Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3) at Boston Celtics (3-4)
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FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 2014 TD GARDEN – BOSTON, MA TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (3-3) AT BOSTON CELTICS (3-4) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #7 ROAD GAME # 5 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: 6 6 24.8 7.0 6.8 .436 40.3 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: 6 6 18.7 10.2 1.8 .393 37.9 11/10 vs. NOP WON 118-111 11/14 @ BOS 7:30 PM FSO 11/15 vs. ATL 7:30 PM FSO C 17 ANDERSON VAREJAO 6-11 267 14-15: 6 6 10.7 6.0 1.3 .591 27.4 11/17 vs. DEN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 11/19 vs. SAS 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 11/21 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO G 31 SHAWN MARION 6-7 228 14-15: 6 3 4.2 4.0 1.0 .423 21.5 11/22 vs. TOR 7:30 PM FSO 11/24 vs. ORL 7:00 PM FSO G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 6 6 22.0 2.8 5.0 .433 39.8 11/26 vs. WAS 7:00 PM FSO 11/29 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO 12/2 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO 12/4 @ NYK 8:00 PM TNT/ FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 12/8 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 12/9 vs. TOR 7:00 PM FSO th The Cleveland Cavaliers will square off with the Boston Celtics at TD Garden tonigh t for their 5 ro ad game of the year. The Cavs and 12/11 @ OKC 8:00 PM TNT Celtics will play each oth er th ree more times in 2014-15 (3/3 at CLE, 4 /10 at CL E & 4 /12 at BOS). 12/12 @ NOP 8:00 PM FSO 12/15 vs. CHA 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO Tonight is the first contest of a back-to-back, the third of 20 back-to-back sets for the Cleveland this season. Th e Cavs returns to 12/17 vs. ATL 7:00 PM FSO Cleveland for a matchup with th e Atlanta Hawks to morro w night at Quicken Loans Arena. 12/19 vs. BKN 7:30 PM FSO 12/21 vs. MEM 4:30 PM FSO Cleveland pic ked up its 2nd straight w in on Monday, a 118-111 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans at The Q . Th e C avs posted season 12/23 vs. MIN 7:00 PM FSO highs in points (118), field goal p erc entage (.494), three-pointers mad e (13), three-point field go al p ercen tage ( .481), points in a h alf (67 12/25 @ MIA 5:00 PM ABC 12/26 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO in 2nd half) and assists (26). Kyrie Irvin g (27), LeBron James (22) and Kevin Love (12) combin ed for 61 of the 67 second h alf points. 12/28 vs. DET 4:30 PM FSO LeBron James (23,319) is just 16 points aw ay from passing Robert P arish (23,334) for 24 th all-time on the NBA’s scoring list. 12/30 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO 12/31 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO Through six games in 2014-15, the Wine and Gold has the best free throw percentage in the NBA at .824 (140-170). In Monday’s win 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO over th e P elicans, C leveland shot 25-30 (.833) from the charity strip e. 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO Over the p ast two games, both victo ries, the C avs are averaging 114.0 points (15.5 fast break pts), 25.5 assists and just 9 .5 turnovers. 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO LeBron James is coming off of his 2nd straight double-double performance after finishing with 32 points on 9-17 (.529) shooting, a 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM FSO 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO season-high 11 rebounds, nine assists, one steal and on e block in 40 minutes of action . Over the last three contests, James is ave raging 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 28.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 8 .0 assists and 1.7 steals in 40.7 minutes per game . 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO nd 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT Kyrie Irving h ad his second 30-point game in three outings after pourin g in 32 points (27 in 2 h alf) on 11-21 (.524) shooting, includin g 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO 4-7 (.571) from the three-point line, five rebounds, a s eason-high nin e assists and just on e tu rnover in 41 minutes. Irving has gone four 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO straight games with only one turnover , while recordin g 20 assists in th at span. Monday was th e second time in Irving’s career in whic h 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO he has posted at least 30 points, nin e assists and five rebounds in a game (39 pts, 12 asts, five rebs on 11/9/13 vs. Philadelphia). 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao is shooting a team-best .591 (26-44) from the field, which ranks 8th in the NBA, and has scored in double figures in 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO four of the Cavs’ first six games. On Mond ay, h e h ad 12 points on 4-7 (.571) shooting, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 22 minutes. 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO th 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT Kevin Love nailed four three-pointers in the 4 quarter of Monday’s win and finished with a season-high 6-9 (.666) shooting from 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO beyond the arc fo r 22 points, five bo ards, two assists and a steal in 39 minutes. It was his fifth career game with at l east six mad e triples. 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Tristan Thompson ranks 2nd in the NBA with 4 .5 offensive rebounds per game in 2014-15. 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC Matthew Dellavedova (left knee MCL sprain) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah -veh-DOH-vuh) 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO Dion Waiters (lower back contusion) – PROBABLE Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/1 @ HOU 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT 11/14/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…11/2/14 – Signed guard Will 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO Cherry…11/1/14 – Waived guard A.J. Price…10/31/14 – Cavaliers and Anderson Varejao signed a multi-year contract extension…10/25/14 – Exercised the fourth-year 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO contract option on guard Dion Waiters…Waived forward Shane Edwards… 10/19/14 – Waived guards Chris Crawford and Stephen Holt…10/1/14 – Signed guard Stephen 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO Holt…9/28/14 – Signed guard Chris Crawford and forward Shane Edwards…9/27/14 – Acquired Philadelphia’s 2015 second round pick (protected) in exchange for guard Keith 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO Bogans and the Cavs 2018 second round pick in a trade with the 76ers…9/25/14 – Acquired guard Keith Bogans and the rights to Sacramento’s 2015 and 2017 second round 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO picks (both top-55 protected) from the Boston Celtics in exchange for guard John Lucas III and forwards Erik Murphy, Dwight Powell and Malcolm Thomas, along with the 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO Cavs 2016 and 2017 second round picks…9/9/14 – Signed forward Shawn Marion to a contract. 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 3/29 vs. PHI 1:00 PM FSO 2014-15 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/2 vs. MIA 8:00 PM TNT 4/5 vs. CHI 3:30 PM ABC RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/8 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO OVERALL 3-3 (.500) 1-1 (.500) 2-2 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) W2 4/10 vs.