THUR., DEC. 4, 2014 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN – NEW YORK, NY TV: TNT/FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (9-7) AT NEW YORK KNICKS (4-15) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #17 ROAD GAME #7 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: 16 16 24.9 5.8 7.4 .471 37.7 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: 16 16 17.9 9.5 2.3 .454 35.5 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 17 ANDERSON VAREJAO 6-11 267 14-15: 15 15 10.7 7.0 1.6 .603 26.4 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 31 SHAWN MARION 6-7 228 14-15: 16 13 6.1 3.8 1.2 .453 25.2 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 16 16 21.5 3.4 4.9 .479 37.6 11/26 vs. WAS WON, 113-87 11/29 vs. IND WON, 109-97 12/2 vs. MIL WON, 111-108 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 After goin g 4-1 on a five-game homestand, the Cleveland C avaliers hit th e road to fac e three Eastern Conferenc e opponen ts, beginnin g 12/9 vs. TOR 7:00 PM FSO with th e N ew York Knicks tonight at M adison Square Garden . The C avs are 7-3 against the East in 2014-15. 12/11 @ OKC 8:00 PM TNT 12/12 @ NOP 8:00 PM FSO This is the second of three regular season meetings between the Cavs and Knic ks. The two teams last met in Cleveland ’s home op ener 12/15 vs. CHA 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO on Oct. 30 at The Q wh ere all five Cavs starters scored in double figures, led b y Kyrie Irving , who p aced the Wine and Gold with 22 12/17 vs. ATL 7:00 PM FSO points on 8-15 (.533) shooting, a game-high tying seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and on e block in 43 minutes . 12/19 vs. BKN 7:30 PM FSO 12/21 vs. MEM 4:30 PM FSO The last time th e Cavs played in Madison Square Garden on March 23 of last season, Cleveland shot a blistering .609 (42-69) from the 12/23 vs. MIN 7:00 PM FSO field, which was their highest field go al percentage since March 21, 1996 vs. Houston (37-59, .627). The Wine and Gold def eated th e 12/25 @ MIA 5:00 PM ABC Knicks, 106-100, and missed only seven shots in the second half (23-30, .767) and hit a 12-14 (.857) clip in the fourth quarter. 12/26 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 12/28 vs. DET 4:30 PM FSO Cleveland co mes in to tonight’s matchup on a s eason-high tying four-game winning streak after d efeatin g the Milwaukee Bucks 111-108 12/30 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO on Tuesday nigh t at Th e Q. Durin g th e streak, th e C avs are averaging 109.8 points on .523 shooting and 23.8 assists, while holdin g 12/31 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO opponents to 91.5 points on .428 shooting. Cleveland is winning by an average margin of 18.3 points. 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO The C avaliers have shot at least .500 from the field in four straight games and is 6-0 wh en th ey reach that mark. The last time th e Cavs 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO mad e at least half of th eir shots in four straight contests was Feb. 25, 2010 – March 5, 2010 (five games). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO The Cavs have won eight straight games when scoring at least 100 points and are 9-1 wh en reach ing th e cen tury mark this season. 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM FSO In Tuesday’s win o ver M ilwaukee, the Wine and Gold had three players score 26 points or more (Irving-28, Love-27 and James-26). 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO The last time that fe at w as accomplished in a single game was Dec. 29, 2006 when James (32), Donyell Marshall (29) and L arry Hugh es 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO (26) each scored more than 26 in a 109-99 victory at home, which was also against th e Bucks. ( Elias Sports Bureau) 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT Anderson Varejao , who returned to the lineup Tuesday, le ads the Eastern Conference in field goal percentage at .603 (4th in NBA). 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO In 38 career regular season games against the Knicks, LeBron James is averaging 28.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.1 steals in 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC 39.6 minutes per game. James registered his 6th double-double of the season in Tuesday’s win over Milwaukee (26 pts, 10 asts, 5 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO rebs) and has now notched a double-double in four of the last five games. It was th e 74th time in James’ regu lar season career in 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO which he h as totaled at least 25 points, 10 assists and five rebounds in a single game. 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO LeBron James, the reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week, is seven triples away (796) from passing Mark Price (802) and 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO becoming the franchise’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, while Kyrie Irving (339) is six away from passing Damon Jones (444) 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO for 8th place in te am history. 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC After a 27-point, 10-rebound performance against the Bucks, Kevin Love has now record ed back-to-back double-doubles and leads th e 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO team with eight on the season. In the last five games, Love is averaging 22.2 points on .591 shooting, including .467 (7 -15) from the 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO three-point line, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 steal in 33.6 minutes per game. He h as also scored 33 total points in th e last two f irst quarters. 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC In 10 career games versus th e Knicks, Kyrie Irvin g is averaging 25.7 points, which is his 2 nd-high est scoring average against an NBA team 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO (Memphis-26.3). He has scored at least 20 points in nine straight games against New York. His 29.0 points per game average at 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO Madison Square G arden is his highest than any other arena. On Tu esday, Irvin g had a game-high 28 points, six assists and just one 3/1 @ HOU 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO turnover. It was the 10th time this season he has not had more than one turnove r in a game, as he is th e only NBA p layer with averages 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO of at least 21.0 points , 4.0 assists and less than 2.0 turnovers in 2014-15. 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Matthew Dellavedova (left knee MCL sprain) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah -veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FS O 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO 12/4/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/1/14 – Recalled center Alex 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…11/30/14 – Received guard A.J.