MON., MAY 2, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/100.7 WMMS FM 7:00 PM EST MON., MAY 2, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/100.7 WMMS FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (4-0, 57-25) VS. ATLANTA HAWKS (4-2, 48-34) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES SECOND ROUND GAME 1 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #5 HOME GAME #3 PROBABLE STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 76 76 25.3 7.4 6.8 .520 35.6 PLAYOFFS: 4 4 22.8 9.0 6.8 .487 41.2 QUARTERFINALS F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 77 77 16.0 9.9 2.4 .419 31.5 # 1 Cleveland vs. # 8 Detroit PLAYOFFS: 4 4 18.8 12.0 1.8 .410 35.8 CAVS won series 4-0 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 82 34 7.8 9.0 0.8 .588 27.7 PLAYOFFS: 4 4 3.8 5.5 1.0 .538 28.3 Game 1 at Cleveland G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 77 77 12.4 2.8 1.7 .415 30.7 Sunday, April 17 CAVS 106, Pistons 101 PLAYOFFS: 4 4 13.5 4.5 1.8 .462 35.6 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 53 53 19.6 3.0 4.7 .448 31.5 Game 2 at Cleveland PLAYOFFS: 4 4 27.5 2.3 4.8 .471 37.8 Wednesday, April 20 CAVS 107, Pistons 90 CAVS QUICK FACTS The Cleveland Cavaliers have advanced to the second round of the postseason for the 10th time in franchise history (1976, 1992, 1993, 2006-2010 Game 3 at Detroit and 2015) after a four-game sweep of the Detroit Pistons in the First Round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs. Friday, April 22 The Wine and Gold will take on the No. 4 seed Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. It will be the third time these two teams will CAVS 101, Pistons 91 meet in the postseason (2009 Eastern Conference Semifinals and 2015 Eastern Conference Finals). The Cavs hold an 8-0 all-time postseason record against the Hawks, which includes a 4-0 sweep in the 2015 Eastern Conference Finals. The only longer active playoff winning streak in the Game 4 at Detroit NBA by one team against a single opponent is Cleveland’s 12-game run over the Pistons. (STATS Inc.) Sunday, April 24 Over those eight playoff contests against Atlanta, the Cavs have won by an average of 15.6 points (101.0-85.4), while outrebounding the Hawks CAVS 100, Pistons 98 by 13.3 (48.3-35.0) boards per contest. During the 2015-16 regular season, the Cavs went 3-0 against the Hawks. It was the first time since the 2004-05 season (4-0) the Cavaliers swept CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS the Hawks in a regular season series. MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James can tie Byron Scott (183) for 14th place in playoff games played with an appearance tonight. James is also 34 # 1 Cleveland vs. # 4 Atlanta points away from passing Tim Duncan (5,144) for 5th place in all-time playoff scoring and 3 triples away from passing Robert Horry (261) for 8th Series 0-0 place in career playoff three-point field goals. With 92 blocks as a Cavalier, James is closing in on Larry Nance (93) for the most blocks in franchise postseason history. Game 1 @ Cleveland J.R. Smith (4.3, 2nd) and Kyrie Irving (4.0, 3rd) rank in the top three in three-pointers made per game this postseason. As a team, the Cavs are Monday, May 2 – 7:00 p.m. averaging a 2016 Playoff-high 14.3 threes per game. TV: TNT Kevin Love has posted a double-double in all four playoff games and is one of only three players to record four consecutive double-doubles this Radio: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM postseason (Russell Westbrook and Dwight Howard). Love averaged 18.8 points and 12.0 rebounds in 35.8 minutes against the Pistons in the First Round. His 12.0 rebounds per game are the 4th-highest this postseason. Game 2 @ Cleveland Kyrie Irving has scored 20 points or more in each game of the 2016 Playoffs and is averaging a 2016 Playoffs-high 27.5 points, 4.8 assists and 1.3 Wednesday, May 4 – 8:00 p.m. steals in 37.8 minutes per contest. Irving has poured in a playoff-high tying 31 points on two separate occasions this postseason. TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM LeBron James has recorded a double-double in three of his four playoff games this postseason and is averaging 22.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, a team-high 6.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 41.3 minutes. In his last outing, James tallied 22 points, 11 rebounds, a team-high six assists and two steals Game 3 @ Atlanta in 41 minutes. That contest marked James’ 119th postseason game (3rd this playoffs) with at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists, the most since 1984-85. Friday, May 6 – 7:00 p.m. In four games against the Hawks in last year’s playoffs, LeBron James averaged 30.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 1.5 steals in 38.3 TV: ESPN minutes. No other player in NBA history has ever averaged at least 30.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 9.0 assists in a playoff series. RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM LeBron James is averaging 32.0 points in eight career playoff games against the Hawks. The only players in NBA history with a higher scoring Game 4 @ Atlanta average versus one opponent in the playoffs are Jerry West versus Boston (34.4) and Michael Jordan versus six different teams (minimum 8 G). Sunday, May 8 – 3:30 p.m. TV: ABC CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) None Sasha Kaun (kown) Game 5 @ Cleveland* Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW Tuesday, May 10 – TBD Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) TV: TNT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/13/16 – Cavs signed guard Dahntay Jones…4/13/16 – Cavs recalled center Sasha Kaun and guard Jordan McRae from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned Game 6 @ Atlanta* and operated NBA Development League team...4/12/16 – Cavs assigned center Sasha Kaun and guard Jordan McRae to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned Thursday, May 12 – TBD and operated NBA Development League team. 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS TV: ESPN RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 2016 PLAYOFFS 4-0 (1.000) 2-0 (1.000) 2-0 (1.000) 0-0 (---) W4 Game 7 @ Cleveland* OVERALL 57-25 (.695) 33-8 (.805) 24-17 (.583) 3-2 (.600) L1 Sunday, May 15 – TBD CENTRAL 8-8 (.500) 5-3 (.625) 3-5 (.375) 1-1 (.500) L3 TV: TBD RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 21-5 (.808) 14-12 (.538) 2-1 (.667) L1 WESTERN 22-8 (.733) 12-3 (.800) 10-5 (.667) 1-1 (.500) L1 * If necessary 2016 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS: VS. ATLANTA HAWKS (4-2, 48-34) CAVS-HAWKS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Monday, May 2 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 7:00 p.m., TNT GAME 2: Wednesday, May 4 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:00 p.m., TNT GAME 3: Friday, May 6 @ Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) 7:00 p.m., ESPN GAME 4: Sunday, May 8 @ Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) 3:30 p.m., ABC *GAME 5: Tuesday, May 10 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD, TNT *GAME 6: Thursday, May 12 @ Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) TBD, ESPN *GAME 7: Sunday, May 15 vs. Atlanta Hawks Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD, TBD * If Necessary CAVS-HAWKS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: This is the 3rd time the Cavaliers and Hawks meet in the playoffs (2009, 2015) Overall: 8-0 Home: 4-0 The Q: 4-0 Road: 4-0 Result 2009 Conference Semifinals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 CAVS won 4-0 2015 Conference Finals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 CAVS won 4-0 2016 Conference Semifinals Home: 0-0 The Q: 0-0 Road: 0-0 TBD CAVALIERS – HAWKS MATCHUP (Overall 2016 Postseason Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 103.5 95.0 .461 .478 .731 41.0 37.8 22.0 5.8 2.5 8.5 +8.5 HAWKS 100.5 93.8 .424 .384 .781 47.5 46.0 22.7 8.0 8.7 14.8 +6.7 CAVALIERS-HAWKS REGULAR SEASON INFORMATION CAVALIERS – HAWKS (2015-16 Regular Season Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 104.3 98.3 .460 .448 .748 44.5 41.0 22.7 6.7 3.9 13.6 +6.0 HAWKS 102.8 99.2 .458 .432 .783 42.1 46.5 25.6 9.1 5.9 15.0 +3.6 CAVALIERS – HAWKS (2015-16 Regular Season Head-to-Head Statistics, CAVS won 3-0) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 109.3 99.7 .451 .407 .771 51.7 42.7 23.7 7.3 6.0 13.7 +9.6 HAWKS 99.7 109.3 .407 .451 .803 42.7 51.7 23.3 7.7 6.0 14.3 -9.6 REGULAR SEASON SERIES ALL-TIME HIGHLIGHTS Overall: 99-117 Home: 63-47 The Q: 23-19 Road: 36-70 CAVALIERS vs.