THUR., FEB. 18, 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 (38-14) VS. CHICAGO BULLS (27-25) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 53 HOME GAME # 27 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: 51 51 *25.0 7.1 6.5 .504 35.9 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: 51 51 15.7 ^10.3 2.4 .417 32.1 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 52 22 7.7 #9.5 0.7 .576 28.2 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: 48 48 12.9 2.9 1.5 .413 30.5 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 26 26 19.0 3.1 4.5 .464 29.8 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 th th * Ranks 5th in NBA ^ Ranks 8 in the NBA # Ranks 14 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* The Wine and Gold will play seven of their next 10 games at Quicken Loans Arena, starting tonight with the Chicago Bulls. The two Central Division th 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 rivals will wrap up their four-game regular season series on April 9 in Chicago. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 The Cavs are riding a three-game home winning streak into tonight’s match, which includes scoring 120 points in back-to-back games. The last 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 time Cleveland had at least 120 points in consecutive home games was Jan. 16-28, 1993 (three straight home contests). (Elias) 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 The last time the Cavs and Bulls met was on Jan. 23rd in Cleveland. In that contest, the Cavaliers committed a season-low four turnovers. It was the 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 first time the Cavs committed four or less turnovers since committing a franchise-low two turnovers on March 29, 2009 in a win against Portland. 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 th 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 Cleveland improved to 22-4 at The Q after a 120-111 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, Feb. 10 . The Cavs shot 48-94 (.511) from 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 the field, including a 13-31 (.419) clip from the three-point line, and dished out 26 assists to seven turnovers. Cleveland has now won 44 straight 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 games when shooting .500 or better. Wednesday’s game marked the third time this season the Cavaliers committed seven turnovers or less. 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 MILESTONE ALERT: With 9,434 career regular season made field goals, LeBron James is 2 field goals away from passing Moses Malone (9,435) for th th 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 19 place in NBA history in field goals made. J.R. Smith is five three-pointers away from passing Jason Richardson (1,608) for 17 all-time in 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 th NBA history. Anderson Varejao is one block from passing Brad Daugherty (397) for 7 place in Cavs history, as well as two steals away from 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 surpassing Ron Harper (530) for 7th place in franchise history. 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* The Wine and Gold held the edge in second chance points 25-5 against the Lakers last Wednesday. It was the second time season the Cavs have 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 held their opponents to five second chance points or less. On the season, the Cavaliers are allowing an average of 11.0 second chance points per 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 game, which is good for 3rd-lowest in the NBA. 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 In Wednesday’s tilt against the Lakers, the Cavs knocked down 13 three-pointers. It was the third straight game Cleveland nailed 13 or more shots 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 from beyond the arc. The Cavaliers are averaging 10.1 triples a game, which is the 4th-best in the league. 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 Since Jan. 1, 2016, J.R. Smith has hit the 2nd-most three-pointers in the NBA (76). Only Stephen Curry (105) has made more threes than Smith 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 over that stretch. In 2016 (22 games), Smith is averaging 15.5 points while shooting .444 from beyond the arc, and 1.2 steals in 30.9 minutes per 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 game. Against the Lakers, Smith knocked down three triples. It was the sixth consecutive game Smith made three or more three-pointers. In his 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 rd th 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 last meeting against the Bulls on January 23 in Cleveland, Smith recorded his first double-double of the season (15 of his career) with 18 points, 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* a season-high 11 rebounds and one block in 39 minutes of play. 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 Kyrie Irving finished with a season-high 35 points on 15-24 (.625) shooting, three rebounds, seven assists and two steals in 36 minutes of action 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 against the Lakers. Irving has now scored 20 or more points in seven of the last eight contests, including 30 or more the past two games. He is 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 averaging 26.9 points on .558 shooting from the field, 2.8 rebounds and 6.0 assists in 36.5 minutes over that eight-game stretch. 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 th th In the win over the Lakers, LeBron James recorded his 7 points-to-assist double-double this season (18 double-double overall), finishing with 29 2/18 vs. CHI 8:00 PM TNT points on 12-22 (.545) shooting, including a 3-6 clip (.500) clip from deep, a game-high 11 assists, seven rebounds and one steal in 37 minutes of 2/21 @ OKC 3:30 PM ABC play. Including the 2015 NBA Playoffs, James has recorded at least a double-double in eight of his last nine meetings against Chicago (one triple- 2/22 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO double), averaging 25.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in 39.7 minutes over that stretch. 2/24 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO th 2/26 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO In last Wednesday’s victory, Tristan Thompson notched his 14 double-double of the season with 15 points on a perfect 6-6 (1.000) shooting, a 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO th game-high 13 rebounds (seven offensive) and one block in 34 minutes of play. It was Thompson’s team-high 30 time pulling down double-digit 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO rebounds. Thompson is averaging 3.5 offensive rebounds per game, which is 6th-most in the NBA and 2nd-most in the East this season. 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO None Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/14 @ UTA 9:00 PM FSO 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/23 vs. MIL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 1/27/16 – Cavs hired Mike Longabardi as an assistant coach…1/22/16 – Cavs released David Blatt from his duties as head coach and named Associate Head 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO Coach Tyronn Lue as Head Coach…1/12/16 – Acquired the Portland Trail Blazers’ protected 2020 second round pick from the Orlando Magic in exchange for 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO guard Joe Harris, the Sacramento Kings’ 2017 protected second round pick, owned by the Cavaliers, and cash.