THUR., MARCH 24, 2016 BARCLAYS CENTER – BROOKLYN, NY TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (51-20) AT BROOKLYN NETS (19-51) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 72 ROAD GAME # 36 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: 68 68 *24.9 7.4 >6.6 .506 35.6 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: 67 67 15.7 ^9.9 2.4 .414 31.7 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 275 15-16: 66 40 6.4 4.3 0.4 .567 17.4 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: 67 67 12.3 2.8 1.6 .411 30.6 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 45 45 19.6 2.9 4.5 .462 30.9 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 6th in NBA > Ranks 9th in NBA ^ Ranks 11th 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 Cleveland Cavaliers hit the road for the next two contests, starting tonight against the Brooklyn Nets. The Cavs have won six of the last seven games 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 against Brooklyn, including the first two meetings in 2015-16. They will wrap up their regular season series next Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 Over the last seven games against the Nets (6-1), Cleveland has outscored them by an average of 12.4 points (102.1-89.7). They have held Brooklyn to a 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 combined .434 shooting from the field since then, which includes a .293 mark from the three-point line. Coming into tonight’s contest, the Cavs rank 3rd in the 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 NBA in opponent points per game (97.9). 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 th MILESTONE ALERT: With 26,608 career points, LeBron James is 61 points away from passing Dominique Wilkins (26,668) for 12 place on the NBA’s all-time 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 scoring list. James is also 18 field goals shy of passing Robert Parish (9,614) for 16th all-time in NBA history in career field goals. Kyrie Irving needs 75 points to 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 pass World B. Free (6,329) for 10th place in Cavs history, while J.R. Smith needs 85 points to reach 11,000 for his career. 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 th The Cavs picked up their 30 home win of the season last night after defeating the Milwaukee Bucks, 113-104. Six Cavs players scored 10 or more points 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 (James-26, Love-24, Irving-16, Thompson-13, Smith-13, Mozgov-10). Cleveland’s defense held the Bucks to just 17 points in the fourth quarter, which was 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 their 17th time holding an opponent under 20 points in the final period this season. In 2015-16, the Cavs are allowing an NBA-low 23.6 points in the fourth 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 quarter on .424 shooting (3rd-lowest), including an NBA-low .301 from beyond the arc in the final period. 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 th 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 In last night’s win over Milwaukee, the Cavaliers scored 113 points on 40-83 (.482) shooting from the field. Since Jan. 25, the Cavs rank 5 in the NBA in 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* th points per game (108.4) and 6 in field goal percentage (.478). They have topped at least 110 points in 15 of the last 29 contests and 24 times overall in 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 2015-16 (24-0 in those contests). 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 The Wine and Gold have knocked down 10 or more three-pointers in a franchise-record nine straight games. Cleveland is averaging 12.0 triples in the nd 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 month of March (12 games), which is tied with Atlanta for 2 in the NBA, and behind only Golden State (13.0). 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 After dishing out 38 assists against Denver on Monday and 29 assists last night versus Milwaukee, the Wine and Gold have now had at least 29 assists in back- 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 to-back contests for the second time this season (Jan. 25-27). 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 Cleveland has the 6th-best free throw percentage in the league since the All-Star break (.795). Against the Bucks last night, the Cavs shot 23-27 (.852) from 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 the charity stripe. This season, Kyrie Irving is shooting a career-high and Eastern Conference-best .894 from the foul line (4th-highest in NBA). 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* The Cavs have outrebounded its opponents by at least 10 rebounds on 18 occasions this season, including a 42-31 edge against the Bucks. 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 In two games against the Nets this season, Kevin Love is averaging 21.5 points and 12.5 rebounds, while shooting .542 (13-24) from the field, .500 (7-14) 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 from beyond the arc and .833 (10-12) from the foul line, in 32.5 minutes per contest. Against the Bucks last night, Love posted his team-leading 29th double- 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 double of the season with 24 points on 8-14 (.571) shooting from the field, a game-high tying 10 rebounds, four assists, one steal and two blocks in 31 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 minutes. It marked his 12th 20-10 game of the season. 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 nd 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 Tristan Thompson notched his 22 double-double of the season after tallying 13 points on 6-9 (.667) shooting, a game-high tying 10 rebounds (five 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 rd offensive) and two blocks in 30 minutes off the bench. This season, 10 of Thompson’s 22 double-doubles have come as a reserve, which ranks 3 among all 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 NBA bench players behind only Oklahoma City’s Enes Kanter (20) and Miami’s Hassan Whiteside (16). 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 2/28 @ WAS Lost, 99-113 LeBron James poured in a game-high 26 points, six rebounds, a team-high tying eight assist, two steals and one block in 37 minutes against the Bucks. It was rd st 2/29 vs. IND WON, 100-96 the 33 time this season James has had at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists (561 time doing so in regular season career). 3/4 vs. WAS WON, 108-83 3/5 vs. BOS WON, 120-103 3/7 vs. MEM Lost, 103-106 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ SAC WON, 120-111 Mo Williams (left knee chondromalacia) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ LAL WON, 120-108 3/13 @ LAC WON, 114-90 Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/14 @ UTA Lost, 85-94 Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/16 vs. DAL WON, 99-98 Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/18 @ ORL WON, 109-103 3/19 @ MIA Lost, 101-122 Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/21 vs. DEN WON, 124-91 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/23 vs. MIL WON, 113-104 3/9/16 – Cavs signed guard Jordan McRae to a multi-year contract…2/28/16 – Cavs signed guard Jordan McRae to a 10-day contract…2/18/16 – Cavs traded F/C 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Anderson Varejao and a protected future first round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a second round pick; The Cavs then traded the second 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO round pick and guard Jared Cunningham to the Orlando Magic in exchange for F/C Channing Frye…1/27/16 – Cavs hired Mike Longabardi as an assistant coach. 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 4/3 vs.