CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (39-16) VS. NEW YORK KNICKS (23-34) THUR., FEB. 23, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 8:00 PM EST TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 56 HOME GAME # 30 PROBABLE STARTERS 2016-17 SCHEDULE All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/25 vs. NYK WON, 117-88 10/28 @ TOR WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 52 52 25.9 7.7 *8.8 .539 37.5 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 8 CHANNING FRYE 6-11 255 16-17: 48 5 9.2 3.8 0.7 .437 18.5 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 55 55 8.2 *9.7 0.8 .588 30.0 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 4 IMAN SHUMPERT 6-5 220 16-17: 51 15 7.8 2.9 1.5 *.425 25.4 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 49 49 *24.4 3.1 5.9 .462 35.2 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 * Career High (or tied) 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 The Cleveland Cavaliers return from the All-Star break to take on the New York Knicks tonight at Quicken Loans Arena. This will be the fourth and final meeting between the two teams this season. Cleveland is 3-0 against New York in 2016-17 and will go for the series sweep for the second year in a row. 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 Overall, Cleveland has won 9 straight games over New York, limiting them to less than 90 points in six of those contests. The Cavs have outscored the Knicks 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 by an average of 14.0 points (103.2-89.2), holding them to a combined .398 shooting from field in the last nine games. 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 In three games against the Knicks this season, the Cavaliers are averaging 118.0 points on .484 shooting and 24.7 assists. Their average margin of victory over 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) New York has been 22.7 points (118.0-95.3) through three meetings in 2016-17. 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 Cleveland hit 13 three-pointers against the Knicks on Oct. 25, a franchise-record 22 triples at New York on Dec. 7, and 16 treys in their most recent win over 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 the Knicks on Feb. 4 at MSG. On the season, they are averaging 17.0 threes per game against New York (51-115, .443 3FG%). Cleveland ranks second in the 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 NBA in three-pointers made with 722 this season, which is already the third-most in franchise single season history (880 in 2015-16 and 826 in 2014-15). 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 The Cavaliers are a perfect 13-0 against the Atlantic Division this season (3-0 vs. TOR, 2-0 vs. PHI, 3-0 vs. NYK, 2-0 vs. BOS, 3-0 vs. BKN). 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 The Cavs are an NBA-best 7-1 (.875) in the month of February. On the season, Cleveland has the best record in the Eastern Conference at 39-16 (.709). 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 In their 8 games in February (7-1 record), Cleveland is averaging 121.4 points on a .516 clip from the field (.436 3FG%) and has posted a shooting 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 percentage of .500 or better five times. The Cavaliers have also knocked down at least 15 three-pointers six times in February. 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 Cleveland has won five straight games at The Q and owns the 2nd-best home record in NBA at 24-5 (.828). During their five-game home winning streak, the 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 Cavs are averaging 118.8 points on .508 shooting from the field (.404 3FG%) and are winning by an average margin of 15.4 points (118.8-103.4). They have also won 43 straight home games when shooting at least .500 from the field (12-0 this season). 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 UPCOMING MILESTONES: Kyrie Irving (1,986) is 14 assists away from becoming the 8th player in franchise history to tally 2,000 career assists. Tristan 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) Thompson (343 BLKS) is 11 blocks away from passing Jim Brewer for 9th place in franchise history. 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) Cleveland has scored at least 110 points in three straight games and in seven of the last eight contests. The Cavaliers are 29-3 on the season when they 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 eclipse the 110-point mark. 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 In February (8 games), LeBron James is averaging 27.1 points on .634 (85-134) shooting from the field and .606 (20-33) from long range, 6.1 rebounds, 10.6 th th th 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 assists and 1.3 steals in 37.6 minutes. He now ranks 4 in the NBA in assists per game (8.8), 7 in points per game (25.9) and 12 in FG% (.539). 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 Kyrie Irving has scored at least 25 points in a career-high five straight games, averaging 27.0 points, 6.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 35.0 minutes over that span. 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) He has also made 29 consecutive free throws (longest since 2/12/15-3/6/15, 44 straight) and is shooting a career-high .906 from the foul line in 2016-17 (4th- 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 best in NBA). 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 Tristan Thompson has recorded a season-high three straight double-doubles and one in five of the last six games. Over those six contests, Thompson is 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 averaging 12.8 points on .660 (33-50) shooting and 10.5 rebounds in 36.0 minutes. 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Kyle Korver, who became the 7th player in NBA history with 2,000 career three-pointers last Wednesday, is shooting .638 (30-47) from beyond the arc in 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC February. He is also averaging 15.4 points and 3.6 rebounds in 27.0 minutes this month. On the season, he ranks 2nd in the NBA in 3FG% (.450). 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO/TNT 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO LeBron James scored 31 points and Kyrie Irving chipped in with 26 in the Cavaliers’ win over the Pacers last Wednesday before the break. It was the 33rd time 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO James and Irving each scored 25 or more points in the same game since 2014-15 (27-6 record). Those are the most such games for any pair of teammates 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO over that span. (Elias Sports Bureau) 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO J.R. Smith (Right Thumb Fracture) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Kevin Love (Left Knee Arthroscopy) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/22/17 – Cavs signed forward Derrick Williams to a second 10-day contract…2/13/17 – Cavs traded center Chris Andersen and cash considerations to Charlotte for a protected second round 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO pick...2/9/17 – Cavs signed forward Derrick Williams to a 10-day contract…1/15/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D- 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m.