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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards

17Belt meetings
8Cavaliers wins
9Wizards wins
10Title changes

Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards have met 17 times with the NBA belt on the line, from March 14, 1972 to December 3, 2024. The belt changed hands in 10 of those games. Washington Wizards lead the belt series 9–8.

Belt gameDateResult
2,203Mar 14, 1972Cleveland Cavaliers beat Baltimore Bullets 127–118Title change
2,204Mar 16, 1972Baltimore Bullets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 105–101Title change
2,486Mar 22, 1975Washington Bullets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 100–97Title change
2,581Mar 21, 1976Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Bullets 95–92Title change
3,756Mar 30, 1988Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Bullets 107–96Defense
3,797Dec 30, 1988Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Bullets 127–110Defense
4,025Mar 28, 1991Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Bullets 102–95Title change
4,859Dec 29, 1999Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Wizards 96–94Title change
5,207Nov 19, 2003Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 106–95Title change
5,250Feb 7, 2004Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 106–88Defense
5,658Jan 23, 2008Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Wizards 121–85Defense
5,793Apr 2, 2009Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 109–101Title change
6,596Mar 25, 2017Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 127–115Title change
6,745Nov 14, 2018Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 119–95Title change
6,987Apr 25, 2021Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 119–110Defense
7,033Nov 10, 2021Washington Wizards beat Cleveland Cavaliers 97–94Defense
7,338Dec 3, 2024Cleveland Cavaliers beat Washington Wizards 118–87Defense

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