FRI., DEC. 25, 2015 ORACLE ARENA – OAKLAND, CA TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM / 100.7 WMMS / LA MEGA 87.7 FM / ESPN RADIO 5:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (19-7) AT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (27-1) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 27 ROAD GAME # 13 PROBABLE STARTERS 2015-16 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/27 @ CHI Lost, 95-97 10/28 @ MEM WON, 106-76 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 25 25 *26.4 7.6 6.3 .497 36.4 10/30 vs. MIA WON, 102-92 11/2 @ PHI WON, 107-100 11/4 vs. NYK WON, 96-86 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 26 26 17.5 ^10.6 2.6 .436 32.8 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 275 15-16: 23 23 7.3 4.3 0.5 .528 19.2 11/13 @ NYK WON, 90-84 11/14 @ MIL Lost, 105-108** 11/17 @ DET Lost, 99-104 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 22 22 10.6 3.0 2.0 .380 30.9 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 2 2 8.5 1.0 4.0 .316 18.0 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 4th in NBA ^ Ranks 8th in NBA 11/28 vs. BKN WON, 90-88 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/1 vs. WAS Lost, 85-97 12/4 @ NOP Lost, 108-114* th The Cavaliers will play on Christmas Day for the 12 time in franchise history when they visit the Golden State Warriors today at Oracle Arena. 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 Cleveland is 6-5 all-time on Christmas. The Cavs and Warriors last met in the 2015 NBA Finals and split the 2014-15 regular season series 1-1. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 nd Coming into today’s contest, the Cavs have won six straight games, the 2 -longest active streak in the NBA behind only San Antonio’s seven 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 straight wins. Cleveland sits at an Eastern Conference-best 19-7 on the season. 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 During their six-game winning streak, Cleveland has outscored their opponents by an average of 14.1 points (101.3-87.2), while also holding the 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 edge in field goal percentage (.474-.402), three-point percentage (.397-.300), assists (23.3-18.7), points in the paint (46.0-30.3), fast break 12/25 @ GSW 5:00 PM ABC points (12.8-6.8) and rebounding (41.8-38.4). 12/26 @ POR 10:00 PM FSO 12/28 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO Going back to Jan. 15, 2015 of last season, Cleveland is 18-2 in its last 20 regular season games against Western Conference opponents (4-1 in 12/29 @ DEN 9:00 PM FSO 2015-16), winning by an average of 10.4 points vs. the West in that 20-game span (109.5-99.1). 1/2 vs. ORL 7:30 PM FSO 1/4 vs. TOR 7:00 PM FSO LeBron James has played in nine Christmas Day games (27.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 1.8 steals) and is among the Top 10 in several th th th st 1/6 @ WAS 7:00 PM FSO categories for games played on Christmas, including points (245, 5 all-time), assists (70, 4 ), steals (16, 5 ) and three-pointers made (13, tied-1 ). 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/10 @ PHI 6:00 PM FSO In six games against the Warriors during the 2015 NBA Finals, LeBron James recorded five double-doubles (two triple-doubles) and averaged 35.8 1/12 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO points, 13.3 rebounds, 8.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 45.7 minutes. He became the first player in Finals history to lead a series in points, rebounds 1/14 @ SAS 8:00 PM TNT and assists, the first player to produce two triple-doubles with 30 or more points in one Finals series, and the first player in Finals history to post at 1/15 @ HOU 9:30 PM ESPN/FSO least 20 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in five straight games (Games 2-6). 1/18 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT 1/20 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Tristan Thompson, who averaged a double-double against the Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals (10.0 points, 13.0 rebounds), notched 10 points and 1/21 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT a game-high 14 rebounds in 29 minutes in Wednesday’s win over New York. Thompson leads all NBA bench players in rebounds per game (9.4). 1/23 vs. CHI 8:30 PM ABC 1/25 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO MILESTONE ALERT: With 25,572 career points, LeBron James needs 42 points to pass Alex English (25,613) for 17th place on the NBA’s all-time nd 1/27 vs. PHX 7:00 PM FSO scoring list. James also needs 13 assists to pass Stephon Marbury (6,471) for 22 all-time in assists and one double-double to reach 300 for his 1/29 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO rd career. J.R. Smith needs 1 three-pointer to pass Mike Bibby (1,517) for 23 all-time in NBA history. With 582 games played in a Cavaliers uniform, 1/30 vs. SAS 8:30 PM ABC Anderson Varejao can pass Mark Price (582) for 7th place in franchise history. 2/1 @ IND 7:00 PM NBATV/ FSO 2/3 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO Cleveland has held four of its last five opponents to under .400 shooting from the field. Over that five-game stretch, teams are averaging just 84.6 2/5 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO points on a combined .382 (153-401) shooting from the field against the Cavs, including just .272 (31-114) from the three-point line. 2/6 vs. NOP 7:30 PM FSO th 2/8 vs. SAC 7:00 PM FSO Matthew Dellavedova has made at least one three-pointer in 21 of his 25 appearances and is shooting a team-high .450 (5 in NBA) from long 2/10 vs. LAL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO rd distance. He also leads the Cavs in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.58, which is the 3 -highest mark in the league. 2/18 vs. CHI 8:00 PM TNT 2/21 @ OKC 3:30 PM ABC Cleveland has won 31 consecutive games when allowing 96 points or less (regular+postseason), the longest active streak in the NBA. (STATS, Inc.) 2/22 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO After limiting New York to just 12 points in the fourth quarter, the Cavs are giving up an average of 22.2 points in the final period, which is the 2/24 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO best mark in the NBA. Opponents are also shooting just .400 (2nd in NBA), including .280 from beyond the arc (2nd) in the fourth quarter. 2/26 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO Kevin Love posted his 7th 20-10 game of the season on Wednesday against New York with 23 points and 13 boards in 34 minutes of work. 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Kyrie Irving had a strong performance in his only outing against the Warriors during the 2015 NBA Finals with 23 points, seven rebounds, six 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO assists, four steals and two blocks in 44 minutes of Game 1. 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC None Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/14 @ UTA 9:00 PM FSO Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/23 vs. MIL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 12/20/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team…12/19/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team…12/17/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO D-League team…12/2/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team. 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/3 vs.