SUN., DEC. 21, 2014 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 4:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (15-10) VS. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (21-5) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #26 HOME GAME #15 PROBABLE STARTERS 2014-15 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/30 vs. NYK Lost, 90-95 10/31 @ CHI WON, 114-108* F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 14-15: 24 24 25.3 5.4 7.6 .490 37.8 11/4 @ POR Lost, 82-101 11/5 @ UTA Lost, 100-102 11/7 @ DEN WON, 110-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 243 14-15: 25 25 17.1 10.6 2.4 .434 36.3 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 17 ANDERSON VAREJAO 6-11 267 14-15: 24 24 9.6 6.5 1.3 .541 24.6 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 18 MIKE MILLER 6-8 218 14-15: 14 1 2.9 2.1 0.3 .452 13.7 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 25 25 19.8 3.0 5.2 .454 37.8 11/26 vs. WAS WON, 113-87 11/29 vs. IND WON, 109-97 12/2 vs. MIL WON, 111-108 12/4 @ NYK WON, 90-87 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 105-91 12/8 @ BKN WON, 110-88 The Cleveland Cavaliers continue their five-game homestand as they face the Memphis Grizzlies today for the first of two regular season 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 matchups. The Cavs and Grizzlies split last year’s series with each team winning on its home floo r. C leveland holds a 14-3 all-time record 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 against Me mphis at Quicken Loans Arena. 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 The last time these two teams faced off at The Q on Feb. 9 of last season, the Wine and Gold took a 91 -83 overtime win over the 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 12/19 vs. BKN WON, 95-91 Grizzlies. Defensively, the C avs held M emphis to 33-86 (.384) shooting from the field, including 3-14 (.214) from the three-point lin e. 12/21 vs. MEM 4:30 PM FSO Kyrie Irving led th e way with a game-high 28 points on 9-17 (.529) shooting, including 4-4 from the three-point line, five rebounds, a 12/23 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO game-high tyin g six assists and on e block in 40 minutes. Anderson Varejao posted a game-high 14 rebounds to go alon g with fou r 12/25 @ MIA 5:00 PM ABC points, five assists and one bloc k in 43 minutes, while Dion Waiters registered 18 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals in 38 12/26 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 12/28 vs. DET 4:30 PM FSO minutes off th e bench. 12/30 @ ATL 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO The Cavaliers improved to 10-3 in their last 13 games after defeating the Brooklyn Nets, 95-91, on Friday night. Th e team is 7-1 this 12/31 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO season when holding oppon ents to 91 points or less. In th e final three quarters, Cleveland held Brooklyn to only 58 poin ts on .404 (23- 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO 57) shooting from the field. 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO Coming into today’s contest, Cleveland has won seven of their last eight games at Quicken Loans Arena. Over that stretch, th e Win e 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO and Gold have outscored its opponents by an average of 7.6 points per game (104 .3 to 96.6), while shooting .486 from the field and 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM NBATV/FSO dishing out 24.5 assists (only 12.5 turnovers). 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Mike Miller made his first start of the season on Friday and finished with season-high 21 points on 7-8 (.875) shooting from three- 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO point range in 34 minutes. It was Miller’s highest c areer three-point percentage when hitting at least seven triples in a sin gle game. Th e 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT last Cavalier to make at least seven three-pointers and only miss one triple was Daniel Gibson (7-8 vs. Utah on 12/20/10), while th e last 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO NBA player to do it was Kevin Love (8-9 vs. SAS on 12/13/13). Miller’s last three-pointer (1,543) moved him past Tim H ardaway (1,542) 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC for 19th all-time in NBA history. He is just three aw ay from tying Eddie Jones (1,546) for 18 th place in the record books. 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO On Frid ay against Brooklyn, LeBron James’ three-pointer with 3:59 left to play in the first qu arter moved him past Charles Barkley 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO (23,757) for 23rd all-time on the NBA career scoring list. Over his last five games, James is averaging 29.2 points on .561 shooting from 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO the field, includin g .500 (8-16) from long distanc e, 6.6 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks in 37.8 minutes p er game. 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO In four c areer games against Me mphis, Kyrie Irving is averaging 26.3 points, his 2 nd highest scoring average against an NBA te am (NY- 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 26.7 ppg). He is also shooting .562 from the field and .476 (10-21) from beyond the arc, in 36.8 minutes per game versus Memphis . 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC Since Nov. 29 (11 games), Ke vin Love is averaging 12.1 rebounds per game, which is th e 3rd- most in th e East (7th in NBA). Love also h as 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO nd 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT eight double-doubles over that stretch , wh ich is tied for 2 among all players in th e NBA over that span. H e is averaging a double- 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO double against M emphis in 14 career games against them with 18.6 points on .505 shooting and 10. 6 rebounds in 31.4 minutes. 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC Tristan Thompson has put up solid numbers in his last eight games off the be nch, averaging 10.9 points on .623 shooting, 9.6 rebounds 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO and 1.0 block in 28.8 minutes p er game over that stretch. H e has also pulled do wn 39 offensive rebounds during th at span of games and 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO th on the season, his 3.5 offensive boards per game is the highest among all NBA bench players and ranks 6 overall in the NBA. 3/1 @ HOU 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO NONE Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah -veh-DOH-vuh) 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 12/17/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/15/14 – Recalled center Alex 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/4/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/1/14 – Recalled center Alex Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO operated NBA Development League team…11/30/14 – Received guard A.J. Price by waiver claim (waived by Indiana) and waived guard Will Cherry…Assigned center Alex Kirk 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team.