MON., APRIL 17, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT/FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 7:00 PM ET CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (51-31, 1-0) VS. INDIANA PACERS (42-40, 0-1) (CAVS LEAD SERIE 1-0) 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FIRST ROUND GAME 2 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #2 HOME GAME #2 PROBABLE STARTERS 2016-17 RESULTS 10/25 vs. NYK WON, 117-88 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/28 @ TOR WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 74 74 26.4 8.6 8.7 .548 37.8 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 PLAYOFFS: 1 1 32.0 6.0 13.0 .600 42.7 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 60 60 19.0 11.1 1.9 .427 31.4 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 PLAYOFFS: 1 1 17.0 4.0 1.0 .556 31.4 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 78 78 8.1 9.2 1.0 .600 30.0 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 PLAYOFFS: 1 1 8.0 13.0 1.0 .800 30.7 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 41 35 8.6 2.8 1.5 .346 29.0 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 PLAYOFFS: 1 1 6.0 3.0 1.0 .500 36.6 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 72 72 25.2 3.2 5.8 .473 35.1 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 PLAYOFFS: 1 1 23.0 3.0 6.0 .407 38.9 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 The defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers will try to go up 2-0 in their First Round series against the Indiana Pacers tonight. The Cavaliers defeated 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 the Pacers, 109-108, in Game 1 at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday afternoon. 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 When leading any series 1-0, the Cavaliers have gone on to win 15 of 16 playoff series. Cleveland has never lost a series when going up 2-0 (12-0). 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 Including the regular season and Saturday’s Game 1 win, the Wine and Gold have won 8 straight home games over Indiana. 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 Going back to the 2015 postseason, the Cavs hold a 25-4 playoff record against Eastern Conference opponents, which includes a 14-1 mark at home. The 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 Cavs have also won 12 straight playoff games over East teams at The Q. 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James (5604 PTS) is 37 points away from passing Kobe Bryant (5640 PTS) for 3rd place on the NBA’s all-time postseason scoring 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 list. James (1764 REB, 357 STL) also needs 2 rebounds to pass Robert Parish (1765 REB) for 8th all-time and 2 steals to pass Magic Johnson (358 STL) for 3rd all- 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 time in their respective playoff categories. Kyrie Irving (800 PTS) is 19 points away from passing Mark Price (818 PTS) for the 2nd-most postseason points as a 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 Cavalier. Tristan Thompson (417 REB) is 3 rebounds shy of passing Brad Daugherty (419 REB) for 3rd all-time in franchise playoff history. Thompson (180 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 OREB) is also 1 offensive rebound away from passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (180 OREB) for sole possession of the most offensive rebounds in franchise playoff 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 history (James is right behind them with 178 OREB). 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 Since March 25, 2014 (regular and postseason), the Cavs have won 56 consecutive home games when shooting .500 or better from the field. In the Game 1 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 victory, the Cavs shot 42-78 (.538) from the field. 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) th 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 The Cavaliers hit 11 three-pointers in Game 1, the team’s 66 game with at least 10 triples since the start of the 2016-17 season. 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) th 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 In his 200th career playoff game, LeBron James tallied his 88 career playoff double-double with a game-high 32 points on 12-20 (.600) shooting, a game- 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 high 13 assists, six rebounds and three steals in 43 minutes. James also moved past Tim Duncan (1,975) for 5th place in career postseason field goals made. 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 James has now posted at least 30 points and 10 assists in 13 career playoff games, trailing only Jerry West (14) and Michael Jordan (15) for the most such 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 games in NBA postseason history. 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) Kyrie Irving finished with 23 points, six assists, two steals and a block in 39 minutes in Game 1. Dating back to last year’s postseason, Irving has scored 20 or 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 more points in 19 of his last 22 postseason games. With exactly 800 career playoff points, Irving has moved past Brad Daugherty (782, 4th) and Zydrunas 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 Ilgauskas (784, 3rd) and is now third place on the Cavaliers postseason all-time scoring list. 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 Including the regular season (four games), Kevin Love is averaging 19.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in 34.3 minutes versus the Pacers. Love finished with 17 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 points on 5-9 (.556) shooting from the field, four rebounds and two blocks in 31 minutes in Game 1. 2/23 vs. NYK WON, 119-104 2/25 vs. CHI Lost, 99-117 Tristan Thompson pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds (six offensive) to go with eight points in 31 minutes in Game 1. Thompson has now pulled down 10 2/27 vs. MIL WON, 102-95 or more rebounds in 25 career postseason games. 3/1 @ BOS Lost, 99-103 3/3 @ ATL WON, 135-130 3/4 @ MIA Lost, 92-120 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/6 vs. MIA Lost, 98-106 None Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/9 @ DET Lost, 101-106 Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/11 @ ORL WON, 116-104 3/12 @ HOU Lost, 112-117 3/14 vs. DET WON, 128-96 3/16 vs. UTA WON, 91-83 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/18 @ LAC Lost 78-108 4/12/17 – Cavs waived center Larry Sanders and signed guard Dahntay Jones and Walter ‘Edy’ Tavares…4/10/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the 3/19 @ LAL WON, 125-120 Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…4/9/17 – Cavs waived guard DeAndre Liggins. 3/22 @ DEN Lost, 113-126 3/24 @ CHA WON, 112-105 2016-17 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/25 vs. WAS Lost, 115-127 3/27 @ SAS Lost, 74-103 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/30 @ CHI Lost, 93-99 2017 PLAYOFFS 1-0 (1.000) 1-0 (1.000) 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) W1 3/31 vs. PHI WON, 122-105 4/2 vs. IND WON, 135-130 (2OT) OVERALL 51-31 (.622) 31-10 (.756) 20-21 (.488) 3-4 (.429) L4 4/4 vs. ORL WON, 122-102 CENTRAL 8-8 (.500) 6-2 (.750) 2-6 (.250) 2-0 (1.000) W1 4/5 @ BOS WON, 114-91 4/7 vs. ATL Lost, 100-114 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 19-7 (.731) 16-10 (.615) 3-2 (.600) L4 4/9 @ ATL Lost, 125-126 (OT) 4/10 @ MIA Lost, 121-124 (OT) WESTERN 16-14 (.533) 12-3 (.800) 4-11 (.267) 0-2 (.000) L2 4/12 vs. TOR Lost, 83-98 2017 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS: VS. INDIANA PACERS (42-40, 0-1) CAVS-PACERS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE (CAVS LEAD SERIES 1-0) GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Saturday, April 15 vs. Indiana Pacers Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) WON, 109-108 GAME 2: Monday, April 17 vs. Indiana Pacers Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 7:00 p.m., TNT/FSO GAME 3: Thursday, April 20 @ Indiana Pacers Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) 7:00 p.m., TNT/FSO GAME 4: Sunday, April 23 @ Indiana Pacers Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) 1:00 p.m.