The Cavaliers clinched their playoff berth on March 29, a week ago today.
On futonreport.net, Matt Sussman points out that I pointed out the length of the combined playoff drought of all three Cleveland teams. As of March 1, it stood at 1,151 days, dating to the Browns' wild card loss to the Steelers on Jan. 5, 2003.
The Cavs' clinch snapped the playoff drought at 1,179 days. But since the Cavs won't play their first playoff game until April 22 or 23, you can technically tack another 24 or 25 days onto that. So by the time the Cavs actually play their first playoff game in eight years, the playoff drought will official end at 1,203 or 1,204 days, or slightly under three and a half years.
It has been 1,636 days since a Cleveland team last won a playoff game. But it was a doozy. On October 13, 2001, the Indians defeated the Mariners 17-2 in Game 3 of their division series.
(A math-checking assist goes to Marc Gibbons.)
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