Cleveland.com photographers’ favourite 2025 Cleveland Cavaliers photographs

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers ended the 2024-25 season with a disappointing second-round exit from the playoffs. This season, they’re struggling to satisfy expectations amid an injury-plagued marketing campaign.

But they’ve nonetheless given our cleveland.com photographers lots to seize.

Below are our favourite Cavalier images from 2025.

A large angle digital camera mounted on the ground offers perspective of extra than simply two gamers on a drive to the basket.

Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell ran out of room on a drive to the basket and wanted to make a fast move across the sprawling protection of Pacers’ Myles Turner.

The second the Hawks’ Jalen Johnson struck the face of the Cavs’ Evan Mobley.

Cavs’ head coach Kenny Atkinson is all smiles as he takes out Mitchell with a lead over the Miami Heat within the playoffs. Atkinson, often reserved close to the bench, was overjoyed with the play of Mitchell. Playoffs will try this.

The Cavs’ De’Andre Hunter was a bit gradual getting off the ground after being rejected by the Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin on a layup attempt.

The battle for a rebound is captured within the faces of Mobley and the Bulls’ Patrick Wilson.

Former Cavalier Isaac Okoro appeared to slip ceaselessly making an attempt to realize possession of a unfastened ball.

The Cavs’ Nae’Qwan Tomlin tries to maintain maintain of the basketball on the ground because the Bucks’ Gary Trent Jr. tries to tug it away.

Rocket Arena is electrical when a sellout crowd cheers in unison. You can really feel it in your chest.

Mitchell will get the followers going after making a basket.

Never secure to try to lower by way of the Cavs’ protection, because the Celtics’ Payton Pritchard realized by shedding management of the basketball.

Contested rebounds can produce great motion photographs as Hunter secures the basketball from the Bucks’ Gary Trent Jr.

Tomlin saved the Spurs’ Keldon Johnson below his arm pit till the whistle sounded for the foul play.

The followers can produce an amazing background in photographs like this one as former Cavs Ty Jerome reacts to a 3-point rating within the playoffs.

The Cavs’ Jarrett Allen and the Heat’s Haywood Highsmith strike equivalent poses going for a unfastened ball.

The Cavs’ Jaylon Tyson reacts to influence on a rebound.

Mobley has labored on his offensive agility, proving it right here as he slices by way of the Grizzlies protection for a rating.

Dunks are the exclamation level in basketball as Mobley demonstrates.

Two lengthy stretches towards the rim as Allen tries to leap greater than the Piston’s Isaiah Stewart.

All arms on deck when the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo has the basketball.

A race to a rebound for Mobley and the Heat’s Haywood Highsmith.

An injured Darius Garland will get right into a teammate’s rating from the bench.

Hunter holds on to the web to clear gamers on the courtroom after a monster dunk.

No straightforward baskets with Mitchell on protection as he fouls the Grizzlies’ Santi Aldama.

The response on the face of the Heat’s Duncan Robinson reveals the depth of protection by Jerome.

One image tells the story of the Cavs playoff run towards the Pacers as Mitchell wipes his face as he exits the ground.

Mitchell forces a foul on a drive to the basket towards the Grizzlies.

A sly Garland reaches over the shoulder of the Spurs’ Stephon Castle for a turnover on an inbound move.

A Cavs sellout at Rocket Arena can shake the rafters in an explosion of cheers. I’ve to put on ear plugs for video games.

A pleasant juxtaposition of the celebrating Pacers on the bench with the response of Cavs followers on the suitable.

A behind-the-scenes take a look at the Cavs’ media day at Rocket Arena.