Cleveland Cavaliers (29-10) at Golden State Warriors (34-6)
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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (29-10) (34-6) AT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS MON., JAN. 16, 2017 ORACLE ARENA – OAKLAND, CA 8:00 PM EST TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 40 ROAD GAME # 19 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: 36 36 25.8 7.8 8.3 .517 37.1 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: 35 35 21.2 11.0 1.7 .435 32.0 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 39 39 7.3 *9.8 0.8 .583 28.9 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: 38 2 7.1 2.7 1.7 *.427 24.2 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: 34 34 *23.8 3.5 5.7 .465 35.0 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 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up their season-long six-game road trip this MLK Day at Oracle Arena where they will face the Golden State Warriors. This 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 is the second contest between the Cavs and Warriors in 2016-17. 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 In the first meeting this season, Cleveland overcame a 14-point fourth quarter deficit with a 29-14 run in the final 9:35 to defeat Golden State 109-108 on 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 Christmas Day. LeBron James (31), Kyrie Irving (25) and Kevin Love (20) each scored at least 20 points in the win, and have done so 11 times this season (10- 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 1). The Cavs and Warriors are the only teams in the NBA with three players averaging at least 21.0 points in 2016-17 (James-25.8, Irving-23.8, Love-21.2). 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108* Going back to the 2016 NBA Finals, the Cavs have won four straight games over the Warriors, including the last two at Oracle Arena. 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 The Cavs are coming off a 120-108 win at Sacramento on Friday night. Cleveland has now scored at least 120 points on 10 occasions this season, passing 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 the number of times they put up 120 points or more in 2015-16 (nine times). 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 Cleveland is the only undefeated team in the league when tied or leading after three quarters (25-0). 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 UPCOMING MILESTONES: Kyle Korver, who scored 18 points off the bench against the Kings, will play in his 1,000th career game with an appearance tonight 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 th 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 and is 56 points away from 10,000 for his career. Kyrie Irving (7226 PTS) is 32 points shy of passing Larry Nance (7257) for 8 place in franchise history. Tristan th 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 Thompson (2245 DREB, 325 BLKS) is 15 defensive rebounds away from passing Jim Brewer (2259) for 8 place in franchise history and is 1 block away from th 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 passing Mark West (325 BLKS) for sole possession of 10 place in franchise history. Channing Frye (499 BLKS) and is 1 block away from 500 for his career. 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 In Friday’s win over the Kings, six players scored in double figures for the Cavs and eight players posted at least eight points (Irving-26, Korver-18, James-16, 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 Shumpert-16, Love-15, Frye-10, Thompson-9, Jefferson-8). The Wine and Gold’s offense shot 44-87 (.506) from the field, including 15-37 (.405) from beyond 1/16 @ GSW 8:00 p.m. TNT the arc. The Cavs are 11-1 when shooting at least .500 from the field and a perfect 15-0 when shooting .400 or better from beyond the arc. 1/19 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. FSO • This season, Cleveland ranks 2nd in the NBA in three-pointers made (496) and 3rd in three-point percentage (.385). 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO In 17 games against the Warriors since the 2014-15 season (including 2015 and 2016 Playoffs), LeBron James is averaging 31.6 points, 11.6 rebounds, 7.7 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO assists, 1.9 steals and 1.4 blocks in 42.0 minutes, while posting 13 double-doubles (three triple-doubles) over that 17-game span. In the Christmas Day win 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO this season, James had a team-high 31 points (20 in 2nd half) and 13 rebounds in 40 minutes of work. 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO In the Christmas Day win over Golden State, Kyrie Irving hit the game-winning shot that gave the Cavs a 109-108 lead with 3.4 seconds remaining and 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO finished with 25 points (14 in 4th Q), six rebounds, a game-high 10 assists and a career-high seven steals in 44 minutes. Irving became the first player in 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC franchise history to record at least 25 points, 10 assists and seven steals in a game, as well as the first Cavs player to swipe at least six steals in consecutive 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO games since Foots Walker in 1978 (11/24/78 and 11/28/78). (Elias Sports Bureau) 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT Kyrie Irving is shooting a career-high .898 from the foul line this season (7th-best in NBA). Since Dec. 10, Irving has made .949 (56-59) of his free throw 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO attempts, including a perfect 26-26 over the last five games. 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO th 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Kevin Love, who recorded his 24 double-double of the season on Friday (15 points, season-high 18 rebounds), is currently the only player in the Eastern 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Conference averaging at least 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds this season. Love has posted a double-double in 10 of the last 13 games. 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC rd In Friday’s win at Sacramento, Kevin Love (15 pts, 18 rebs) and LeBron James (16 pts, 15 asts) became just the 3 set of teammates in Cavaliers history in 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO which one totaled at least 15 points and 15 rebounds while another registered 15 or more points and 15 or more assists: Tyrone Hill (16 pts, 15 rebs)/Andre 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Miller (18 pts, 15 asts) in 2002 at CHI and Zydrunas Ilgauskas (28 pts, 18 rebs)/Jeff McInnis (16 pts, 15 asts) vs. MIL in 2005. (Elias Sports Bureau) 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO Chris Andersen (right knee ACL tear) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO J.R. Smith (right thumb fracture) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 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. FSO 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/7/17 – Cavs acquired guard Kyle Korver from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for guard/forward Mike Dunleavy, guard Mo Williams, cash considerations and a protected first round draft pick (first possible pick is Cleveland's 2019 first round pick), …1/6/17 – Cavs acquired their own 2018 first round draft pick from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for the Cavaliers’ 2017 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m.