WED., NOV. 4, 2015 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: ESPN/FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM / 100.7 WMMS / LA MEGA 87.7 FM 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (3-1) VS. NEW YORK KNICKS (2-2) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 5 HOME GAME # 2 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: 4 4 22.0 7.8 6.3 .521 33.5 10/30 vs. MIA WON, 102-92 11/2 @ PHI WON, 107-100 11/4 vs. NYK 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 4 4 18.5 10.8 3.5 .433 31.3 11/6 vs. PHI 7:30 PM FSO 11/8 vs. IND 3:30 PM FSO 11/10 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 275 15-16: 4 4 7.3 5.3 0.8 .444 21.5 11/13 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO 11/14 @ MIL 8:30 PM FSO 11/17 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO G 8 MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA 6-4 198 15-16: 4 4 8.8 3.8 6.5 .467 24.9 11/19 vs. MIL 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 11/21 vs. ATL 7:30 PM FSO G 52 MO WILLIAMS 6-1 198 15-16: 4 4 13.8 1.8 4.5 .465 28.4 11/23 vs. ORL 7:00 PM FSO 11/25 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 11/27 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO 11/28 vs. BKN 7:30 PM FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/1 vs. WAS 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 12/4 @ NOP 9:30 PM ESPN/FSO 12/5 @ MIA 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO The Cleveland Cavaliers carry their three-game winning streak back to Quicken Loans Arena where they will play four straight contests, 12/8 vs. POR 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO beginning tonight against the New York Knicks. The Cavaliers went 2-1 against the Knicks last season, and held New York to just .396 shooting from 12/11 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO the field in the two victories. 12/15 @ BOS 7:30 PM FSO 12/17 vs. OKC 8:00 PM TNT Since Jan. 19 of last season, the Cavaliers hold a 21-1 regular season record at The Q, outscoring opponents by nearly 13 points per game (105.5- 12/20 vs. PHI 3:30 PM FSO 92.7) over that stretch. 12/23 vs. NYK 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 12/25 @ GSW 5:00 PM ABC Cleveland is coming off a 107-100 road victory over Philadelphia on Monday when they overcame a 15-point second quarter deficit by outscoring 12/26 @ POR 10:00 PM FSO Philadelphia 81-45 to go up 100-79 with 4:39 left in the game. Cleveland finished the night shooting 42-81 (.519) from the field, including 23-38 12/28 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO (.605) shooting in the second half. The Cavs also dished out 28 assists and outscored Philadelphia 28-13 in fast break points. 12/29 @ DEN 9:00 PM FSO 1/2 vs. ORL 7:30 PM FSO In the win over Philadelphia, LeBron James became the 20th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career regular season points, as well as the 1/4 vs. TOR 7:00 PM FSO youngest to do so (30 years, 307 days) with his alley-oop dunk at the 8:07 mark of the fourth quarter. He also moved past Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1/6 @ WAS 7:00 PM FSO (3,568) for 2nd in Cavs history in defensive rebounds with his second defensive board of the night. James finished with his 2 nd double-double of 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/10 @ PHI 6:00 PM FSO 2015-16 with 22 points, a game-high tying nine rebounds, a team-high 11 assists, a game-high four steals and two blocks in 33 minutes. 1/12 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO LeBron James is also nearing another milestone as he needs 12 made field goals to reach 9,000 for his career. In 40 regular season games against 1/14 @ SAS 8:00 PM TNT 1/15 @ HOU 9:30 PM ESPN/FSO the Knicks, James is averaging 27.5 points on .495 shooting, 7.0 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 2.1 steals in 39.3 minutes. 1/18 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT 1/20 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Cleveland has held its first four opponents to average 91.3 points on .414 shooting from the field, including .275 from the three-point line. In 1/21 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT 2014-15, the Cavs held the Knicks to average 88.3 points on .434 shooting and .298 from deep in the three-game series. 1/23 vs. CHI 8:30 PM ABC nd 1/25 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO Through four games, the Cavs are also averaging 27.0 assists (2 in NBA) on 40.0 made field goals per game. Cleveland has 108 total assists 1/27 vs. PHX 7:00 PM FSO compared to the opponents’ 71, which is the biggest differential in the NBA this season. 1/29 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAS 8:30 PM ABC The Wine and Gold have outrebounded opponents 49.0 to 40.5, led by Kevin Love, who is averaging a team-high 10.8 rebounds to go along with 2/1 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 18.5 points and 3.5 assists in 31.3 minutes per game this season. Against the Knicks last season, Love notched three double-doubles and 2/3 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO averaged 15.3 points, 13.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 35.3 minutes per game. 2/5 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO 2/6 vs. NOP 7:30 PM FSO nd The Cavs have received solid play from the reserves as Tristan Thompson in pulling down 9.5 rebounds per game (2 among all bench players) to 2/8 vs. SAC 7:00 PM FSO go with 7.0 points in 24.3 minutes. Matthew Dellavedova is dishing out a team-high 6.5 assists per game (3rd among all bench players), along with 2/10 vs. LAL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO his 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds in 25.0 minutes. Thompson is also nine offensive rebounds away from passing Phil Hubbard (1,051) for 7th place 2/18 vs. CHI 8:00 PM TNT in CAVS history. 2/21 @ OKC 3:30 PM ABC 2/22 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO 2/24 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/26 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO Kyrie Irving (Fractured Left Knee Cap) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO Iman Shumpert (ruptured Extensor Carpi Ulnaris) – OUT Sasha Kaun (kohn) 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO J.R. Smith (right knee contusion, quadriceps tendinitis) – OUT Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/14 @ UTA 9:00 PM FSO 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO 10/24/15 – Waived guard Quinn Cook…10/23/15 – Waived forward Austin Daye, guard/forward D.J. Stephens, guard Dionte Christmas and Forward 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO Jack Cooley…10/22/15 – Re-signed forward/center Tristan Thompson to a contract and waived forward Nick Minnerath…10/17/15 – Signed 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO forward/center Jack Cooley to a contract and waived center Chris Johnson…10/10/15 – Signed guard Dionte Christmas to a contract…9/9/15 – Signed 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO center Sasha Kaun to a contract…9/2/15 – Re-signed guard J.R. Smith…8/5/15 – Signed forward Richard Jefferson to a contract…7/27/15 – Cavaliers 3/23 vs. MIL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO traded center Brendan Haywood, guard/forward Mike Miller and two future second round draft picks to Portland in exchange for two trade 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO exceptions of approximately $10.5 million and $2.8 million; also re-signed guard Matthew Dellavedova. 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. CHI 3:30 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/5 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO 4/6 @ IND 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO OVERALL 3-1 (.750) 1-0 (1.000) 2-1 (.667) 0-0 (.000) W3 4/9 @ CHI 8:30 PM ABC CENTRAL 0-1 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-1 (.000) 0-0 (.000) L1 4/11 vs. ATL 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 4/13 vs.