CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (23-7) VS. BOSTON CELTICS (19-13) THUR., DEC. 29, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 8:00 PM EST TV: FSO/TNT RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 31 HOME GAME # 19 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: 27 27 25.5 7.9 *8.6 .513 36.9 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 27 27 21.7 10.8 1.7 .458 31.7 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 30 30 7.0 *10.2 0.8 *.583 28.6 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 14 DEANDRE LIGGINS 6-6 209 16-17: 22 *8 *2.7 *1.8 *1.1 .377 *15.1 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: 28 28 *23.6 3.5 5.8 *.473 34.5 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 The Cleveland Cavaliers return to Quicken Loans Arena for their final home game of the 2016 calendar year when they face the Boston Celtics. This is the 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 second of four regular season meetings between the Cavs and Celtics this season. Since these two teams faced each other in the 2015 Playoffs, the Cavs have 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 won seven of the last eight meetings. 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 The Cavaliers are a perfect 9-0 against the Atlantic Division this season (3-0 vs. TOR, 2-0 vs. PHI, 2-0 vs. NYK, 1-0 vs. BOS, 1-0 vs. BKN). In the first matchup 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108* against the Celtics, a 128-122 win on Nov. 3 at The Q, Cleveland shot 14-34 (.412) from the three-point line and dished out 24 assists to just eight turnovers. 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 The Cavs also outscored Boston 23-6 in fast break points and tied their most points ever scored against the Celtics (128 vs. BOS in overtime on 1/16/87). 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 Cleveland has the best record in the Eastern Conference at 23-7, which includes a 10-2 mark in their last 12 games. 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 12/29 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO The Cavs have won 7 straight home games and hold the best home winning percentage in the NBA this season at .889 (16-2). At The Q, the Wine and Gold 12/31 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO are averaging 114.5 points at The Q and have scored at least 100 points in 17 of 18 home games. Since March 25, 2014, Cleveland holds a 70-5 record when 1/2 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO scoring at least 100 points at The Q (16-1 this season). 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO rd 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO UPCOMING MILESTONES: With an appearance tonight, LeBron James (720) will move past Bingo Smith (720) for the 3 -most games played in Cavaliers 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO history. With 5 more steals, James (1,695 stls) can also reach 1,700 for his career. James (9,942 FGM) is also 22 field goals away from passing Dominique th 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO Wilkins (9,963) for 14 all-time in NBA history and 58 field goals away from 10,000 for his career. Richard Jefferson (999 3FGM) is one three-pointer away 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO from 1,000 for his career. Kevin Love (373 3FGM) is 9 threes away from passing Craig Ehlo (381) for the 9th-most triples in Cavaliers history. 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO In 43 career regular season games against Boston, LeBron James is averaging 29.7 points, which is his highest scoring average against any NBA team. 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC James had a strong performance in the Nov. 3 contest against Boston, scoring 20 points in the third quarter and finishing with 30 points on 12-22 (.545) 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO shooting, 12 assists and seven rebounds in 36 minutes. The Cavaliers have won 10 straight games when James is in the lineup (23-4 record this season). 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO Kevin Love, who is the only player in the Eastern Conference averaging at least 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds this season, scored 26 points (11 in the 4th 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO Q), shot 4-8 (.500) three pointers and 12-13 (.923) free throws, and pulled down eight rebounds in 33 minutes against Boston on Nov. 3. 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC Over his last six games (since Dec. 17), Kyrie Irving has four double-doubles and is averaging 9.7 assists to go with 22.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.7 steals rd 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO in 36.3 minutes. In the Nov. 3 win over Boston, Irving had 23 points on 9-18 (.500) shooting from the field, six assists and four rebounds in 34 minutes. 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT Tristan Thompson played in his franchise-record 400th consecutive regular season game on Monday at Detroit, which is the longest active streak in the NBA. 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO He has pulled down at least 10 rebounds in four of his last five games and in a team-high 19 contests this season. Thompson posted a double-double versus 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Boston on Nov. 3 with 15 points, 14 rebounds (10 in the 1st quarter) and three blocks in 31 minutes. 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Channing Frye has scored in double figures in a season-high five straight games (11.6 ppg, .512 FG%, 20.6 mpg), which is his longest since February 2014 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC (five games from 2/8/14-2/21/14). He has scored at least 10 points off the bench on 14 occasions this season and ranks 17th in the NBA among all bench 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO rd 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO players in points per game (10.5 ppg as a reserve). Frye also scored in double figures in the Nov. 3 win over Boston (11 points, 3-3 3FG, 15 minutes). 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO Cleveland knocked down 11 three-pointers against Detroit on Monday and has connected on 10 or more threes in 26 of 30 games this season. The Cavs rank 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 2nd in the NBA in three-pointers made (397) and three-point percentage (.398). 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Chris Andersen (right knee ACL tear) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO J.R. Smith (right thumb fracture) – OUT 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/29/16 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated D-League team...12/28/16 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated D-League team...10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones...10/22/16 – Cavs waived guard John Holland…10/20/16 – Cavs waived players Markel Brown, Jonathan Holmes and Cory Jefferson.