| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 04/17/2008 | 11 | 15 |
| LeBron James put the Cavs on his back last year, and they reached the finals. Now James has a bad back, so can he do it again? He will need help from his supporting cast, which has been brutal down the stretch. |
| 04/08/2008 | 15 | 12 |
| LeBron James has a bad back. Insert joke about him carrying the team here. |
| 04/01/2008 | 12 | 12 |
| Daniel Gibson returns, Ben Wallace gets hurt. It'd be interesting to see Mike Brown's intended rotation intact for two, three, four games in a row. |
| 03/25/2008 | 12 | 12 |
| The pending return of Daniel Gibson will provide a boost. |
| 03/18/2008 | 12 | 8 |
| Cleveland has lost three of four heading into Wednesday's clash with rival Detroit. |
| 03/11/2008 | 8 | 7 |
| Anderson Varejao has averaged 9.6 points and 10 rebounds in the five games since a bad back sidelined Zydrunas Ilgauskas. |
| 03/04/2008 | 7 | 8 |
| Through the roster shakeup and an ankle injury, LeBron James holds it all together. Now he must spend the next week without Big Z. |
| 02/26/2008 | 8 | 11 |
| Joe Smith and Wally Szczerbiak will produce consistently. If Ben Wallace can do the same, look out. |
| 02/19/2008 | 11 | 12 |
| The play of Ira Newble and Devin Brown has really been key to holding things down over an injury-riddled first 50 games. Those two have done all the little things, pitching in wherever necessary as Mike Brown tries to replace wings in his normal rotation. |
| 02/12/2008 | 12 | 13 |
| Recognizing when Larry Hughes gets into a groove and doing more to get him going have become priorities for LeBron James after watching Hughes score 40 on Orlando. The Cavs become a different team if Hughes regains his 2004-05 form. |
