FRI., FEB. 27, 2015 BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE – INDIANAPOLIS, IN TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (37-22) AT INDIANA PACERS (23-34) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #60 ROAD GAME #29 PROBABLE STARTERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/30 vs. NYK Lost, 90-95 10/31 @ CHI WON, 114-108* F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 14-15: 49 49 26.0 5.8 7.3 .491 36.3 11/4 @ POR Lost, 82-101 11/5 @ UTA Lost, 100-102 11/7 @ DEN WON, 110-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 243 14-15: 56 56 16.9 10.3 2.3 .433 34.6 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 250 14-15: 58 57 9.3 7.9 0.5 .543 26.0 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 14-15: 48 29 11.6 2.7 3.0 .410 28.7 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 8 MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA 6-4 200 14-15: 44 9 4.3 1.8 2.8 .363 20.0 11/26 vs. WAS WON, 113-87 11/29 vs. IND WON, 109-97 12/2 vs. MIL WON, 111-108 12/4 @ NYK WON, 90-87 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 105-91 12/8 @ BKN WON, 110-88 The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to win their fourth straight road game tonight when they take on the Indiana Pacers. This is the third of four 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 regular season meetings between the Central Division foes. They will wrap up things up on March 20th in Cleveland. The Cavs have won seven of 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 their last nine road games, including the last three by an average of 21.7 points (111.0-88.3). 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 After defeating the Golden State Warriors 110-99 last night at The Q, the Wine and Gold improved to an NBA-best 18-2 since Jan. 15. It was 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 th th their 10 straight win against a Western Conference opponent and their 11 victory in a row at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland held the 12/19 vs. BKN WON, 95-91 Warriors to 39-92 (.424) shooting from the field last night, including just 17-45 (.378) in the second half. 12/21 vs. MEM WON, 105-91 12/23 vs. MIN WON, 125-104 Since the All-Star break, the Cavs hold a perfect 4-0 record and are outscoring opponents by 19.0 points per game (110.0-91.0). The defense 12/25 @ MIA Lost, 91-101 has held foes to just .409 shooting from the field, including .273 from the three-point line over that stretch. The Cavs have been even more stifling 12/26 @ ORL WON, 98-89 in the second half of those games, holding opponents to an average of 39.3 points on .371 shooting from the field. 12/28 vs. DET Lost, 80-103 12/30 @ ATL Lost, 101-109 During Cleveland’s 18-2 stretch since Jan. 15, the Cavs rank 1st in points per game differential (+12.3), 1st in field goal percentage (.477), 1st in nd th 12/31 vs. MIL Lost, 80-96 three-pointers made (224), 2 in points per game (108.4) and 6 in three-point percentage (.370). Defensively since that time, the Wine and 1/2 @ CHA WON, 91-87 rd th Gold are 3 in opponent field goal percentage (.419), 6 in opp. three-point percentage (.322) and tied for 7th in opp. points per game (96.1). 1/4 vs. DAL Lost, 90-109 The Cavs have won 16 straight games when hitting the century mark in scoring and are 30-4 when scoring at least 100 points this season. The 1/5 @ PHI Lost, 92-95 1/7 vs. HOU Lost, 93-105 Wine and Gold are even better when scoring at least 102 points this season, as they hold a 28-1 (.966) mark, which is the best in the NBA. 1/9 @ GSW Lost, 94-112 In the first quarter, the Cavs have scored at least 30 points in 11 of the last 13 opening periods, including each of the last four. On the season, 1/11 @ SAC Lost, 84-103 the Cavs are averaging 27.8 points in the first quarter, which ranks 2nd in the NBA. 1/13 @ PHX Lost, 100-107 1/15 @ LAL WON, 109-102 Coming into tonight’s game, the Cavs have held 15 of the last 18 opponents under 100 points and .450 shooting from the field. 1/16 @ LAC WON, 126-121 LeBron James is coming off back-to-back double-doubles, which includes a 42-point, 11-rebound, five-assist, three-steal, one-block 1/19 vs. CHI WON, 108-94 1/21 vs. UTA WON, 106-92 performance in last night’s win over Golden State. It was James’ 55th career game of 40 points or more (third this season), 17th career game th th 1/23 vs. CHA WON, 129-90 with at least 40 points, 10 rebounds and five assists (first this season) and 284 career double-double (17 this season). James also broke a tie 1/25 vs. OKC WON, 108-98 with Elgin Baylor (40) for the fourth-most games with at least 40 points, five rebounds, five assists and now has 41 such games. According to 1/27 @ DET WON, 103-95 the Elias Sports Bureau, the three players ahead of James are Oscar Robertson (71), Michael Jordan (62) and Wilt Chamberlain (61). 1/28 vs. POR WON, 99-94 1/30 vs. SAC WON, 101-90 In Kevin Love’s last six games, he is averaging 18.0 points on .527 shooting from the field, including .538 (21-39) from three-point range, 9.2 1/31 @ MIN WON, 106-90 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30.8 minutes. 2/2 vs. PHI WON, 97-84 Against the Warriors last night, Timofey Mozgov recorded his 16th double-double of the season (7th as a Cavalier) with 10 points, 10 rebounds, 2/5 vs. LAC WON, 105-94 two assists, one steal and one block in 25 minutes. He has now had at least one block in 20 of his 23 games as a Cavalier, while also averaging a 2/6 @ IND Lost, 99-103 2/8 vs. LAL WON, 120-105 near double-double with Cleveland of 10.5 points on .596 shooting, 8.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 26.7 minutes per game. 2/11 vs. MIA WON, 113-93 Tristan Thompson leads all NBA bench players in rebounds per game (7.6), offensive rebounds per game (3.3) and total rebounds (355). He had 2/12 @ CHI Lost, 98-113 a near double-double last night after tallying 12 points and eight rebounds in just 21 minutes off the bench. Over his last seven games, Thompson 2/20 @ WAS WON, 127-89 2/22 @ NYK WON, 101-83 is shooting .703 (26-37) from the field. 2/24 @ DET WON, 102-93 J.R. Smith swiped a team-high four steals in last night’s win over the Warriors and has now had at least three steals in four of the last six games. 2/26 vs. GSW WON, 110-99 He is averaging 2.7 steals since Feb. 11 and a team-high tying 1.8 steals since playing his first Cavs game on Jan. 7. 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 3/1 @ HOU 3:30 PM ABC In two games against the Pacers this season, Kyrie Irving is averaging 26.5 points on .512 shooting from the field, including .400 (6-15) from deep, 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.5 blocks in 37.5 minutes per game. 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/7 vs. PHX 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Shawn Marion (Left Hip Strain) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (Left Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM NBATV/FSO Kyrie Irving (Left Shoulder) – OUT Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO 2/24/15 – Signed center Kendrick Perkins to a contract…2/18/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Development League team…2/12/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League 3/29 vs.