Gooden came through and hit a layup to give Cleveland the lead that they would never squander. James led the Cavs with 32 and this brought the series to Cleveland up 3–2, quite shockingly. Detroit held on to a 2-point win to win game 6, and won game 7 at home to seal the deal, but this was the coming out party for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, scaring the 2004 champs. |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 22 || Washington || W 97–86 || LeBron James (32) || LeBron James (11) || LeBron James (11) ||Gund Arena20,562 || 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || April 25 || Washington || L 84–89 || LeBron James (26) || Drew Gooden (16) || Eric Snow (4) ||Gund Arena20,562 || 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || April 28 || @ Washington || W 97–96 || LeBron James (41) || Ilgauskas, Gooden (8) || James, Snow (3) ||MCI Center20,173 || 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || April 30 || @ Washington || L 96–106 || LeBron James (45) || Drew Gooden (11) || LeBron James (6) ||MCI Center20,173 || 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || May 3 || Washington || W 121–120 (OT) || LeBron James (38) || Donyell Marshall (11) || LeBron James (5) ||Gund Arena20,562 || 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || May 5 || @ Washington || W 114–113 (OT) || LeBron James (32) || Anderson Varejão (10) || Larry Hughes (12) ||MCI Center20,173 || 4–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || May 7 || @ Detroit || L 86–113 || LeBron James (22) || Anderson Varejão (8) || James, Murray (4) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || May 9 || @ Detroit || L 91–97 || LeBron James (30) || LeBron James (14) || LeBron James (7) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 0–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || May 13 || Detroit || W 86–77 || LeBron James (21) || LeBron James (10) || LeBron James (10) ||Gund Arena20,562 || 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || May 15 || Detroit || W 74–72 || LeBron James (22) || LeBron James (8) || LeBron James (9) ||Gund Arena20,562 || 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || May 17 || @ Detroit || W 86–84 || LeBron James (32) || Donyell Marshall (13) || Eric Snow (7) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 3–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" |