FRI., DEC. 19, 2014 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:30 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (14-10) VS. BROOKLYN NETS (10-14) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #25 HOME GAME #14 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: 23 23 25.4 5.4 7.6 .494 37.7 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: 24 24 17.6 10.5 2.4 .444 36.2 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: 23 23 9.7 6.6 1.3 .547 25.0 11/17 vs. DEN Lost, 97-106 11/19 vs. SAS Lost, 90-92 11/21 @ WAS Lost, 78-91 F 31 SHAWN MARION 6-7 228 14-15: 24 21 5.4 3.5 1.1 .427 24.1 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 24 24 19.9 3.0 5.3 .460 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 will host the Brooklyn Nets tonight for the second of four regular season matchups. The Cavaliers 12/9 vs. TOR WON, 105-101 rd 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 have defeated the Nets in each of the past two contests and will try to defeat Brooklyn for the 3 straight time at The Q. 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 The two teams first met on Dec. 8 when the Cavs outrebounded the Nets by 22 (55-33) and garnered their first ever win at 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 12/19 vs. BKN 7:30 PM FSO the Barclays Center, 110-88. In the victory, three Cavs players pulled down at least 12 rebounds (Kevin Love-14, Anderson 12/21 vs. MEM 4:30 PM FSO Varejao-14, Tristan Thompson-12), which was the first time that has happened since Jan. 3, 1984 against Milwaukee (Jeff Cook- 12/23 vs. MIN 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO 12, Paul Thompson-13, Lonnie Shelton-12). Thompson (8 offensive) and Varejao (7 offensive) also became the first pair of Cavs 12/25 @ MIA 5:00 PM ABC 12/26 @ ORL 7:00 PM FSO to pull down at least seven offensive boards in a game since Nov. 7, 2006 vs. Atlanta (Zydrunas Ilgauskas-7, Drew Gooden-7). 12/28 vs. DET 4:30 PM FSO 12/30 @ ATL 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO rd LeBron James currently has 23,754 career points and is just four points away from passing Charles Barkley (23,757) for 23 12/31 vs. MIL 7:00 PM FSO place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. In his last four contests, James is averaging 31.0 points on .600 (48-80) shooting, 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO including .500 (6-12) from beyond the arc, 4.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks in 37.3 minutes per game. 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO The Cavs are 9-3 in their last 12 games, which includes a 6-1 mark at Quicken Loans Arena over that stretch. Cleveland is also 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO 9-1 in the last 10 games against Eastern Conference opponents. 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM NBATV/FSO 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO th 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO Over the last three contests, the Wine and Gold are averaging 24.7 assists to only 8.7 turnovers. On the year, the Cavs rank 10 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO in assists (22.6) and 8th in turnovers (13.4). In 13 home games this season, the Cavs are averaging 25.1 assists to 13.8 turnovers. 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO Kevin Love has a team-leading 14 double-doubles, which is tied for 5th in the NBA. He has recorded eight double-doubles in 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO rd 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC the last 10 games. In the first quarter this season, he is averaging 8.0 points (3 in NBA) on .568 shooting, including .615 (24- 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 39) from the three-point line. 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO Tristan Thompson has put up solid numbers in his last seven games off the bench, averaging 11.1 points on .625 (30-48) 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO shooting, 9.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 29.0 minutes per game over that stretch. He has also pulled down 35 offensive 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT rebounds during that span of games and on the season, his 3.5 offensive boards per game is the highest among all NBA bench 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO players and ranks 7th overall in the NBA. 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO Dion Waiters has scored at least 14 points in four of the last six games, averaging 14.7 points on .480 shooting, in 23.3 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO minutes per game over that stretch (since Dec. 8). In Wednesday’s game against the Hawks, Waiters had 21 points on 9-18 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC (.500) shooting, three rebounds and four assists in 27 minutes off the bench. In the Dec. 8 win in Brooklyn, Waiters put up a 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO season-high 26 points for the Cavs, who totaled 59 bench points as a team that night. 2/26 vs. GSW 8:00 PM TNT/FSO 2/27 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 3/1 @ HOU 7:00 PM NBATV/FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/3 vs. BOS 7:00 PM FSO Mike Miller (concussion) – PROBABLE Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/10 @ DAL 8:30 PM FSO 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 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 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 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 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 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 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 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 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…11/24/14 – Recalled center Alex Kirk from the Canton Charge, the 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. 3/29 vs. PHI 1:00 PM FSO 4/2 vs. MIA 8:00 PM TNT 2014-15 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 4/5 vs. CHI 3:30 PM ABC 4/8 @ MIL 8:00 PM FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/10 vs. BOS 7:30 PM FSO OVERALL 14-10 (.583) 8-5 (.615) 6-5 (.545) 1-0 (1.000) L1 4/12 @ BOS 3:00 PM FSO 4/13 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO CENTRAL 3-0 (1.000) 2-0 (1.000) 1-0 (1.000) 1-0 (1.000) W3 4/15 vs. WAS 8:00 PM FSO EASTERN 12-4 (.750) 7-3 (.700) 5-1 (.833) 1-0 (1.000) L1 *Denotes Overtime WESTERN 2-6 (.250) 1-2 (.333) 1-4 (.200) 0-0 (---) L4 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: VS. BROOKLYN NETS (10-14) Overall: 90-72 Home: 57-24 The Q: 25-12 Road: 33-48 CAVALIERS vs. NETS 2014-15 SEASON December 8 at Brooklyn – CAVS 110, Nets 88 Current Streak: Won 2 Home Streak: Won 2 Road Streak: Won 1 December 19 at Cleveland – 7:30 p.m.