Cleveland Cavaliers are on the wildest 28-year playoff seeding streak
This is quite hard to believe.
Cleveland Cavaliers are on the wildest 28-year playoff seeding streak originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially extended one of the weirdest streaks in sports.
For each of the last 28 years, the Cavs have either been a top-four seed in the Eastern Conference, or they've missed the playoffs. They haven't been a No. 5, 6, 7 or 8 seed in more than a quarter-century.
The @Cavs have extended one of the most incredible streaks in sports. 28 consecutive seasons of being a top 4 seed or missing the playoffs entirely. They have not finished as a 5-8 seed since 1998.
— Scoops (@ejmaroun) April 7, 2026 They clinched a top-four seed this year by beating the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. They're at 50-29, with a five-game edge on the fifth-seeded Atlanta Hawks in the win column with fewer games than that for both teams still to play in the regular season. It's hard to reference whether anything like this has ever happened before, but when you actually think about the Cavs' history, it sort of makes sense.