CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (43-22) VS. DETROIT PISTONS (33-33) TUES., MARCH 14, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 7:00 PM EST TV: FSO/NBA TV RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 66 HOME GAME # 34 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: 60 60 26.1 *8.3 *8.9 .540 37.7 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 24 RICHARD JEFFERSON 6-7 233 16-17: 64 12 5.8 2.5 1.0 .449 20.6 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 65 65 8.1 *9.6 1.0 .585 30.2 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 4 IMAN SHUMPERT 6-5 220 16-17: 61 25 7.7 2.9 1.5 .407 25.8 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: 58 58 *25.2 3.4 5.9 *.469 35.3 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 After a three-game road trip, the Cleveland Cavaliers return to Quicken Loans Arena to face the Detroit Pistons. This is the fourth and final meeting 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 between the Central Division foes. The Cavaliers defeated the Pistons in their last meeting at The Q by a score of 104-81 on Nov. 18, when they 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 also limited Detroit to 29 field goals made and .312 shooting from the field (both opponent season lows). 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 th 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James (10272 FGM, 7346 ASTS) is 14 field goals away from passing Tim Duncan (10285 FGM) for 13 all-time 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 in field goals made and needs 47 assists to pass Maurice Cheeks (7392 ASTS) for 12th place on the NBA’s career assists list. Tristan Thompson 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) (3935 REBS) is 65 rebounds away from becoming the 6th Cavs player to record 4,000 career rebounds. 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 Cleveland knocked down 17 triples against Houston on Sunday and now has 859 three-pointers this season (2nd-most in NBA). The Cavs are 22 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 treys away from passing the all-time team record of 880, set last season. 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 The Cavaliers have the 3rd-best home record in the NBA at 26-7 (.788). 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 Cleveland has held three of the last four opponents under .430 shooting from the field, which includes Sunday’s game at Houston (.427). The 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 Wine and Gold are 13-2 when holding teams to under .430 shooting this season. 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 Offensively, the Cavs have shot at least .500 from the field 24 times in 2016-17 (22-2), including each of the last two games. Cleveland has won 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 45 straight home games when shooting at least .500 from the field (14-0 this season). 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 Kyrie Irving has scored 20 points or more in a career-high 15 straight games, averaging 28.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.2 steals in 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 36.1 minutes over that stretch. Irving’s 15 straight 20-point games, which began on Feb. 6, is the 2nd-longest active streak in the NBA (Karl- 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) Anthony Towns has 20 in a row since Jan. 26). The last time Detroit visited Cleveland on Nov.18, Irving tallied 25 points on 11-15 (.733) shooting 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 from the field and 11 assists in 29 minutes. 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 Over his last 8 games, LeBron James has 7 double-doubles (4 triple-doubles), averaging 29.0 points (.543 FG%, .400 3FG%), 12.1 rebounds and 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 8.3 assists in 38.9 minutes over that stretch. Since Feb. 1 (16 games), he is shooting .590 from the field, including .475 (38-80) from beyond the th th th 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 arc, 9.2 rebounds and 9.9 assists in 38.1 minutes. He ranks among the NBA’s Top 20 in PPG (26.1, 9 ), RPG (8.3,19 ), APG (8.9, 4 ), plus/minus th th th rd 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 (+424, 5 ), FG% (.540, 11 ), double-doubles (33, 12 ) and triple-doubles (9, 3 ). 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 Over the last six games, Channing Frye is averaging 12.0 points on .650 (26-40) shooting from the field, including .571 (16-28) from beyond the 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 arc, and 4.5 rebounds in 19.0 minutes. He has scored in double figures in four of those six contests, which includes the March 9th contest at Detroit 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 (15 PTS, 5-7 3FG, 9 REBS, 22 MIN). 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 In Sunday’s game at Houston, Tristan Thompson had two blocks to move past Jim Brewer (353 BLKS) for 9th place in franchise history. Thompson is 2/23 vs. NYK WON, 119-104 2/25 vs. CHI Lost, 99-117 averaging a team-high 1.14 blocks, having swatted at least two shots on 20 occasions this season, including a career-high four blocks four times. 2/27 vs. MIL WON, 102-95 3/1 @ BOS Lost, 99-103 Deron Williams had eight points, five rebounds and five assists in 23 minutes on Sunday, becoming the first Cavs bench player with at least an 8-5- 3/3 @ ATL WON, 135-130 5 stat line since Nov. 2, 2015 (Matthew Dellavedova, 12 PTS, 5 REBS, 9 ASTS). 3/4 @ MIA Lost, 92-120 3/6 vs. MIA Lost, 98-106 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ DET Lost, 101-106 Andrew Bogut (Fractured Left Tibia) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/11 @ ORL WON, 116-104 Kyle Korver (Left Foot Soreness) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/12 @ HOU Lost, 112-117 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Kevin Love (Left Knee Arthroscopy) – OUT 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO 3/12/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/7/17 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder to the Canton Charge, 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/6/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…3/4/17 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO – Cavs signed Derrick Williams for remainder of season…3/2/17 – Cavs signed center Andrew Bogut…3/1/17 – Cavs waived guard Jordan McRae…2/28/17 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder to 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team. 3/30 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. TNT 2016-17 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/31 vs. PHI 7:30 p.m. FSO 4/2 vs. IND 6:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/4 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 4/5 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO OVERALL 43-22 (.662) 26-7 (.788) 17-15 (.531) 2-2 (.500) L1 4/7 vs. ATL 7:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO CENTRAL 6-7 (.462) 4-2 (.667) 2-5 (.286) 1-0 (1.000) L1 4/9 @ ATL 3:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO 4/10 @ MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO EASTERN 29-11 (.725) 15-4 (.789) 14-7 (.667) 2-0 (1.000) W1 4/12 vs. TOR 8:00 p.m FSO WESTERN 14-11 (.560) 11-3 (.786) 3-8 (.273) 0-2 (.000) L1 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: VS.