SUN., MAY 8, 2016 PHILIPS ARENA – ATLANTA, GA TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 3:30 PM EST SUN., MAY 8, 2016 PHILIPS ARENA – ATLANTA, GA TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 3:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (7-0, 57-25) AT ATLANTA HAWKS (4-5, 48-34) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES SECOND ROUND GAME 4 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #8 ROAD GAME #4 PROBABLE STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 76 76 25.3 7.4 6.8 .520 35.6 PLAYOFFS: 7 7 23.9 8.6 7.0 .508 38.9 QUARTERFINALS F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 77 77 16.0 9.9 2.4 .419 31.5 # 1 Cleveland vs. # 8 Detroit PLAYOFFS: 7 7 17.7 12.4 1.9 .364 33.8 CAVS won series 4-0 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 82 34 7.8 9.0 0.8 .588 27.7 PLAYOFFS: 7 7 5.0 8.0 1.1 .400 28.7 Game 1 at Cleveland G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 77 77 12.4 2.8 1.7 .415 30.7 Sunday, April 17 CAVS 106, Pistons 101 PLAYOFFS: 7 7 13.6 4.0 1.9 .492 34.9 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 53 53 19.6 3.0 4.7 .448 31.5 Game 2 at Cleveland PLAYOFFS: 7 7 24.9 1.9 5.1 .474 35.5 Wednesday, April 20 CAVS 107, Pistons 90 CAVS QUICK FACTS The Cleveland Cavaliers are up 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Atlanta and can close out the series with a win tonight at Philips Arena. If Game 3 at Detroit the Cavs advance, it will mark the 6th time in franchise history that the Cavs have reached the Eastern Conference Finals (1976, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2015). Friday, April 22 The Cavaliers have gone on to sweep an opponent every time when leading 3-0 in a series (2007 First Round vs. WAS, 2009 First Round vs. DET, 2009 Semifinals vs. ATL, 2015 First Round vs. BOS and 2015 Conference Finals vs. ATL, 2016 First Round vs. DET). CAVS 101, Pistons 91 Cleveland remains the only undefeated team in the 2016 Playoffs (7-0). Cleveland will try to win its first eight playoff games for the second time in franchise Game 4 at Detroit history (2009 Playoffs). th Sunday, April 24 MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James needs 2 three-pointers to pass Chauncey Billups for 7 place in playoff three-point field goals made. He is also 4 rebounds away from surpassing Hakeem Olajuwon (1,621) for 12th place in career playoff rebounds and 64 points away from passing Shaquille O’Neal CAVS 100, Pistons 98 (5,250) for 4th place in all-time playoff scoring. With one more block, James can also pass Larry Nance (93) for the most blocks in franchise postseason history. With a perfect 11-0 playoff record against Atlanta, the Cavs are the first team in NBA history to win its first 11 postseason games against a single CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS opponent. The previous record was Boston’s 10-0 mark in its first 10 playoff games against Chicago from 1981 to 1987. (Elias Sports Bureau) # 1 Cleveland vs. # 4 Atlanta Through three games in this round, the Cavs have outscored Atlanta by 16.3 points (116.0-99.7), while dishing out 26.7 assists and outrebounding the Hawks by 8.6 (47.3-38.7) boards. Cleveland is also averaging 20.3 three-pointers, connecting on .530 (61-115) from deep this series. CAVS Lead Series 3-0 In Friday’s 121-108 win in Game 3 at Atlanta, the Cavs connected on 21-39 (.538) shots from beyond the arc, becoming the first team in NBA history to Game 1 @ Cleveland have consecutive games with 20 or more three-pointers (regular and postseason). Cleveland has made at least 20 three-pointers in an NBA-record three games this postseason and leads all 2016 playoff teams in total three-pointers made (118), three-point percentage (.466) and three-pointers per game (16.9). Monday, May 2 Cleveland had a +27 (55-28) advantage in rebounding in Game 3 against the Hawks, which their biggest rebound margin in a playoff game in franchise CAVS 104, Hawks 93 history (previous was +23, 46-23, on 5/9/09 at ATL). The last NBA team to have at least a +27 margin on the glass in a playoff game was Washington’s +39 edge (62-23) against Indiana on May 13, 2014. (Elias Sports Bureau) Game 2 @ Cleveland The Cavs had four players score at least 20 points in a postseason game for just the second time in franchise playoff history after Channing Frye (27), Wednesday, May 4 LeBron James (24), Kyrie Irving (24) and Kevin Love (21) accomplished that feat in Game 2. The only other time that happened was on April 26, 1990 at CAVS 123, Hawks 98 Philadelphia (Brad Daugherty-21, Larry Nance-20, Mark Price-21 and John Williams-23). (Elias Sports Bureau) Cleveland has scored 120 points or more in back-to-back games for the first time in franchise playoff history. The Cavs’ seven straight playoff games Game 3 @ Atlanta reaching the 100-point mark is also a team record. Friday, May 6 LeBron James, who has scored at least 20 points in 17 consecutive playoff games (longest active streak in NBA), passed Robert Parish (185) for 13th place in career playoff games played in Game 3 against the Hawks. This postseason, he has five games with at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists (121 in CAVS 121, Hawks 108 playoff career), including in Friday’s win at Atlanta (24 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, two steals). Game 4 @ Atlanta Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in six of seven games during the 2016 Playoffs. In Game 3, Irving scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half. Sunday, May 8 – 3:30 p.m. Kevin Love recorded his 7th straight postseason double-double, the longest streak in franchise playoff history, after tallying 21 points and 15 rebounds in 29 minutes in Game 3 on Friday. It was his first career playoff game with at least 20 points and 15 rebounds. Love also made five three-pointers. TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Tristan Thompson was one offensive rebound shy of tying the franchise playoff record after grabbing a postseason career-best nine offensive boards (13 total) and adding seven points in28 minutes in Game 3. Thompson is averaging 11.3 rebounds per game this series. Game 5 @ Cleveland* Channing Frye had a playoff career-high and game-high 27 points (11 in the 4th quarter) on 10-13 (.769) shooting, including a career-high 7-9 (.778) makes from deep, seven rebounds and one steal in 28 minutes off the bench on Friday. This series, Frye is averaging 15.7 points on .680 (17-25) shooting from the Tuesday, May 10 – TBD field, including .600 (9-15) from three, and 4.0 rebounds in 19.0 minutes. TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) Game 6 @ Atlanta* None Sasha Kaun (kown) Thursday, May 12 – TBD Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW TV: ESPN Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS Game 7 @ Cleveland* Sunday, May 15 – TBD RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 2016 PLAYOFFS 7-0 (1.000) 4-0 (1.000) 3-0 (1.000) 0-0 (---) W7 TV: TBD RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM OVERALL 57-25 (.695) 33-8 (.805) 24-17 (.583) 3-2 (.600) L1 * If necessary CENTRAL 8-8 (.500) 5-3 (.625) 3-5 (.375) 1-1 (.500) L3 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 21-5 (.808) 14-12 (.538) 2-1 (.667) L1 WESTERN 22-8 (.733) 12-3 (.800) 10-5 (.667) 1-1 (.500) L1 2016 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS: AT ATLANTA HAWKS (4-5, 48-34) CAVS-HAWKS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Monday, May 2 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) WON, 104-93 GAME 2: Wednesday, May 4 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) WON, 123-98 GAME 3: Friday, May 6 @ Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) WON, 121-108 GAME 4: Sunday, May 8 @ Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) 3:30 p.m., ABC *GAME 5: Tuesday, May 10 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD, TNT *GAME 6: Thursday, May 12 @ Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) TBD, ESPN *GAME 7: Sunday, May 15 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD, TBD * If Necessary CAVS-HAWKS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: This is the 3rd time the Cavaliers and Hawks meet in the playoffs (2009, 2015) Overall: 11-0 Home: 6-0 The Q: 6-0 Road: 5-0 Result 2009 Conference Semifinals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 CAVS won 4-0 2015 Conference Finals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 CAVS won 4-0 2016 Conference Semifinals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 1-0 CAVS Lead 3-0 CAVALIERS – HAWKS MATCHUP (Overall 2016 Postseason Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 108.9 97.0 .466 .457 .466 .696 43.7 38.1 24.0 7.0 2.7 10.3 +11.9 HAWKS 100.2 101.2 .426 .412 .338 .801 44.6 46.4 22.7 7.2 7.7 14.6 -1.0 CAVALIERS – HAWKS (2016 Second Round Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 116.0 99.7 .471 .430 .530 .662 47.3 38.7 26.7 8.7 3.0 12.7 +16.3 HAWKS 99.7 116.0 .430 .471 .400 .841 38.7 47.3 22.7 5.7 5.7 14.0 -16.3 CONNECTIONS Hawks’ General Manager Wes Wilcox spent nine seasons with the Cavaliers…Wilcox was the first ever general manager of the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ D-League affiliate in 2011…Cavs assistant coach Larry Drew was the head coach of the Hawks for three seasons (2010-2013), leading the team to the postseason each year…Cavs Head Coach Tyronn Lue played for the Hawks in 189 games over four seasons…Hawks guard Kirk Hinrich and Cavs center Sasha Kaun played their collegiate basketball at Kansas.