MON., APRIL 11, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO/NBA TV RADIO: WTAM 1100/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (56-24) VS. ATLANTA HAWKS (48-32) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 81 HOME GAME # 40 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: 75 75 *25.1 7.5 >6.8 .517 35.7 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: 76 76 16.1 ^9.8 2.4 .420 31.5 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 15-16: 80 32 7.9 9.1 0.8 .592 27.9 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: 76 76 12.5 2.8 1.7 .417 30.7 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 52 52 19.5 2.9 4.7 .447 31.3 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 5th in NBA > Ranks 9th in NBA ^ Ranks 12th 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* Cleveland’s final two games of the 2015-16 regular season will take place at Quicken Loans Arena where the Cavaliers are 32-7, which is the best 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 home mark in the Eastern Conference. Including last year’s postseason, the Cavaliers have won six straight contests against the Atlanta Hawks, 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 as well as the first two meetings this season. With a win tonight, the Cavs will secure the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the third time in 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 team history (2008-09, 2009-10). 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 The Wine and Gold have held Atlanta to a combined .387 shooting from the field in the first two games this season. Including the 2015 Eastern 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 Conference Finals, the Cavs have held the Hawks to an average of 95.8 points on .410 shooting from the field and .272 shooting from the three- 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 point line. They have outscored Atlanta by an average of 11.2 points (107.0-95.8) and outrebounded them by 12.2 boards (52.7-40.5) in that span. 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 The last time the Cavs took on the Hawks, Cleveland had 27 assists on 39 field goals and defeated Atlanta 110-108 in overtime on April 1 at 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 Philips Arena. In their meeting at The Q on Nov. 21, the Cavs had 27 assists on 41 field goals, leading to a 109-97 win. 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 th 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 MILESTONE ALERT: With 1,679 career three-pointers, J.R. Smith is 7 triples shy of passing Steve Nash (1,685) for 16 all-time in NBA history. 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 th Kyrie Irving is 2 three-pointers away from surpassing Danny Ferry (543) for the 5 -most three-pointers in Cavs history. Tristan Thompson is 1 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 defensive rebound away from reaching the 2,000th defensive rebound of his career. 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* J.R. Smith has made at least six three-pointers in three of the last four games, shooting a combined 20-35 (.571) from deep and averaging 20.5 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30.3 minutes over that stretch. On Saturday in Chicago, Smith posted 24 points on 8-16 (.500) shooting, 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 including 7-14 (.500) from beyond the arc, six rebounds, four assists and one steal in 37 minutes. He has hit at least seven three-pointers on three 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 occasions this season and has 28 such games in his career, the 2nd-most in NBA history (Stephen Curry-43 times). 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 Cleveland has not lost a game this season when scoring 110 points or more (26-0). They are one of only two teams in the NBA this season to post 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 an undefeated recording when notching at least 110 points (San Antonio, 22-0). 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 The Cavs made a franchise-record tying 19 three-pointers against Chicago on Saturday and have now hit double-digit threes in 17 of the last 18 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 nd 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 games. The team has drained a Cavaliers-record 862 triples this season, which ranks 2 in the NBA. 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* The Wine and Gold have scored at least 100 points in 12 of their last 13 games. Since Jan. 25, the Cavs rank 7th in the NBA in ppg (107.8). 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 Over his last 10 games, LeBron James is shooting .607 (111-183) from the field and averaging 27.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 8.2 assists in 35.0 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 th 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 minutes. Against the Bulls on Saturday, he shot 13-17 (.765) from the field and had 33 points, which was tied for his 4 -highest field goal 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 percentage with at least 13 field goals made in his NBA career (.929 vs. CHA on 2/4/13, .813 at BKN on 3/24/16, .778 vs. DAL on 11/15/13, .765 vs. 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 UTA on 12/16/13). In the April 1 win in Atlanta, James had a near triple-double with 29 points, a season-high 16 rebounds, nine assists, three steals 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 and one block in 44 minutes. 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 Kevin Love has scored at least 10 points during the first quarter in each of the last four games. At Chicago on Saturday, he recorded his team- 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 leading 34th double-double of the season and 14th 20-10 game on 2015-16 after tallying 20 points (13 in the first quarter), a 4-9 (.444) mark from 2/28 @ WAS Lost, 99-113 beyond the arc, a game-high 13 rebounds and three assists in 36 minutes. Over his last eight games, Love is averaging 20.0 points, a .467 (28-60) 2/29 vs. IND WON, 100-96 3/4 vs. WAS WON, 108-83 clip from beyond the arc, 9.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 29.4 minutes. 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 Iman Shumpert (left knee soreness/inflammation) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ LAL WON, 120-108 Mo Williams (chondromalacia) – OUT Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/13 @ LAC WON, 114-90 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 Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/19 @ MIA Lost, 101-122 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/21 vs. DEN WON, 124-91 3/23 vs. MIL WON, 113-104 4/11/16 – Cavs assigned center Sasha Kaun and guard Jordan McRae to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League 3/24 @ BKN Lost, 95-104 team…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 3/26 @ NYK WON, 107-93 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 round pick 3/29 vs. HOU Lost, 100-106 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. 3/31 vs. BKN WON, 107-87 2015-16 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/1 @ ATL WON, 110-108* 4/3 vs. CHA WON, 112-103 4/5 @ MIL WON, 109-80 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/6 @ IND Lost, 109-123 OVERALL 56-24 (.700) 32-7 (.821) 24-17 (.583) 3-2 (.600) L2 4/9 @ CHI Lost, 102-105 CENTRAL 8-7 (.533) 5-2 (.714) 3-5 (.375) 1-1 (.500) L2 4/11 vs.