CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (19-6) AT MILWAUKEE BUCKS (13-12) TUE., DEC. 20, 2016 BMO HARRIS BRADLEY CENTER – MILWAUKEE, WI 8:00 PM EST TV: FSO/WUAB RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 26 ROAD GAME # 11 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: 23 23 25.0 7.6 *9.0 .517 36.8 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 24 24 22.3 10.7 1.8 .468 32.2 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 25 25 6.6 *10.0 0.8 *.588 29.1 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 20 20 8.8 2.2 1.3 .337 29.5 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: 23 23 *23.8 3.1 5.0 *.481 34.2 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 * Career High 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 After Saturday’s 119-108 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Milwaukee Bucks for a home-away back-to-back set. 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 This is the second of four regular season meetings between the two teams. The Central Division foes will also face each other tomorrow night 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 (Dec. 21) at Quicken Loans Arena and wrap up their 2016-17 series on Feb. 27 in Cleveland. 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 th 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James (27,408) needs 2 points to pass Moses Malone (27,409) for 8 place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. 12/20 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO Kevin Love (9,985) needs 15 points to reach 10,000 for his career. Richard Jefferson (996) is 4 three-pointers away from 1,000 for his career. 12/21 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 12/23 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO The Cavaliers are an Eastern Conference-best 19-6 in 2016-17. Cleveland leads the NBA in three-point percentage (.401), while ranking 2nd in 12/25 vs. GSW 2:30 p.m. ABC threes made per game (13.4), 3rd in total three-pointers made (334), 4th in points per game (110.4) and 7th in field goal percentage (.464). 12/26 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/29 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO th 12/31 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO Against the Lakers, Kyrie Irving (21), LeBron James (26) and Kevin Love (27) each scored at least 20 points for the 8 time this season (7-1 record). 1/2 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO The trio is averaging a combined 71.1 points per game (James-25.0, Irving-23.8, Love-22.3). The Cavs are the only team in the NBA with three 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO players averaging at least 22.0 points in 2016-17. 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO In Saturday’s win over the Lakers, Cleveland had 119 points on 46-89 (.517) from the field, including 15-33 (.455) from beyond the arc, 30 assists 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO and just 8 turnovers. The last time Cleveland had at least 30 assists and less than 10 turnovers was Feb. 6, 2013 (33 asts/6 TOs, vs. CHA). On the 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO season, the Cavs are 12-0 when scoring at least 110 points, 4-1 when dishing out at least 30 assists and 4-1 when having less than 10 turnovers. 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO Kevin Love has scored at least 20 points in each of his last six games, which is his longest as a member of the Cavaliers. Versus the Lakers on 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC Saturday, Love had 27 points, including three three-pointers, 17 rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes. It was Love’s 22nd career game with at 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO least 25 points, 15 rebounds, and three three-point field goals. That’s more than twice as many such games as any other player in NBA history 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO (Dirk Nowitzki is second with nine). Over his last six games, Love is averaging 25.8 points (.515 FG%, .396 3FG%, .889 FT%), 11.5 rebounds and 1.5 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC steals in 33.2 minutes per game. (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Over the last three games, J.R. Smith is shooting 10-18 (.556) from the three-point line, averaging 15.0 points and 2.7 rebounds in 29.7 minutes. 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO LeBron James has had at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists on 16 occasions this season, including each of his last 7 games. Over his 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT last seven contests, James is averaging 29.4 points on .568 shooting from the field, 7.0 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 2.0 steals in 39.1 minutes. In 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Saturday’s win against the Lakers, James scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 26 points, seven boards, nine assists, two steals 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO and two blocks in 39 minutes of work. It was the second time in three games he had at least 16 points in the fourth (17 vs. CHA on Dec. 10). 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC Kyrie Irving has scored at least 20 points in a team-high 20 games this season. In 17 career games against the Bucks, Irving has 12 20-point 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO games, which includes the Nov. 29 meeting at Milwaukee this season (20 points). 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO Chris Anderson (right knee ACL tear) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 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 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO 10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones...10/22/16 – Cavs waived guard John Holland…10/20/16 – Cavs waived players Markel Brown, Jonathan Holmes and Cory 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO Jefferson…10/15/16 – Cavs re-signed G/F J.R. Smith and waived Toney Douglas…10/3/16 – Cavs signed Toney Douglas and released Eric Moreland. 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 3/30 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. TNT 3/31 vs. PHI 7:30 p.m. FSO 2016-17 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/2 vs. IND 6:00 p.m. FSO 4/4 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/5 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO OVERALL 19-6 (.760) 13-2 (.867) 6-4 (.600) 0-0 (.000) W1 4/7 vs. ATL 7:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO 4/9 @ ATL 3:30 p.m. NBATV/FSO CENTRAL 1-3 (.250) 1-0 (1.000) 0-3 (.000) 0-0 (.000) L2 4/10 @ MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO EASTERN 14-4 (.778) 8-1 (.889) 6-3 (.667) 0-0 (.000) W4 4/12 vs.