SAT., OCT. 28, 2017 SMOOTHIE KING CENTER – NEW ORLEANS, LA 7:00 PM ET TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/WMMS 100.7 FM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2017-18 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME # 6 ROAD GAME # 3 PROBABLE STARTERS 2017-18 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 10/17 vs. BOS WON, 102-99 10/20 @ MIL WON, 116-97 10/21 vs. ORL Lost, 93-114 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 5 5 27.6 7.4 9.0 .611 37.7 10/24 vs. CHI WON, 119-112 10/25 @ BKN Lost, 107-112 10/28 @ NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 5 5 17.2 11.2 1.8 .418 28.9 10/29 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/1 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/3 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 17-18: 5 2 5.0 8.0 0.6 .647 23.2 11/5 vs. ATL 3:00 p.m. FSO 11/7 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 11/9 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. TNT G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 5 2 4.8 3.2 2.0 .244 25.1 11/11 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 11/13 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/15 @ CHA 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO G 1 DERRICK ROSE 6-3 190 17-18: 2 2 13.0 3.0 1.5 .444 27.1 11/17 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/20 @ DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/22 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/24 vs. CHA 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/27 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/28 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • The Cleveland Cavaliers will complete their two-game road trip tonight when they take on the New Orleans Pelicans for the first of two regular 11/30 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO season matchups. This is the first Western Conference opponent to face the Cavs this season. Cleveland has had a winning record against the 12/2 vs. MEM 7:30 p.m. FSO West in each of the past three seasons (56-34 record). 12/4 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/6 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO • The Cavaliers and Pelicans have split their two-game series in three straight seasons (2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17). 12/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/9 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. FSO • In Wednesday’s game against Brooklyn, LeBron James (772 GP) passed Zydrunas Ilgauskas (771 GP) for the most regular season games played 12/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. FSO in Cavs history. James also finished the night with his 1st triple-double of the season (56th of career), tallying a game-high 29 points on 12-20 12/14 vs. LAL 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO (.600) shooting, 10 rebounds, 13 assists and four blocks in 41 minutes. He also recorded a triple-double the last time the Cavs and Pelicans met 12/16 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. FSO (26 PTS, 10 REB, 12 AST) on Jan. 23, 2017 and is averaging 31.5 points on .530 shooting, 7.2 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 40.3 minutes over the last 12/17 @ WAS 6:00 p.m. FSO th 12/19 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV six contests against New Orleans. James enters tonight with 399 career regular season 30-point games and can become just the 5 NBA player 12/21 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. FSO since 1963 to do it 400 times (Michael Jordan-562, Karl Malone-435, Kobe Bryant-431, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-429). (Basketball-Reference) 12/25 @ GSW 3:00 p.m. ABC • The Cavs have received at least 45 points from the bench in four straight games, their longest since November 20-29, 2013 (five games). 12/27 @ SAC 10:00 p.m. FSO Cleveland’s reserves scored a season-high 53 points in Brooklyn on Wednesday and is averaging 42.8 points on the season (4th-best in NBA). 12/30 @ UTA 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/2 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV • Kyle Korver has scored in double figures in three of the last four games, averaging 13.0 points on .559 (19-34) shooting from the field, including 1/3 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 13-25 (.520) from three-point range, and 2.8 rebounds in 21.5 minutes over that stretch. At Brooklyn on Wednesday, Korver poured in a season- 1/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/8 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. FSO high 22 points (8-14 FG, 5-11 3FG, 1-2 FT), two rebounds, one steal and one block in 31 minutes off the bench. 1/11 @ TOR 8:00 p.m. TNT • Kevin Love posted his team-leading 4th double-double of the season with 15 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in 33 minutes against 1/12 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO Brooklyn on Wednesday. In two games against the Pelicans in 2016-17, Love averaged a double-double (17.0 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 4.5 APG, 31.0 MPG). 1/15 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. TNT 1/18 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO • Jeff Green, who had another solid outing on Wednesday (18 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 27 MIN) is averaging 17.0 points on .529 shooting, 1/20 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC .500 (3-6) from deep, .929 (13-14) from the foul line, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 25.5 minutes over the last two games. 1/23 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT 1/26 vs. IND 7:30 p.m. FSO • CAREER MARKS & NBA HISTORY: Kevin Love (893 3FGM) is 7 three-pointers shy of 900 for his career. LeBron James (28,925 PTS) needs 75 1/28 vs. DET 6:00 p.m. FSO points to become the 7th player in league history to reach 29,000 points, as well as the youngest to do so. James (10,478 FGM and 1,754 STL) is 1/30 @ DET 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO closing in on Kevin Garnett (10,505, 12th) and John Havlicek (10,513, 11th) for the 11th-most field goals made in NBA history and needs 6 steals to 1/31 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO pass Shawn Marion (1,759 STL, 18th) for 18th on the NBA’s all-time steals list. 2/3 vs. HOU 8:30 p.m. ABC 2/6 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO • CAVS HISTORY: Tristan Thompson (1,602 OREB, 3rd) is 19 offensive rebounds away from passing John ‘Hot Rod’ Williams (1,620 OREB, 2nd) for 2/7 vs. MIN 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2nd place in Cavs history. Thompson (2,464 DREB, 8th) can also move up to 7th in defensive rebounds if he passes Larry Nance (2,494 DREB, 7th). 2/9 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO 2/11 @ BOS 3:30 p.m. ABC • After their meeting against New Orleans, the Cavs will head back home to face the New York Knicks tomorrow night at The Q. 2/13 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/22 vs. WAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 2/23 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/25 vs. SAS 3:30 p.m. ABC 2/27 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO Isaiah Thomas (right hip) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/1 vs. PHI 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO Derrick Rose (left ankle sprain) – QUESTIONABLE Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/3 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Dwyane Wade (left knee contusion) – QUESTIONABLE Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/5 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/7 @ DEN 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/9 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV 3/11 @ LAL 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/13 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/15 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO 10/18/17 – Cavs signed guard London Perrantes to a Two-Way Contract…10/14/17 – Cavaliers acquired the draft rights to forward Dimitrios Agravanis and guard Sergey 3/17 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO Gladyr from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for forward Richard Jefferson, guard Kay Felder, two future second round draft picks and cash considerations; also waived center 3/19 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Kendrick Perkins and guard Isaac Hamilton…10/11/17 – Cavaliers signed guard Isaac Hamilton; also waived center Edy Tavares. 3/21 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/23 vs. PHX 7:30 p.m. FSO 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/25 @ BKN 1:00 p.m. FSO 3/27 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/28 @ CHA 7:00 p.m.