WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO / NBA TV RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM 7:00 PM EST WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO / NBA TV RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (0-0) VS. BROOKLYN NETS (0-0) 2013-14 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #1 HOME GAME #1 PROBABLE STARTERS 2013-14 Schedule POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/30 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. 11/1 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. F 6 EARL CLARK 6-10 234 12-13: 59 36 7.3 5.5 1.1 .440 23.1 11/2 @ IND 7:00 p.m. 11/4 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. 11/6 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. F 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-9 238 12-13: 82 82 11.7 9.4 1.3 .488 31.3 11/8 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. 11/9 vs. PHI 7:30 p.m. 11/11 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. C 17 ANDERSON VAREJAO 6-11 267 12-13: 25 25 14.1 14.4 3.4 .478 36.0 11/13 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. 11/15 vs. CHA 7:30 p.m. 11/16 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. G 3 DION WAITERS 6-4 225 12-13: 61 48 14.7 2.4 3.0 .412 28.8 11/20 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. 11/22 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 12-13: 59 59 22.5 3.7 5.9 .452 34.7 11/23 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. 11/27 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. 11/29 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. 11/30 vs. CHI 7:30 p.m. CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/4 vs. DEN 7:00 p.m. 12/6 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. 12/7 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. The Cleveland Cavaliers will open their 44th NBA regular season tonight against the Brooklyn Nets at Quicken Loans Arena. 12/10 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. 12/13 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. In last year’s season opener, a 94-84 victory over Washington, Anderson Varejao had a record-setting night after finishing with career highs of 12/14 @ MIA 7:30 p.m. 23 rebounds (12 offensive) and nine assists to go along with nine points in 37 minutes. He joined Wilt Chamberlain (11 points, 30 rebounds 12/17 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. and nine assists on Oct. 18, 1967) as the only players in NBA history to record at least nine points, 23 rebounds and nine assists in a team’s 12/20 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. first game of a regular season. 12/21 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. 12/23 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. Tristan Thompson, who recorded a team-high 31 double-doubles during the 2012-13 regular season, posted two double-doubles in the 2013 12/26 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. Preseason. He led the team with 9.1 rebounds (3.9 offensive) to go along with 12.5 points on .521 shooting in only 25.5 minutes per game 12/28 @ BOS 1:00 p.m. over eight preseason contests. 12/29 vs. GSW 6:00 p.m. 12/31 @ IND 3:00 p.m. 2013 NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving averaged team highs of 22.5 points and 5.9 assists last season. Irving, Grant Hill, Magic Johnson and Oscar 1/2 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. Robertson are the only players in NBA history to average at least 18 points and five assists while shooting at least 45 percent from the field 1/4 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. in each of their first two seasons (ESPN). In the Cavs’ final preseason game on Oct. 24 at Charlotte, Irving netted 20 points and five rebounds 1/5 vs. IND 6:00 p.m. 1/7 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. in 27 minutes of action. 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. Anderson Varejao appeared in 25 games in 2012-13 and set career highs in points per game (14.1), rebounds per game (14.4), assists per 1/12 @ SAC 6:00 p.m. game (3.4), steals per game (1.5) and double-doubles (16). In the Nov. 13 meeting against Brooklyn last season, he posted a career-best 35 1/14 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. 1/15 @ POR 10:00 p.m. points on 16-21 (.762) shooting, 18 rebounds, three assists and two steals in 37 minutes. He became the first Cavs player to put up those 1/17 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. numbers in a single game. 1/20 vs. DAL 1:00 p.m. C.J. Miles led the Cavs with a career-best 126 three-pointers made in 2012-13, including a franchise record tying 8-10 (.800) shots from 1/22 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. 1/24 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. behind the three-point line against the Brooklyn Nets on Dec. 29. Miles, who came off the bench and scored a season-high 33 points that 1/26 vs. PHX 6:00 p.m. night, became the first player in Cavaliers history to make eight triples off the bench. 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. 1/30 @ NYK 8:00 p.m. This past summer, the Cavs were well-represented internationally as Tristan Thompson played for Team Canada in the FIBAS Americas 2/1 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. tournament in Caracas, Venezuela. Sergey Karasev was in action for Russia’s National Team, including winning a Gold Medal at the World 2/3 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. University Games in Kazan. Cleveland also had three players (Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller) participate in the 2013 USA Men's 2/5 vs. LAL 7:00 p.m. National Team Mini-Camp in July. 2/7 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. 2/9 vs. MEM 6:00 p.m. 2/11 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. 2/12 @ DET 7:30 p.m. CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/18 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. Andrew Bynum (right knee surgery) – TBD Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 2/19 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. Carrick Felix (mild sports hernia) – OUT 2/21 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. Alonzo Gee (jee) 2/23 vs. WAS 6:00 p.m. Sergey Karasev (sprained left ankle) – TBD Sergey Karasev (sir-GAY kah-RAH-seff) 2/25 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. C.J. Miles (right calf) – TBD Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 2/26 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. Tyler Zeller (appendectomy) – TBD 2/28 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. 3/1 @ MEM 9:00 p.m. 3/4 @ SAS 7:00 p.m. 3/7 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. 3/8 vs. NYK 7:30 p.m. 3/12 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/14 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. 3/16 @ LAC 9:30 p.m. 10/25/13 – Waived center DeSagana Diop, forward Kenny Kadji, guard Jermaine Taylor and guard Elliot Williams…10/23/13 – Exercised 3/18 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. the fourth-year options on guard Kyrie Irving and forward Tristan Thompson, and the third-year options on guard Dion Waiters and 3/20 vs. OKC 7:00 p.m. 3/22 vs. HOU 7:30 p.m. center Tyler Zeller…10/19/13 – Waived guard Michael Lee…8/20/13 – Signed 2013 NBA Draft picks, forward Anthony Bennett, 3/23 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. guard/forward Sergey Karasev and guard/forward Carrick Felix to contracts…7/19/13 – Signed center Andrew Bynum to a contract and 3/25 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. waived forward Kevin Jones and guard Chris Quinn…7/12/13 – Signed guard Jarrett Jack and forward Earl Clark to contracts. 3/26 @ DET 7:30 p.m. 3/28 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. 3/30 vs. IND 3:00 p.m. 2013-14 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/2 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. 4/4 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/5 vs. CHA 7:30 p.m. OVERALL 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) --- 4/9 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. 4/11 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. CENTRAL 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) --- 4/12 vs. BOS 7:30 p.m. 4/16 vs. BKN 8:00 p.m. EASTERN 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) --- WESTERN 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-0 (.000) --- *Denotes Overtime TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: VS. BROOKLYN NETS (0-0) Overall: 87-70 Home: 55-24 The Q: 23-12 Road: 32-46 CAVALIERS vs. NETS 2013-14 SEASON October 30 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m. Current Streak: Lost 4 Home Streak: Lost 2 Road Streak: Lost 3 January 4 at Brooklyn – 7:30 p.m. Last Win: 3/19/12 Last Home Win: 1/1/12 Last Road Win: 3/19/12 March 28 at Brooklyn – 7:30 p.m. April 16 at Cleveland – 8:00 p.m. Last Loss: 4/3/13 Last Home Loss: 4/3/13 Last Road Loss: 12/29/12 CAVALIERS – NETS MATCHUP (2013-14 Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- NETS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- SERIES HIGHLIGHTS Cavs Individual Bests Points: 42 – Mike Mitchell, 2/18/81, LeBron James 3/12/08 Rebounds: 22 – John Lambert, 2/6/79 Assists: 16 – Mark Price, 1/13/90 Biggest Win: 36 points on 2/15/92 (128-92) Biggest Loss: 41 points on 11/22/02 (79-120) Nets Individual Bests Points: 42 – Richard Jefferson, 12/22/04 Rebounds: 26 – Jayson Williams, 11/13/97 Assists: 18 – Kenny Anderson, 12/1/93 2012-13 GAME RECAPS (Nets Won Series 3-0) CAVALIERS 95, NETS 113 – QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH (4/3/13) KEY PERFORMERS: Marreese Speights recorded his fifth double-double of the season (third with the Cavaliers) with 16 points on 7-13 (.538) shooting from the field and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench…Kyrie Irving finished with 16 points, six assists, one steal and one block in 28 minutes…Tyler Zeller tallied 14 points on 5-9 (.556) shooting from the field and four rebounds in 26 minutes…C.J.