WED., MARCH 9, 2016 SLEEP TRAIN ARENA – SACRAMENTO, CA TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 10:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (44-18) AT SACRAMENTO KINGS (25-37) 2015-16 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 63 ROAD GAME # 30 PROBABLE STARTERS 2015-16 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/27 @ CHI Lost, 95-97 10/28 @ MEM WON, 106-76 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 15-16: 60 60 *24.9 7.4 6.6 .505 35.9 10/30 vs. MIA WON, 102-92 11/2 @ PHI WON, 107-100 11/4 vs. NYK WON, 96-86 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 15-16: 60 60 15.7 ^10.0 2.5 .412 32.2 11/6 vs. PHI WON, 108-102 11/8 vs. IND WON, 101-97 11/10 vs. UTA WON, 118-114 C 20 TIMOFEY MOZGOV 7-1 275 15-16: 59 35 6.5 4.5 0.4 .556 17.6 11/13 @ NYK WON, 90-84 11/14 @ MIL Lost, 105-108** 11/17 @ DET Lost, 99-104 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 15-16: 58 58 12.4 2.9 1.6 .408 30.8 11/19 vs. MIL WON, 115-100 11/21 vs. ATL WON, 109-97 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 15-16: 36 36 19.3 2.9 4.5 .463 30.1 11/23 vs. ORL WON, 117-103 11/25 @ TOR Lost, 99-103 11/27 @ CHA WON, 95-90 * Ranks 6th in NBA ^ Ranks 12th in the NBA 11/28 vs. BKN WON, 90-88 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/1 vs. WAS Lost, 85-97 12/4 @ NOP Lost, 108-114* The Cleveland Cavaliers will open up their four-game West Coast road trip tonight against the Sacramento Kings. Over their road trip, the Cavs will face the 12/5 @ MIA Lost, 84-99 12/8 vs. POR WON, 105-100 Kings, Lakers, Clippers and Jazz. The Wine and Gold hold a 4-0 record against those teams this season, and are averaging 118.3 points on .499 shooting from 12/11 @ ORL WON, 111-76 the field, including .449 (53-118) from the three-point line, and 26.5 assists against those four teams. 12/15 @ BOS WON, 89-77 Cleveland is 31-7 in its last 38 regular season games against Western Conference opponents, including 17-6 in 2015-16. The Cavs have won six of their last 12/17 vs. OKC WON, 104-100 seven contests on the road against the West. 12/20 vs. PHI WON, 108-86 12/23 vs. NYK WON, 91-84 Since Dec. 28, the Cavs have the 4th-best road record in the NBA at 11-4 (.733). 12/25 @ GSW Lost, 83-89 12/26 @ POR Lost, 76-105 Cleveland has won three of their last four games over Sacramento, which includes a 120-100 win in their first meeting this season on Feb. 8th at The Q. In 12/28 @ PHX WON, 101-97 the win, the Cavs connected on 16-35 (.457) shots from beyond the arc, dished out 27 assists and recorded 22 points off of 17 Sacramento turnovers. 12/29 @ DEN WON, 93-87 1/2 vs. ORL WON, 104-79 th th MILESTONE ALERT: James needs 14 assists to pass Kevin Johnson (6,711) for 19 in NBA history. Kevin Love is 2 threes away from tallying his 700 career 1/4 vs. TOR WON, 122-100 three-pointer. He could become the only player in NBA history to have a career average of at least 10.0 rebounds and connect on 700-plus three-pointers. 1/6 @ WAS WON, 121-115 Love also has played in 499 games for his career. Iman Shumpert is 8 rebounds away from 1,000 for his career. 1/8 @ MIN WON, 125-99 1/10 @ PHI WON, 95-85 In the Cavaliers’ first meeting against the Kings, Cleveland had three players notch 20-plus points (Kyrie Irving-32, J.R. Smith-22, LeBron James-21).The Cavs 1/12 @ DAL WON, 110-107* have had three players score 20 or more points eight times this season. 1/14 @ SAS Lost, 95-99 1/15 @ HOU WON, 91-77 th The Cavaliers are averaging 10.1 three-pointers per game this season, which is good for 5 -best in the NBA. Cleveland has hit 10 or more threes in each of 1/18 vs. GSW Lost, 98-132 the last four games against the Kings, averaging 12.5 made triples on .420 shooting in that span. 1/20 @ BKN WON, 91-78 1/21 vs. LAC WON, 115-102 In the Cavs’ last game, Monday night at The Q, the Wine and Gold shot 24-29 (.828) from the charity stripe. Since the All-Star break, Cleveland is shooting th 1/23 vs. CHI Lost, 83-96 .808 from the charity stripe, 5 -highest in the league over that time span. 1/25 vs. MIN WON, 114-107 1/27 vs. PHX WON, 115-93 In his first meeting against the Kings, LeBron James notched his 40th career regular season triple-double (first this season) with 21 points on 8-16 (.500) 1/29 @ DET WON, 114-106 shooting, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, two steals and one block in 31 minutes. He recorded his triple-double within the first three quarters of that contest. His 40 1/30 vs. SAS WON, 117-103 triples-doubles are the most out of all active NBA players (has 3 triple-doubles against Kings). In Monday night’s contest against the Grizzlies, James 2/1 @ IND WON, 111-106* th th surpassed John Havlicek (26,395) for 13 place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with his 18 point of the evening, his dunk coming at the 8:03 mark of the 2/3 @ CHA Lost, 106-97 third quarter. James finished the game with a game-high 28 points on 11-19 (.579), nine rebounds, a team-high tying five assists and one steal in 38 minutes. 2/5 vs. BOS Lost, 103-104 2/6 vs. NOP WON, 99-84 Kyrie Irving has recorded 20 or more points in a season-high five straight games and in 14 of the last 18 outings. Since Jan. 29, he is averaging 23.2 points on 2/8 vs. SAC WON, 120-100 .510 shooting, 2.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 33.3 minutes. Against the Grizzlies, Irving tallied 27 points on 9-16 (.563) shooting, two rebounds, a 2/10 vs. LAL WON, 120-111 team-high tying five assists, a season-high four steals and one block in 37 minutes. Irving recorded 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. On the season, 2/18 vs. CHI WON, 106-95 th nd st Irving is averaging 6.5 points in the final quarter of play, which is good for 8 -best in the NBA and 2 -highest in the Eastern Conference (LeBron James is 1 2/21 @ OKC WON, 115-92 in the East at 7.2). 2/22 vs. DET Lost, 88-96 2/24 vs. CHA WON, 114-103 th Kevin Love tallied his team-leading 26 double-double of the season Monday night, finishing with 14 points, a game-high 11 rebounds, three assists and one 2/26 @ TOR Lost, 97-99 block in 33 minutes. Love also went a perfect 10-10 from the charity stripe. Since the All-Star break, Love is shooting .914 (53-58) from the foul line. 2/28 @ WAS Lost, 99-113 nd th 2/29 vs. IND WON, 100-96 Over the last three games, Iman Shumpert has a +/- of +54, which is the 2 -best in the league since March 4 . Over the last three games, Shumpert is 3/4 vs. WAS WON, 108-83 averaging 7.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals in 29.0 minutes. 3/5 vs. BOS WON, 120-103 3/7 vs. MEM Lost, 103-106 CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/9 @ SAC 10:00 PM FSO 3/10 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Mo Williams (left knee chondromalacia) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/13 @ LAC 3:30 PM ABC Timofey Mozgov (illness) – QUESTIONABLE Sasha Kaun (kown) 3/14 @ UTA 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO Timofey Mozgov (TEAM-oh-fay MOZ-gov) 3/16 vs. DAL 7:00 PM FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/18 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO 3/19 @ MIA 7:30 PM FSO Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/21 vs. DEN 7:00 PM FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/23 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO 3/24 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 3/9/16 – Cavs signed guard Jordan McRae to a multi-year contract…2/28/16 – Cavs signed guard Jordan McRae to a 10-day contract…2/18/16 – Cavs traded F/C 3/26 @ NYK 7:30 PM FSO Anderson Varejao and a protected future first round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for a second round pick; The Cavs then traded the second 3/29 vs. HOU 8:00 PM TNT/FSO round pick and guard Jared Cunningham to the Orlando Magic in exchange for F/C Channing Frye…1/27/16 – Cavs hired Mike Longabardi as an assistant coach. 3/31 vs.