THUR., MAY 3, 2018 AIR CANADA CENTRE – TORONTO, ON TV: ESPN RADIO: WTAM 1100/LA MEGA 87.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 6:00 PM ET (CAVS LEAD SERIES 1-0) CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER SEMIFINALS - GAME 2 OVERALL PLAYOFF GAME # 9 ROAD GAME # 5 LAST GAME’S STARTERS POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 17-18: 80 61 8.3 2.9 1.8 .403 28.1 QUARTERFINALS PLAYOFFS: 8 7 10.0 2.8 1.1 .351 33.2 # 4 Cleveland vs. # 5 Indiana F 23 LEBRON JAMES 6-8 250 17-18: 82 82 27.5 8.6 9.1 .542 36.9 CAVS won series 4-3 PLAYOFFS: 8 8 33.4 10.3 8.4 .528 41.9 Game 1 at Cleveland; April 15 C 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 17-18: 59 59 17.6 9.3 1.7 .458 28.0 Pacers 98, CAVS 80 PLAYOFFS: 8 8 10.9 9.8 1.1 .323 32.9 Game 2 at Cleveland; April 18 G 26 KYLE KORVER 6-7 212 17-18: 73 4 9.2 2.3 1.2 .459 21.6 CAVS 100, Pacers 97 PLAYOFFS: 8 7 9.6 2.6 0.9 .387 24.8 Game 3 at Indiana; April 20 Pacers 92, CAVS 90 G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 17-18: 67 60 10.0 2.7 2.8 .460 27.0 PLAYOFFS: 5 4 8.2 2.0 2.2 .462 21.9 Game 4 at Indiana; April 22 CAVS 104, Pacers 100 CAVS QUICK FACTS Game 5 at Cleveland; April 25 CAVS 98, Pacers 95 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors. After Tuesday’s 113- 112 overtime win in Game 1, Cleveland has now won 7 straight playoff games against Toronto going back to the 2016 ECF. Game 6 at Indiana; April 27 • The Cavs hold an 18-1 all-time series record when winning Game 1 of any postseason series. Pacers 121, CAVS 87 Game 7 at Cleveland; April 29 • In Game 1 against Toronto, the Cavs shot 14-35 (.400) from three-point range and had five players score in double figures (James-26, Smith-20, CAVS 105, Pacers 101 Korver-19, Green-16 & Thompson-14). Cleveland also dished out 25 assists and recorded only six turnovers, which was the 3rd time in franchise history that Cleveland posted at least 25 helpers and six miscues or less in a playoff game (4/17/16 vs. DET, 5/2/92 vs. BOS). The defense held the Raptors to 39-91 (.429) shooting from the field and scored 21 points off Toronto’s 14 turnovers in the Game 1 victory. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS • The Wine & Gold have hit at least 10 three-pointers in 7 consecutive playoff games, including a 2018 Playoff-high 14 triples in Game 1. # 4 Cleveland vs. # 1 Toronto • NBA HISTORY & MILESTONES: LeBron James (103 DD) can pass Elgin Baylor (103 DD) for sole possession of the 8th-most double-doubles ever recorded in NBA postseason history. With 2 more appearances, James (225 GP) can move past Tony Parker (226 GP) for 5th all-time in playoff CAVS lead 1-0 th games played. J.R. Smith (264 3FGM) is 4 threes shy of passing Chauncey Billups (267 3FGM) for 9 place in NBA playoff history. Kyle Korver (213 Game 1 @ Toronto; May 1 3FGM) is 9 three-pointers made away from moving past Jason Terry (221 3FGM) for 15th all-time in league postseason play. CAVS 113, Raptors 112 (OT) rd • CAVS HISTORY: Kevin Love (120 3FGM) needs to make 3 triples to move into 3 place on the Cavs’ all-time playoff three-pointers made list (Kyrie th th Game 2 @ Toronto Irving-122 3FGM). Kyle Korver (48 3FGM) currently ranks 9 on that list and can climb all the way to 5 with 10 more threes (Mo Williams-55, rd Thursday, May 3 – 6:00 p.m. Mark Price/Iman Shumpert-56 and Daniel Gibson-57). J.R. Smith (66 STL) is 2 steals shy of passing Anderson Varejao (67 STL) for 3 -most in franchise playoff history. TV: ESPN RADIO: WTAM / LA MEGA / ESPN RADIO • In Game 1, LeBron James recorded his 2nd triple-double of the 2018 Playoffs (21st of playoff career) with a game-high 26 points, 11 rebounds, a game-high 13 assists, one steal and two blocks in 47 minutes. He also recorded his 2,000th rebound (7th player to ever do so) and 400th steal (1st Game 3 @ Cleveland player to ever do so) of his postseason career on Tuesday. In the 2018 Playoffs, James is averaging a NBA-high 33.4 points (.528 FG%), 10.3 Saturday, May 5 – 8:30 p.m. rebounds, 8.4 assists, 1.38 steals and 1.13 blocks in 41.9 minutes. He also has 6 double-doubles and 2 triple-doubles. James has also tallied at least TV: ABC 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in 15 straight postseason games (since 5/23/17), including all 8 games in 2018. RADIO: WTAM / LA MEGA / ESPN RADIO • J.R. Smith had his highest scoring game of the 2018 Playoffs with 20 points in Game 1, while having a 5-6 (.833) mark from three-point territory, Game 4 @ Cleveland two rebounds, two assists and two steals in 36 minutes. Smith has made at least three triples in 5 of Cleveland’s 8 playoff games this year. Monday, May 7 – 8:30 p.m. TV: TNT • Kyle Korver leads the Cavs in three-point percentage (.404) and three-pointers made (21) this postseason. He went 5-12 (.417) from beyond the RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM arc and finished with 19 points and two rebounds in 38 minutes against Toronto in Game 1. *Game 5 @ Toronto • Tristan Thompson registered his 2nd straight double-double this postseason with 14 points on 5-8 (.625) shooting and 12 rebounds in 26 minutes Wednesday, May 9, TBD during the Game 1 win. Thompson tied his postseason career high with 9 offensive rebounds and was just one offensive board away from tying TV: TNT the franchise playoff record (10, Zydrunas Ilgauskas on 6/12/07 vs. SAS). Over the last 2 games, he is now averaging 14.5 points on .714 (10-14) RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM shooting from the field and .900 (9-10) from the free throw line, to go along with 11.0 rebounds in 30.5 minutes. • Jeff Green tallied 16 points on a perfect 4-4 shooting from the field, three assists, two steals and a block in 28 minutes off the bench in Game 1. *Game 6 @ Cleveland Friday, May 11, TBD TV: ESPN CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM None Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) *Game 7 @ Toronto Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) Sunday, May 13, TBD TV: TBD RADIO: WTAM 1100 / LA MEGA 87.7 FM CAVALIERS 2017-18 RECORDS * If necessary RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 2018 PLAYOFFS 5-3 (.625) 3-1 (.750) 2-2 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) W2 OVERALL 50-32 (.610) 29-12 (.707) 21-20 (.512) 2-0 (1.000) L1 CENTRAL 11-5 (.688) 7-1 (.875) 4-4 (.500) 0-0 (.000) W3 EASTERN 35-17 (.673) 19-7 (.731) 16-10 (.615) 0-0 (.000) L1 WESTERN 15-15 (.500) 10-5 (.667) 5-10 (.333) 2-0 (1.000) W3 CAVS-RAPTORS SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE GAME/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME / RESULT GAME 1: Tuesday, May 1 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) WON, 113-112 OT GAME 2: Thursday, May 3 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) 6:00 p.m. ESPN GAME 3: Saturday, May 5 vs. Toronto Raptors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. ABC GAME 4: Monday, May 7 vs. Toronto Raptors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) 8:30 p.m. TNT *GAME 5: Wednesday, May 9 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) TBD TNT *GAME 6: Friday, May 11 vs. Toronto Raptors Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH) TBD ESPN *GAME 7: Sunday, May 13 @ Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) TBD *If Necessary All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM CAVALIERS – RAPTORS MATCHUP (2017-18 Regular Season Overall Statistics) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 110.9 109.9 .476 .474 .372 .779 42.1 43.6 23.4 7.1 3.8 13.7 +1.0 RAPTORS 111.7 103.9 .472 .449 .358 .794 44.0 42.4 24.3 7.6 6.1 13.4 +7.8 CAVALIERS – RAPTORS MATCHUP (2017-18 REGULAR SEASON HEAD-TO-HEAD STATISTICS, CAVS WON 2-1) PPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S CAVALIERS 114.3 .488 .425 .845 36.7 21.3 4.7 4.7 10.7 RAPTORS 122.7 .493 .400 .800 47.3 30.3 4.7 4.3 9.0 CAVALIERS – RAPTORS MATCHUP (2018 PLAYOFFS OVERALL STATISTICS) PPG OPP PPG FG% OPP FG% 3FG% FT% RPG OPP RPG APG SPG BPG TO’S PT DIFF CAVALIERS 97.1 102.0 .431 .474 .332 .755 39.4 41.3 18.1 6.4 3.8 13.3 -4.9 RAPTORS 109.6 108.0 .466 .457 .397 .800 41.9 40.7 22.7 6.7 6.1 14.1 +1.6 CAVS-RAPTORS PLAYOFF SERIES INFORMATION PLAYOFF HISTORY: THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE CAVALIERS AND RAPTORS MEET IN THE PLAYOFFS Overall: 9-2 Home: 5-0 The Q: 5-0 Road: 4-2 Result 2016 Conference Finals Home: 3-0 The Q: 3-0 Road: 1-2 Cavs won 4-2 2017 Semifinals Home: 2-0 The Q: 2-0 Road: 2-0 Cavs won 4-0 2018 Semifinals Home: 0-0 The Q: 0-0 Road: 1-0 Cavs lead 1-0 CONNECTIONS Cavs forward Tristan Thompson is a native of Canada…Cavs forward Kevin Love and Raptors guard Norman Powell both played their college ball at UCLA…Raptors forward C.J.