CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (26-8) (8-25) AT BROOKLYN NETS FRI., JAN. 6, 2017 BARCLAYS CENTER – BROOKLYN, NY 7:30 PM EST TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 35 ROAD GAME # 14 LAST GAME’S 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: 31 31 25.8 7.8 8.5 .510 37.1 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 8 CHANNING FRYE 6-11 255 16-17: 27 2 9.9 3.1 0.7 .465 18.8 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 34 34 6.9 *10.0 0.7 *.576 28.9 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 12 JORDAN MCRAE 6-6 185 16-17: 22 *3 *5.4 *1.5 0.7 .372 *12.0 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 G 14 DEANDRE LIGGINS 6-6 209 16-17: 26 *12 *2.9 *1.8 *1.2 .356 *16.2 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 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 The Cleveland Cavaliers will embark on a six-game road trip, their longest of the season, beginning tonight when they take on the Brooklyn Nets. 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 This is the second of three regular season meetings between the two teams in 2016-17. The Cavs and Nets will have their final matchup on Jan. 27 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 at The Q. The Cavs are 8-2 in their last 10 contests against Brooklyn. 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 The Cavs won the first meeting between the two teams, a 119-99 victory at The Q on Dec. 23. Cleveland led by as many as 46 points and had a 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 season-high seven players score in double figures (James-19, Thompson-16, Dunleavy-14, Love-14, Irving-13, Frye-12, Felder-11). The Cavs shot 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108* 21-24 (.875) at the free throw line and recorded 28 assists on 45 made field goals. In addition, the Cavs outscored the Nets 21-9 in second chance 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 points and 22-12 on the fast break. Defensively, Cleveland had 12 steals and scored 22 points off of 19 Brooklyn turnovers. 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 The Cavaliers are a perfect 10-0 against the Atlantic Division this season (3-0 vs. TOR, 2-0 vs. PHI, 2-0 vs. NYK, 2-0 vs. BOS, 1-0 vs. BKN). 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James (9984 FGM) is 16 field goals away from becoming the 14th player in NBA history to reach 10,000 field 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 goals for his career. James (7079 ASTS) also needs 17 assists to pass Tim Hardaway (7095 ASTS) for 15th place on the league’s all-time assists list. 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 Kevin Love (383 3FGM) is three three-pointers shy of passing J.R. Smith (385) for the 8th-most triples in Cavaliers history. Tristan Thompson (3984 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 th 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO PTS, 320 BLKS) is 16 points away from reaching 4,000 for his career and 6 blocks away from passing Mark West (325 BLKS) for 10 place in 1/8 @ PHX 8:30 p.m. FSO franchise history. Channing Frye (6984 PTS) needs 16 points to reach the 7,000-career point mark. 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO The Cavs have won 13 of their last 16 games and lead the East with a 26-8 overall record. The Cavs’ 26-8 mark is their best through 34 games 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO since the 2009-10 season (26-8). 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT th 1/19 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. FSO In Wednesday’s game against Chicago, Tristan Thompson recorded his 20 game with at least 10 rebounds this season with 11 boards on the th 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC night, including a season-high nine offensive rebounds. He is averaging a career-high 3.8 offensive rebounds per game so far (4 -best in NBA). In 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO the first meeting versus Brooklyn, Thompson posted a double-double with a season-high 16 points on 7-8 (.875) shooting and 11 rebounds (six 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO offensive) in 26 minutes. 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC Channing Frye has now scored in double figures in 7 of the last 9 games after pouring in 15 points and five rebounds in 30 minutes against 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO Chicago on Wednesday. He shot 3-6 (.500) from beyond the arc, increasing his three-point percentage to .465 on the season (2nd-best in NBA). 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC LeBron James led all scorers on Wednesday with 31 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in 37 minutes. He also knocked down his 1,400th 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO career three-pointer (27th player in NBA history to do so) and swiped his 1,700th career steal (23rd player in NBA history to do so). James now 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT has seven games with at least 30 points, five rebounds and five steals this season (267 in reg. season career). 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO Kevin Love, who is currently the only player in the Eastern Conference with averages of at least 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds this season, has a 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO th rd 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO team-high 21 double-doubles (tied-9 in NBA). He also posted a double-double in the Dec. 23 win over Brooklyn (14 pts/15 rebs). 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Kay Felder has notched double-digits in scoring in four of his last five appearances, averaging 11.2 points over that five-game stretch. Jordan 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO McRae has scored 20 points or more in two of the last three games, averaging 15.0 points (.500 FG%, .900 FT%, 3.3 rpg, 26.7 mpg) in three starts. 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO Chris Andersen (right knee ACL tear) – OUT Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO J.R. Smith (right thumb fracture) – OUT 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Mike Dunleavy (right ankle sprain) – QUESTIONABLE 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Kyrie Irving (right hamstring tightness) – QUESTIONABLE 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO Kevin Love (illness) – QUESTIONABLE 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 12/29/16 – Cavs recalled guard Kay Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated D-League team...12/28/16 – Cavs assigned guard Kay Felder 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated D-League team...10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones. 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 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 OVERALL 26-8 (.765) 18-3 (.857) 8-5 (.615) 1-0 (1.000) L1 4/5 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 4/7 vs.