FRI., MARCH 4, 2016 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 (42-17) VS. WASHINGTON WIZARDS (30-30) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 60 HOME GAME # 31 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: 57 57 *24.9 7.2 6.6 .505 35.9 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: 58 58 15.9 ^10.1 2.5 .416 32.2 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: 56 32 6.4 4.5 0.4 .548 17.8 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: 55 55 12.6 2.9 1.5 .412 30.7 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 33 33 19.0 2.8 4.4 .459 29.8 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 the 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 their second contest of a four-game homestand tonight against the Washington Wizards, marking the fourth and 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 final time the two teams will meet this season. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 Cleveland holds the best home record in the Eastern Conference this season at 25-5 (3rd-best in NBA). Dating back to Jan. 19, 2015, they have 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 won 45 of their last 51 regular season games at The Q. 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 th 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 MILESTONE ALERT: Kevin Love is 2 threes away from tallying his 700 career three-pointer. He could become the only player in NBA history to 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 have a career average of at least 10.0 rebounds and connect on 700-plus three-pointers. With 26,331 career points, LeBron James is 36 points 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 away from passing Tim Duncan (26,366) for 14th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and 65 points away from passing John Havlicek (26,395) 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 for 13th in league history. He also needs 35 assists to pass Kevin Johnson (6,711) for 19th in NBA history. 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 The Cavs have scored at least 110 points in 9 of the last 17 games and are averaging 107.6 points on .476 shooting from the field and 23.2 assists 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 (12.6 turnovers) since then. Over that stretch (since Jan. 25), Cleveland ranks 7th in the NBA in field goal percentage (2nd in East) and 7th in points 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 per game (2nd in East). 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 rd 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 Since the All-Star break, Cleveland has the 3 -best free-throw percentage in the NBA at .820. Versus Indiana on Monday, the Cavaliers went 21- 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 nd 25 (.840) from the charity stripe, marking their 23 time connecting on at least .800 at the foul line this season. 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in 11 of the last 15 games (Jan. 29 – Feb. 29). Over that stretch, he is averaging 23.3 points on .510 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 shooting from the field, a .886 clip from the foul line, 2.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.0 steal in 33.4 minutes per game. Against Indiana on Feb. 29, 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 th Irving notched his 6,000 career regular season point with his free throw at the 8.9 second mark of the fourth quarter. Through his two games 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 against Washington this season, he is averaging 30.0 points on .548 shooting, 3.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.0 steal in 33.0 minutes. 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 Tristan Thompson enters tonight’s contest having pulled down 10 or more rebounds in nine of the last 11 games. He leads the Wine and Gold th 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 with 35 double-digit rebound outings in 2015-16. Against Indiana on Feb. 29, Thompson turned in his 17 double-double of the season with 14 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 points on 6-7 (.857) shooting and a game-high 11 rebounds to go along with one block in 31 minutes as a reserve. 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 LeBron James, who was recently named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for February, has scored 20 or more points in 50 of 56 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* career regular + postseason games versus Washington, including each of his last 11 contests versus the Wizards. In two games against th 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 Washington this season, he is averaging 29.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.0 block in 33.5 minutes. James registered his 13 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 30-plus point performance of the season against Indiana on Monday, pouring in a game-high 33 points on 14-22 (.636) shooting, five rebounds, 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 four assists and two steals in 37 minutes. 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 th th 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 J.R. Smith has a team-high 144 three-pointers this season (9 in NBA). He is also averaging 2.6 three-point makes per contest, the 8 -highest 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 mark in the league. Against Washington this season, Smith is averaging 15.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals in 29.7 minutes. 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 Timofey Mozgov has notched seven or more rebounds in four of Cleveland’s last five games. In the Cavaliers’ last contest against the Wizards on 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 Feb. 28, he put up his first double-double of the season with 10 points on 4-6 (.667) shooting and a game-high, season-high tying 10 rebounds 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 while blocking two shots in 25 minutes. 2/28 @ WAS Lost, 99-113 2/29 vs. IND WON, 100-96 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Mo Williams (left knee chondromalacia) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO/WUAB 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO Kevin Love (rest) – OUT Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/14 @ UTA 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 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 2/28/16 – Cavs signed Jordan McRae to a 10-day contract…2/18/16 – Cavs traded F/C Anderson Varejao and a protected future first round draft pick to the 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a second round pick; The Cavs then traded the second round pick and guard Jared Cunningham to the Orlando Magic in 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO exchange for F/C Channing Frye…1/27/16 – Cavs hired Mike Longabardi as an assistant coach…1/22/16 – Cavs released David Blatt from his duties as head coach 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO and named Associate Head Coach Tyronn Lue as Head Coach. 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 42-17 (.712) 25-5 (.833) 17-12 (.586) 2-2 (.500) W1 4/9 @ CHI 8:30 PM ABC CENTRAL 6-5 (.545) 4-2 (.667) 2-3 (.400) 1-1 (.500) W1 4/11 vs.