Assistant coach Tyronn Lue took over for the remainder of the season. However, despite having the best record in their conference, the team fired head coach David Blatt on January 22, 2016. The Cavaliers started the season strong and rose to the top of the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers would be the first NBA champion to represent the Central Division since the 2003–04 Detroit Pistons.
The Cavaliers' victory also marked the first championship win by a major professional sports team from Cleveland since 1964, ending a 52–year championship drought dating back to the 1964 NFL title won by the Cleveland Browns. The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA Finals history to recover from a 3–1 series deficit and win. The Cavaliers would go on to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals in seven games, coming back from a 3–1 series deficit to avenge their loss from the prior year. There, the Cavaliers faced off against the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, the team that defeated them in the previous year's NBA Finals in six games, and were coming off of a record-breaking regular season, where the team posted a league-best 73–9 record. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers swept the Detroit Pistons in four games in the first round, then swept the Atlanta Hawks in four games in the Semi-finals, before finally defeating the Toronto Raptors in six games in the Conference Finals to reach the NBA Finals for a second consecutive year. During the playoffs, the Cavaliers had the best team offensive rating and were eighth in team defensive rating in the NBA.
During the regular season, the Cavaliers had the third best team offensive rating and were tenth in team defensive rating in the NBA. The Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA championship, the first NBA championship in franchise history. The 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 46th season of the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-Star for the twelfth time in his career, was named to the All-NBA First Team, and was named Finals MVP after leading the Cavaliers back from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors for the franchise's first NBA title. (Photo from 2016-17 season) Team captain forward LeBron James played his ninth season with Cleveland (and the second of his second stint).
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