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THUR., APRIL 2, 2015 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (48-27) VS. MIAMI HEAT (34-40) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #76 HOME GAME #37 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: 64 64 25.7 5.9 7.3 .489 36.3 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: 70 70 16.5 10.0 2.3 .433 34.1 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: 74 73 9.7 7.4 0.7 .557 25.6 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: 64 45 12.0 3.2 2.9 .417 29.8 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 70 70 21.9 3.2 5.2 .467 36.9 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 continue their three-game homestand tonight when they play the Miami Heat for the fourth and final time of the 2014- 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 15 regular season. In the last meeting between these two teams at Quicken Loans Arena on Feb. 11, the Cavs took a 113-93 win after shooting 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 44-78 (.564) shooting from the field and 10-25 (.400) from three-point land. The Wine and Gold had seven players score in double figures that 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 night (Mozgov-20, James-18, Thompson-17, Irving-15, Shumpert-13, Love-12 & Smith-10) and dished out 32 assists. 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 With 24,814 career points, LeBron James is two points away from passing Patrick Ewing (24,815) for No. 20 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. 12/19 vs. BKN WON, 95-91 12/21 vs. MEM WON, 105-91 Cleveland has won a season-high 16 straight games at Quicken Loans Arena, outscoring opponents by an average of 14.6 points (105.9-91.3) at 12/23 vs. MIN WON, 125-104 home during that stretch. It is tied for the 3rd-longest home winning streak in franchise history (Feb. 11-April 12, 2009). The Cavs have won by 12/25 @ MIA Lost, 91-101 double figures 13 times during their 16-game winning streak at The Q. 12/26 @ ORL WON, 98-89 12/28 vs. DET Lost, 80-103 Since their 16-game home winning streak began on Jan. 19, the Cavs lead the NBA in opponent field goal percentage at home (.402), while also 12/30 @ ATL Lost, 101-109 ranking 2nd in points per game differential at home (14.6), 3rd in opponent PPG at home (91.3) and 7th in opponent 3-point % (.320). The defense 12/31 vs. MIL Lost, 80-96 1/2 @ CHA WON, 91-87 has held 15 of the last 16 home opponents to under .440 shooting from the field, while just one of their last 16 home foes have scored 100 points. th 1/4 vs. DAL Lost, 90-109 In the Feb. 11 home win over Miami, the Cavs limited the Heat to 93 points on 34-84 (.405) shooting. 1/5 @ PHI Lost, 92-95 On the season, the Cavs hold a 27-9 record at The Q and are one of only seven NBA teams that have yet to lose 10 home games this season (GSW, 1/7 vs. HOU Lost, 93-105 1/9 @ GSW Lost, 94-112 ATL, POR, SAS, MEM, OKC). At The Q in 2014-15, the Cavs are a perfect 20-0 when scoring at least 100 points, 12-0 when shooting .500 or better 1/11 @ SAC Lost, 84-103 from the field and 14-0 when shooting .400 or better from behind the arc. 1/13 @ PHX Lost, 100-107 Tristan Thompson has played in 299 games as a Cavalier with tonight being his 300th. He has played in 281 consecutive games dating back to 1/15 @ LAL WON, 109-102 Feb. 10, 2012, which is the 2nd-longest active streak in the NBA (DeAndre Jordan-315). On the season, Thompson leads all NBA bench players in 1/16 @ LAC WON, 126-121 1/19 vs. CHI WON, 108-94 offensive rebounds per game (3.2) and total rebounds (458), while ranking 2nd in rebounds per game (7.5). 1/21 vs. UTA WON, 106-92 Kevin Love has a team-leading 37 double-doubles this season, which are the most by a Cavs player since Drew Gooden in 2004-05 (37). 1/23 vs. CHA WON, 129-90 1/25 vs. OKC WON, 108-98 The starting lineup of Kyrie Irving (20.0), J.R. Smith (12.3), LeBron James (24.1), Kevin Love (15.1) and Timofey Mozgov (12.4) are each 1/27 @ DET WON, 103-95 averaging double figures in scoring during the Cavs’ 16-game home winning streak and have yet to lose a game at The Q as a unit. When those 1/28 vs. POR WON, 99-94 five players score at least 10 points in a game this season, the Cavs are a perfect 10-0. 1/30 vs. SAC WON, 101-90 1/31 @ MIN WON, 106-90 Over his last 10 contests, Kyrie Irving is averaging 24.5 points, including a .478 (22-46) clip from beyond the arc, 4.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 35.6 2/2 vs. PHI WON, 97-84 minutes per game. 2/5 vs. LAC WON, 105-94 2/6 @ IND Lost, 99-103 th LeBron James posted his 20 double-double of the season in Sunday’s win over the Sixers after tallying 20 points, a season-high tying 11 2/8 vs. LAL WON, 120-105 rebounds and six assists in 38 minutes. He has now had at least 20 double-doubles in nine of his 12 NBA seasons. 2/11 vs. MIA WON, 113-93 2/12 @ CHI Lost, 98-113 Since Jan. 15, Cleveland owns the NBA’s best overall record (29-7), road record (13-7, tied with GSW) and record against the West (14-1). 2/20 @ WAS WON, 127-89 st nd rd During their 29-7 stretch, the Cavs also rank 1 in three-pointers made per game (11.6), 2 in points per game differential (+10.4), 3 in field goal 2/22 @ NYK WON, 101-83 percentage (.470), 3rd in points per game (107.2) and 4th in three-point percentage (.381). Defensively since that time, the Cavs are 11th in 2/24 @ DET WON, 102-93 opponent field goal percentage (.437), 5th in opponent three-point percentage (.326) and 7th in opponent points per game (96.8). 2/26 vs. GSW WON, 110-99 2/27 @ IND Lost, 86-93 The Cavs have won 24 of the last 25 games when scoring at least 100 points and are 38-5 when hitting the century mark in scoring in 2014-15. 3/1 @ HOU Lost, 103-105* Cleveland is a perfect 18-0 this season when holding teams to 90 points or less. 3/3 vs. BOS WON, 110-79 3/4 @ TOR WON, 120-112 3/6 @ ATL Lost, 97-106 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/7 vs. PHX WON, 89-79 Anderson Varejao (Left Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ DAL WON, 127-94 Kevin Love (Lower Back) – TBD Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/12 @ SAS WON, 128-125* Iman Shumpert (Left Ankle) – TBD Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/15 @ ORL WON, 123-108 Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 @ MIA Lost, 92-106 3/18 vs. BKN WON, 117-92 Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/20 vs. IND WON, 95-92 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/22 @ MIL WON, 108-90 3/31/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…3/23/15 – Recalled guard Joe 3/25 @ MEM WON, 111-89 Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…3/20/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, 3/27 @ BKN Lost, 98-106 the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…2/24/15 – Signed center Kendrick Perkins to a contract. 3/29 vs. PHI WON, 87-86 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.