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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (31-14) (28-19) VS. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER SUN., JAN. 29, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 3:30 PM EST TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 46 HOME GAME # 26 PROBABLE STARTERS 2016-17 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 10/25 vs. NYK WON, 117-88 10/28 @ TOR WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 42 42 25.7 7.9 8.5 .524 37.6 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 40 40 20.3 11.1 1.9 .428 31.9 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 45 45 7.2 *9.6 0.8 .573 29.0 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 4 IMAN SHUMPERT 6-5 220 16-17: 44 8 7.8 2.8 1.6 *.443 24.9 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 40 40 *24.5 3.4 5.6 *.471 35.2 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 * Career High (or tied) 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up their three-game homestand this afternoon when they take on the Oklahoma City Thunder for the first time this season. 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 The two teams will face each other again on February 9 in Oklahoma City. 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 The Cavaliers have won three straight games over the Thunder. During that stretch, Cleveland has outscored Oklahoma City by an average of 12.3 points 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 (109.0-96.7), which includes a 23-point win in their previous matchup (115-92 on 2/21/16). Defensively over the last three contests, the Cavs have held the 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 Thunder to a combined .422 shooting from the field and just .296 (21-71) from beyond the arc. 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) The Cavs are 28-6 in their last 34 home games against the Western Conference (8-3 in 2016-17). This season at The Q, Cleveland holds the 2nd-best home 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 record in the NBA at 20-5 (.800). 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James has scored a franchise-best 19,994 points as a Cavalier and is 6 points away from becoming the first player to 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 score 20,000 points with the Wine and Gold. James (27913 PTS, 796 BLKS, 7171 ASTS) is also 87 points away from 28,000 points for his career, 4 blocks away 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 from the 800-mark, and 41 assists shy of passing Lenny Wilkens (7211 ASTS) for 13th place in NBA history. Tristan Thompson (1464 OFF. REBS) is 16 offensive 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 rebounds away from passing Anderson Varejao (1479) for 3rd-most in Cavaliers history. Thompson (3743 TOT REBS) is also 48 total rebounds away from 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 passing Jim Chones (3790) for 6th place in franchise history. Kyrie Irving (469 STLS) needs 6 steals to pass John Bagley (474) for 9th place in Cavs history. 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 The Cavs have scored at least 115 points in four of the last five games, averaging 118.2 points on .497 shooting from the field and 26.6 assists since Jan. 19. 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 Kyle Korver reached double figures in scoring for the second straight game after posting 14 points and a 3-6 (.500) clip from deep in 22 minutes off the bench 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 th 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 against Brooklyn. He also reached 10,000 points for his career with his 13 point of the night and has scored 10-plus points on four occasions with the Cavs. 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 Cleveland has made at least 13 three-pointers in a season-high 5 straight contests, shooting a combined 75-187 (.401) from deep during that span. On the 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 season, the Cavs rank 2nd in the NBA in three-pointers made per game (12.9,) and 3rd in three-point percentage (.384). 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in 5 straight games, averaging 30.4 points on .538 shooting, including .447 (17-38) from beyond the arc, 5.8 assists, 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 1.6 steals and 1.0 block in 37.8 minutes over that stretch. Against Brooklyn on Friday, Irving scored 20 points in the third quarter and finished with 28 points 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) on 10-17 (.588) shooting, six assists and two blocks in 31 minutes. It was the third time in his career that Irving scored 20 points or more in a period (21 vs. 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 NJN in 4th Q on 1/27/12, 2/20/13 in 4th Q at NO). 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO Coming into tonight’s contest, LeBron James has shot at least .500 from the field in 5 straight games (four double-doubles and three contests with at least 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO .677 FG%), shooting a combined .622 (51-82) from the field with averages of 26.2 points, 8.6 rebounds, 11.2 assists and 1.4 steals in 41.4 minutes over that 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC five-game stretch. In Friday’s win over Brooklyn, he had 31 points on 13-18 (.722) shooting from the field and 11 assists in 34 minutes, marking the second 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO/TNT time this season he has produced at least 30 points and 10 assists while making 70 percent of his field goal attempts (December 10 vs. Charlotte). Over the 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO last 25 seasons, only two other players have had multiple games of that type in a single season: Gary Payton (2000-01) and Deron Williams (2007-08). (Elias) 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO In 23 career regular season games against the Thunder, LeBron James is averaging 29.5 points, which is tied for his highest points per game total against any 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO team (29.5 ppg versus Boston). He has scored at least 33 points in six of the last eight meetings against Oklahoma City. In the two games versus the 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Thunder last season, he averaged 29.0 points, 11.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 38.5 minutes. 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC Tristan Thompson has pulled down at least 10 rebounds in seven straight meetings against the Thunder. Thompson, who is coming off a double-double 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO performance against the Nets (10 points, 10 rebounds, 5-5 FG,) has also posted a double-double in each of the last four matchups versus Oklahoma City, 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO averaging 13.0 points (.643 FG%), 14.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 33.0 minutes over that stretch. 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO Kevin Love has posted 4 straight double-doubles and leads the Cavs with 28 double-doubles on the season (tied for 8th-most in NBA). 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Chris Andersen (right knee ACL tear) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO J.R. Smith (right thumb fracture) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m.