CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (42-19) VS. MIAMI HEAT (29-34) MON., MARCH 6, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 7:00 PM EST TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 62 HOME GAME # 33 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: 56 56 25.9 8.0 *8.9 .539 37.6 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: 54 9 9.4 3.7 0.7 .438 18.9 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 61 61 8.1 *9.6 1.0 .577 30.2 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: 57 21 7.5 2.9 1.5 .408 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: 54 54 *25.0 3.2 5.9 *.471 35.1 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 After a three-game road trip, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back at The Q where they will face the Miami Heat for the second time in as many games. This is also 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 the third of four regular season meetings between the two teams, who will wrap up their four-game season series on April 10 in Miami. 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 Cleveland has won 4 straight home games over Miami, winning by an average margin of 21.5 points over that stretch (110.8-89.3). The Cavs have won by 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 at least 10 points in each of those outings, while shooting a combined .517 from the field and dishing out 25.8 assists. 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 The last time the Cavs and Heat faced off at The Q, Cleveland defeated Miami by 30 points (114-84) on Dec. 9, giving the Heat their largest defeat of the 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) season. Defensively, Cleveland blocked nine shots and limited Miami to .342 (31-89) shooting from the field, including .222 (6-27) from three-point range. On 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 the offensive end, the Cavs shot .554 (46-83) from the field and had 23 assists. 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 Cleveland has the 2nd-best home record in the NBA at 26-6 (.813) and is averaging 113.4 points at The Q, which includes 9 contests with 120 points or more. 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 Since March 25, 2014, Cleveland is 79-7 when scoring at least 100 points at The Q (25-3 this season). They have also won 45 straight home games when 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 shooting at least .500 from the field (14-0 this season). 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 th 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 UPCOMING MILESTONES: Kyrie Irving (2,018 ASTS) is 11 assists shy of passing Brad Daugherty (2,028 ASTS) for 6 place of the Cavs’ all-time assists list. th 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 Tristan Thompson (348 BLKS) is 6 blocks away from passing Jim Brewer (353 BLKS) for 9 place in franchise history. LeBron James (10229 FGM, 7312 ASTS) is 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 57 field goals away from passing Tim Duncan (10285 FGM) for 13th all-time in field goals made and needs 81 assists to pass Maurice Cheeks (7392 ASTS) for 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 12th place on the NBA’s career assists list. James Jones (699) is 1 game away from 700 for his career. 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 Coming into tonight’s contest, Cleveland has connected on at least 10 three-pointers in 15 straight games. The franchise record for consecutive games with nd 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 double-digit three-pointers is 16 (twice, 10/25/16-11/29/16 and 3/9/16-4/5/16). On the season, the Cavs currently rank 2 in the NBA in three-pointers 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 made per game (13.2) and three-point percentage (.392). Cleveland’s 807 three-pointers this season are already the third-most in franchise history and are 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 just 20 away from passing the second-most in team history (826 in 2014-15). 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in 11 consecutive games, which is one shy of tying his career best of 12 straight games (Nov. 15-Dec. 9). Over his th 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) current streak, Irving is averaging 28.3 points, 6.1 assists and 1.5 steals in 35.4 minutes, while shooting .965 (55-57) from the foul line. In the Dec. 9 win over 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 Miami, Irving tallied 23 points on 9-15 (.600) and three assists in 33 minutes. 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 LeBron James is shooting his second-best three-point percentage of his NBA career with .398 from deep this season (shot .406 in 2012-13). Over his last 12 games, he has 9 double-doubles and is averaging 27.1 points on .605 shooting from the field, including .566 (30-53) from long distance, 8.2 rebounds and 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 th 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 10.3 assists in 37.8 minutes. In the Dec. 9 win against the Heat, James tallied 27 points, eight rebounds, a game-high eight assists and a game-high three 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) steals in 37 minutes. 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 Kyle Korver has made at least one three-pointer in 23 consecutive games, shooting a combined 74-142 (.521) from beyond the arc and averaging 12.2 points 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 and 2.9 rebounds in 26.5 minutes over that stretch. On the season, Korver ranks 1st in the NBA in three-point percentage (.454). 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 Richard Jefferson has scored in double figures in four of the last six games, averaging 10.7 points on .605 shooting (.474 3FG%) and 2.8 rebounds in 24.0 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 minutes over that six-game stretch. Derrick Williams has topped 10 points in six of his 10 games with the Cavs, averaging 10.3 points on .548 shooting (.433 2/23 vs. NYK WON, 119-104 3FG%) and 3.4 rebounds in 24.6 minutes. 2/25 vs. CHI Lost, 99-117 2/27 vs. MIL WON, 102-95 Channing Frye scored a season-high tying 21 points in 23 minutes off the bench against Miami on Saturday, which was his 4th 20-point game of the season. 3/1 @ BOS Lost, 99-103 3/3 @ ATL WON, 135-130 After tonight, the Cavaliers will go on another three-game road trip (3/9 at Detroit, 3/11 at Orlando, 3/12 at Houston). 3/4 @ MIA Lost, 92-120 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO J.R. Smith (Right Thumb Fracture) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Kevin Love (Left Knee Arthroscopy) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO 3/6/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/4/17 – Cavs signed Derrick Williams for remainder of 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO season…3/2/17 – Cavs signed center Andrew Bogut…3/1/17 – Cavs waived guard Jordan McRae…2/28/17 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder to the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO and operated D-League team…2/27/17 – Cavs signed guard Deron Williams; Cavs also recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League 3/25 vs.