TUES., OCT. 17, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 8:00 PM ET TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/WMMS 100.7 FM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2017-18 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME # 1 HOME GAME # 1 PROBABLE STARTERS 2017-18 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 10/17 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT 10/20 @ MIL 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 10/21 vs. ORL 8:00 p.m. FSO F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 74 74 26.4 8.6 8.7 .548 37.8 10/24 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 10/25 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 10/28 @ NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO F 99 JAE CROWDER 6-6 235 16-17: 72 72 13.9 5.8 2.2 .463 32.4 10/29 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/1 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/3 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 60 60 19.0 11.1 1.9 .427 31.4 11/5 vs. ATL 3:00 p.m. FSO 11/7 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 11/9 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. TNT G 9 DWYANE WADE 6-4 220 16-17: 60 59 18.3 4.5 3.8 .434 29.9 11/11 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 11/13 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/15 @ CHA 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO G 1 DERRICK ROSE 6-3 190 16-17: 64 64 18.0 3.8 4.4 .471 32.5 11/17 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/20 @ DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/22 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/24 vs. CHA 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/27 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/28 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • The Cleveland Cavaliers will open their 2017-18 campaign on Tuesday night against the Boston Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena. This is the first 11/30 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO of three contests this season between the Cavaliers and Celtics (10/17 at CLE, 1/3 at BOS, 2/11 at BOS) and the only meeting in Cleveland. The 12/2 vs. MEM 7:30 p.m. FSO Wine & Gold are 13-3 over the last 16 matchups against Boston (includes 2015 & 2017 Playoffs). 12/4 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/6 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO • Cleveland will open their 48th NBA regular season tonight at The Q, where they went 31-10 in 2016-17. The Cavs were tied for the 2nd-best 12/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO home record in the NBA last season and averaged 112.7 points at The Q, which includes 13 contests with 120 points or more. Since March 25, 12/9 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 2014, Cleveland is 83-9 when scoring at least 100 points at The Q (29-5 last season). They have also won 48 straight regular season home games 12/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. FSO when shooting at least .500 from the field (17-0 last season). 12/14 vs. LAL 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 12/16 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. FSO • Cleveland has won four of their last five home openers, which includes a 117-88 win over New York last season. In that game, LeBron James 12/17 @ WAS 6:00 p.m. FSO recorded a triple-double on opening night for the first time in his career (19 PTS, 14 AST, 11 REB, 32 MIN), becoming the first Cavs player to do so 12/19 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV and first NBA player to accomplish that feat since Jason Kidd in 2006. Kevin Love added a double-double (23 PTS, 12 REB, 3 STL, 25 MIN). 12/21 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/25 @ GSW 3:00 p.m. ABC • CAREER MARKS & NBA HISTORY: LeBron James (10,423 FGM, 13th) is closing in on Kevin Garnett (10,505, 12th) and John Havlicek (10,513, 11th) 12/27 @ SAC 10:00 p.m. FSO for the 11th-most field goals made in NBA history. James (1,749 STL, 20th) also has a chance to pass Paul Pierce (1,752 STL, 19th) and Shawn 12/30 @ UTA 8:00 p.m. FSO Marion (1,759 STL, 18th) on the NBA’s all-time steals list. Kevin Love (887 3FGM) is 13 three-pointers away from 900 for his career. 1/2 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 1/3 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO • CAVS HISTORY: LeBron James (767 GP) is 5 games away from passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (771 GP) for the most regular season games played in 1/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO franchise history. Tristan Thompson (1,590 OREB, 3rd) is 31 offensive rebounds away from passing John ‘Hot Rod’ Williams (1,620 OREB, 2nd) for 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. FSO 2nd place in Cavs history. Thompson (2,436 DREB, 8th) can also move up to 7th in defensive rebounds if he passes Larry Nance (2,494 DREB, 7th). 1/11 @ TOR 8:00 p.m. TNT 1/12 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO • 1/15 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. TNT The Cavs come into tonight's game with 151 consecutive sellouts at The Q (123 regular season games and 28 playoff games, dating back to 1/18 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 10/30/14). Cleveland has also sold out each of its last 12 home openers. 1/20 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC • In 2016-17, the Cavaliers advanced to the NBA Finals for the third straight year and fourth time in franchise history (2007, 2015, 2016, 2017). 1/23 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT 1/26 vs. IND 7:30 p.m. FSO • Last season, the Cavs hit at least 10 treys in 65 of 82 games, including an NBA-record 25 treys in their 135-130 win at Atlanta on March 3, 2017. 1/28 vs. DET 6:00 p.m. FSO The Wine & Gold topped the East in three-pointers made (franchise-record 1,067 3FGM, 2nd in NBA), three-pointers made per game (13.0, 2nd 1/30 @ DET 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO in NBA) and three-point percentage (.384, 2nd in NBA), while also becoming just the 3rd NBA team to ever hit 1,000 triples in a single season. 1/31 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO 2/3 vs. HOU 8:30 p.m. ABC • Cleveland finished the 2016-17 season tied for the 2nd-best record in the Eastern Conference at 51-31. The Cavs won at least 50 games for the 2/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 10th time in team history (88-89, 91-92, 92-93, 05-06, 06-07, 08-09, 09-10, 14-15, 15-16 & 16-17) and captured their sixth Central Division title 2/7 vs. MIN 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO (75-76, 08-09, 09-10, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17). 2/9 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO 2/11 @ BOS 3:30 p.m. ABC • Offensively, the Cavaliers put up a franchise-playoff record 116.2 points per game in the 2017 Playoffs, as well as made an NBA Playoff-record 2/13 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 14.4 three-pointers per game (prev. record was 12.8 by HOU and GSW). During the 2016-17 regular season, the Cavs led the East with 110.3 2/22 vs. WAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO points per game (4th-best in NBA), which was the first time Cleveland has ever led the conference in scoring. 2/23 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO 2/25 vs. SAS 3:30 p.m. ABC CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/27 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/1 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO Isaiah Thomas (right hip) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/3 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO LeBron James (left ankle) – TBD Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/5 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/7 @ DEN 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/9 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV 3/11 @ LAL 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/13 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/15 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO 3/17 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 10/14/17 – Cavaliers acquired the draft rights to forward Dimitrios Agravanis and guard Sergey Gladyr from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for forward Richard Jefferson, guard Kay Felder, 3/19 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO two future second round draft picks and cash considerations; also waived center Kendrick Perkins and guard Isaac Hamilton…10/11/17 – Cavaliers signed guard Isaac Hamilton; also waived center Edy Tavares…9/27/16 – Cavaliers signed guard Dwyane Wade; also waived forward JaCorey Williams…9/26/17 – Cavaliers signed forward JaCorey Williams.