CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (14-5) AT NEW YORK KNICKS (11-9) WED., DEC. 7, 2016 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN – NEW YORK, NY 8:00 PM EST TV: FSO/ESPN RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 20 ROAD GAME # 9 PROBABLE STARTERS 2016-17 SCHEDULE All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/25 vs. NYK WON, 117-88 10/28 @ TOR WON, 94-91 10/29 vs. ORL WON, 105-99 F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 16-17: 18 18 23.9 7.7 *9.2 .495 36.6 11/1 vs. HOU WON, 128-120 11/3 vs. BOS WON, 128-122 11/5 @ PHI WON, 102-101 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 16-17: 19 19 21.4 #10.6 1.5 .450 32.1 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 19 19 6.7 9.8 0.9 .631 29.0 11/13 vs. CHA WON, 100-93 11/15 vs. TOR WON, 121-117 11/16 @ IND Lost, 93-103 G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 16 16 7.8 2.1 1.3 .311 29.3 11/18 vs. DET WON, 104-81 11/23 vs. POR WON, 137-125 11/25 vs. DAL WON, 128-90 G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 19 19 24.4 3.1 4.7 .481 34.1 11/27 @ PHI WON, 112-108 11/29 @ MIL Lost, 101-118 2016-17 Top 10: * 4th in NBA # 10th in NBA 12/1 vs. LAC Lost, 94-113 12/2 @ CHI Lost, 105-111 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR WON, 116-112 12/7 @ NYK 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO The Cleveland Cavaliers will close out their three-game road trip tonight in the Big Apple when they face the New York Knicks. This is the second of 12/9 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO four meetings this season between the two teams. The Cavs are 5-0 in their last five visits at Madison Square Garden. 12/10 vs. CHA 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/13 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO Overall, Cleveland has won 7 straight games over New York, which includes a 117-88 win in the 2016-17 season opener. In that 29-point win on 12/14 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO Oct. 25, the Cavs had 31 assists on 45 made field goals and made 13 three-pointers. Defensively, the Cavs had 12 steals, forced 18 Knick turnovers 12/17 vs. LAL 7:30 p.m. FSO (converting them into 21 points) and held New York to 32-87 (.368) shooting from the field. The Cavs also outscored the Knicks in the paint, 52-28. 12/20 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/21 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO During their 7 straight wins over the Knicks, the Cavs’ defense has limited them to less than 90 points in six of those contests. They have 12/23 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO outscored New York by an average of 12.5 points (98.9-86.4), holding them to a combined .390 shooting from field in the seven recent wins. 12/25 vs. GSW 2:30 p.m. ABC 12/26 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO UPCOMING MILESTONES: LeBron James (27,263) needs 51 points to pass Elvin Hayes (27,313) for 9th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. 12/29 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO James (6,981) is 19 assists away from becoming the first frontcourt player in NBA history to reach 7,000 for his career. Kyrie Irving (593) is 7 three- 12/31 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO pointers shy of reaching 600 for his career and Kevin Love (792) is 8 three-pointers away from 800 for his career. J.R. Smith (1,715) is 5 three- 1/2 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO th 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO pointers away from passing Dale Ellis (1,719) for 14 all-time in NBA history. 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO Cleveland leads the East in three-pointers made (254, 3rd in NBA), three-pointers made per game (13.4, 2nd in NBA) and three-point percentage 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO (.391, 2nd in NBA). 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO The Cavs are averaging 110.3 points this season (2nd in the East, 4th-best in NBA). They have scored at least 100 points in 16 of 19 games. 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO Kyrie Irving, LeBron James and Kevin Love have each scored at least 20 points in the same game five times this season (4-1), including Monday’s 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC win at Toronto (James-34, Love-28, Irving-24). Since 2014-15, the trio has topped 20 points each on 15 occasions (13-2). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO Kyrie Irving is averaging 28.4 points inside Madison Square Garden (five games), his highest scoring average among all NBA arenas. He is also 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO shooting .531 (51-96) from the field, .433 (13-30) from beyond the arc and .871 (27-31) from the foul line at MSG. Irving, who had a game-high 29 th 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC points (19 in the third quarter) in the Oct. 25 win over New York, has scored at least 20 points in a career-high 10 consecutive games. 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Kevin Love has notched a double-double in 12 of his last 14 games against New York, which include 20-10 games in each of the last three 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC meetings. Over those 14 contests, Love is averaging 22.3 points and 14.4 rebounds in 35.7 minutes. Love, who has a team-high 13 double-doubles 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO this season (tied-6th in NBA), had 23 points, a game-high 12 rebounds and three steals in 25 minutes in the Oct. 25th win against New York. 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT LeBron James registered a triple-double (19 points, 14 assists, 11 rebounds, 32 minutes) in the Oct. 25th win against the Knicks, the first ever triple- 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO double by a Cavs player on opening night and first in the NBA in a season opener since Jason Kidd on Nov. 1, 2006. James also recorded a triple- 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO double in the last meeting at Madison Square Garden, a 107-93 win on March 26, 2016 (27 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assist). In 22 career games at 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT MSG, James is averaging 28.5 points on .495 shooting, including .387 from deep, 7.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 2.2 steals in 39.2 minutes. 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC Tristan Thompson pulled down a game-high tying 14 rebounds at Toronto on Monday and is now averaging a career-high 9.8 boards this season. 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Channing Frye leads the NBA in three-point field goal percentage at .473 (35-74). He has scored in double figures 9 times this season, including 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO each of the last two outings. 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO J.R. Smith (left knee) – TBD Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO 10/24/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones...10/22/16 – Cavs waived guard John Holland…10/20/16 – Cavs waived players Markel Brown, Jonathan Holmes and Cory 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO Jefferson…10/15/16 – Cavs re-signed G/F J.R. Smith and waived Toney Douglas…10/3/16 – Cavs signed Toney Douglas and released Eric Moreland. 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m.