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THUR., JAN. 11, 2018 AIR CANADA CENTRE – TORONTO, ON 8:00 PM ET TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/WMMS 100.7 FM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2017-18 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER REGULAR SEASON GAME # 41 ROAD GAME # 22 PROBABLE STARTERS 2017-18 SCHEDULE All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/17 vs. BOS WON, 102-99 10/20 @ MIL WON, 116-97 10/21 vs. ORL Lost, 93-114 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 40 40 *27.2 8.2 *9.0 *.558 36.9 10/24 vs. CHI WON, 119-112 10/25 @ BKN Lost, 107-112 10/28 @ NOP Lost, 101-123 F 99 JAE CROWDER 6-6 235 17-18: 40 37 8.4 3.3 1.1 .391 25.8 10/29 vs. NYK Lost, 95-114 11/1 vs. IND Lost, 107-124 11/3 @ WAS WON, 130-122 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 39 39 19.4 *9.6 1.7 .462 29.0 11/5 vs. ATL Lost, 115-117 11/7 vs. MIL WON, 124-119 11/9 @ HOU Lost, 113-117 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 39 36 7.7 3.0 2.0 .380 29.8 11/11 @ DAL WON, 111-104 11/13 @ NYK WON, 104-101 11/15 @ CHA WON, 115-107 G 3 ISAIAH THOMAS 5-9 185 17-18: 3 2 15.0 1.0 3.3 .444 19.7 11/17 vs. LAC WON, 118-113 (OT) 11/20 @ DET WON, 116-88 rd th th th 11/22 vs. BKN WON, 119-109 *NBA RANKS: LeBron James ranks 3 in PPG, 4 in APG and 8 in FG%; Kevin Love ranks 13 in RPG 11/24 vs. CHA WON, 100-99 CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/27 @ PHI WON, 113-91 11/28 vs. MIA WON, 108-97 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to Air Canada Centre for the fourth matchup of their five-game road trip tonight when they face the Toronto 11/30 @ ATL WON, 121-114 Raptors in the first contest between the two teams this season. Cleveland will host Toronto at The Q on March 21 and April 3. 12/2 vs. MEM WON, 116-111 • The Wine & Gold hold a 15-6 record against the Raptors (regular season and playoffs) since the start of the 2014-15 season, including a 3-1 series 12/4 @ CHI WON, 113-91 advantage over Toronto in the 2016-17 regular season and a 4-0 sweep of the Raptors in the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals. 12/6 vs. SAC WON, 101-95 12/8 @ IND Lost, 102-106 • In last year’s playoff series, Cleveland outscored the Raptors by an average of 15.3 points (116.3-101.0) and outrebounded Toronto by 7.5 boards 12/9 vs. PHI WON, 105-98 (43.0-35.5), while also averaging 23.3 assists (13.8 TOs) and shooting .497 from the field (.466 3FG%, 61-131). 12/12 vs. ATL WON, 123-114 12/14 vs. LAL WON, 121-112 • CAREER MARKS & NBA HISTORY: J.R. Smith (1,844 3FGM in career) needs 6 threes to pass Dirk Nowitzki (1,849 3FGM) for 11th-most in NBA 12/16 vs. UTA WON, 109-100 history. LeBron James (1,544 3FGM) is 3 triples away from passing Eddie Jones (1,546 3FGM) for 22nd-most in NBA history. Kevin Love (6,988 12/17 @ WAS WON, 106-99 REB) is 12 rebounds away from 7,000 for his career. Love (541 3FGM w/Cavs) is also 3 triples away from passing Danny Ferry (543 3FGM) for 6th- 12/19 @ MIL Lost, 116-119 most in franchise history. Jeff Green (9,968 PTS) is 32 points away from the 10,000-point mark. Jae Crowder (498 3FGM) is 2 threes away from 12/21 vs. CHI WON, 115-112 500 for his career. Channing Frye (996 3FGM) is 4 triples away from his 1,000th three-pointer. 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 92-99 12/27 @ SAC Lost, 95-109 • In his three games versus Toronto during the 2016-17 regular season, LeBron James averaged 27.7 points on .509 (29-57) shooting from the field, 12/30 @ UTA Lost, 101-104 8.3 rebounds and 9.7 assists in 39.7 minutes per game. In the 4-0 sweep against the Raptors in the 2017 Semifinals, he averaged 36.0 points on 1/2 vs. POR WON, 127-110 .573 (43-75) shooting, including .481 (13-27) from beyond the arc, 8.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.0 block in 41.0 minutes. James also 1/3 @ BOS Lost, 88-102 became the first player in NBA postseason history to score 35 or more points in every game of a four-game sweep. 1/6 @ ORL WON, 131-127 1/8 @ MIN Lost, 99-127 • Kyle Korver finished with 19 points on 7-11 (.636) shooting, including 5-8 (.625) from deep, two rebounds and a season-high five assists in 23 1/11 @ TOR 8:00 p.m. TNT minutes at Minnesota on Monday. With his first triple of the night, Korver passed Paul Pierce (2,143 3FGM) for 4th all-time on the NBA’s three- 1/12 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO nd th 1/15 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. TNT pointers list (2 -most among active players). It was his 10 game this season with four or more triples. Korver is shooting .448 (99-221) from beyond the arc this season, which ranks 9th in the NBA. 1/18 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/20 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC • The Cavaliers’ reserves combined for 71 points against Minnesota on Monday night (Green-22 PTS, Korver-19 PTS, Wade- 13 PTS, Thompson- 6 1/23 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT PTS, Osman-6 PTS, Frye-5 PTS), setting a new season high for bench scoring this season. It marked the 27th game of 2017-18 in which the Cavs’ 1/26 vs. IND 7:30 p.m. FSO reserves have tallied 40 points or more. Cleveland’s reserves are averaging a franchise-record 41.4 points this season (3rd -most in the NBA). 1/28 vs. DET 6:00 p.m. FSO 1/30 @ DET 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO • Jeff Green has scored in double figures in four of his last five games, including a 22-point performance against Minnesota on Monday (9-15, .600 1/31 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO FG%; 3-5, .600 3FG%, 3 REB, 3 AST). Over that stretch, he is averaging 14.6 points on .417 shooting (.467 3FG%) and 3.2 rebounds in 25.4 minutes 2/3 vs. HOU 8:30 p.m. ABC per game. Green has scored in double figures in 22 games for the Cavaliers this season. 2/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/7 vs. MIN 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO • Dwyane Wade (11.8 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.0 SPG, 23.6 MPG, 34 games as reserve) is the only bench player in the NBA this season averaging 2/9 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO at least 11.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal (minimum 20 games off bench). On Monday against Minnesota, Wade notched 13 2/11 @ BOS 3:30 p.m. ABC points, four rebounds, six assists and one block in 24 minutes off the bench. 2/13 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/22 vs. WAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO • Isaiah Thomas has made at least one three-pointer in 60 consecutive games, the 2nd-longest active streak in the NBA (Klay Thompson-95). In 2/23 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO three games with Cleveland so far this season, Thomas is averaging 15.0 points and 3.3 assists in 19.7 minutes. 2/25 vs. SAS 3:30 p.m. ABC 2/27 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/1 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/3 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Derrick Rose (left ankle sprain) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/5 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV Iman Shumpert (Left Knee Arthroscopic Surgery) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/7 @ DEN 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/9 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/11 @ LAL 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/13 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO 3/15 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/17 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/2/18 – Assigned center Ante Zizic to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively owned and operated NBA G League team…12/23/17 – Recalled center Ante Zizic from 3/19 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively owned and operated NBA G League team. 3/21 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/23 vs. PHX 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/25 @ BKN 1:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/27 @ MIA 8:00 p.m.