CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (7-1) VS. CHARLOTTE HORNETS (6-2) SUN., NOV. 13, 2016 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 3:30 PM EST TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2016-17 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES OVERALL GAME # 9 HOME GAME # 6 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: 8 8 23.4 9.0 >9.3 .486 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: 8 8 21.0 9.9 1.1 .415 33.3 11/8 vs. ATL Lost, 106-110 11/11 @ WAS WON, 105-94 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 16-17: 8 8 5.1 9.3 0.9 .621 27.7 11/13 vs. CHA 3:30 p.m. FSO 11/15 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 11/16 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO G 5 J.R. SMITH 6-6 225 16-17: 8 8 10.5 2.5 1.4 .338 31.9 11/18 vs. DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/23 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/25 vs. DAL 7:30 p.m. FSO G 2 KYRIE IRVING 6-3 193 16-17: 8 8 24.5 3.5 4.3 .437 35.5 11/27 @ PHI 1:00 p.m. FSO 11/29 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO 2016-17 Top 10: > 3rd in NBA 12/1 vs. LAC 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 12/2 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/5 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. FSO 12/7 @ NYK 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO After a 105-94 win at Washington on Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers return to Quicken Loans Arena to face off with the Charlotte Hornets today 12/9 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO for the first of four regular season matchups. 12/10 vs. CHA 7:30 p.m. FSO The Cavs have won six of the last seven meetings with Charlotte, which includes a 3-1 mark against the Hornets in 2015-16. Cleveland also has an 12/13 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/14 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO all-time home record of 39-10 against Charlotte and is 21-4 against them at The Q since 2000-01. 12/17 vs. LAL 7:30 p.m. FSO At 7-1 on the season, the Cavs will try to match last year’s start when they opened the 2015-16 campaign with an 8-1 record. 12/20 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/21 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO UPCOMING MILESTONES: J.R. Smith (1,703) is 3 three-pointers away from passing Dirk Nowitzki (1,705) for 15th all-time in three-pointers made 12/23 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO in NBA history. Richard Jefferson (4,998) is 2 field goals away from 5,000 makes. 12/25 vs. GSW 2:30 p.m. ABC 12/26 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO In 2016-17, the Cavaliers have three players averaging at least 20.0 points (Irving-24.5, James-23.4, Love-21.0) and three players averaging at 12/29 vs. BOS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO least 9.0 rebounds (James-9.0, Love-9.9, Thompson-9.3). 12/31 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/2 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. FSO Cleveland has made at least 10 three-pointers in all eight games this season, which is tied for the NBA record for consecutive games with 10 or 1/4 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO more triples to start a season (Houston, first eight games in 2014-15). Cleveland knocked down 14-33 (.424) shots from beyond the arc in the win 1/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO at Washington on Friday night and rank 1st in three-pointers made per game (13.1) this season. 1/8 @ PHO 8:30 p.m. FSO 1/10 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO In Friday’s win at Washington, Cleveland held the Wizards to just 38 points on 13-41 (.317) shooting in the second half, which includes a 1-8 (.125) 1/11 @ POR 10:30 p.m. ESPN/FSO mark from beyond the arc. 1/13 @ SAC 10:30 p.m. FSO 1/16 @ GSW 8:30 p.m. TNT Over the last five games, Channing Frye is shooting .500 (13-26) from beyond the arc and averaging 11.0 points in 17.8 minutes off the bench. 1/19 vs. PHO 7:00 p.m. FSO th 1/21 vs. SAS 8:30 p.m. ABC Kyrie Irving reached the 20-point mark for the 7 time this season after finishing with a game-high 29 points and six assists in 36 minutes at 1/23 @. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO Washington. He also passed Campy Russell (6,588) for 9th place in Cavaliers history in scoring with his sixth point of the night. In his two 1/25 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. FSO appearances versus the Hornets in 2015-16, Irving averaged 24.5 points on .588 shooting from the field and 5.0 assists in 34.5 minutes. 1/27 vs. BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO th 1/29 vs. OKC 3:30 p.m. ABC Kevin Love recorded his third consecutive double-double (5 of the season) with 14 points and a season-high 16 rebounds (seven offensive) in 34 1/30 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO minutes against the Wizards. In four games against Charlotte last season, Love recorded two double-doubles and averaged 15.8 points, 9.8 2/1 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO rebounds and a .429 (9-21) clip from deep in 31.3 minutes. 2/4 @ NYK 8:30 p.m. ABC 2/6 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO J.R. Smith knocked down 5-9 (.556) shots from the three-point line against Washington and finished with 17 points and four rebounds in 35 2/8 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO minutes. He became the 16th player in NBA history to knock down 1,700 career three-pointer with his second trey of the night. Smith was also 2/9 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. TNT solid against Charlotte last season, shooting .500 (13-26) from beyond the arc and averaging 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals in 33.8 2/11 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. FSO minutes, which includes a 27-point outing in the April 3rd meeting. 2/14 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 2/15 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO LeBron James posted his 5th double-double of the season with 27 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks in 38 minutes on 2/23 vs. NYK 8:00 p.m. TNT Friday. James also became the youngest player in NBA history to reach the 27,000-point plateau (31 years, 317 days) with his seventh point on 2/25 vs. CHI 8:30 p.m. ABC the night. Last season against the Hornets, James averaged 25.5 points on .526 shooting, 8.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 37.3 minutes. 2/27 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/1 @ BOS 8:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/3 @ ATL 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/4 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO Mo Williams – NWT Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 3/6 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO Iman (ee-MON) Shumpert 3/9 @ DET 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/11 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/12 @ HOU 9:00 p.m. ESPN/FSO 3/14 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO 3/16 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. NBATV/FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/18 @ LAC 8:30 p.m. ABC 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 3/19 @ LAL 9:30 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…9/27/16 – Cavs promoted 3/22 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. FSO Larry Drew to Associate Head Coach and named Damon Jones an Assistant Coach…8/12/16 – Cavs signed forward LeBron James to a multi-year contract...8/6/16 – Cavs 3/24 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO signed rookie guard Kay Felder...8/3/16 – Cavs re-signed G/F James Jones…7/30/16 – Cavs waived guard Dahntay Jones. 3/25 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/27 @ SAS 8:00 p.m. TNT/FSO 3/30 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. TNT 2016-17 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/31 vs. PHI 7:30 p.m. FSO 4/2 vs.