WED., APRIL 11, 2018 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 8:00 PM ET TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/WMMS 100.7 FM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2017-18 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER REGULAR SEASON GAME # 82 HOME GAME # 41 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2017-18 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 10/17 vs. BOS WON, 102-99 10/20 @ MIL WON, 116-97 10/21 vs. ORL Lost, 93-114 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 81 81 *27.7 *8.7 *9.2 *.543 37.2 10/24 vs. CHI WON, 119-112 10/25 @ BKN Lost, 107-112 10/28 @ NOP Lost, 101-123 F 32 JEFF GREEN 6-9 235 17-18: 77 13 11.0 3.2 1.3 .478 23.6 10/29 vs. NYK Lost, 95-114 11/1 vs. IND Lost, 107-124 11/3 @ WAS WON, 130-122 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 59 59 17.6 *9.3 1.7 .458 28.0 11/5 vs. ATL Lost, 115-117 11/7 vs. MIL WON, 124-119 11/9 @ HOU Lost, 113-117 G 26 KYLE KORVER 6-7 212 17-18: 73 4 9.2 2.3 1.2 .459 21.6 11/11 @ DAL WON, 111-104 11/13 @ NYK WON, 104-101 11/15 @ CHA WON, 115-107 G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 17-18: 66 59 10.0 2.7 2.8 .459 27.3 11/17 vs. LAC WON, 118-113 (OT) 11/20 @ DET WON, 116-88 nd rd th th th 11/22 vs. BKN WON, 119-109 *NBA RANKS: LeBron James ranks 2 in APG, 3 in PPG, 15 in FG% and 15 in RPG; Kevin Love ranks 12 in RPG 11/24 vs. CHA WON, 100-99 CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/27 @ PHI WON, 113-91 11/28 vs. MIA WON, 108-97 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up the 2017-18 regular season tonight when they host the New York Knicks at Quicken Loans Arena. 11/30 @ ATL WON, 121-114 Cleveland leads the season series against New York, 2-1, which includes a 123-109 win at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. 12/2 vs. MEM WON, 116-111 • After Monday’s victory over the Knicks, the Cavs clinched their 4th straight Central Division title and 7th in team history. They also won their 50th 12/4 @ CHI WON, 113-91 game of the season, their 11th time reaching that mark. 12/6 vs. SAC WON, 101-95 12/8 @ IND Lost, 102-106 • Cleveland has won 12 of its last 13 games against New York. In Monday’s 123-109 win at MSG, the Cavs had at least 120 points for the 21st time 12/9 vs. PHI WON, 105-98 this season (19-2 record), while also dishing out 29 assists and shooting 19-45 (.422) from three-point range and 24-28 (.857) from the foul line. In 12/12 vs. ATL WON, 123-114 addition, Cleveland received 52 points from the bench. 12/14 vs. LAL WON, 121-112 12/16 vs. UTA WON, 109-100 • CAREER MARKS & NBA HISTORY: J.R. Smith (1,917 3FGM) is two three-pointers away from passing Dirk Nowitzki (1,918 3FGM) for 11th all-time in 12/17 @ WAS WON, 106-99 NBA history. Kyle Korver (10,967 PTS) needs 33 points to reach 11,000 for his career. LeBron James (430 30-pt games) is one 30-point game 12/19 @ MIL Lost, 116-119 th 12/21 vs. CHI WON, 115-112 away from tying Kobe Bryant (431 30-pt games) for the 4 -most 30-point games in league history. 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 92-99 • The Cavs hold an 11-2 record in their last 13 games and have won 8 straight games at The Q. During their 8-game home win streak, the Wine & 12/27 @ SAC Lost, 95-109 12/30 @ UTA Lost, 101-104 Gold are averaging 115.5 points, shooting .499 from the field, .420 from three-point range and .803 from the free throw line. They are also 1/2 vs. POR WON, 127-110 outscoring opponents by an average of 10.4 points (115.5-105.1) over that 8-game span. On the season, the Cavs are currently 29-11 at home 1/3 @ BOS Lost, 88-102 (tied for 5th-best in NBA) and can win 30 home games in a single season for the 13th time in franchise history. 1/6 @ ORL WON, 131-127 1/8 @ MIN Lost, 99-127 • Cleveland has shot at least .400 from three-point territory in a season-high 6 straight games, shooting a combined .438 (70-160) from deep th 1/11 @ TOR Lost, 99-133 during that stretch. They enter tonight’s game ranked 5 in the NBA in three-pointer percentage this season (.373). 1/12 @ IND Lost, 95-97 • Kevin Love had a game-high 28 points (9-17 FG, 6-13 3FG, 4-5 FT), five boards and two steals in 31 minutes against the Knicks on Monday. He also 1/15 vs. GSW Lost, 108-118 1/18 vs. ORL WON, 104-103 passed Daniel Gibson (578 3FG) for the 4th-most three-pointers made in team history with his first trey of the night. Since returning to the 1/20 vs. OKC Lost, 124-148 lineup on March 19, Love is shooting .457 (32-70) from beyond the arc, increasing his three-point percentage to .415 this season (19th in NBA). 1/23 @ SAS Lost, 102-114 • nd 1/26 vs. IND WON, 115-108 LeBron James (2,241 PTS) looks to lead the NBA in total points scored for the first time in his career (James Harden is 2 w/2,191 PTS). In the 1/28 vs. DET WON, 121-104 win over New York on Monday, James recorded his 52nd double-double of the season (26 PTS, 11 AST), just one away from tying Brad 1/30 @ DET Lost, 114-125 Daugherty’s franchise single season record of 53 double-doubles in 1990-91. 1/31 vs. MIA WON, 91-89 th 2/3 vs. HOU Lost, 88-120 • In his 300 career game, Jordan Clarkson tallied 16 points, shooting 5-9 (.556) from the field and 4-6 (.667) from three-point range, while adding nd 2/6 @ ORL Lost, 98-116 three rebounds in 22 minutes against the Knicks. Clarkson, who has scored in double-digits in 20 of his 27 games as a Cavalier, has the 2 - 2/7 vs. MIN WON, 140-138 (OT) highest scoring average among all bench players this season (13.9) 2/9 @ ATL WON, 123-107 2/11 @ BOS WON, 121-99 • J.R. Smith finished with 16 points, going 4-8 (.500) from beyond the arc, a game-high tying seven rebounds, four assists and two steals in 32 2/13 @ OKC WON, 120-112 minutes off the bench versus New York on Monday. Since March 28 (7 games), Smith is shooting .547 (29-53) from the field and .522 (12-23) 2/22 vs. WAS Lost, 103-110 from long distance, while averaging 10.6 points and 3.3 rebounds in 26.9 minutes. 2/23 @ MEM WON, 112-89 2/25 vs. SAS Lost, 94, 110 • Jeff Green has scored in double-digits in 4 straight games, averaging 19.0 points on .684 (26-38) shooting from the field, .563 (9-16) from 2/27 vs. BKN WON, 129-123 beyond the arc and .938 (15-16) from the charity stripe, and 2.3 rebounds in 32.0 minutes. 3/1 vs. PHI Lost, 97-108 3/3 vs. DEN Lost, 117-126 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/5 vs. DET WON, 112-90 Rodney Hood (sore left Achilles) – OUT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/7 @ DEN WON, 113-108 Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/9 @ LAC Lost, 102-116 Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/11 @ LAL Lost, 113-127 3/13 @ PHX WON, 129-107 3/15 @ POR Lost, 105-113 3/17 @ CHI WON, 114-109 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/19 vs. MIL WON, 124-117 4/11/18 – Signed center Kendrick Perkins to a contract for the remainder of the season…4/7/18 – Signed forward Okaro White to a contract for the remainder of the season…3/18/18 – 3/21 vs. TOR WON, 132-129 Signed forward Okaro White to a 10-day contract. 3/23 vs. PHX WON, 120-95 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/25 @ BKN WON, 121-114 3/27 @ MIA Lost, 79-98 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/28 @ CHA WON, 118-105 3/30 vs. NOP WON, 107-102 OVERALL 50-31 (.617) 29-11 (.725) 21-20 (.512) 2-0 (1.000) W1 4/1 vs. DAL WON, 98-87 CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 7-1 (.875) 4-4 (.500) 0-0 (.000) W3 4/3 vs. TOR WON, 112-106 4/5 vs. WAS WON, 119-115 EASTERN 35-16 (.686) 19-6 (.760) 16-10 (.615) 0-0 (.000) W1 4/6 @ PHI Lost, 130-132 WESTERN 15-15 (.500) 10-5 (.667) 5-10 (.333) 2-0 (1.000) W3 4/9 @ NYK WON, 123-109 4/11 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m.