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FRI., NOV. 3, 2017 CAPITAL ONE ARENA – WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM ET TV: ESPN/FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/WMMS 100.7 FM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2017-18 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME # 9 ROAD GAME # 4 PROBABLE STARTERS 2017-18 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 10/17 vs. BOS WON, 102-99 10/20 @ MIL WON, 116-97 10/21 vs. ORL Lost, 93-114 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 8 8 25.6 7.0 8.9 .594 37.0 10/24 vs. CHI WON, 119-112 10/25 @ BKN Lost, 107-112 10/28 @ NOP Lost, 101-123 F 99 JAE CROWDER 6-6 235 17-18: 8 5 7.5 3.4 0.9 .375 25.6 10/29 vs. NYK Lost, 95-114 11/1 vs. IND Lost, 107-124 11/3 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 8 8 18.4 11.4 1.8 .415 30.3 11/5 vs. ATL 3:00 p.m. FSO 11/7 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 11/9 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. TNT G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 8 5 5.5 2.9 2.0 .267 26.2 11/11 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 11/13 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/15 @ CHA 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO G 1 DERRICK ROSE 6-3 190 17-18: 4 4 15.0 3.3 1.8 .511 28.5 11/17 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/20 @ DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/22 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/24 vs. CHA 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/27 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/28 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • The Cleveland Cavaliers hit the road to take on the Washington Wizards for the first of four regular season matchups. Cleveland went 2-1 in the 11/30 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO three meetings against Washington last season, winning both contests at Capital One Arena. The Cavs averaged 120.0 points per game against 12/2 vs. MEM 7:30 p.m. FSO the Wizards last year, the 3rd-highest average for the Cavs against any Eastern Conference team in a single season in franchise history (121.8 PPG 12/4 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO vs. CHA in 1988-89 and 120.2 PPG vs. ATL in 1991-92). (STATS, Inc.) 12/6 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO • Since the 2012-13 season, the Cavs are 12-6 against the Wizards, which includes a 7-2 mark on the road. The last time these two teams faced 12/9 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. FSO off in the nation’s capital, Cleveland defeated Washington, 140-135, in overtime on Feb. 6, 2017. The 140 points scored by the Cavs were their 12/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/14 vs. LAL 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO most in a game since April 9, 1992 (141 points vs. CHA) and the franchise’s most ever in a road game (prev. 137 on 2/28/84 at Kansas City Kings). 12/16 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. FSO In the win, Cleveland shot 49-92 (.533) from the field, 19-38 (.500) from the three-point line and 23-28 (.821) from the charity stripe. 12/17 @ WAS 6:00 p.m. FSO th 12/19 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • CAREER MARKS & NBA HISTORY: LeBron James (28,992 PTS) needs 8 points to become the 7 player in league history to reach 29,000 points, 12/21 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. FSO as well as the youngest to do so (32 years, 308 days), passing Kobe Bryant (33 years, 199 days). James (10,505 FGM and 1,758 STL) is one field 12/25 @ GSW 3:00 p.m. ABC goal away from passing Kevin Garnett (10,505 FGM, 12th) and nine field goals from passing John Havlicek (10,513 FGM, 11th) for the 11th-most 12/27 @ SAC 10:00 p.m. FSO field goals made in NBA history and needs 2 steals to pass Shawn Marion (1,759 STL, 18th) for 18th on the NBA’s all-time steals list. J.R. Smith 12/30 @ UTA 8:00 p.m. FSO (1,782 3FGM) needs 6 three-pointers to pass Rashard Lewis (1,787 3FGM) for 14th place on the NBA’s all-time three-pointers made list. 1/2 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 1/3 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO • With at least 10 points tonight, LeBron James’ (799) double-figure scoring streak will reach 800 regular season games, making him the 2nd 1/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO player in NBA history to accomplish that feat (Michael Jordan-866). Against Indiana on Wednesday, James posted his 400th career regular 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/11 @ TOR 8:00 p.m. TNT season 30-point game (33 PTS), joining five other players in league history to reach that mark (Michael Jordan-562, Wilt Chamberlain-515, Karl 1/12 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO Malone-435, Kobe Bryant-431, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-429). (Elias) 1/15 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. TNT 1/18 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO • Kevin Love has an NBA-best tying 7 double-doubles this season. He also averaged a double-double in his three appearances against 1/20 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC Washington in 2016-17 (23.3 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 36.0 MPG), while shooting .500 (20-40) from the field, .529 (9-17) from beyond the arc and .875 1/23 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT (21-24) from the foul line. In the most recent road contest against the Wizards (2/6/17), Love put up 39 points on 11-17 (.647) shooting, including 1/26 vs. IND 7:30 p.m. FSO a 6-10 (.600) mark from deep, a perfect 11-11 clip from the foul line, 12 rebounds, three assists and three steals in 42 minutes. 1/28 vs. DET 6:00 p.m. FSO 1/30 @ DET 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO • In three games versus the Wizards in 2016-17, LeBron James averaged a near triple-double with 27.7 points on .544 shooting from the field, 1/31 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO including .563 (9-16) from three-point range, 9.3 rebounds, 10.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks in 40.3 minutes. In the previous meeting at 2/3 vs. HOU 8:30 p.m. ABC Washington (2/6/17), James had a career-high 17 assists to go with 32 points (12-18 FG, 6-8 3FG) and seven boards in 42 minutes of work. 2/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/7 vs. MIN 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO • Derrick Rose has scored in double figures in all four of his appearances this season, averaging 15.0 points and shooting .511 from the field. 2/9 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO 2/11 @ BOS 3:30 p.m. ABC • Jeff Green poured in 15 points on 6-8 (.750) shooting from the field in 20 minutes off the bench on Wednesday against Indiana, marking his 2/13 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT fourth double-digit scoring effort in seven games. 2/22 vs. WAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 2/23 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO 2/25 vs. SAS 3:30 p.m. ABC CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/27 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO Isaiah Thomas (right hip) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/1 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO Iman Shumpert (right knee soreness) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/3 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Tristan Thompson (left calf strain) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/5 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/7 @ DEN 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/9 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV 3/11 @ LAL 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/13 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/15 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO 10/18/17 – Cavs signed guard London Perrantes to a Two-Way Contract…10/14/17 – Cavaliers acquired the draft rights to forward Dimitrios Agravanis and guard Sergey 3/17 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO Gladyr from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for forward Richard Jefferson, guard Kay Felder, two future second round draft picks and cash considerations; also waived center 3/19 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Kendrick Perkins and guard Isaac Hamilton…10/11/17 – Cavaliers signed guard Isaac Hamilton; also waived center Edy Tavares. 3/21 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/23 vs. PHX 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/25 @ BKN 1:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/27 @ MIA 8:00 p.m.