CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (44-22) VS. UTAH JAZZ (43-25) THUR., MARCH 16, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 7:00 PM EDT TV: FSO/NBA TV RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 67 HOME GAME # 35 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 WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 61 61 25.9 *8.4 *8.9 .540 37.5 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 24 RICHARD JEFFERSON 6-7 233 16-17: 65 13 5.9 2.5 1.0 .452 20.6 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 66 66 8.1 *9.6 1.0 .584 30.2 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 4 IMAN SHUMPERT 6-5 220 16-17: 62 26 7.8 3.0 1.5 *.414 25.9 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 59 59 *25.2 3.4 5.9 *.471 35.2 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 * Career High (or tied) 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 After a 128-96 victory over Detroit on Tuesday, the Cleveland Cavaliers continue their homestand against the Utah Jazz. This is the last Western Conference 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 opponent that will visit Quicken Loans Arena this season. The Cavs have won 31 of their last 37 home games against the West, which include an 11-3 mark 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 at The Q in 2016-17. 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 The Cavaliers have won each of the last 4 home games against the Jazz, outscoring them by an average of 10.3 points (106.8-96.5) over that stretch. 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 Defensively, Cleveland has held Utah to a combined .423 shooting from the field, while also outrebounding them 46.3 to 37.0 in that span. 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James (10278 FGM, 7358 ASTS, 28415 PTS) is 8 field goals away from passing Tim Duncan (10285 FGM) for 13th all-time in 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 field goals made, 35 assists away from passing Maurice Cheeks (7392 ASTS) for 12th place on the NBA’s career assists list, and 182 points away from passing 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 th 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 Shaquille O’Neal (28596 PTS) for 7 place on the league’s all-time scoring list. Tristan Thompson (3944 REBS) is 56 rebounds away from 4,000 for his career. 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 Kyrie Irving (7902 PTS, 690 3FGM) needs 98 points to reach 8,000 points for his career and 10 three-pointers for the 700 mark. 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 nd The Cavaliers improved to 27-7 at home (2 -best in NBA) after Tuesday’s 32-point win over Detroit. In the victory, Cleveland drained their first 10 three- 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 point attempts to open the game, their most consecutive triples without a miss since Nov. 15, 2014 (11 in a row vs. ATL). They also made 23 of their first 26 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 overall field goal attempts and finished the night shooting a season-high .597 (46-77) from the field, to go with 29 assists (nine turnovers). 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 Cleveland set a season high in three-point percentage after going 19-30 (.633) from beyond the arc against Detroit on Tuesday and now has 878 three- 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 pointers this season (2nd-most in NBA). The Cavs are just 3 treys away from passing the all-time team record of 880, set last season. 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 Cleveland has held four of the last five opponents under .430 shooting from the field, which includes a .374 (37-99) mark against Detroit on Tuesday. Over 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 the last five games, teams are shooting a combined .417 from the field against the Wine and Gold. 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 Offensively, the Cavs have shot at least .500 from the field 25 times in 2016-17 (23-2), including each of the last three games. Since the start of the 2014-15 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) season, the Cavs are 69-3 when shooting at least .500 from the field or better, which is the 2nd-best mark in the NBA over that stretch (GSW, 96-2). They have 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 also won 46 straight home games when shooting at least .500 from the field (15-0 this season). 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 Kyrie Irving has scored 20 points or more in a career-high 16 straight games, averaging 27.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 35.7 minutes over that nd 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 stretch. Irving’s 16 straight 20-point games, which began on Feb. 6, is the 2 -longest active streak in the NBA (Karl-Anthony Towns has 21 in a row since Jan. 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 26). The only other player in Cavaliers history with 20 or more points in 16 straight games within one season is LeBron James, who had several streaks like 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 that including a franchise record 49 straight games with at least 20 points in 2007-08. (Elias Sports Bureau) 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 th nd 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) LeBron James recorded his 10 triple-double of the season (52 of career) on Tuesday against Detroit in just three quarters of work (16 PTS, 11 REB, 12 AST, 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 28 MIN). Over his last 9 games, LeBron James has 8 double-doubles, including 5 TRIPLE-DOUBLES, averaging 26.3 points (.547 FG%), 12.2 rebounds and 9.4 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 assists in 37.4 minutes over that stretch. Since Feb. 1 (17 games), he is shooting .586 from the field, including .463 (38-82) from beyond the arc, while putting 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 up 26.7 points, 9.4 rebounds and 10.0 assists in 37.5 minutes. 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 A season-high tying seven Cavalier players scored in double figures in Tuesday’s win, which includes several players having one of their best offensive outings 2/23 vs. NYK WON, 119-104 of the season. Iman Shumpert scored a season-high 18 points (8-13 FG, 5 REB, 36 MIN). Richard Jefferson tied his season high with 16 points (5-9 FG, 4-7 2/25 vs. CHI Lost, 99-117 3FG, 2 STLS, 26 MIN). Deron Williams scored his most points as a Cavalier with 13 points. Derrick Williams had his second-highest scoring game with the 2/27 vs. MIL WON, 102-95 Cavs with 13 points. J.R. Smith had his best outing since returning from injury with 12 points (4-5 FG, 3-4 3FG, 5 REB, 23 MIN). 3/1 @ BOS Lost, 99-103 3/3 @ ATL WON, 135-130 3/4 @ MIA Lost, 92-120 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/6 vs. MIA Lost, 98-106 3/9 @ DET Lost, 101-106 Kyle Korver (Left Foot Soreness) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/11 @ ORL WON, 116-104 Kevin Love (Left Knee Arthroscopy) – QUESTIONABLE Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/12 @ HOU Lost, 112-117 3/14 vs. DET WON, 128-96 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO 3/15/17 – Cavs assigned center Larry Sanders to the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/14/17 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder to the Canton 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/13/17 – Cavs signed center Larry Sanders; also waived center Andrew Bogut…3/12/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/7/17 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder to the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated 3/25 vs.