MON., JAN. 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 (28-10) VS. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (37-4) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 39 HOME GAME # 17 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: 37 37 *25.5 7.4 6.1 .502 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: 38 38 15.9 ^10.8 2.4 .414 32.6 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: 35 26 6.0 4.3 0.5 .503 17.8 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: 34 34 12.1 2.7 1.6 .407 30.0 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 12 12 17.0 2.8 3.8 .420 27.4 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 5th in NBA ^ Ranks 6th 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* After going 5-1 on their six-game road trip, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back at The Q where they will play five of the next six games, beginning with 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 the Golden State Warriors tonight in a special MLK Day contest. This is the second meeting between the two teams in 2015-16. 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 Today is the 10th time the Cavs will play on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at home since it became a national holiday in 1986. This will also be just 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 the 4th time the Cavs have played on MLK Day at Quicken Loans Arena (2002 vs. Miami, 2014 vs. Dallas, 2015 vs. Chicago). Overall, including road 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 games since 1986, Cleveland has played on MLK Day 14 times and is 9-5. (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 Cleveland is an Eastern Conference-best 28-10 this season, including 15-1 at The Q. The Cavs have also won nine of their last 10 games. 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 Since Jan. 19, 2015, the Cavaliers hold a 35-2 regular season record at The Q, which includes a 110-99 victory over Golden State on Feb. 26 of last 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 season. In that win, five players for the Wine and Gold scored in double figures: LeBron James (42 pts, 11 rebs), Kyrie Irving (24 pts, 3 rebs), Kevin 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 Love (16 pts, 8 rebs), Tristan Thompson (12 pts, 8 rebs) and Timofey Mozgov (10 pts, 10 rebs). 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 The Cavaliers are 23-5 in its last 28 regular season games against Western Conference opponents (9-4 this season). Cleveland has also won 11 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 straight contests over the West at The Q. 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 In 28 career regular season and postseason games against the Warriors, LeBron James is averaging 30.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 1.5 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* steals and 1.0 block in 41.1 minutes. He has scored at least 20 points against the Warriors in 27 of the 28 contests. 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 Defensively, the Cavs are allowing the 2nd-lowest scoring average in the league at 95.1 points. In Friday night’s win at Houston, Cleveland held 1/18 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT the Rockets to just 77 points, .351 shooting and an opponent season-low 26 field goals. The Wine and Gold also held the Warriors to their lowest 1/20 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO scoring output (89 points) and field goals (32) this season in the Christmas Day game. 1/21 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT th 1/23 vs. CHI 8:30 PM ABC MILESTONE ALERT: J.R. Smith (1,558) is two three-pointers away from passing Glen Rice (1,559) for 19 all-time in NBA history. Coming into 1/25 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO tonight’s contest, he has made at least two triples in seven straight games, averaging 18.6 points on .500 shooting from the field, including .439 1/27 vs. PHX 7:00 PM FSO th from deep, and 1.4 steals in 30.9 minutes over that stretch. In the Dec. 25 contest at Golden State, he nailed a game-high four three-pointers. 1/29 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAS 8:30 PM ABC Cleveland has won 38 consecutive regular season games when scoring at least 100 points at The Q. They have topped the century mark in scoring 2/1 @ IND 7:00 PM NBATV/ FSO in 12 home games in 2015-16 (12-0). 2/3 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO 2/5 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO Kevin Love has notched a season-high four consecutive double-doubles and has pulled down at least nine rebounds in nine straight games. In the 2/6 vs. NOP 7:30 PM FSO Christmas Day matchup with the Warriors, Love tallied 10 points, a game-high 18 rebounds, four assists and two blocks in 39 minutes. In 19 career 2/8 vs. SAC 7:00 PM FSO games against Golden State, he is averaging 20.7 points, 14.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 35.7 minutes. 2/10 vs. LAL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2/18 vs. CHI 8:00 PM TNT Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points five times so far, all coming in his last nine outings. Over that nine-game stretch, he is averaging 19.3 2/21 @ OKC 3:30 PM ABC points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 29.7 minutes per game. He closed out the six-game road trip with a game-high 23 points on 9-17 (.529) 2/22 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO shooting, four rebounds and one block in 30 minutes at Houston on Friday night. 2/24 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO 2/26 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO Tristan Thompson, who has played in 326 consecutive regular season games (longest active streak in the NBA), has recorded at least 10 rebounds 2/28 @ WAS 1:00 PM FSO in each of the last seven meetings against the Warriors (regular and post), averaging 12.6 rebounds and 9.7 points over that stretch. 2/29 vs. IND 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/4 vs. WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/5 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/7 vs. MEM 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO None Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC 3/14 @ UTA 9:00 PM FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO 3/23 vs. MIL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/12/16 – Acquired the Portland Trail Blazers’ protected 2020 second round pick from the Orlando Magic in exchange for guard Joe Harris, the Sacramento Kings’ 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 2017 protected second round pick, owned by the Cavaliers, and cash…12/20/15 – Recalled guard Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively- 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO owned D-League team…12/19/15 – Assigned guard Joe Harris to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team…12/17/15 – Recalled guard 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO Joe Harris from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ exclusively-owned D-League team. 3/31 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 4/1 @ ATL 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/3 vs. CHI 3:30 PM FSO 4/5 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/6 @ IND 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 4/9 @ CHI 8:30 PM ABC OVERALL 28-10 (.737) 15-1 (.938) 13-9 (.591) 1-2 (.333) W1 4/11 vs. ATL 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO CENTRAL 2-3 (.400) 2-0 (.000) 0-3 (.000) 0-1 (.000) W1 4/13 vs.