CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (26-7) (17-18) VS. CHICAGO BULLS WED., JAN. 4, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 8:00 PM EST TV: FSO/ESPN RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 34 HOME GAME # 21 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: 30 30 25.6 7.8 *8.6 .508 37.2 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: 30 30 21.8 10.9 1.7 .448 31.7 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 33 33 7.1 *9.9 0.7 *.588 28.8 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 12 JORDAN MCRAE 6-6 185 16-17: 21 *2 *4.7 *1.4 0.6 .357 *11.0 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 G 14 DEANDRE LIGGINS 6-6 209 16-17: 25 *11 *3.0 *1.8 *1.2 .368 *15.9 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 will face off against Central Division foe Chicago Bulls tonight at Quicken Loans Arena in their last home contest before 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 embarking on a six-game road trip that will span the course of 13 days. The Cavs have won 13 of their last 15 games and nine in a row at The Q. 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 rd 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 Cleveland holds the best home record in the NBA at 18-2 (.900) and is averaging 113.8 points at Quicken Loans Arena, which ranks 3 in the 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 league among host teams. 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 The Wine and Gold defeated the New Orleans Pelicans by a 90-82 margin on Monday night at The Q. In the win, Cleveland outrebounded New 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108* 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 Orleans by 11 boards (56-45) and outscored them by 14 points in the paint (40-26). The Cavs’ bench outscored the Pelicans reserves, 44-19. 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 Defensively, the Cavs held New Orleans to 82 points on .364 (32-88) shooting, boosting their record to a perfect 6-0 (5-0 at home) when an 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 opponent shoots under .400 from the field. 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 nd 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 UPCOMING MILESTONES: With an appearance tonight, LeBron James (723) will pass Danny Ferry (723) for sole possession of 2 -most games 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 played in Cavaliers history. James (1699 stls, 1399 3FGM, 9972 FGM) is also one steal away from 1,700 for his career, one three-pointer away 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 from 1,400 for his career and 28 field goals away from 10,000 for his career. Kevin Love (383 3FGM) is three three-pointers shy of passing J.R. 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Smith (385) for the 8th-most triples in Cavaliers history. Tristan Thompson (3,982) is 18 points away from reaching 4,000 for his career. Channing 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO Frye (898) is two threes away from hitting 900 in his career. 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO The Cavs’ 26-7 record is their best through 33 games since the 2008-09 season (27-6). 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO LeBron James led all scorers in Monday’s win against New Orleans with 26 points while adding seven rebounds, a team-high six assists, two steals th 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT and one block in 39 minutes. With a dunk at the 7:57 mark of the first quarter, he surpassed Dominique Wilkins (9,963) for 14 place on the 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO NBA’s all-time field goals made list. The Cavaliers have won 13 straight games when James is in the lineup (26-4 overall this season). In 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC Cleveland’s first meeting against the Bulls this season, James notched a double-double with game highs of 27 points and 13 assists in 45 minutes. 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO In Monday’s victory over New Orleans, Kevin Love turned in his team-leading 21st double-double of the season (tied for 8th-most in the NBA) with 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 12 points and 11 rebounds in 24 minutes of action. He is also averaging a double-double in his 17 career games against Chicago (16.9 ppg and 10.5 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC rpg). Love is currently the only player in the Eastern Conference with averages of at least 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds this season. 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Channing Frye posted his 15th double figure scoring effort this season, his sixth in the last eight games, with 14 points and a 4-7 (.571) clip from 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC deep to go along with six rebounds and two blocks in 25 minutes as a reserve against New Orleans on Monday night. Frye is averaging 10.1 ppg in 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 25 games off the bench, which ranks 20th in the NBA among reserve players this season. He is also shooting .463 from deep, the 2nd-best mark in 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO the league. 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Kay Felder has notched double-digits in scoring in a career-high four straight contests, including a 12-point outing in 22 minutes during Monday’s 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO win over the Pelicans. 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Richard Jefferson recorded his first double-double as a Cavalier in Monday’s win over New Orleans (his 60th of career) with 12 points and a team- 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC high 12 rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench. He knocked down his 1,000th career three-pointer with 37 seconds left in the third quarter. 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO Chris Andersen (right knee ACL tear) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO J.R. Smith (right thumb fracture) – OUT 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Mike Dunleavy (right ankle sprain) – QUESTIONABLE 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Kyrie Irving (right hamstring tightness) – QUESTIONABLE 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO LeBron James (illness) – QUESTIONABLE 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC Kevin Love (illness) – QUESTIONABLE 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 12/29/16 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated D-League team...12/28/16 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated D-League team...10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones. 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 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/4 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 4/5 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO OVERALL 26-7 (.788) 18-2 (.900) 8-5 (.615) 1-0 (1.000) W3 4/7 vs. ATL 7:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO 4/9 @ ATL 3:30 p.m.