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MON., JAN. 4, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM / 100.7 WMMS / LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (22-9) VS. TORONTO RAPTORS (21-14) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 32 HOME GAME # 16 PROBABLE STARTERS 2015-16 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/27 @ CHI Lost, 95-97 10/28 @ MEM WON, 106-76 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 30 30 *25.8 7.3 5.9 .492 35.8 10/30 vs. MIA WON, 102-92 11/2 @ PHI WON, 107-100 11/4 vs. NYK WON, 96-86 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 31 31 16.5 ^10.7 2.5 .427 32.4 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 31 6 7.1 #9.9 0.7 .545 27.2 11/13 @ NYK WON, 90-84 11/14 @ MIL Lost, 105-108** 11/17 @ DET Lost, 99-104 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 27 27 10.4 2.8 1.8 .374 29.8 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 5 5 13.0 1.6 3.4 .339 21.6 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 4th in NBA ^ Ranks 6th in NBA # Ranks 10th in NBA 11/28 vs. BKN WON, 90-88 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/1 vs. WAS Lost, 85-97 12/4 @ NOP Lost, 108-114* th The Cleveland Cavaliers will go for their 4 straight win tonight when they take on the Toronto Raptors for the second of three regular season 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 matchups. This is Toronto’s only visit to The Q this season as the two teams will wrap things up on Feb. 26 at Air Canada Centre. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 The Cavaliers have won three of the last four games against the Raptors. Cleveland is 8-1 against the Atlantic Division this season, including 5-0 at 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 The Q. After tonight, the Cavs will embark on its longest road trip of the season as they play the next six contests away from The Q. 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 The Wine and Gold have won nine of their last 11 games and are an Eastern Conference-best 22-9 overall, including 14-1 at home in 2015-16. 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 Since Jan. 19 of last season, the Cavaliers hold a 34-2 regular season record at The Q. 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 th 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 Cleveland is coming off a 104-79 win over Orlando on Saturday night, which was their 13 straight win against the Magic, their longest streak over 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 any NBA team since winning 13 straight over the Philadelphia 76ers from 1991 to 1994. The Wine and Gold held the Magic to 29-76 (.382) 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 shooting from the field, including a 6-25 (.240) clip from the three-point line. (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 1/4 vs. TOR 7:00 PM FSO Over the last 10 contests, the Cavs are giving up just 88.0 points on .404 shooting from the field and .294 from beyond the arc. They have held 1/6 @ WAS 7:00 PM FSO rd teams under 90 points seven times during that 10-game stretch. On the season, Cleveland’s defense is allowing the 3 -lowest scoring average in 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO the NBA at 94.5 points. 1/10 @ PHI 6:00 PM FSO 1/12 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO The Cavaliers dished out 24 assists while only turning the ball over a season-low seven times in Saturday’s win over Orlando. The last time 1/14 @ SAS 8:00 PM TNT Cleveland had seven turnovers or less was Jan. 2, 2015 at Charlotte (also seven turnovers). The last time the Cavs had at least 24 assists and seven 1/15 @ HOU 9:30 PM ESPN/FSO or fewer miscues was Dec. 17, 2013 against Portland (26 assists, six turnovers). 1/18 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT 1/20 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO After pouring in 104 points in Saturday’s contest against the Magic, the Wine and Gold have now won 37 consecutive games when scoring at 1/21 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT least 100 points at The Q. 1/23 vs. CHI 8:30 PM ABC 1/25 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO LeBron James has scored at least 20 points against the Raptors in 34 of the last 37 meetings (32-5 record), averaging 29.2 points on .517 shooting 1/27 vs. PHX 7:00 PM FSO from the field, 7.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 39.4 minutes over that stretch (since 3/20/05). James, who passed Tiny Archibald (6,476) 1/29 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO for 21st all-time on the NBA’s assist list Saturday night, had 29 points on 11-18 (.611) shooting, including 4-7 (.571) from deep, five rebounds, 1/30 vs. SAS 8:30 PM ABC three assists (zero turnovers) and two steals in 29 minutes against the Magic. 2/1 @ IND 7:00 PM NBATV/ FSO 2/3 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO Cleveland has made at least 11 three-pointers in three of the last four games and is averaging 9.8 triples per game this season (5th-best in NBA). 2/5 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO The last time these two teams faced off, Cleveland connected on 14-29 (.483) from beyond the arc. 2/6 vs. NOP 7:30 PM FSO 2/8 vs. SAC 7:00 PM FSO th Kevin Love notched his team-high 14 double-double of the season in Saturday’s win over Orlando (10 points, 13 rebounds). Love also posted a 2/10 vs. LAL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO double-double in the Nov. 25th meeting against Toronto with 21 points on 7-14 (.500) shooting, including a 5-8 (.625) mark from the three-point 2/18 vs. CHI 8:00 PM TNT line, a game-high 13 rebounds and two assists in 35 minutes. 2/21 @ OKC 3:30 PM ABC 2/22 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO th Tristan Thompson registered his 6 double-double of the season against the Magic (10 points, 12 rebounds, six offensive) and has now pulled 2/24 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO down double-digit rebounds in six of the last eight games. 2/26 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO In his five games back on the floor, Kyrie Irving is averaging 13.0 points and 3.4 assists in 21.6 minutes per game. 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Against Orlando, J.R. Smith moved past Nick Van Exel (1,528) for sole possession of 22nd place all-time in three-pointers made. With 1,529 career st 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO three-pointers, Smith is closing in on Tim Hardaway (1,542) for 21 all-time in league history. 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Kevin Love (illness) – PROBABLE Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC 3/14 @ UTA 9:00 PM FSO Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/23 vs. MIL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 12/20/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team…12/19/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team…12/17/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO D-League team…12/2/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team. 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/3 vs. CHI 3:30 PM FSO 4/5 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/6 @ IND 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO OVERALL 22-9 (.710) 14-1 (.933) 8-8 (.500) 0-2 (.000) W3 4/9 @ CHI 8:30 PM ABC 4/11 vs.