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TUES., DEC. 9, 2014 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (12-7) VS. TORONTO RAPTORS (16-5) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #20 HOME GAME #11 PROBABLE STARTERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/30 vs. NYK Lost, 90-95 10/31 @ CHI WON, 114-108* F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 14-15: 19 19 24.2 5.7 7.9 .469 37.8 11/4 @ POR Lost, 82-101 11/5 @ UTA Lost, 100-102 11/7 @ DEN WON, 110-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 243 14-15: 19 19 17.4 10.0 2.0 .449 35.7 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 17 ANDERSON VAREJAO 6-11 267 14-15: 18 18 10.2 7.0 1.6 .590 25.9 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 31 SHAWN MARION 6-7 228 14-15: 19 16 5.8 3.8 1.1 .441 24.9 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 19 19 21.2 3.3 4.8 .479 37.5 11/26 vs. WAS WON, 113-87 11/29 vs. IND WON, 109-97 12/2 vs. MIL WON, 111-108 12/4 @ NYK WON, 90-87 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 105-91 12/8 @ BKN WON, 110-88 After going a perfect 3-0 on a recent road trip, the Cleveland Cavaliers return to Quicken Loan to square off with the Toronto Raptors for the third 12/9 vs. TOR 7:00 PM FSO time in 18 days. The two teams will wrap up their regular season series on March 4 at the Air Canada Centre. Cleveland won the last battle 12/11 @ OKC 8:00 PM TNT against the Raptors with a 105-91 road victory on Dec. 5. The Cavs held Toronto to 35-86 (.407) shooting from the field and had a season-high 24 12/12 @ NOP 8:00 PM FSO second chance points off of 15 offensive rebounds. The team also had 28 assists and three players finish with a double-double (LeBron James-24 12/15 vs. CHA 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 12/17 vs. ATL 7:00 PM FSO pts/13 asts, Kevin Love-15 pts/13 rebs, Tristan Thompson-21 pts/14 rebs). 12/19 vs. BKN 7:30 PM FSO The Cavs have held Toronto to less than .410 shooting in both contests this season. Toronto is shooting a combined .404 against Cleveland, 12/21 vs. MEM 4:30 PM FSO while the Cavs also hold the edge in rebounds (46.0-36.0), points in the paint (53.0-40.0) and assists (26.0-22.5) versus the Raptors. 12/23 vs. MIN 7:00 PM FSO 12/25 @ MIA 5:00 PM ABC The Cavs are 10-3 against the Eastern Conference in 2014-15, including 5-1 on the road. Their .769 win percentage against the East is the 12/26 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO highest among all Eastern Conference teams. 12/28 vs. DET 4:30 PM FSO 12/30 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO The Wine and Gold extended its winning streak to a season-high seven games after defeating the Brooklyn Nets last night, 110-88. It was the 12/31 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO Cavs’ first ever win at the Barclays Center. During the seven-game winning streak, Cleveland is winning by an average margin of 16.0 points. The 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO Cavs are averaging 106.3 points on .502 shooting, while holding opponents to 90.3 points on .426 shooting. 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO Cleveland’s bench scored a season-high 59 points in last night’s win over Brooklyn. Three of the Cavs’ reserves scored in double figures, led by 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO Dion Waiters, who poured in a season-high 26 points on 11-21 (.524) shooting, four assists and one block in 30 minutes. Over the last two games, 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO the Cavs’ bench is averaging 46.0 points. 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM FSO Last night, the Cavs outrebounded the Nets by 22 (55-33), their largest margin on the glass since Feb. 28, 2014 vs. Utah (+25, 56-31). Three 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO Cavaliers pulled down at least 12 rebounds in the win (Love-14, Varejao-14, Thompson-12), which was the first time that has happened since 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO Jan. 3, 1984 against Milwaukee (Jeff Cook-12, Paul Thompson-13, Lonnie Shelton-12). No other trio of teammates has each had 12 or more 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT rebounds in a game this season. Thompson (8 offensive) and Varejao (7 offensive) became the first pair of Cavs to pull down at least seven 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO offensive boards in a game since Nov. 7, 2006 vs. Atlanta (Zydrunas Ilgauskas-7, Drew Gooden-7). (Elias Sports Bureau). 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC The Cavs’ 35 offensive boards in the last two games have led to 47 second chance points. 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO The Cavs have won 10 straight games when scoring at least 100 points and are 11-1 when reaching the century mark this season. 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO LeBron James is three triples away (800) from passing Mark Price (802) and becoming the franchise’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, th 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO while Kyrie Irving (343) is two away from passing Damon Jones (344) for 8 place in team history. 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO Kyrie Irving is shooting .490 from the three-point line at The Q this season, including .533 (24-45) from deep in the last nine home games. 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO LeBron James has led the Cavs in assists in each of the last 10 games, his longest streak of that kind since a 16-game stretch during the 2010-11 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC season. He has also registered a double-double in six of the last eight games, which includes two double-doubles against the Raptors. He nearly 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO had a triple-double in the Dec. 5 win at Toronto with 24 points, 13 assists (season high), seven rebounds, three steals and a block in 42 minutes. 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT th th 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO With his 5 offensive rebound last night, Tristan Thompson moved into 10 place in franchise history and now has 828 offensive rebounds, 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC surpassing Drew Gooden (824). Over the last two contests, Thompson is averaging 17.5 points on .700 (14-20) shooting and 13.0 rebounds (8.5 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO offensive) in 36.0 minutes per game off the bench. 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO Coming into tonight’s contest, Kevin Love has recorded five straight double-doubles and leads the team with 11 on the season (4th-most in rd 3/1 @ HOU 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO East). Last night, Love had 15 points in the first quarter and is now averaging 7.8 points in the opening period, which ranks 3 in the NBA. 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO Mike Miller (concussion) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO 12/4/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/1/14 – Recalled center Alex 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…11/30/14 – Received guard A.J. Price by waiver claim (waived by 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO Indiana) and waived guard Will Cherry…Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO team…11/24/14 – Recalled center Alex Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team.