FRI., NOV. 17, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 7:30 PM ET TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/WMMS 100.7 FM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2017-18 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME # 16 HOME GAME # 8 PROBABLE STARTERS 2017-18 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 10/17 vs. BOS WON, 102-99 10/20 @ MIL WON, 116-97 10/21 vs. ORL Lost, 93-114 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 15 15 *28.3 7.2 *8.7 *.579 38.0 10/24 vs. CHI WON, 119-112 10/25 @ BKN Lost, 107-112 10/28 @ NOP Lost, 101-123 F 99 JAE CROWDER 6-6 235 17-18: 15 12 8.2 3.6 1.1 .368 26.4 10/29 vs. NYK Lost, 95-114 11/1 vs. IND Lost, 107-124 11/3 @ WAS WON, 130-122 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 15 15 17.9 *10.4 1.8 .444 29.1 11/5 vs. ATL Lost, 115-117 11/7 vs. MIL WON, 124-119 11/9 @ HOU Lost, 113-117 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 15 12 8.1 2.9 1.9 .361 29.7 11/11 @ DAL WON, 111-104 11/13 @ NYK WON, 104-101 11/15 @ CHA WON, 115-107 G 4 IMAN SHUMPERT 6-5 220 17-18: 11 5 5.6 3.5 1.5 .400 22.9 11/17 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/20 @ DET 7:00 p.m. FSO th th th th 11/22 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO *NBA RANKS: LeBron James ranks 4 in PPG, 4 in APG and 9 in FG%; Kevin Love ranks 12 in RPG. 11/24 vs. CHA 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/27 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/28 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • The Cleveland Cavaliers will take on a Western Conference foe at Quicken Loans Arena for the first time in 2017-18 when they face the Los 11/30 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO Angeles Clippers tonight. This will be the first meeting between the two teams, who will meet at the Staples Center on March 9. Since the 2002- 12/2 vs. MEM 7:30 p.m. FSO 03 season, the Cavs are 21-8 against the Clippers. 12/4 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/6 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO • Going back to Jan. 21, 2015, the Cavs have won 32 of their last 38 home games against the Western Conference. Cleveland finished 12-3 12/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO against the West at home last season. 12/9 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. FSO • The Cavaliers hold an all-time home record of 46-18 against the Clippers, which includes an 18-4 mark at The Q. Since 1979-80, the Wine and 12/14 vs. LAL 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO Gold have been victorious in 31 of their 37 home contests versus the Clippers. 12/16 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/17 @ WAS 6:00 p.m. FSO • Cleveland is returning to its home court after a 3-1 road trip, capped off by a 115-107 win over Charlotte on Wednesday. After trailing the 12/19 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV Hornets 67-61 at halftime, the Cavs outscored the Hornets 54-40 in the second half, holding them to .395 (15-38) shooting from the field. 12/21 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/25 @ GSW 3:00 p.m. ABC • Over their current three-game win streak (@ DAL, NYK & CHA), the Cavaliers have held their opponents to a combined .444 (118-266) shooting 12/27 @ SAC 10:00 p.m. FSO from the field and a .282 (24-85) mark from three-point territory. 12/30 @ UTA 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/2 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • Cleveland had five players average double figures in scoring over the four-game road trip from Nov. 9-Nov. 15: LeBron James (26.5 PPG), Kevin 1/3 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Love (18.5 PPG), Jeff Green (13.8 PPG), Kyle Korver (12.0 PPG) and J.R. Smith (12.0 PPG). 1/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. FSO • LeBron James led all scorers in Wednesday’s win with 31 points on 12-24 (.500) shooting, including a 4-7 (.571) clip from three-point range, while 1/11 @ TOR 8:00 p.m. TNT adding six rebounds, a game-high eight assists, two steals and one block in 37 minutes. It marked James’ 6th game this season scoring 30+ points. 1/12 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO th 1/15 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. TNT In the win, James (956 OREB) also passed Tyrone Hill (955 OREB) for 10 place in Cavs history with his second offensive rebound of the night. 1/18 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO • Kevin Love recorded his team-leading 10th double-double of the season (T-4th in NBA) against the Hornets on Wednesday, tallying 22 points on a 1/20 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC 1/23 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT 9-16 (.563) mark from the field and a game-high 10 rebounds while adding one steal and one block in 27 minutes. Love has posted 16 double- 1/26 vs. IND 7:30 p.m. FSO doubles in 21 career meetings against the Clippers, averaging 18.9 points and 12.7 rebounds in 32.0 minutes per game. 1/28 vs. DET 6:00 p.m. FSO 1/30 @ DET 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO • Cleveland’s bench combined for 40 points in the victory on Nov. 15 thanks to the efforts of Jeff Green (13 PTS), Kyle Korver (11 PTS), Channing 1/31 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO Frye (9 PTS) and Dwyane Wade (7 PTS). It marked the 9th game this season that the Cavs’ reserves have scored 40 points or more, which 2/3 vs. HOU 8:30 p.m. ABC includes 3 of the 4 games in this past road trip. 2/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/7 vs. MIN 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO • J.R. Smith chipped in with 10 points, a season-high tying five rebounds, three assists and two steals in 31 minutes against Charlotte on 2/9 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO Wednesday. He has now scored in double figures in four of his last five contests. With his second triple of the night, Smith hit his 1,800th career 2/11 @ BOS 3:30 p.m. ABC three-pointer. His 1,801 3FGM currently rank 13th-most in NBA history. 2/13 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/22 vs. WAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 2/23 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/25 vs. SAS 3:30 p.m. ABC Derrick Rose (left ankle sprain/soreness) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 2/27 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO Isaiah Thomas (right hip) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/1 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO Tristan Thompson (left calf strain) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/3 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/5 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/7 @ DEN 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/9 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV 3/11 @ LAL 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/13 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO 10/18/17 – Cavs signed guard London Perrantes to a Two-Way Contract…10/14/17 – Cavaliers acquired the draft rights to forward Dimitrios Agravanis and guard Sergey 3/15 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO Gladyr from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for forward Richard Jefferson, guard Kay Felder, two future second round draft picks and cash considerations; also waived center 3/17 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO Kendrick Perkins and guard Isaac Hamilton…10/11/17 – Cavaliers signed guard Isaac Hamilton; also waived center Edy Tavares. 3/19 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/21 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/23 vs. PHX 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/25 @ BKN 1:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/27 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO OVERALL 8-7 (.533) 3-4 (.429) 5-3 (.625) 0-0 (.000) W3 3/28 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 3/30 vs. NOP 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO CENTRAL 3-1 (.750) 2-1 (.667) 1-0 (1.000) 0-0 (.000) W1 4/1 vs. DAL 6:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 4/3 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO EASTERN 7-5 (.583) 3-4 (.429) 4-1 (.800) 0-0 (.000) W3 4/5 vs. WAS 8:00 p.m. TNT WESTERN 1-2 (.333) 0-0 (.000) 1-2 (.333) 0-0 (.000) W1 4/6 @ PHI 7:00 p.m.