FRI., JAN. 2, 2015 TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/100.7 WMMS/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 7:00 PM EST CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (18-14) AT CHARLOTTE HORNETS (10-23) 2014-15 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES REGULAR SEASON GAME #33 ROAD GAME #15 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 18 MIKE MILLER 6-8 218 14-15: 21 8 3.0 2.3 1.0 .379 17.0 11/4 @ POR Lost, 82-101 11/5 @ UTA Lost, 100-102 11/7 @ DEN WON, 110-101 F 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 14-15: 32 5 9.3 7.8 0.6 .542 27.6 11/10 vs. NOP WON, 118-111 11/14 @ BOS WON, 122-121 11/15 vs. ATL WON, 127-94 C 33 BRENDAN HAYWOOD 7-0 263 14-15: 8 1 2.4 1.9 0.0 .529 6.4 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: 17 5 4.2 1.9 2.8 .316 20.9 11/22 vs. TOR Lost, 93-110 11/24 vs. ORL WON, 106-74 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 14-15: 30 30 20.8 3.1 5.3 .467 38.2 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 The Cleveland Cavaliers will open the 2015 year against the Charlotte Hornets tonight for the second of three regular season 12/11 @ OKC Lost, 94-103 matchups. The two teams will wrap things up on Jan. 23 at The Q. 12/12 @ NOP Lost, 114-119 12/15 vs. CHA WON, 97-88 The Wine and Gold took the first meeting against the Hornets, 97-88, on Dec. 15 after opening the game on a 21-0 run. The 12/17 vs. ATL Lost, 98-127 12/19 vs. BKN WON, 95-91 last team to start a game with a run that long was Portland, who led 22-0 against Boston on February 21, 2004. The Cavs 12/21 vs. MEM WON, 105-91 delivered 28 assists and had only 11 turnovers in the win. Kevin Love recorded his 13th double-double of the season after 12/23 vs. MIN WON, 125-104 finishing with 22 points (12 in the 1st quarter) on 7-14 (.500) shooting from the floor, including 4-9 (.444) from three-point 12/25 @ MIA Lost, 91-101 12/26 @ ORL WON, 98-89 range, a season-high 18 rebounds, five assists and a career-high tying four steals in 39 minutes. LeBron James also collected his 12/28 vs. DET Lost, 80-103 a double-double with a game-high 27 points on 11-19 (.579) shooting from the field, a season-high tying 13 assists, seven 12/30 @ ATL Lost, 101-109 rebounds and a season-high three blocks in 40 minutes of action. 12/31 vs. MIL Lost, 80-96 1/2 @ CHA 7:00 PM FSO 1/4 vs. DAL 1:00 PM FSO Kyrie Irving has scored at least 25 points in each of his last four games, averaging 28.5 points on .500 shooting from the field, 1/5 @ PHI 7:00 PM FSO 5.0 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 40.5 minutes during that span. 1/7 vs. HOU 7:00 PM ESPN/FSO 1/9 @ GSW 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO The Cavs are 6-3 on the road against Eastern Conference teams this season. 1/11 @ SAC 9:00 PM NBATV/FSO 1/13 @ PHX 9:00 PM FSO Cleveland is allowing 97.7 points per game since Nov. 24 (20 games), the 3rd-lowest in the NBA over that stretch. 1/15 @ LAL 10:30 PM TNT/FSO 1/16 @ LAC 10:30 PM ESPN/FSO th 1/19 vs. CHI 7:30 PM TNT Tristan Thompson registered his third straight double-double (8 of the season) after finishing with 10 points, a game-high 13 1/21 vs. UTA 7:00 PM FSO rebounds (seven offensive), two assists and a block in 37 minutes against Milwaukee on Wednesday. Since being inserted into 1/23 vs. CHA 7:30 PM FSO the starting lineup on Dec. 26, Thompson is averaging 13.8 points on .564 shooting from the field and 12.5 rebounds in 39.0 1/25 vs. OKC 3:30 PM ABC th th 1/27 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO minutes per game. He currently ranks 4 in the NBA in total offensive rebounds (118) and 5 in average (3.7). 1/28 vs. POR 7:00 PM FSO nd 1/30 vs. SAC 7:30 PM FSO Dion Waiters ranks 2 among all NBA bench players in steals per game at 1.4. He has swiped 13 steals over the last six games. 1/31 @ MIN 8:00 PM FSO On the season, he has 12 multi-steal performances, including six constests with at least three steals. 2/2 vs. PHI 7:00 PM FSO 2/5 vs. LAC 8:00 PM TNT LeBron James is the only player in the NBA this season to average at least 25.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 7.0 assist, while 2/6 @ IND 7:00 PM FSO 2/8 vs. LAL 3:30 PM ABC shooting .480 or better from the field. 2/11 vs. MIA 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2/12 @ CHI 8:00 PM TNT Kevin Love has 16 double-doubles this season and his 81 double-doubles since 2013-14 are the most in the NBA. 2/20 @ WAS 8:00 PM ESPN/FSO 2/22 @ NYK 1:00 PM ABC James Jones has made at least three three-pointers in back-to-back games and is shooting .413 from deep this season. 2/24 @ DET 7:30 PM FSO 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 LeBron James (Left Knee Soreness) – TBD Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah -veh-DOH-vuh) 3/4 @ TOR 7:30 PM FSO Kevin Love (Back Spasms) – TBD Anderson Varejao (vair-a-ZJOW) 3/6 @ ATL 7:30 PM FSO Shawn Marion (Left Ankle Sprain) – TBD Tyronn (Tah-RON) Lue 3/7 vs. PHO 7:30 PM NBATV/FSO Anderson Varejao (Achilles Tendon Rupture) – OUT 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 3/18 vs. BKN 7:00 PM FSO 12/21/14 – Recalled center Alex Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…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 Kirk from the Canton Charge, 3/20 vs. IND 7:30 PM FSO the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team…12/4/14 – Assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned 3/22 @ MIL 3:00 PM FSO 3/25 @ MEM 8:00 PM FSO and operated NBA Development League team…12/1/14 – Recalled center Alex Kirk from the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. 3/27 @ BKN 7:30 PM FSO 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 18-14 (.563) 11-7 (.611) 7-7 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) L3 4/12 @ BOS 3:00 PM FSO 4/13 vs. DET 7:00 PM FSO CENTRAL 3-2 (.600) 2-2 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) 1-0 (1.000) L2 4/15 vs. WAS 8:00 PM FSO EASTERN 14-8 (.636) 8-5 (.615) 6-3 (.667) 1-0 (1.000) L3 *Denotes Overtime WESTERN 4-6 (.400) 3-2 (.600) 1-4 (.200) 0-0 (---) W2 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: AT CHARLOTTE HORNETS (10-23) Overall: 53-40 Home: 36-10 The Q: 23-10 Road: 17-30 CAVALIERS vs. HORNETS 2014-15 SEASON Current Streak: Won 1 Home Streak: Won 1 Road Streak: Lost 3 December 15 at Cleveland – CAVS 97, Horn ets 88 January 2 at Charlotte – 7:00 p.m. on FSO Last Win: 12/15/14 Last Home Win: 12/15/14 Last Road Win: 1/4/13 January 23 at Cleveland – 7:30 p.m. on FSO Last Loss: 4/5/14 Last Home Loss: 4/5/14 Last Road Loss: 3/7/14 CAVALIERS – HORNETS MATCHUP (2014-15 Regular Season Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 101.5 99.6 .457 .469 .768 41.1 40.4 22.6 7.1 4.3 13.9 +1.9 HORNETS 95.3 100.4 .427 .461 .741 42.2 42.9 20.3 5.7 4.8 11.6 -5.1 SERIES HIGHLIGHTS Cavs Individual Bests Points: 44 – K yrie Irving, 4/5/14 Rebounds: 19 – LeBron James, 1/11/08, J.J.