WED., JAN. 21, 2015 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (22-20) VS. UTAH JAZZ (14-27) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #43 HOME GAME #22 PROBABLE STARTERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/30 vs. NYK Lost, 90-95 10/31 @ CHI WON, 114-108* F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 14-15: 33 33 26.0 5.5 7.3 .493 37.6 11/4 @ POR Lost, 82-101 11/5 @ UTA Lost, 100-102 11/7 @ DEN WON, 110-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 243 14-15: 40 40 17.6 10.4 2.3 .429 35.6 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 250 14-15: 41 40 8.7 8.0 0.4 .509 25.7 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 14-15: 31 12 11.7 2.5 3.0 .412 27.4 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 39 39 21.1 3.1 5.3 .459 38.3 11/26 vs. WAS WON, 113-87 11/29 vs. IND WON, 109-97 12/2 vs. MIL WON, 111-108 12/4 @ NYK WON, 90-87 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 105-91 12/8 @ BKN WON, 110-88 The Cleveland Cavaliers continue their four-game homestand tonight when they square off with the Utah Jazz for the final meeting 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 between the two teams this season. The Cavs have won three of the past four meetings versus Utah. The Wine and Gold are also 8-2 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 against the Jazz in the last 10 games at Quicken Loans Arena, which includes a 20-point win the last time Utah visited Cleveland on 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 Feb. 28, 2014 (99-79). 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 During their current three-game winning streak, the Cavs’ are averaging 114.3 points on .492 shooting from the field. When scoring 12/19 vs. BKN WON, 95-91 12/21 vs. MEM WON, 105-91 100-plus points in the 2014-15 season, the Cavs are a perfect 10-0 at home and 17-4 overall. 12/23 vs. MIN WON, 125-104 The Cavs opened their homestand with a wire-to-wire 108-94 win over the Chicago Bulls on MLK Day at The Q. All five players in the 12/25 @ MIA Lost, 91-101 12/26 @ ORL WON, 98-89 Cavaliers' starting lineup scored at least 15 points: LeBron James (26), J.R. Smith (20), Kyrie Irving (18), Kevin Love (16) and Timofey 12/28 vs. DET Lost, 80-103 Mozgov (15). It's the first time in almost 22 years that the starting five for the Cavaliers all scored at least 15 points in the same game. 12/30 @ ATL Lost, 101-109 The last such instance was on March 16, 1993 against the 76ers: Mark Price (20 points), Gerald Wilkins (19), Larry Nance (19),Brad 12/31 vs. MIL Lost, 80-96 Daugherty (19) and Craig Ehlo (16). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/2 @ CHA WON, 91-87 1/4 vs. DAL Lost, 90-109 On the defensive end, the Wine and Gold held the Bulls to 94 points on .375 (30-80) shooting from the field, including 14-47 (.298) in 1/5 @ PHI Lost, 92-95 the first half. Cleveland is 16-1 when they have a higher field goal percentage than their opponent and 12-2 when holding foes to 94 1/7 vs. HOU Lost, 93-105 points or less. 1/9 @ GSW Lost, 94-112 1/11 @ SAC Lost, 84-103 With 581 games played in a Cavaliers uniform, LeBron James is one game away from tying Mark Price (582) for 6th place in franchise 1/13 @ PHX Lost, 100-107 history. In his four games since returning to the lineup on Jan. 13, James is averaging 31.8 points on .523 shooting from the field, 7.0 1/15 @ LAL WON, 109-102 1/16 @ LAC WON, 126-121 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals in 38.3 minutes. In the first meeting against the Jazz this season, James poured in 31 points and is 1/19 vs. CHI WON, 108-94 averaging 29.7 points, 8.2 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 22 career games versus Utah. 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO nd th 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO In his first home appearance as a Cavalier, Timofey Mozgov notched his 2 double-double with Cleveland (11 on the season) after 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC tallying 15 points, a game-high 15 rebounds (five offensive), two blocks and one steal in 33 minutes. In six games since joining the 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO Wine and Gold, Mozgov has averaged 9.3 points on .535 shooting from the field, 9.0 rebounds and 1.0 block in 26.3 minutes per game. 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO J.R. Smith has scored at least 20 points in three of his six starts with the Cavaliers. He is averaging 17.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO steals, while holding a three-point percentage of .426 (20-47), in 35.3 minutes as a starter. 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO nd th 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT Kevin Love registered his team-leading 22 double-double of the season (tied-5 in NBA) in Monday’s win over Chicago (16 points/12 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO rebounds). Mozgov and Kyrie Irving (18 points/career-high tying 12 assists) also recorded double-doubles against the Bulls, marking the 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC 4th time this season that three Cavs players posted a double-double (vs. IND 11/29/14, at TOR 12/5/14 and vs. DET 12/28/14). 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT Kyrie Irving has scored at least 21 points in 10 of his last 13 games (since Dec. 23). Over that 13-game stretch, he is averaging 23.9 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.6 steals in 39.2 minutes. In the Nov. 5 meeting with Utah, Irving posted a game-high 34 points on 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM FSO 12-23 (.522) shooting from the field. 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO Kevin Love (12), Timofey Mozgov (15) and Tristan Thompson (10) combined for 37 rebounds in Monday’s win over Chicago. In 2014- 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 15, all three players rank among the NBA’s Top 25 leaders in rebounding: Love (10.4, 10th), Thompson (8.1, 22nd), Mozgov (8.0, 25th). 3/1 @ HOU 3:30 PM ABC 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO Iman Shumpert (Dislocated Left Shoulder) – TBD Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/7 vs. PHX 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Anderson Varejao (Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO 1/7/14 – Acquired center Timofey Mozgov and a 2015 second round pick from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for two protected 2015 first round picks (via Oklahoma City 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO and Memphis)...Waived guard A.J. Price…1/5/14 – Acquired guards Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith from the New York Knicks and a protected 2015 first round pick from the 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Oklahoma City Thunder in a three-team trade. In exchange, the Cavs sent guard Dion Waiters to the Thunder, and Lou Amundson, Alex Kirk and its own 2019 second round 3/29 vs. PHI 4:30 PM FSO pick to the Knicks…12/21/14 – Recalled center Alex Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. 4/2 vs. MIA 8:00 PM TNT 2014-15 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/5 vs. CHI 3:30 PM ABC 4/8 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/10 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO 4/12 @ BOS 3:00 PM FSO OVERALL 22-20 (.523) 12-9 (.571) 10-11 (.476) 1-0 (1.000) W3 4/13 vs.