SAT., APRIL 15, 2017 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: ABC RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 3:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (51-31, 0-0) VS. INDIANA PACERS (42-40, 0-0) 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FIRST ROUND GAME 1 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME #1 HOME GAME #1 PROBABLE STARTERS 2016-17 RESULTS 10/25 vs. NYK WON, 117-88 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/28 @ TOR WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 74 74 26.4 *8.6 *8.7 .548 37.8 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 PLAYOFFS: - - - - - - - 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 60 60 19.0 11.1 1.9 .427 31.4 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 PLAYOFFS: - - - - - - - 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 78 78 8.1 9.2 1.0 *.600 30.0 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 PLAYOFFS: - - - - - - - 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 41 35 8.6 2.8 1.5 .346 29.0 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 PLAYOFFS: - - - - - - - 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 72 72 *25.2 3.2 5.8 *.473 35.1 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 PLAYOFFS: - - - - - - - 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 * Career High (or tied) 12/7 @ NYK WON, 126-94 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/9 vs. MIA WON, 114-94 12/10 vs. CHA WON, 116-105 The defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers will open the 2017 Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers. This is the second time the Central Division foes 12/13 vs. MEM WON, 103-86 have met in the postseason (1998 First Round). In the 2016-17 regular season, the Cavaliers went 3-1 against the Pacers, and have also won 7 straight 12/14 @ MEM Lost, 85-93 home games over Indiana. 12/17 vs. LAL WON, 119-108 12/20 @ MIL WON, 114-108 (OT) Going back to the 2015 postseason, the Cavs have won 11 straight playoff games at The Q over Eastern Conference opponents. Since 2015, Cleveland has 12/21 vs. MIL WON, 113-102 a 13-1 playoff home record. This past regular season, the Wine and Gold went 31-10 at home, which was tied for the second-best mark in the entire NBA. 12/23 vs. BKN WON, 119-99 12/25 vs. GSW WON, 109-108 In four games against Indiana in 2016-17, Cleveland averaged 118.3 points on .481 shooting from the field, including .426 from beyond the arc. The Cavs, 12/26 @ DET Lost, 90-106 who put up over 130 points twice in those meetings, also averaged 15.8 three-point makes per game against Indiana. On the season, Cleveland nailed a 12/29 vs. BOS WON, 124-118 franchise single season record 1,067 three-pointers in 2016-17. 12/31 @ CHA WON, 121-109 1/2 vs. NOP WON, 90-82 MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James (5572 PTS) is 69 points away from passing Kobe Bryant (5640 PTS) for 3rd place on the NBA’s all-time postseason scoring 1/4 vs. CHI Lost, 94-106 list. James (1758 REB, 354 STL, 1965 FGM) also needs 8 rebounds to pass Robert Parish (1765 REB) for 8th all-time, 5 steals to pass Magic Johnson (358 STL) 1/6 @ BKN WON, 116-108 for 3rd all-time and 11 field goals to pass Tim Duncan (1975 FGM) for 5th all-time in their respective playoff categories. Kyrie Irving (777 PTS) is 6 points away 1/8 @ PHX WON, 120-116 from passing Brad Daugherty (782 PTS) for 4th in franchise playoff scoring, 8 points away from passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (784 PTS) for 3rd, and 42 points 1/10 @ UTA Lost, 92-100 away from passing Mark Price (818 PTS) for the 2nd-most postseason points as a Cavalier. 1/11 @ POR Lost, 86-102 1/13 @ SAC WON, 120-108 LeBron James (177 OREB), who is the Cavs’ all-time leader in postseason games played (112), minutes (4756), FGM (1136), 3FGM (164), FTM (798), DREB 1/16 @ GSW Lost, 91-126 (847), REB (1024), AST (849), STL (199) and BLK (116), is 4 offensive rebounds away from passing Zydrunas Ilgauskas (180 OREB) for the most in franchise 1/19 vs. PHX WON, 118-103 playoff history. In 2016-17, James became the first player in NBA history to average at least 26.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists while shooting .540 1/21 vs. SAS Lost, 115-118 (OT) 1/23 @ NOP Lost, 122-124 or better from the field in a single season. 1/25 vs. SAC Lost, 112-116 (OT) The Cavaliers averaged 110.3 points per game in 2016-17, which ranked 1st in the East and 4th in the NBA. It was also the second-highest scoring average in 1/27 vs. BKN WON, 124-116 1/29 vs. OKC WON, 107-91 franchise history, behind only the 1979-80 season (114.1). Cleveland had never led the Eastern Conference in scoring prior to this past season. 1/30 @ DAL Lost, 97-104 Kyle Korver led the NBA in three-point percentage in 2016-17 (.451). It was his fourth time leading the league in three-point percentage over his career 2/1 vs. MIN WON, 125-97 (2009-10, 2013-14 and 2014-15). In 35 games with the Cavs, Korver shot .485 (97-200) from deep. 2/4 @ NYK WON, 111-104 2/6 @ WAS WON, 140-135 (OT) Cleveland was the only team in the NBA to have three players rank in the Top 20 in rebounds per game (Kevin Love-8th, Tristan Thompson-15th, LeBron 2/8 @ IND WON, 132-117 James-17th). 2/9 @ OKC Lost, 109-118 2/11 vs. DEN WON, 125-109 Kevin Love was one of only five NBA players to average at least 19.0 points and 10.0 rebounds this past season (A. Davis, R. Westbrook, K. Towns, D. 2/14 @ MIN WON, 116-108 Cousins), but the only Eastern Conference player with those numbers. 2/15 vs. IND WON, 113-104 2/23 vs. NYK WON, 119-104 Kyrie Irving had a career-high 60 20-point games and averaged 25.2 points (11th in NBA) in 2016-17. During last year’s title run, he scored at least 20 points in 2/25 vs. CHI Lost, 99-117 18 of the 21 playoff games in 2016 (25.2 PPG). Against Indiana this past season, Irving had at least 20 points and seven assists in all four outings, averaging 2/27 vs. MIL WON, 102-95 25.5 points, 7.0 assists and 1.5 steals in 36.5 minutes, while also shooting .966 (28-29) from the foul line. 3/1 @ BOS Lost, 99-103 3/3 @ ATL WON, 135-130 3/4 @ MIA Lost, 92-120 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/6 vs. MIA Lost, 98-106 None Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/9 @ DET Lost, 101-106 Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/11 @ ORL WON, 116-104 3/12 @ HOU Lost, 112-117 3/14 vs. DET WON, 128-96 3/16 vs. UTA WON, 91-83 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/18 @ LAC Lost 78-108 4/12/17 – Cavs waived center Larry Sanders and signed guard Dahntay Jones and Walter ‘Edy’ Tavares…4/10/17 – Cavs recalled guard Kay 3/19 @ LAL WON, 125-120 Felder from the Canton Charge, the Cavs exclusively owned and operated D-League team…4/9/17 – Cavs waived guard DeAndre Liggins. 3/22 @ DEN Lost, 113-126 3/24 @ CHA WON, 112-105 2016-17 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/25 vs. WAS Lost, 115-127 3/27 @ SAS Lost, 74-103 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/30 @ CHI Lost, 93-99 2017 PLAYOFFS 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) 0-0 (---) - 3/31 vs. PHI WON, 122-105 4/2 vs. IND WON, 135-130 (2OT) OVERALL 51-31 (.622) 31-10 (.756) 20-21 (.488) 3-4 (.429) L4 4/4 vs. ORL WON, 122-102 CENTRAL 8-8 (.500) 6-2 (.750) 2-6 (.250) 2-0 (1.000) W1 4/5 @ BOS WON, 114-91 4/7 vs. ATL Lost, 100-114 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 19-7 (.731) 16-10 (.615) 3-2 (.600) L4 4/9 @ ATL Lost, 125-126 (OT) 4/10 @ MIA Lost, 121-124 (OT) WESTERN 16-14 (.533) 12-3 (.800) 4-11 (.267) 0-2 (.000) L2 4/12 vs. TOR Lost, 83-98 2017 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS: VS. INDIANA PACERS (42-40, 0-0) CAVS-PACERS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Saturday, April 15 vs. Indiana Pacers Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 3:00 p.m. ABC GAME 2: Monday, April 17 vs. Indiana Pacers Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 7:00 p.m., TNT/FSO GAME 3: Thursday, April 20 @ Indiana Pacers Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) 7:00 p.m., TNT/FSO GAME 4: Sunday, April 23 @ Indiana Pacers Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) 1:00 p.m.