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Cleveland Cavaliers Worst Losses Ever
This list shows the NBA games with the largest margins of defeat in Cavaliers history, in the Regular Season and the Playoffs.
RS = Season / PL = Playoffs
Cavaliers All-Time Worst Losses - Top 50
Regular Season and Playoffs
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| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 55 |
L
112
-
|
2010-11 (RS) / Jan 11, 2011 / at Los Angeles
|
| 54 |
L
141
-
87
|
1970-71 (RS) / Nov 2, 1970 / at Philadelphia
|
| 50 |
L
129
-
79
|
1982-83 (RS) / Nov 21, 1982 / at Portland
|
| 48 |
L
136
-
|
1999-00 (RS) / Dec 10, 1999 / at Indiana
|
| 47 |
L
141
-
|
2019-20 (RS) / Dec 7, 2019 / at Philadelphia
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 45 |
L
118
-
73
|
1970-71 (RS) / Jan 2, 1971 / at Milwaukee
|
| 44 |
L
124
-
|
2013-14 (RS) / Jan 12, 2014 / at Sacramento
|
| 43 |
L
127
-
84
|
1972-73 (RS) / Mar 4, 1973 / at Los Angeles
|
| 42 |
L
143
-
|
2019-20 (RS) / Nov 22, 2019 / at Dallas
|
|
L
109
-
67
|
1977-78 (RS) / Nov 19, 1977 / at Portland
|
|
|
L
134
-
92
|
1970-71 (RS) / Dec 11, 1970 / at Milwaukee
|
|
| 41 |
L
133
-
|
2019-20 (RS) / Feb 9, 2020 / at Cleveland
|
|
L
111
-
|
2010-11 (RS) / Mar 17, 2011 / at Portland
|
|
|
L
120
-
|
2002-03 (RS) / Nov 22, 2002 / at New Jersey
|
|
|
L
121
-
80
|
1970-71 (RS) / Dec 22, 1970 / at Chicago
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 40 |
L
145
-
|
1989-90 (RS) / Mar 8, 1990 / at Golden State
|
| 39 |
L
114
-
|
2020-21 (RS) / Mar 29, 2021 / at Utah
|
|
L
117
-
|
2014-15 (RS) / Apr 12, 2015 / at Boston
|
|
|
L
116
-
|
2011-12 (RS) / Apr 17, 2012 / at Detroit
|
|
|
L
114
-
|
2011-12 (RS) / Jan 20, 2012 / at Cleveland
|
|
| 38 |
L
121
-
|
2023-24 (PL) / Apr 25, 2024 / at Orlando
Eastern Conference First Round |
|
L
133
-
|
2020-21 (RS) / Feb 10, 2021 / at Denver
|
|
|
L
141
-
|
2020-21 (RS) / Jan 24, 2021 / at Boston
|
|
|
L
116
-
|
2012-13 (RS) / Mar 22, 2013 / at Houston
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 37 |
L
121
-
|
2023-24 (RS) / Mar 24, 2024 / at Miami
|
|
L
121
-
|
2011-12 (RS) / Mar 30, 2012 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
125
-
88
|
1975-76 (RS) / Dec 5, 1975 / at Buffalo
|
|
| 36 |
L
141
-
|
2020-21 (RS) / May 5, 2021 / at Cleveland
|
|
L
129
-
|
2018-19 (RS) / Mar 2, 2019 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
108
-
|
2007-08 (PL) / Apr 24, 2008 / at Washington
Eastern Conference First Round |
|
|
L
109
-
73
|
1981-82 (RS) / Dec 18, 1981 / at Indiana
|
|
|
L
129
-
93
|
1978-79 (RS) / Mar 30, 1979 / at Philadelphia
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 35 |
L
133
-
|
2018-19 (RS) / Jan 5, 2019 / at Cleveland
|
|
L
126
-
|
2016-17 (RS) / Jan 16, 2017 / at Golden State
|
|
|
L
125
-
|
2011-12 (RS) / Apr 3, 2012 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
109
-
|
2007-08 (RS) / Nov 28, 2007 / at Detroit
|
|
|
L
110
-
|
2000-01 (RS) / Mar 20, 2001 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
120
-
|
1990-91 (RS) / Dec 1, 1990 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
128
-
93
|
1984-85 (RS) / Mar 13, 1985 / at Milwaukee
|
|
|
L
138
-
103
|
1980-81 (RS) / Mar 29, 1981 / at Washington
|
|
|
L
118
-
83
|
1980-81 (RS) / Nov 3, 1980 / at Seattle
|
|
|
L
136
-
101
|
1978-79 (RS) / Feb 11, 1979 / at Phoenix
|
|
|
L
123
-
88
|
1972-73 (RS) / Dec 9, 1972 / at Boston
|
|
|
L
109
-
74
|
1970-71 (RS) / Nov 10, 1970 / at San Francisco
|
|
| Point Margin |
Game |
Details |
| 34 |
L
116
-
|
2020-21 (RS) / Mar 12, 2021 / at New Orleans
|
|
L
121
-
|
2017-18 (PL) / Apr 27, 2018 / at Indiana
Eastern Conference First Round |
|
|
L
133
-
|
2017-18 (RS) / Jan 11, 2018 / at Toronto
|
|
|
L
132
-
|
2015-16 (RS) / Jan 18, 2016 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
129
-
|
2010-11 (RS) / Dec 4, 2010 / at Minnesota
|
|
|
L
112
-
|
2000-01 (RS) / Dec 2, 2000 / at Cleveland
|
|
|
L
117
-
83
|
1982-83 (RS) / Mar 13, 1983 / at Milwaukee
|
|
|
L
131
-
97
|
1981-82 (RS) / Feb 24, 1982 / at Phoenix
|
|
|
L
132
-
98
|
1971-72 (RS) / Mar 10, 1972 / at Los Angeles
|
|
|
L
116
-
82
|
1971-72 (RS) / Oct 19, 1971 / at Milwaukee
|
|
|
L
119
-
85
|
1970-71 (RS) / Dec 31, 1970 / at Atlanta
|
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