THUR., APRIL 20, 2017 BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE – INDIANAPOLIS, IN TV: TNT/FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM ET CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (51-31, 2-0) VS. INDIANA PACERS (42-40, 0-2) (CAVS LEAD SERIES 2-0) 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FIRST ROUND GAME 3 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #3 ROAD GAME #1 PROBABLE STARTERS 2016-17 RESULTS 10/25 vs. NYK WON, 117-88 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/28 @ TOR WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 74 74 26.4 8.6 8.7 .548 37.8 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 PLAYOFFS: 2 2 28.5 8.0 10.0 .575 42.5 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 60 60 19.0 11.1 1.9 .427 31.4 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 PLAYOFFS: 2 2 22.0 7.5 2.0 .688 35.2 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 78 78 8.1 9.2 1.0 .600 30.0 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 PLAYOFFS: 2 2 6.0 11.5 1.0 .600 31.5 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 41 35 8.6 2.8 1.5 .346 29.0 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 PLAYOFFS: 2 2 4.5 1.5 0.5 .429 27.5 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 72 72 25.2 3.2 5.8 .473 35.1 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 PLAYOFFS: 2 2 30.0 2.5 4.0 .490 36.6 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 The defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers hit the road for the first time this postseason tonight when they face the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 Eastern Conference First Round. The Cavaliers won the first two meetings at The Q, 109-108, in Game 1 and 117-111 in Game 2. Cleveland has never lost a 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 series when leading 2-0 (12-0). 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) Including the 2016-17 regular season, the Cavs have won five straight games against Indiana. The victory in Game 2 was the Cavs’ 9th straight home win 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 over the Pacers (regular and postseason), which is tied for their longest active home winning streak versus a single opponent (also nine straight vs. Orlando). 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James (5,629 PTS) is 12 points away from passing Kobe Bryant (5,640 PTS) for 3rd place on the NBA’s all-time postseason 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 scoring list. James (1,774 REB) is also four rebounds shy of passing Wes Unseld (1,777 REB) for 7th all-time in league playoff history. Kyrie Irving (307 FGM, 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 156 AST) needs seven field goals to pass Zydrunas Ilgauskas (313 FGM) for the 2nd-most field goals made in franchise playoff history and nine assists to 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 overtake Craig Ehlo (164 AST) for 3rd place in the team’s playoff record book. 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 Going back to the 2015 postseason, the Cavs hold a 26-4 playoff record against Eastern Conference opponents, which includes an 11-3 mark on the road. 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 Through the first two games of this series, the Cavs are shooting a combined .545 (84-154) from the field, including .407 (24-59) from the three-point line. 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 In Game 2 against the Pacers, Cleveland shot 42-76 (.553) from the field, 13-31 (.419) on three-pointers and 20-23 (.870) from the free throw line. 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 For the first time in franchise playoff history, three Cavs players scored 25 or more points (Irving-37, Love-27, James-25) in Game 2. The last time three 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 teammates had at least 25 points in any NBA playoff game was on 4/27/14 (Harden-28, Parsons-26, Howard-25 for HOU in OT). The last time a trio each 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 scored 25 or more points in an NBA playoff game in regulation was on 6/19/12 (James-25, Wade-25, Chalmers-25 for MIA). Irving (14-24 FG), Love (6-7 FG) 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) and James (11-20 FG) also became the first three teammates to each score at least 25 points while shooting .550 from the field in a playoff game since 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 Indiana did it on 5/4/93 (Reggie Miller, Rik Smits and Detlef Schrempf). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) In Game 2, LeBron James finished with his second double-double of the 2017 Playoffs with 25 points on .550 (11-20) shooting, 10 rebounds, seven assists, 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 four steals and four blocks in 42 minutes. It’s the first time in his NBA career (regular and postseason) that James has recorded at least four steals and four 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 blocks in a game. James is the first NBA player since steals/blocks were first tracked in 1973-74 to post a stat line of at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, seven 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 assists, four steals and four blocks in a playoff game. No Cavs player has ever done that in a regular season game since 1973-74. The last NBA player to do 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 that in a regular season game was Kevin Durant on Dec. 1, 2013 (32/10/12/4/4). (Elias Sports Bureau) 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) Kyrie Irving, who has scored 20 or more points in 20 of his last 23 postseason games, had 37 points (including 25 in 2nd H) on 14-24 (.583) shooting from the 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 field in 34 minutes in Game 2. It was the second time Irving has scored 35 or more points in a postseason game (41 points in Game 5 of NBA Finals on 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 th 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 6/13/16). With his 19 point in the win, he passed Mark Price (818) for the 2nd-most points in Cavaliers playoff history. 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 Kevin Love recorded his 12th career playoff double-double with 27 points on 6-7 (.857) shooting, a perfect 12-12 clip from the free throw line, 11 rebounds, 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 three assists and a block in 39 minutes in Game 2. Love became the first Cavs player with 27 or more points and 7 or fewer field goal attempts in a playoff 2/23 vs. NYK WON, 119-104 game. In the shot-clock era (since 1954-55 season), no other NBA player had such a playoff game. His .857 FG mark was also tied for his career high in any 2/25 vs. CHI Lost, 99-117 2/27 vs. MIL WON, 102-95 NBA game (also .857 on 11/7/08 at Sacramento, regular season game). 3/1 @ BOS Lost, 99-103 Tristan Thompson became the franchise’s all-time playoff leader in offensive rebounds in Game 2 (185 OREB), passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (180 OREB). He 3/3 @ ATL WON, 135-130 has also pulled down double-digit boards in both games of this series (11.5 RPG). 3/4 @ MIA Lost, 92-120 3/6 vs. MIA Lost, 98-106 3/9 @ DET Lost, 101-106 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/11 @ ORL WON, 116-104 Kay Felder (left ankle sprain) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/12 @ HOU Lost, 112-117 J.R. Smith (left hamstring) – QUESTIONABLE Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/14 vs. DET WON, 128-96 3/16 vs. UTA WON, 91-83 3/18 @ LAC Lost 78-108 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/19 @ LAL WON, 125-120 4/12/17 – Cavs waived center Larry Sanders and signed guard Dahntay Jones and Walter ‘Edy’ Tavares…4/10/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…4/9/17 – Cavs waived guard DeAndre Liggins. 3/22 @ DEN Lost, 113-126 3/24 @ CHA WON, 112-105 2016-17 CAVALIERS SEASON RECORDS 3/25 vs.