CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (13-5) AT TORONTO RAPTORS (14-6) MON., DEC. 5, 2016 AIR CANADA CENTER – TORONTO, ON 7:30 PM EST TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 19 ROAD GAME # 8 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: 17 17 23.3 7.7 *9.3 .498 36.3 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 18 18 21.1 10.4 1.6 .451 31.8 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 18 18 6.7 9.6 0.9 .633 29.0 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 15 15 8.1 2.3 1.3 .308 30.6 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: 18 18 24.4 3.2 4.6 .480 34.0 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 2016-17 Top 10: * 4th in NBA 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/7 @ NYK 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO The Cleveland Cavaliers continue their three-game road trip when they face the Toronto Raptors tonight at Air Canada Centre. 12/9 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO This is the third of four regular season meetings between the two teams in 2016-17. Cleveland won the first two matchups of 12/10 vs. CHA 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/13 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO the series, taking a 94-91 win in Toronto on Oct. 28 and a 121-117 victory at The Q on Nov. 15). 12/14 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/17 vs. LAL 7:30 p.m. FSO The Cavaliers lead the Eastern Conference in winning percentage (.722, 4th in NBA) and three-pointers made (240, 3rd in NBA), 12/20 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO while ranking 2nd in points per game (110.0, 5th in NBA) and three-point percentage (.389, 3rd in NBA). 12/21 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 12/23 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO th 12/25 vs. GSW 2:30 p.m. ABC UPCOMING MILESTONES: J.R. Smith (1,715) is 5 three-pointers away from passing Dale Ellis (1,719) for 14 all-time in NBA 12/26 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO history. Kyrie Irving (591) is 9 triples shy of reaching 600 for his career. LeBron James (6,974) is 26 assists away from reaching 12/29 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 12/31 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO 7,000 for his career and has a franchise-leading 4,994 assists as a Cavalier (six away from 5,000 assists with Cleveland). 1/2 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Tristan Thompson has shot a combined 12-13 (.923) from the field in two games against Toronto this season, posting two 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO double-doubles and averaging 13.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in 33.0 minutes. Thompson, who also shot a perfect 5-5 from the 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO field against Chicago on Friday, leads the Cavs in field goal percentage this season at .633 (50-79). 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in a career-high nine straight games, averaging 25.0 points on .525 shooting, including 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT .447 (21-47) from beyond the arc, and 4.9 assists in 33.4 minutes over that stretch. This season versus the Raptors, Irving is 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC averaging a team-high 25.0 points on .465 shooting from the field, including .538 (7-13) from beyond the arc, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO assists and 1.0 steal in 37.0 minutes. 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO On Friday at Chicago, LeBron James had game highs with 27 points and 13 assists, and has now had at least 13 assists on six 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO occasions this season after doing so two times in 2015-16. In the first two contests against Toronto this season, James 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO averaged 24.5 points on .548 (17-31) shooting from the field, 8.5 rebounds and 11.0 assists in 38.5 minutes. James has scored 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC 1,290 career points versus the Raptors (47 regular season games). No player has more career points against Toronto than 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO James. (STATS, Inc.) 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Channing Frye scored in double figures for the 8th time this season after pouring in 11 points on 5-6 (.833) shooting from the 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO field in 21 minutes off the bench in Friday’s game at Chicago. In the Nov. 15th win over the Raptors, Frye had 21 points, while 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT going 5-8 (.625) from deep, in 20 minutes off the bench. 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO Kevin Love has posted two of his team-leading 12 double-doubles (tied-6th most in NBA) against the Raptors this season, 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO averaging 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in 35.0 minutes in those meetings. 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO After tonight, the Cavaliers will travel to New York (12/7) to conclude their three-game road trip. 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 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Mike Dunleavy (concussion) – QUESTIONABLE Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 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 10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones...10/22/16 – Cavs waived guard John Holland…10/20/16 – Cavs waived players Markel Brown, Jonathan Holmes and Cory 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO Jefferson…10/15/16 – Cavs re-signed G/F J.R. Smith and waived Toney Douglas…10/3/16 – Cavs signed Toney Douglas and released Eric Moreland. 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 3/30 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. TNT 3/31 vs. PHI 7:30 p.m. FSO 2016-17 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/2 vs. IND 6:00 p.m. FSO 4/4 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/5 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 4/7 vs. ATL 7:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO OVERALL 13-5 (.722) 9-2 (.818) 4-3 (.571) 0-0 (.000) L3 4/9 @ ATL 3:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO CENTRAL 1-3 (.250) 1-0 (1.000) 0-3 (.000) 0-0 (.000) L2 4/10 @ MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO 4/12 vs. TOR 8:00 p.m FSO EASTERN 10-4 (.714) 6-1 (.857) 4-3 (.571) 0-0 (.000) L2 *Denotes Overtime WESTERN 3-1 (.750) 3-1 (.750) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) L1 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: AT TORONTO RAPTORS (14-6) Overall: 45-36 Home: 24-16 The Q: 24-16 Road: 21-20 CAVALIERS vs. RAPTORS 2016-17 SEASON October 28 at Toronto – CAVS 94, Raptors 91 Current Streak: Won 2 Home Streak: Won 3 Road Streak: Won 1 November 15 at Cleveland – CAVS 121, Raptors 117 Last Win: 11/15/16 Last Home Win: 11/15/16 Last Road Win: 10/28/16 December 5 at Toronto – 7:30 p.m.