SUN., FEB. 28, 2016 VERIZON CENTER – WASHINGTON, D.C. TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 1:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (41-16) AT WASHINGTON WIZARDS (27-30) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 58 ROAD GAME # 29 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: 56 56 *24.7 7.2 6.6 .502 35.9 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: 56 56 16.0 ^10.2 2.4 .420 32.2 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 57 27 7.8 #9.6 0.8 .578 28.2 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: 53 53 12.7 2.9 1.5 .414 30.8 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 31 31 18.6 2.9 4.3 .461 29.6 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 th th * Ranks 6th in NBA ^ Ranks 10 in the NBA # Ranks 14 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* The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up their two-game road trip today in the nation’s capital where they will square off with the Washington 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 Wizards. This is the third of four regular season matchups between the two teams. They will wrap up their four-game set on Friday night at The Q. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 Cleveland has won nine of the last 13 contests against Washington, including six of the last seven at the Verizon Center. 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 The last time the Cavs visited the Verizon Center was on January 6 when Cleveland defeated the Wizards, 121-115. Offensively, the Cavs shot 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 48-89 (.539) from the field, including 12-29 (.414) from the three-point line. Cleveland outrebounded the Wizards 44-33, while also holding the 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 edge in points in the paint (52-42) and second chance points (20-7). LeBron James (34 pts, 12-22 FG, 10 rebs), Kyrie Irving (32 pts, 14-22 FG, 5 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 rebs) and J.R. Smith (25 pts, 10-16 FG, 5-10 3FG, 3 stls) became the first trio in franchise history to score at least 25 points and make more than 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 half of their field goal attempts in a road game. (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 Since Dec. 28, the Cavs are 11-3 (.786) on the road, which is tied for the 3rd -best mark in the NBA. 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 st 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 Against the Toronto Raptors on Friday night, the Cavaliers shot 12-24 (.500) from the three-point line, which was their 31 game connecting on 10 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 th or shots from deep this season. In 2015-16, Cleveland is averaging 10.1 three-pointers per game (5 in NBA), which is tied with last season for 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 their highest average in franchise history. 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* th MILESTONE ALERT: Kevin Love is 3 threes away from tallying his 700 career three-pointer. He could become the only player in NBA history to 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 have a career average of at least 10.0 rebounds and connect on 700-plus three-pointers. LeBron James needs 39 assists to pass Kevin Johnson 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 (6,711) for 19th in NBA history. Kyrie Irving is 48 points shy of reaching 6,000 for his career. 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 th Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in nine of the last 13 games. In the win at Washington on Jan. 6, Irving tallied 32 points (19 in the 4 ) on 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 14-22 (.636) shooting, five rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block in 34 minutes. When the score was knotted at 95-95 with 10:53 left in 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 the game, Cleveland went on a 15-2 run and held the lead the rest of the way. Irving scored 12 of the Cavs’ 15 points during that run. 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 LeBron James has scored 20 or more points in 50 of 56 career regular + postseason games versus Washington, including each of the last 11 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 contests versus the Wizards. Through the first two games against Washington this season, James is averaging 29.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.0 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.0 block in 33.5 minutes. 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 After connecting on three three-pointers against Toronto on Friday, J.R. Smith now has a team-high 141 triples this season (8th-most in NBA). His 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 141 treys moves him past Damon Jones (140 in 2005-06) for the 10th most three-pointers for a single-season in Cavaliers history. Since January 1, 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 he has hit the 2nd-most threes in the NBA with 88. 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 Kevin Love picked up his 18th 20-point outing of the season after tallying 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists in 35 minutes against the Raptors 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 on Friday night. Coming into today’s contest, Love has scored 20 points or more in three of the last four contests, averaging 20.3 points, 7.3 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 33.5 minutes over that stretch. 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 Tristan Thompson has pulled down 10 or more rebounds in eight of the last nine games and leads the Cavs with 34 double-digit rebound 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 performances in 2015-16. 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO/WUAB Mo Williams (Left Knee Chondromalacia) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/14 @ UTA 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO 3/23 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO 2/18/16 – Cavs traded F/C Anderson Varejao and a protected future first round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a second round pick; The 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Cavs then traded the second round pick and guard Jared Cunningham to the Orlando Magic in exchange for F/C Channing Frye…1/27/16 – Cavs hired Mike 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO Longabardi as an assistant coach…1/22/16 – Cavs released David Blatt from his duties as head coach and named Associate Head Coach Tyronn Lue as Head 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO Coach. 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/3 vs. CHI 3:30 PM FSO 4/5 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/6 @ IND 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO OVERALL 41-16 (.719) 24-5 (.828) 17-11 (.607) 2-2 (.500) L1 4/9 @ CHI 8:30 PM ABC 4/11 vs. ATL 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO CENTRAL 5-5 (.500) 3-2 (.600) 2-3 (.400) 1-1 (.500) L1 4/13 vs. DET 8:00 PM FSO EASTERN 24-11 (.686) 14-4 (.778) 10-7 (.588) 1-1 (.500) L1 *Denotes Overtime WESTERN 17-5 (.773) 10-1 (.909) 7-4 (.636) 1-1 (.500) W8 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: AT WASHINGTON WIZARDS (27-30) Overall: 98-107 Home: 61-42 The Q: 24-15 Road: 37-65 CAVALIERS vs.