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WED., MARCH 16, 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 (47-19) VS. DALLAS MAVERICKS (34-33) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 67 HOME GAME # 34 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: 64 64 *24.9 7.4 >6.5 .505 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: 63 63 15.6 ^9.9 2.5 .410 32.1 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 275 15-16: 62 37 6.3 4.4 0.4 .554 17.4 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: 62 62 12.5 3.1 1.5 .409 30.6 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 40 40 19.6 2.8 4.6 .460 30.6 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 6th in NBA > Ranks 10th in NBA ^ Ranks 11th 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* The Cleveland Cavaliers will play at home for one game against the Dallas Mavericks tonight, before hitting the road for their final contests of the season 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 against the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat. The Wine and Gold have won their last two games against the Mavericks, which include a 110-107 overtime 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 win this season at American Airlines Center on Jan. 12th. 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 The Cavs are coming off of a four-game West Coast trip, where they finished with a 3-1 record. Over those four games, the Cavaliers averaged 109.8 points 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 and knocked down 14.3 three-pointers. Cleveland scored at least 110 points three times, including back-to-back contests with 120 points (March 9-10). 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 st 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 Cleveland is 20-7 against the Western Conference this season, including winners 11 of their last 13 contests against the West. Since Jan 21 , 2015, the 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 Cavaliers are 18-2 against the Western Conference at Quicken Loans Arena. 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 The Cavs have scored at least 110 points in four of the last six games and in 13 of the last 24 outings. Since Jan. 25th, the Cavs rank 6th in the NBA in points per 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 game at 108.3. Entering today’s contest, Cleveland has scored at least 100 points in seven of their last eight games and is 36-4 when hitting the century mark 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 this season. 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 The Wine and Gold have knocked down 10 or more three-pointers in six of their last seven games, which include two games of 15 or more triples. On the 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 season, the Cavs are averaging 10.3 made three-pointers per game, 5th-best in the NBA and 2nd-best in the Eastern Conference. In the month of March, the 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 Cavaliers have drained 12.3 from deep per game which leads the league in made three-pointers per game in March. 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* Cleveland has three players who rank in the Top 20 in three-point field goal percentage: Matthew Dellavedova (.431, 6th), Channing Frye (.413, 11th) and J.R. 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 Smith (.400, 20th) 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 th MILESTONE ALERT: Kyrie Irving needs 2 assists to pass Geoff Huston (1,630) for 10 place in Cavs history. J.R. Smith is 3 three-pointers shy of passing Chris 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 th th Mills (297) for 10 in Cavs history. LeBron James is 8 assists away from passing Muggsy Bogues (6,726) for 18 all-time in NBA history. 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 The Cavaliers last played Monday, March 14th, against the Utah Jazz at the Vivint Smart Home Arena. Cleveland held the Jazz to zero fast break points. It was 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 the second time this season the Cavs have held their opponent to 0 fast break points (Nov. 4 vs. NYK). 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 Over the past eight games, Tristan Thompson has posted four double-doubles and is averaging 10.9 points on .667shooting, 9.0 rebounds and 1.0 block in 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 28.3 minutes. Thompson has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games, including an 18-point performance on March 9th at Sacramento (one 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 point shy of his season-high, 19 points on Jan. 25th vs. MIN). 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 J.R. Smith has a team-high 164 three-pointers this season, which is already the 3rd-most three-pointers for a single season in Cavaliers history. The team’s 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 single season record for triples is 192, set by Wesley Person during the 1997-98 season. 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 Kyrie Irving has scored 20 or more points in 16 of the last 22 contests and is averaging 23.0 points on .495 shooting, 2.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 33.7 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 minutes over that stretch (since Jan. 29). Irving is also shooting .880 from the charity stripe over those 22 games. \ 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 In 24 career regular season games against the Dallas Mavericks, LeBron James is averaging 28.3 points on .511 shooting, 7.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.5 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 steals in 38.1 minutes. In his first meeting against the Mavericks this season, James recorded a double-double with a game-high 27 points on 9-17 (.529) 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 shooting from the field, including a 3-6 (.500) clip from deep, seven assists and two steals in 42 minutes. James has notched 23 double-doubles this season, 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 rd 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 which rank 23 in the NBA and is the most he has had in a single season since 2012-13 (36 double-doubles). 2/28 @ WAS Lost, 99-113 Since Jan. 26th, Kevin Love is shooting .905 from the free throw line, which is the 5th-highest in the NBA over that time span. In Love’s first game against 2/29 vs. IND WON, 100-96 Dallas this season, he notched a double-double with 15 points, a team-high 11 rebounds and two blocks in 37 minutes. 3/4 vs. WAS WON, 108-83 3/5 vs. BOS WON, 120-103 3/7 vs. MEM Lost, 103-106 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ SAC WON, 120-111 Mo Williams (left knee chondromalacia) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ LAL WON, 120-108 Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/13 @ LAC WON, 114-90 Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/14 @ UTA Lost, 85-94 Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO 3/23 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO 3/9/16 – Cavs signed guard Jordan McRae to a multi-year contract…2/28/16 – Cavs signed guard Jordan McRae to a 10-day contract…2/18/16 – Cavs traded F/C 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Anderson Varejao and a protected future first round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a second round pick; The Cavs then traded the second 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO round pick and guard Jared Cunningham to the Orlando Magic in exchange for F/C Channing Frye…1/27/16 – Cavs hired Mike Longabardi as an assistant coach. 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 4/3 vs.