2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season
The Cavaliers also broke the record of most made three-pointers in a regular season game with 25 against the Atlanta Hawks.In the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated and swept the Indiana Pacers in four games in the First Round, advancing to the Semi-finals.They then defeated and swept the Toronto Raptors in four games, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals.They defeated the Boston Celtics in five games to advance to the NBA Finals for the third straight season.After the season, David Griffin left as general manager and after hearing about trade rumors, most notably a 3-team deal that was confirmed by team and league sources that would've sent Paul George and Eric Bledsoe to the Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving and Channing Frye to the Phoenix Suns, Irving, not being content about the situation and per his request, was traded to the Boston Celtics[2] for Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Žižić, a 2018 1st round draft pick (Collin Sexton was later selected), and a 2020 2nd round draft pick (Skylar Mays was later selected) was added as compensation for Isaiah Thomas's injury.
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