CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (1-0) AT TORONTO RAPTORS (1-0) FRI., OCT. 28, 2016 AIR CANADA CENTRE – TORONTO, ON 7:00 PM EST TV: FSO/ESPN RADIO: 100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 2 ROAD GAME # 1 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 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 10/29 vs. ORL 7:30 p.m. FSO F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 1 1 19.0 11.0 14.0 .643 32.4 11/1 vs. HOU 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 11/3 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT 11/5 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 1 1 23.0 12.0 2.0 .400 25.0 11/8 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 11/11 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 1 1 0.0 6.0 0.0 .000 22.4 11/13 vs. CHA 3:30 p.m. FSO 11/15 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 11/16 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 1 1 8.0 3.0 2.0 .231 25.2 11/18 vs. DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/23 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/25 vs. DAL 7:30 p.m. FSO G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 1 1 29.0 2.0 4.0 .545 29.8 11/27 @ PHI 1:00 p.m. FSO 11/29 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO 2015-16: * Ranked 5th in NBA > Ranked 9th in NBA ^ Ranked 11th in NBA 12/1 vs. LAC 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 12/2 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/7 @ NYK 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO The reigning NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers will play their first road game of 2016-17 when they visit the Air Canada Centre tonight to face 12/9 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO the Toronto Raptors. This is the first of four meetings this season between the Cavs and Raptors (Oct. 28 at TOR, Nov. 15 at CLE, Dec. 5 at TOR, 12/10 vs. CHA 7:30 p.m. FSO April 12 at CLE). 12/13 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/14 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO The last time these two teams squared off was in the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals, when Cleveland defeated Toronto 4-2. The Cavs 12/17 vs. LAL 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/20 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO outscored Toronto by an average of 28.5 points (113.0-84.5) in their four victories in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavs 38-point victory (116- 12/21 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 78) over the Raptors in Game 5 of the series was the largest in franchise postseason history. 12/23 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/25 vs. GSW 2:30 p.m. ABC UPCOMING MILESTONES: With just one trey, Kyrie Irving (550 3FGM) can move past Wesley Person (550) for sole possession of 4th place in 12/26 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO three-pointers made in Cavaliers history. LeBron James (4,010) in 11 defensive rebounds away from becoming the franchise’s all-time leader in 12/29 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO defensive boards, passing Brad Daugherty (4,020). James (26,852 pts & 9,696 FGM) is also 95 points away from passing Hakeem Olajuwon 12/31 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO th 1/2 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO (26,946) for 10th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and 7 baskets away from passing Patrick Ewing (9,702) for 15 all-time in field goals th 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO made. J.R. Smith (1,681 3FGM) in five threes away from passing Steve Nash (1,685) for 16 all-time in triples. Richard Jefferson (4,990) is 10 field 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO goals away from 5,000 for his career. 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO Cleveland opened the 2016-17 season with a 117-88 win over New York on Oct. 25. It was their 7th straight win over the Knicks. Offensively, 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO Cleveland had 31 assists on 45 made field goals and made 13 three-pointers. Defensively, the Cavs limited New York to 32-87 (.368) shooting from 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT the field, swiped 12 steals and scored 21 points off of 18 Knicks turnovers. Cleveland also had a 52-28 edge in points in the paint. 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC In the season opener, LeBron James finished with 19 points on 9-14 (.643) shooting, a game-high 14 assists and 11 rebounds in 32 minutes. It was 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO his first ever triple-double on opening night and 43rd triple-double of his regular season career. James became the first Cavs player in franchise 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO history to have a triple-double on opening night and first NBA player to have a triple-double in a season opener since Jason Kidd on Nov. 1, 2006. 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO th 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC James also tied Fat Lever (43) for the 6 -most triple-doubles in NBA history. (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Kyrie Irving finished with a game-high 29 points on 12-22 (.545) shooting, four assists and two steals in 30 minutes against the Knicks. In the third 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC quarter, Irving posted 19 points on 8-10 (.800) shooting from the field and 3-4 (.750) from beyond the arc. It was tied for the third-most points he’s 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO scored in a single quarter of his career (21 in 4th quarter vs. NJ on 1/27/12 and 20 in 4th quarter vs. NO on 2/20/13). 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Kevin Love opened the season with his 330th double-double of his career after tallying 23 points, a game-high 12 rebounds and three steals in 25 th st 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO minutes. It was his 30 20-point, 10-rebound performance with the Wine and Gold (181 of career). 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Richard Jefferson led all bench scorers in Tuesday’s win with 13 points on 5-7 (.714) shooting from the field, four rebounds and two steals in 26 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC minutes off the bench. 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 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO Kay Felder (concussion) – QUESTIONABLE Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO Channing Frye (excused for personal matter) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO Iman Shumpert (concussion) – QUESTIONABLE 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Mo Williams – NWT 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO 10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones...10/22/16 – Cavs waived guard John Holland…10/20/16 – Cavs waived players Markel Brown, Jonathan Holmes and Cory 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO Jefferson…10/15/16 – Cavs re-signed G/F J.R. Smith and waived Toney Douglas…10/3/16 – Cavs signed Toney Douglas and released Eric Moreland…9/27/16 – Cavs promoted 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO Larry Drew to Associate Head Coach and named Damon Jones an Assistant Coach…8/12/16 – Cavs signed forward LeBron James to a multi-year contract...8/6/16 – Cavs 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO signed rookie guard Kay Felder...8/3/16 – Cavs re-signed G/F James Jones…7/30/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones...7/26/16 – Cavs re-signed forward Richard 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO Jefferson...7/26/16 – Cavs and Head Coach Tyronn Lue agreed on new, multi-year extension…7/22/16 – Cavs signed center Chris Andersen.