FRI., DEC. 12, 2014 SMOOTHIE KING CENTER – NEW ORLEANS, LA TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 8:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (13-8) AT NEW ORLEANS PELICANS (10-11) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #22 ROAD GAME #11 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 31 SHAWN MARION 6-7 228 14-15: 21 18 5.4 3.6 1.0 .426 24.3 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: 21 21 17.4 10.3 2.1 .443 35.9 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: 20 20 10.1 6.9 1.6 .561 25.5 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 G 8 MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA 6-4 200 14-15: 6 1 5.0 2.3 3.2 .423 21.6 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 21 21 20.8 3.2 5.1 .467 37.9 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 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 Before returning to The Q for the next five games, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in New Orleans tonight to face the Pelicans for the final time this 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 season. In the first meeting on Nov. 10, Cleveland took a 118-111 victory over New Orleans after shooting .494 from the floor, including 13-27 12/12 @ NOP 8:00 PM FSO (.481) from the three-point line and dishing out 26 assists. The Cavs had a big second half as Kyrie Irving, LeBron James and Kevin Love combined 12/15 vs. CHA 7:00 PM FSO for 61 of the team’s 67 second half points and 86 of the team’s 118 overall. Irving (32 pts/9 asts/5 rebs) and James (32 pts/9 asts/11 rebs) became 12/17 vs. ATL 7:00 PM FSO just the third duo in the NBA since 1985-86 to each record at least 32 points, nine assists and five rebounds in a single game. 12/19 vs. BKN 7:30 PM FSO 12/21 vs. MEM 4:30 PM FSO The Cavs had their season-high eight-game winning streak snapped last night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Despite the loss, the Wine and 12/23 vs. MIN 7:00 PM FSO Gold is 8-1 in the last nine games, outscoring their opponents by an average margin of 11.9 points over that stretch. The Cavs are averaging 12/25 @ MIA 5:00 PM ABC 104.8 points on .485 shooting and 23.8 assists, while holding opponents to 92.9 points on .437 shooting. The Cavs are allowing the least points 12/26 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 12/28 vs. DET 4:30 PM FSO per game average in the NBA since their 8-1 stretch started on Nov. 24. 12/30 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO th th 12/31 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO Last night in Oklahoma City, Kyrie Irving nailed his 345 career three-pointer in the first quarter to move past Damon Jones (344) for 8 place 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO th in team history. Irving also recorded his 14 game of at least 20 points this season after finishing with team highs of 20 points, six assists and two 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO steals in 40 minutes against the Thunder. He also had only one turnover, and now only has 11 miscues and 49 assists during the Cavs’ 8-1 stretch. 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO The Cavs have won 11 straight games when scoring at least 100 points and are 12-1 when reaching the century mark this season. The team is 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO also a perfect 7-0 when recording 25 or more assists. 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM NBATV/FSO 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO Over the last four games, the Cavs are receiving 38.8 points from the bench. Tristan Thompson has a recorded a double-double in three of those 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO four contests and is averaging 14.3 points on .636 (21-33) shooting, 11.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 31.3 minutes per game over the last four. 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT He has also pulled down 28 offensive rebounds during that span of games and on the season, his 3.7 offensive boards per game is the highest th 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO among all NBA bench players and ranks 6 in the NBA. 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC Dion Waiters has also been solid from the bench, especially in the last three contests with averages of 19.3 points on .523 (23-44) shooting from 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO the field and 3.3 assists in 26.7 minutes per game. 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO th Kevin Love has recorded a double-double in six of the last seven games and leads the team with 12 on the season (4 -most in East). He is also 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO averaging 7.7 points in the first quarter, which is tied for 3rd in the NBA. Over the last 10 contests, Love is averaging 19.1 points on .500 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO shooting, including .375 shooting from the three-point line, and 10.4 rebounds in 35.4 minutes per game. He posted 18 points in 16 rebounds 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT last night in Oklahoma City and has now recorded more than 10 rebounds in each of his last ten games against the Thunder. That's the longest 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO such streak against the Seattle/Oklahoma City franchise since Boston's Dave Cowens grabbed at least 11 rebounds in 27 straight games against 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO the SuperSonics from 1970 to 1977 (tying him with Wilt Chamberlain for the longest streak of that kind by any Seattle opponen t) . (Elias) 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Matthew Dellavedova made his first start of the season last night and finished with season highs of 14 points and five rebounds, while adding 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC four assists and a steal in 34 minutes. He also shot 4-6 (.667) from beyond the arc, which was one three-pointer shy of matching his career high. 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO In Tuesday’s come-from-behind victory over Toronto, LeBron James’ go-ahead triple with 48.1 seconds remaining in the game tied him with Mark 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO Price for the franchise’s all-time lead in career three-point field goals made with 802. His next made three-pointer will give him sole possession 3/1 @ HOU 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO of first place in team history. He is also closing in on Price for the Cavs’ leader in assists (4,206) as he needs 243 to pass him. 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO LeBron James (left knee soreness) – QUESTIONABLE Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah -veh-DOH-vuh) 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO Mike Miller (concussion) – OUT Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/12 @ SAN 8:00 PM TNT 3/15 @ ORL 6:00 PM FSO Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/16 @ MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO 12/4/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/1/14 – Recalled center Alex 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…11/30/14 – Received guard A.J. Price by waiver claim (waived by 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Indiana) and waived guard Will Cherry …Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League 3/29 vs.