1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 30th season for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association.
Season summary
Off-season
The Cavaliers received the eighth overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft from the Boston Celtics via trade, and selected point guard Andre Miller from the University of Utah; the team also selected shooting guard Trajan Langdon out of Duke University with the eleventh overall pick. During the off-season, the Cavaliers acquired Lamond Murray from the Los Angeles Clippers, signed free agent Mark Bryant, and hired Randy Wittman as their new head coach. However, after only playing just five games during the previous season, Zydrunas Ilgauskas would miss the entire regular season due to continuing foot injuries.
For the season, the Cavaliers redesigned their home and road uniforms, removing the controversial light blue splash from across their jerseys and shorts. The white home uniforms featured a light blue, orange and black trim, which was also featured on the right side of their jerseys and shorts, along with the team's primary logo on the right leg of their shorts; the black road uniforms featured a light blue and orange trim. The team's new uniforms would remain in use until 2003.
Regular season
Under Wittman, and with the addition of Murray, Miller and Bryant, the Cavaliers played around .500 in winning percentage with an 11–9 start to the regular season. However, the team struggled losing ten of their next eleven games, which included a seven-game losing streak in December, and later on held a 19–30 record at the All-Star break. The Cavaliers posted a six-game losing streak in March, and finished in sixth place in the Central Division with a 32–50 record.
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