Cleveland Cavaliers Milestones

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How Cleveland Cavaliers Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

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27 of the 27 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Played their first NBA season The expansion team lost its first 15 games before finding its footing
The 'Miracle of Richfield' playoff run They won a division title and their first postseason series under Bill Fitch
Acquired World B. Free The high-scoring guard arrived to revive a struggling franchise
The Gund brothers bought the team from Ted Stepien New owners rescued the club after a chaotic ownership era
Drafted Brad Daugherty and Ron Harper A loaded draft class also brought in Mark Price via trade
Acquired Larry Nance in a blockbuster trade The forward came from Phoenix to anchor a rising contender
Won 57 games, then lost on Jordan's 'The Shot' A franchise-best season ended on a buzzer-beater over Craig Ehlo
Reached the Eastern Conference Finals They fell to Jordan's Bulls in six games
Gund Arena opened downtown The team left suburban Richfield Coliseum for a new city arena
Drafted Zydrunas Ilgauskas The Lithuanian center who became a franchise mainstay was taken in the first round
Drafted Andre Miller The Utah point guard was chosen eighth overall
Drafted LeBron James first overall The Akron prodigy went straight from St. Vincent-St. Mary to the hometown team
LeBron won Rookie of the Year The teenager averaged nearly 21 points in his debut season
Mike Brown hired as head coach The defensive-minded coach arrived from San Antonio's staff
Reached the franchise's first NBA Finals LeBron carried them there before a sweep by the Spurs
LeBron won his first MVP as the team won 66 games He claimed the award while leading the league's best regular-season record
'The Decision' — LeBron left in free agency He announced on television he was taking his talents to South Beach
Drafted Kyrie Irving first overall The Duke guard went No. 1 after they won the post-LeBron lottery
LeBron returned home He announced his comeback to Cleveland in a first-person essay
Reached the Finals in LeBron's first year back An injury-hit roster pushed Golden State before losing
Won the franchise's first NBA championship They rallied from a 3-1 deficit against a 73-win Warriors team
Kyrie Irving traded to Boston The star guard's trade request sent him east for Isaiah Thomas
LeBron departed for the Lakers He left after a fourth straight Finals appearance
Drafted Darius Garland The Vanderbilt guard was taken fifth overall to headline the rebuild
Drafted Evan Mobley The USC big man was selected third overall
Acquired Donovan Mitchell in a trade The All-Star guard arrived from Utah for a package of picks
Returned to the playoffs behind Mitchell and Garland A 51-win season ended a postseason drought