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WED., FEB. 11, 2015 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: ESPN/FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (32-21) VS. MIAMI HEAT (22-29) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #54 HOME GAME #30 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: 43 43 26.0 5.5 7.4 .492 36.8 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: 51 51 17.1 10.5 2.3 .427 35.0 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 250 14-15: 52 51 9.0 8.0 0.5 .522 26.0 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 14-15: 42 23 11.8 2.6 2.9 .408 28.5 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 50 50 21.9 3.3 5.3 .470 37.7 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 The Cleveland Cavaliers, winners of 13 of their last 14 games, take on the Miami Heat for the second of four regular season matchups. 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 After a 120-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, the Wine and Gold have now won a season-high nine straight games at 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 Quicken Loans Arena, their longest since an 11-game home winning streak from Feb. 23-Apr. 6, 2010. The Wine and Gold are 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 outscoring foes by 14.7 points per game over their current home winning streak (108.1-93.4), while holding the opposition to a 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 12/19 vs. BKN WON, 95-91 combined .401 shooting from the field. The Cavs have won by double figures in eight of those nine wins at The Q. 12/21 vs. MEM WON, 105-91 Against the Lakers on Sunday, the Cavaliers offense put up 120 points on 45-82 (.549) shooting from the field, including 18-33 (.545) 12/23 vs. MIN WON, 125-104 12/25 @ MIA Lost, 91-101 from three-point land, and 31 assists. At The Q this season, the Cavs are a perfect 16-0 when scoring at least 100 points (25-4 overall), 12/26 @ ORL WON, 98-89 a perfect 10-0 when shooting .500 or better from the field (12-0 overall), a perfect 11-0 when shooting .400 or better from behind the 12/28 vs. DET Lost, 80-103 arc (13-2 overall) and a perfect 4-0 when dishing out at least 30 assists (4-0 overall). 12/30 @ ATL Lost, 101-109 12/31 vs. MIL Lost, 80-96 With 18 three-point field goals made against the Lakers on Sunday, Cleveland was just one three-pointer away from tying their franchise 1/2 @ CHA WON, 91-87 record and have now made at least 10 three-pointers in eight of the last 10 games. On the season, the Cavs have 18 games of at least 1/4 vs. DAL Lost, 90-109 10 triples made, already matching last season’s total (18). 1/5 @ PHI Lost, 92-95 1/7 vs. HOU Lost, 93-105 The Cavs have won 11 straight games when hitting the century mark in scoring. The Wine and Gold are even better when scoring at 1/9 @ GSW Lost, 94-112 least 102 points this season, as they hold a 24-1 (.960) mark, which is tied with Memphis (24-1, .960) for the best record in the NBA. 1/11 @ SAC Lost, 84-103 1/13 @ PHX Lost, 100-107 Since Jan. 19, the Cavs rank 2nd in defensive field goal percentage (.409) and 4th in the NBA in opponent points per game (94.1 points). 1/15 @ LAL WON, 109-102 1/16 @ LAC WON, 126-121 LeBron James has 6,107 career assists and with eight more assists, he will pass John Havlicek (6,114) for the second-most assists by a 1/19 vs. CHI WON, 108-94 forward in NBA history. Scottie Pippen has the most assists by a forward with 6,135. 1/21 vs. UTA WON, 106-92 1/23 vs. CHA WON, 129-90 Kevin Love is 14 rebounds away from 5,000 for his career. He is already the fastest player in league history to reach 4,000 rebounds and 1/25 vs. OKC WON, 108-98 500 three-pointers (401 games). Tonight will be his 416th game. 1/27 @ DET WON, 103-95 1/28 vs. POR WON, 99-94 J.R. Smith is five three-pointers away from reaching 1,400 for his career. Smith currently has 1,395 three-pointers and with his next 1/30 vs. SAC WON, 101-90 make, he will pass Brent Barry for 25th all-time in NBA history. 1/31 @ MIN WON, 106-90 2/2 vs. PHI WON, 97-84 During the Cavs 13-1 stretch, Love (10.5 rpg), Mozgov (8.5 rpg) and Thompson (9.7 rpg) are averaging a combined 28.7 rebounds. The 2/5 vs. LAC WON, 105-94 three big men also rank among the NBA’s top leaders in rebounding in 2014-15 (Love-9th, Mozgov- 26th, Thompson-19th) 2/6 @ IND Lost, 99-103 2/8 vs. LAL WON, 120-105 In the win over the Lakers, Kevin Love tallied a season-high 32 points on 11-18 (.611) shooting from the field, including a season-high 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 7-8 (.875) from long range, 10 rebounds and three assists in 35 minutes. Love was a perfect 5-5 from behind the arc in the second 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT quarter, which tied the franchise record for three-pointers made in a single period. He also became the first Cavalier to knock down 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO seven triples and grab ten rebounds in a game since Dec. 29, 2006 when Donyell Marshall did so against Milwaukee. (Elias) 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM FSO 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO Kyrie Irving has made at least one three-pointer in 13 straight games, including three-plus triples in nine of those games. Over the last 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 13 contests, he is shooting a combined .511 (48-94) from deep, to go along with 25.3 points, 5.7 assists and 1.5 steals in 36.5 minutes. 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 3/1 @ HOU 3:30 PM ABC 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (Left Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/7 vs. PHX 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 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 2/8/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…2/5/15 – Assigned guard Joe 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…2/2/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…1/29/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO operated NBA Development League team…1/28/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development 3/29 vs. PHI 4:30 PM FSO League team…1/27/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. 4/2 vs. MIA 8:00 PM TNT 2014-15 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/5 vs. CHI 3:30 PM ABC 4/8 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/10 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO 4/12 @ BOS 3:00 PM FSO OVERALL 32-21 (.603) 20-9 (.690) 12-12 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) W1 4/13 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO CENTRAL 5-3 (.625) 3-2 (.600) 2-1 (.667) 1-0 (1.000) L1 4/15 vs.