan

A newspaper contest won by a fan: Jerry Tomko's winning entry in The Plain Dealer said Cavaliers were daring, fearless men who never surrender, whatev...

Q 03/05

In the 1976 'Miracle of Richfield', the Cavaliers beat which team in a seven-game series?

A) Boston Celtics

B) New York Knicks

C) Washington Bullets

D) Buffalo Braves

Answer · why

C) Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets lost Game 7 87–85 on a shot with four seconds left. Cleveland then lost injured centre Jim Chones before the conference finals and ...

Q 04/05

Which owner (1980–83) made six coaching changes and prompted an NBA rule against trading successive first-round picks?

A) Nick Mileti

B) Gordon Gund

C) Dan Gilbert

D) Ted Stepien

Answer · why

D) Ted Stepien

Ted Stepien dealt away so many first-round picks that the NBA wrote the 'Stepien Rule'. In 1983 he threatened to move the team to Toronto, then sold i...

Q 05/05

What 1980 stunt did the Cavs' owner stage at Cleveland's Terminal Tower?

A) Rappelling down in team uniform

B) Dropping softballs for players to catch

C) Shooting at a street-level hoop

D) Launching season tickets by balloon

Answer · why

B) Dropping softballs for players to catch

Dropping softballs for players to catch was meant to promote his pro softball league, but the balls fell so fast that they damaged a car and injured o...