SUN., APRIL 17, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 3:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (0-0, 57-25) VS. DETROIT PISTONS (0-0, 44-38) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FIRST ROUND GAME 1 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #1 HOME GAME #1 PROBABLE STARTERS 2015-16 SCHEDULE 10/27 @ CHI Lost, 95-97 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/28 @ MEM WON, 106-76 10/30 vs. MIA WON, 102-92 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 76 76 25.3 7.4 6.8 .520 35.6 11/2 @ PHI WON, 107-100 11/4 vs. NYK WON, 96-86 PLAYOFFS: 0 0 - - - - - 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 77 77 16.0 9.9 2.4 .419 31.5 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 PLAYOFFS: 0 0 - - - - - 11/13 @ NYK WON, 90-84 11/14 @ MIL Lost, 105-108** C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 82 34 7.8 9.0 0.8 .588 27.7 11/17 @ DET Lost, 99-104 PLAYOFFS: 0 0 - - - - - 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 77 77 12.4 2.8 1.7 .415 30.7 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 PLAYOFFS: 0 0 - - - - - 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 53 53 19.6 3.0 4.7 .448 31.5 11/28 vs. BKN WON, 90-88 12/1 vs. WAS Lost, 85-97 PLAYOFFS: 0 0 - - - - - 12/4 @ NOP Lost, 108-114* 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 The Cleveland Cavaliers will open up the 2016 NBA Playoffs against Central Division rival Detroit Pistons. This marks the 4th time the two teams 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 will face off in the postseason, with the Cavaliers winning the last two meetings (4-0 in 2009 First Round and 4-2 in 2007 Conference Finals). 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 Cleveland holds an 11-6 all-time postseason record against Detroit, which includes a 7-1 mark at Quicken Loans Arena, where they were an 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 Eastern Conference-best 33-8 in 2015-16. 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 rd 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 The Cavaliers enter the postseason as the No. 1 seed for the 3 time in franchise history (2008-09, 2009-10) after posting a 57-25 overall record 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 in 2015-16. This will be the 20th playoff appearance for Cleveland, who is 84-84 all-time in the postseason, including 54-30 (.643) at home. Since 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 2006, the Cavs are 33-12 during the playoffs at The Q. 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 LeBron James had another strong all-around season, as he finished as the only player in the NBA in 2015-16 to tally at least 1,900 points, 500 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 th rebounds, 500 assists and 100 steals. James also set an NBA record with his 12 straight season averaging 25.0 points or more. Over his final 11 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 games, James averaged 28.2 points on .623 (124-199) shooting from the field, including a .467 (14-30) clip from beyond the arc, 7.5 rebounds, 8.0 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 assists and 1.3 steals in 34.8 minutes. His three Player of the Month awards (February, March & April) were the most in the NBA this past season. 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* During the Cavs’ NBA Finals run in the 2015 postseason, LeBron James started in all 20 games, recording an NBA-high 14 double-doubles (three 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 triple-doubles) and averaging 30.1 points, a playoff career-high 11.3 rebounds, a playoff career-high 8.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks in 42.2 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 minutes per game. He joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in league playoff history to average at least 30.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 8.0 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 assists in a single postseason. 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 Cleveland made at least 10 three-pointers on 51 occasions this past season, including 15 triples or more 11 times. The Cavs finished with a 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 franchise-record 880 three-pointers in 2015-16 (2nd-most in NBA), which were also the 5th-most triples for a single season in NBA history. 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 In three games against the Pistons in 2015-16, Kevin Love averaged 24.0 points on .511 shooting, a .500 (9-18) mark from the three-point line, 7.3 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 35.7 minutes. On the season, Love notched a team-high 35 double-doubles (14th in NBA) and was the only player in 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 the league to average at least 9.0 rebounds and connect on 100 or more three-pointers. 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 For the fourth consecutive season, Tristan Thompson appeared in all 82 regular season games. His consecutive regular season games played 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 streak is at 370 dating back to Feb. 10, 2012, which is the longest active streak in the NBA and the longest in Cavaliers history. In 2015-16, 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 Thompson led the Cavs with 268 offensive rebounds, which were tied for the 2nd-most in the league. He also had a team-high 43 games with 10 or 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 more rebounds. 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 The Cavs were 45-9 this past season when scoring 100 points or more. On the season, Cleveland averaged 104.3 points per game, which ranked 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 8th in the NBA. On the other end of the floor, the Cavs allowed the 4th-lowest scoring average in the league at 98.3 points. 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 J.R. Smith and Kevin Love both set their marks on the Cavaliers record books in 2015-16. Smith’s 204 three-pointers this past season was a Cavs’ 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 single-season record, while Love’s 158 triples was the 5th-most in team history. 2/28 @ WAS Lost, 99-113 2/29 vs. IND WON, 100-96 3/4 vs. WAS WON, 108-83 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/5 vs. BOS WON, 120-103 3/7 vs. MEM Lost, 103-106 Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/9 @ SAC WON, 120-111 Mo Williams (chondromalacia) – OUT Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/10 @ LAL WON, 120-108 Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW 3/13 @ LAC WON, 114-90 Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/14 @ UTA Lost, 85-94 Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. DAL WON, 99-98 3/18 @ ORL WON, 109-103 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/19 @ MIA Lost, 101-122 3/21 vs. DEN WON, 124-91 4/13/16 – Cavs signed guard Dahntay Jones…4/13/16 – Cavs recalled center Sasha Kaun and guard Jordan McRae from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned 3/23 vs. MIL WON, 113-104 and operated NBA Development League team...4/12/16 – Cavs assigned center Sasha Kaun and guard Jordan McRae to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned 3/24 @ BKN Lost, 95-104 and operated NBA Development League team. 3/26 @ NYK WON, 107-93 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/29 vs. HOU Lost, 100-106 3/31 vs. BKN WON, 107-87 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/1 @ ATL WON, 110-108* 4/3 vs. CHA WON, 112-103 2016 PLAYOFFS 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) - 4/5 @ MIL WON, 109-80 OVERALL 57-25 (.695) 33-8 (.805) 24-17 (.583) 3-2 (.600) L1 4/6 @ IND Lost, 109-123 CENTRAL 8-8 (.500) 5-3 (.625) 3-5 (.375) 1-1 (.500) L3 4/9 @ CHI Lost, 102-105 4/11 vs. ATL WON, 109-94 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 21-5 (.808) 14-12 (.538) 2-1 (.667) L1 4/13 vs. DET Lost, 110-112* WESTERN 22-8 (.733) 12-3 (.800) 10-5 (.667) 1-1 (.500) L1 *Denotes Overtime 2016 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS: VS. DETROIT PISTONS (0-0, 44-38) CAVS-PISTONS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Sunday, April 17 vs. Detroit Pistons Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 3:00 p.m. ABC GAME 2: Wednesday, April 20 vs.