THUR., JAN. 21, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: TNT RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM / 100.7 WMMS / LA MEGA 87.7 FM 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (29-11) VS. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (27-14) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 41 HOME GAME # 18 PROBABLE STARTERS 2015-16 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/27 @ CHI Lost, 95-97 10/28 @ MEM WON, 106-76 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 39 39 *25.1 7.2 6.0 .502 35.7 10/30 vs. MIA WON, 102-92 11/2 @ PHI WON, 107-100 11/4 vs. NYK WON, 96-86 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 40 40 15.6 ^10.9 2.4 .414 32.3 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 275 15-16: 37 28 6.2 4.2 0.4 .505 17.7 11/13 @ NYK WON, 90-84 11/14 @ MIL Lost, 105-108** 11/17 @ DET Lost, 99-104 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 36 36 11.9 2.7 1.5 .409 29.6 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 14 14 15.8 2.9 3.9 .417 26.6 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 5th in NBA ^ Ranks 6th in NBA 11/28 vs. BKN WON, 90-88 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/1 vs. WAS Lost, 85-97 12/4 @ NOP Lost, 108-114* 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 After winning 91-78 in Brooklyn last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back at The Q for a four-game home stand, beginning tonight against the Los 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 Angeles Clippers. This is the first of two regular season matchups between the two teams. Since 2005, Cleveland is 16-4 against the Clippers, 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 which includes sweeping last season’s series 2-0. 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 Cleveland’s all-time record versus the Clippers at Quicken Loans Arena is 17-3. The Wine and Gold have won 12 of the last 13 home contests 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 over the Clippers. 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 In the 2-0 series sweep over the Clippers in 2014-15, the Cavs averaged 115.5 points on .497 shooting from the field and 23.0 assists. Coming into 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 tonight’s game, Cleveland has won 38 straight games when scoring at least 100 points at home (12-0 this season). 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 Cleveland is 23-6 in its last 29 regular season games against Western Conference opponents (9-5 this season). The Cavs have also won 11 of their 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 last 12 regular season games over the West at The Q. 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 The Cavaliers picked up their eighth road win in nine tries after their win last night in Brooklyn, where they held the Nets to just 78 points on 35- 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* 84 (.417) shooting, including 4-19 (.211) shooting from the three-point. On the season, Cleveland is allowing the 2nd-lowest scoring average in the 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 league at 95.6 points. Yesterday’s win was the 6th time this season the Cavs have held an opponent to under 80 points this season (6-0). 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 th 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 Tristan Thompson, who has played in 328 consecutive regular season games (longest active streak in the NBA), registered his 100 career double- 1/21 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT th double (10 this season) in last night’s win with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench. Thompson’s 9.1 rebounds per game in his 1/23 vs. CHI 8:30 PM ABC 28 games a reserve leads all NBA bench players in 2015-16. 1/25 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 1/27 vs. PHX 7:00 PM FSO Kevin Love posted his team-leading 19th double-double of the season with a game-high tying 17 points on 5-10 (.500) shooting, a game-high 18 1/29 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAS 8:30 PM ABC rebounds and two steals in 31 minutes at Brooklyn last night. In his lone appearance against the Clippers last season, a 105-94 win for the Cavs on 2/1 @ IND 7:00 PM NBATV/ FSO Feb. 5, Love had 24 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes. In 18 career games against them, Love has 15 double-doubles and is 2/3 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO averaging 19.5 points, 13.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 32.7 minutes per game. 2/5 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO 2/6 vs. NOP 7:30 PM FSO LeBron James is the only player in the NBA this season to shoot at least .500 from the field with averages of at least 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds 2/8 vs. SAC 7:00 PM FSO and 6.0 assists. He made .583 (7-12) of his shots in last night’s win over the Nets, which was the 22nd time this season he has shot at least .500 2/10 vs. LAL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2/18 vs. CHI 8:00 PM TNT from the field. The Cavs are 19-3 in games those instances. 2/21 @ OKC 3:30 PM ABC 2/22 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO MILESTONE ALERT: J.R. Smith (1,558) is two three-pointers away from passing Glen Rice (1,559) for 19th all-time in NBA history. Iman Shumpert 2/24 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO is 11 points shy of 2,000 for his career and Matthew Dellavedova is 17 points away from 1,000. 2/26 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO None Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/14 @ UTA 9:00 PM FSO 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO 1/12/16 – Acquired the Portland Trail Blazers’ protected 2020 second round pick from the Orlando Magic in exchange for guard Joe Harris, the Sacramento Kings’ 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO 2017 protected second round pick, owned by the Cavaliers, and cash…12/20/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively- 3/23 vs. MIL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO owned D-League team…12/19/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team…12/17/15 – Recalled guard 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team. 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 4/3 vs. CHI 3:30 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/5 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO OVERALL 29-11 (.725) 15-2 (.882) 14-9 (.609) 1-2 (.333) W1 4/6 @ IND 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 4/9 @ CHI 8:30 PM ABC CENTRAL 2-3 (.400) 2-0 (.000) 0-3 (.000) 0-1 (.000) W1 4/11 vs. ATL 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO EASTERN 20-6 (.769) 12-1 (.923) 8-5 (.615) 0-1 (.000) W9 4/13 vs. DET 8:00 PM FSO WESTERN 9-5 (.643) 3-1 (.750) 6-4 (.600) 1-1 (.500) L1 *Denotes Overtime TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: VS. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (27-14) Overall: 71-49 Home: 45-17 The Q: 17-3 Road: 26-32 CAVALIERS vs. CLIPPERS 2015-16 SEASON Current Streak: Won 2 Home Streak: Won 2 Road Streak: Won 1 January 21 at Cleveland – 8:00 p.m. on TNT March 13 at Los Angeles – 3:30 p.m. on ABC Last Win: 2/5/15 Last Home Win: 2/5/15 Last Road Win: 1/16/15 Last Loss: 3/16/14 Last Home Loss: 3/1/13 Last Road Loss: 3/16/14 CAVALIERS – CLIPPERS MATCHUP (2015-16 Regular Season Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 101.1 95.6 .450 .441 .727 44.9 41.0 21.9 6.9 3.8 14.1 +5.5 CLIPPERS 104.8 101.0 .461 .436 .696 42.7 46.6 23.3 7.7 5.4 13.1 +3.8 SERIES HIGHLIGHTS Cavs Individual Bests Points: 37 – Irving, 1/16/15 Rebounds: 21 – Carlos Boozer, 12/3/03 Assists: 16 – Washington, 2/13/71, Johnson, 12/19/70 Biggest Win: 32 points on 1/19/71 (111-79) Biggest Loss: 37 points on 12/5/75 (88-125) Clippers Individual Bests Points: 50 – Bob McAdoo, 11/20/75 (OT) Rebounds: 26 – Swen Nater, 3/10/78 Assists: 18 – Gary Grant (2), 12/7/89 and 3/10/89 2014-15 GAME RECAPS (CAVS Won Series 2-0) CAVALIERS 105, CLIPPERS 94 – QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH (2/5/15) KEY PERFORMERS: Kevin Love recorded a near double-double after tallying a game-high 24 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes…Love also scored 10 points in the first quarter for the 15th time this season…LeBron James finished with 23 points, a game-high tying nine assists, three boards and one steal in 28 minutes of action…J.R.