SUN., APRIL 15, 2018 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 3:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER FIRST ROUND - GAME 1 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME # 1 HOME GAME # 1 2017-18 RESULTS PROBABLE STARTERS All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM 10/17 vs. BOS WON, 102-99 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/20 @ MIL WON, 116-97 10/21 vs. ORL Lost, 93-114 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 10/24 vs. CHI WON, 119-112 82 82 *27.5 *8.6 *9.1 *.542 36.9 10/25 @ BKN Lost, 107-112 10/28 @ NOP Lost, 101-123 F 32 JEFF GREEN 6-9 235 17-18: 78 14 10.8 3.2 1.3 .477 23.4 10/29 vs. NYK Lost, 95-114 11/1 vs. IND Lost, 107-124 11/3 @ WAS WON, 130-122 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 59 59 17.6 *9.3 1.7 .458 28.0 11/5 vs. ATL Lost, 115-117 11/7 vs. MIL WON, 124-119 11/9 @ HOU Lost, 113-117 G 1 RODNEY HOOD 6-8 206 17-18: 60 23 14.7 2.8 1.6 .429 26.9 11/11 @ DAL WON, 111-104 11/13 @ NYK WON, 104-101 11/15 @ CHA WON, 115-107 G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 17-18: 67 60 10.0 2.7 2.8 .460 27.0 11/17 vs. LAC WON, 118-113 (OT) 11/20 @ DET WON, 116-88 nd rd th th th 11/22 vs. BKN WON, 119-109 *2017-18 NBA RANKS: LeBron James ranked 2 in APG, 3 in PPG, 14 in FG% and 15 in RPG; Kevin Love ranked 12 in RPG 11/24 vs. CHA WON, 100-99 11/27 @ PHI WON, 113-91 CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/28 vs. MIA WON, 108-97 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will open the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers. This is the third postseason meeting between the Central 11/30 @ ATL WON, 121-114 Division foes (1998 First Round, 2017 First Round), with Cleveland sweeping Indiana 4-0 in last year’s opening playoff round. In their four-game 12/2 vs. MEM WON, 116-111 sweep over Indiana, the Cavs averaged 112.8 points, their 4th-highest scoring average ever recorded in a single series (120.4 vs. BOS in 2017 ECF, 12/4 @ CHI WON, 113-91 116.3 vs. TOR in 2017 Semifinals & 114.8 vs. GSW in 2017 Finals). 12/6 vs. SAC WON, 101-95 12/8 @ IND Lost, 102-106 • Cleveland also averaged 13.5 three-pointers made and shot .403 (54-134) from deep in the 2017 First Round sweep over Indiana. They connected 12/9 vs. PHI WON, 105-98 on 21-44 shots from three-point range in Game 3 against the Pacers and has made at least 20 threes in a playoff game five times over the past 12/12 vs. ATL WON, 123-114 two postseasons (4/20/16 vs. DET, 5/4/16 vs. ATL, 5/6/16 vs. ATL, 4/20/17 vs. IND, 6/9/17 vs. GSW). The Cavs made an NBA Playoff-record 14.4 12/14 vs. LAL WON, 121-112 three-pointers per game in 2017 (prev. record was 12.8 by GSW in 2016). In the 2017-18 regular season, Cleveland had two games with 20 threes 12/16 vs. UTA WON, 109-100 or more and averaged 12.0 three-pointers made (3rd in NBA) on the season, while shooting shot .372 from long distance (6th in NBA). 12/17 @ WAS WON, 106-99 12/19 @ MIL Lost, 116-119 • Including the postseason, the Cavaliers are 10-1 in their last 11 home games against Indiana. Cleveland holds a 22-6 record at The Q over their 12/21 vs. CHI WON, 115-112 previous three playoff appearances and went 29-12 at home during the 2017-18 regular season (tied for 7th-best home mark in NBA). 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 92-99 12/27 @ SAC Lost, 95-109 • The Cavs are a perfect 12-0 in First Round games since 2015 (4-0 over Boston in 2015, 4-0 over Detroit in 2016 and 4-0 over Indiana in 2017). 12/30 @ UTA Lost, 101-104 • Going back to the 2015 Playoffs, the Cavs hold a 36-5 playoff record against Eastern Conference opponents, which includes a 18-2 mark at The 1/2 vs. POR WON, 127-110 Q and 18-3 mark on the road. 1/3 @ BOS Lost, 88-102 1/6 @ ORL WON, 131-127 • CAREER MARKS & NBA HISTORY: With 7 field goals made, LeBron James (2,182 FGM) can pass Michael Jordan (2,188) for the 2nd-most field goals 1/8 @ MIN Lost, 99-127 made in NBA postseason history. James (389 STL) is 7 steals away from passing Scottie Pippen (395 STL) as the all-time leader in career playoff 1/11 @ TOR Lost, 99-133 steals. James (1,489 AST & 990 AST w/Cavs) needs 11 assists to become just the 3rd player in NBA history to reach 1,500 assists in postseason 1/12 @ IND Lost, 95-97 1/15 vs. GSW Lost, 108-118 play (Magic Johnson-2,346 AST, John Stockton-1,839 AST). Among the Cavs all-time postseason leaders, J.R. Smith (57 GP) can tie Iman Shumpert th 1/18 vs. ORL WON, 104-103 (58 GP) for the 5 -most playoff appearances in franchise history. Kevin Love (653 PTS, 394 REB) is 41 points away from passing Larry Nance (693 1/20 vs. OKC Lost, 124-148 PTS) for 6th place in Cavs playoff history and 12 boards shy of passing Anderson Varejao (405 REB) for 5th place in rebounds with the Wine & Gold. 1/23 @ SAS Lost, 102-114 Love (204 FGM) can also move into 8th in field goals made if he makes 3 baskets to pass John ‘Hot Rod’ Williams (206 FGM). 1/26 vs. IND WON, 115-108 1/28 vs. DET WON, 121-104 • In last year’s 4-0 First Round sweep over Indiana, LeBron James had four double-doubles and averaged 32.8 points on .543 (50-92) shooting, 1/30 @ DET Lost, 114-125 including .450 (9-20) from beyond the arc, 9.8 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.0 blocks in 43.8 minutes. According to the Elias Sports 1/31 vs. MIA WON, 91-89 Bureau, James became the first player in league history to average at least 32.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.0 blocks in a 2/3 vs. HOU Lost, 88-120 single playoff series. His teams have also won 21 consecutive First Round games, the longest first-round winning streak under the current playoff 2/6 @ ORL Lost, 98-116 format, which began in 1984 (Michael Cooper, Magic Johnson and James Worthy each had 20). Overall, he has an all-time series record of 12-0 in 2/7 vs. MIN WON, 140-138 (OT) the First Round (best perfect First Round mark behind only Robert Horry and Derek Fisher, 16-0). 2/9 @ ATL WON, 123-107 2/11 @ BOS WON, 121-99 • This past season, Cleveland went undefeated when they led after three quarters at 39-0 (1.000), the only NBA team with a perfect record in 2/13 @ OKC WON, 120-112 such instances in 2017-18. They also became the first team since 1954-55 to go undefeated in a single season when leading after three periods of 2/22 vs. WAS Lost, 103-110 play. The previous best percentage after leading through three quarters since that time was .985 (64-1) by Chicago in 1995-96. (STATS, Inc.). 2/23 @ MEM WON, 112-89 2/25 vs. SAS Lost, 94, 110 • In 2017-18, the Cavs ranked in the NBA’s Top 10 in offensive rating (110.6, 5th), PPG (110.9, 5th), FG% (.476, 5th), 3FG% (.372, 6th) and FT% 2/27 vs. BKN WON, 129-123 (.779, 10th). Their 110.9 points per game was their second-highest scoring average in franchise history (114.1, 1979-80). 3/1 vs. PHI Lost, 97-108 • Cleveland’s reserves averaged a franchise-record 41.2 points on the season, which ranked 7th in the NBA. 3/3 vs. DEN Lost, 117-126 3/5 vs. DET WON, 112-90 3/7 @ DEN WON, 113-108 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ LAC Lost, 102-116 NONE Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/11 @ LAL Lost, 113-127 Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/13 @ PHX WON, 129-107 Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/15 @ POR Lost, 105-113 3/17 @ CHI WON, 114-109 3/19 vs. MIL WON, 124-117 3/21 vs. TOR WON, 132-129 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/23 vs. PHX WON, 120-95 3/25 @ BKN WON, 121-114 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/27 @ MIA Lost, 79-98 OVERALL 50-32 (.610) 29-12 (.707) 21-20 (.512) 2-0 (1.000) L1 3/28 @ CHA WON, 118-105 3/30 vs. NOP WON, 107-102 CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 7-1 (.875) 4-4 (.500) 0-0 (.000) W3 4/1 vs.