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CAVS NEWS, NOTES AND NUMBERS
The Cavs at 53-29 posted the 2nd best record in the Eastern Conference and the 7th best record in the NBA.
The Cavaliers are a perfect 23-0 at The Q when they score 100 points or more.
The Cavs posted a 27-17 record against the 15 teams who made the NBA playoffs this season.
The Cavs were 18-10 against all Eastern Conference playoff teams this season.
The Cavs went 9-7 against the Western Conference playoff teams.
The only Eastern Conference playoff team the Cavs had a losing record against was the Atlanta Hawks 1-3.
The Cavs beat every NBA playoff team at least one times this season except the Houston Rockets 0-2.
In their final 43 games the Cavs went 34-9.
In 69 games with LeBron James in the line up the Cavaliers posted a 50-19 mark.
The Cavs starting line up of Kyrie Irving, J.R. Smith, LeBron James, Kevin Love and Timofey Mozgov posted a 29-4 record, best winning percentage of any starting 5 in the NBA this season. (Thanks John Michael for that info)
The Cavaliers “Big 3” of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love combined to average roughly 63ppg – 19rpg – 15apg. James played in 69 games, Irving and Love in 75.
When the “Big 3” scored 80 points or more this season the Cavs were a perfect 6-0.
When the “Big 3” scored 75 points or more the Cavs went 11-1.
When the “Big 3” scored 70 points or more the Cavs were 14-2.
When the “Big 3” scored 65 points or more the Cavs went 20-4.
The Cavs without LeBron James in the line up went 3-10 this season.
The Cavs without Kyrie Irving in the line up went 1-6 this season.
The Cavs without Kevin Love in the line up went 3-4 this season.
After making the trades for Iman Shumpert, J.R. Smith and Timofey Mozgov and with all 3 in the line up the Cavs posted a 30-9 record.
The Cavs record by month: October/November 8-7, December 10-7, January 11-6, February 8-3, March 11-4 and April 5-2.
LeBron James led the Cavaliers in scoring average at 25.3ppg.
Kevin Love led the Cavaliers in rebounding average at 9.7rpg.
LeBron James led the Cavaliers in assists per game at 7.4.
Timofey Mozgov led the Cavaliers in blocked shots per game at 1.2.
Tristan Thompson was on the only Cavalier to play in all 82 games this season. “Doube T” has now played in 288 consecutive games.
The Cavaliers home record of 31-10 is the 2nd best in the Eastern Conference.
The Cavaliers 103.1 points per game is 2nd best in the Eastern Conference.
PODCAST – KENNY RODA SHOW – ON LOSING TO THE HEAT,CAVS FUTURE, MARCH MADNESS AND MORE
Here is my opening segment from yesterday’s Kenny Roda Show on 1480 whbc on the Cavs loss to Miami, Kevin Love’s injury status, March Madness and much more.
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CAVS BY THE NUMBERS AT THE ALL STAR BREAK
At (33-22) the Cavs are in 2nd place in the Central Division 1 ½ games behind 1st place Chicago
At (33-22) the Cavs are in 5th place in the Eastern Conference 10 ½ games behind 1st place Atlanta.
The Cavs are (21-9) at home and (12-13) on the road this season
The Cavs on offense averaged 102.2ppg in the first 55 games while giving up 99.3ppg on defense.
The Cavaliers with LeBron James in the lineup this season are (31-14) which is good for a (.689)winning percentage. That winning percentage would be good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference right now and 3rd place in the Western Conference at the All Star break.
Since missing 8 games to rest and rehab his back and knee, LeBron James has played in 16 games and the Cavs are (13-3) in those games for an (.813) winning percentage. LeBron has averaged 27.2ppg in those 16 contests.
Through 55 games (33-22), the Cavs are 7 games behind the pace of the 2010-11 Heat in LeBron’s 1st year in Miami. The Heat finished that season with a (58-24) record and lost in the NBA Finals to the Dallas Mavericks.
In the 1st year of Miami’s “Big 3” of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh those 3 combined to average (71ppg – 22rpg – 13.5apg – 8.5topg – 50%fg – 29%(3fg) – 78%ft).
Currently at the All Star break the Cavaliers “Big 3” of LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving are averaging (64.6ppg – 19.3rpg – 15apg – 8.2topg – 46%fg – 36%(3fg) – 79%ft).
LeBron James this season is averaging 25.8ppg – 5.6rpg – 7.4apg – 4.2topg – 49%fg – 34%(3fg) – 73%ft.
LeBron in his 1st year in Miami averaged 26.7ppg – 7.5rpg – 7apg – 3.4topg – 51%fg – 33%(3fg) – 76%ft.
Kyrie this season is averaging 21.7ppg – 3.3rpg – 5.3apg – 2.3topg – 46%fg – 41%(3fg) – 84%ft.
K-Love this season is averaging 17ppg – 10.4rpg – 2.3apg – 1.7topg – 43%fg – 34%(3fg) – 81%ft.
In their last 17 games before the All Star break, the Cavs went (14-3) and beat 6 ½ playoff teams during that stretch. Oklahoma is the ½ team, as they are just a ½ game out of the playoff standings right now in the #9 spot in the Western Conference.
The Cavs start the post All Star break portion of their season (27 games) on the road at Washington against the Wizards on Friday, February 20th at 8pm.
THE CAVS ARE “FRANK THE TANKING IT”
Yes the Cavs are streaking from L.A. to Cleveland and here’s a look at some numbers during the Cavaliers current 6 game winning streak that would make “Frank The Tank” want to do as many beer bongs as possible because it tastes so good, and has Cavs head coach David Blatt feeling so good because of his team’s play at both ends of the floor.
The Cavs have now won 6 games in a row for the second time this season.
Their season high winning streak is 8 games (Nov.24-Dec.9).
During their current 6 game winning streak the Cavs margin of victory is 16 points per game – (114 to 98).
3 of those 6 wins have come against teams with records of.500 or better (Clippers, Bulls and OKC).
In all 6 of those games the Cavs have won the rebounding battle and have out rebounded their opponents (287-244).
In the last 4 games the Cavs opponents are shooting just 39.7 percent from the field .
The Cavs are a perfect 13-0 at home when scoring at least 100 points this season.
After finishing the first half of the season at (21=20), the Cavs are now (4-0) to start the second half off the season.
In the 6 wins:
LeBron James is averaging 31.5 points per game.
Kyrie Irving is averaging 22.3 points per game and 5.3 assists per game.
Kevin Love is averaging 16 points per game and 9 rebounds per game. (Only played 5 games)
Timofey “I Must Break You” Mozgov is averaging 10.5 points per game, 9.2 rebounds per game and 1.3 blocks per game.
J.R. Smith is averaging 15.3 points per game and shooting 40 percent from 3-point country as he’s made 22-55 from beyond the arc.
Tristan Thompson is averaging 9 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game.
Next Up For The Cavs:
At Detroit on Tuesday, January 27th.
Home against Portland on Wednesday, January 28th.
Home against Sacramento on Friday, January 30th.
At Minnesota on Saturday, January 31st.
LEBRON re est. 2014
The day, the night and the event was so special and far bigger and more important than the outcome of the game itself. Yes it sucked the Cavs lost 95-90 to the Knicks, but after standing near LeBron in pregame warmups and seeing him soak in everything just like you the fans did, and then interviewing him in the locker room postgame, you could tell how much being back home and the night meant to him.
All of the emotions LeBron felt last night, even for a superstar of his magnitude, it had to affect his focusness and ability to play his normal game, and by his standards, he was terrible last night in the contest (5-15fg for 17 points with 8 turnovers). Add on top of that he and his wife Savanah had a baby girl about week ago, it’s been a crazy week even for “King James”.
Being part of his postgame press conference and asking a lot of the question because it seemed like some reporters were afraid to ask questions because the Cavs lost and LeBron played so poorly, I sensed that LeBron knew how special the night was, he enjoyed it, was disappointed in his play, but realized the game wasn’t the most important thing on this night. Coming home was! He was mentally and physically drained after last night’s game. With that out of the way, he and his teammates can fix what they did wrong on the court and now just play basketball.
The atmosphere inside Quicken Loans Arena before the game was unlike any other regular season game and very NBA Finals like. It really was truly amazing.
The Cavaliers issued over 300 media credentials, the most ever in either LeBron era for a regular season game, including even when LeBron came back for the first time with the Miami Heat in 2010.
Usher did a nice job with the National Anthem, but what made it so memorable was the entire crowd singing it for about the last thirty seconds. It was a goosebumps moment.
The new scoreboard, the “Humungotron” , even though it had a few malfunctions last night, is awesome! It’s high def, crystal clear video from all angles. Sources tell me that the “Humungotron” and all the LED lights that were put up around the arena cost over $9 million dollars.
The player introductions were great and when LeBron James was announced it blew the lid off of Quicken Loans Arean. No matter who you were, it was hard not to get caught up in the emotion of the LeBron intro and just everything the entire night was about and that was before the game even started.
Lost in LeBron’s return was how well Kevin Love played in his first game as a Cavalier. He was the team’s best player on the floor versus Knicks, scoring 19 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. He’s a double/double machine and is going to be great playing alongside LeBron and Kyrie when they get this thing figured out.
Kyrie Irving was pretty good too. He led the team in scoring with 22 points, while also dishing out 7 assists and grabbing 5 rebounds. However even he admitted last night that at times the offense became stagnant and lacked ball movement because of him and that affected his teammates.
David Blatt did not have a good first game and he admitted that in his postgame press conference. Blatt knew after the fact that playing basically only 7 guys the majority of the time in game #1 was not a good coaching move. He needed to go to his bench more and not play LeBron and Kyrie 43 minutes each. He is a rookie coach and learned a valuable lesson in his first game.
It was phenomenal to be a part of that spectacle at The Q last night, but like LeBron and his teammates, we can all just move on and watch this group of new players play and grow into a team that has a chance to be very special come April, May and June.