Game 11 | Cavs (8-2) @ Pistons (5-5) | November 16th, 2015 | 7:30pm EST

[Cavsfan1985]

I wanted to get this up. I had a few things come up at work that has lead me to not add as much as want. I will try and update more tomorrow.

Cavs:
PG: Mo Williams; 15.6, 3.3, 5.1
SG: JR Smith; 6.4, 4.1, 2.1
SF: Lebron James; 27, 6.8, 6.7
PF: Kevin Love; 17.2, 12.2, 2.6
C: Timofey Mozgov; 8.3, 4.9, 0.5

-The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up their three-game road trip tonight against the Detroit Pistons. The Cavaliers went 3-1 against the Pistons last
season and have won four straight games at the Palace of Auburn Hills. In those four road wins, the Wine and Gold have held Detroit to under
100 points in each of them for an average of 93.3 points on .422 shooting.

-The last time the Cavs visited Detroit, Kevin Love tied his career-high in three-pointers made after shooting 8-14 (.571) from deep and finishing
with a game-high 24 points, a team-high nine rebounds, three assists and one steal in 34 minutes to lead the Wine and Gold to a 102-93 win on
Feb. 24, 2015. Cleveland overcame a 14-point deficit that night and has already overcome three double-digit deficits this season (11/2 at PHI, 11/4
vs. NYK and 11/13 at NYK).

- MILESTONE ALERT: LeBron James (25,183) is 10 points away from passing Jerry West (25,192) for 19th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

 At 8-2 on the season, the 2015-16 Cavaliers are just one of four teams in franchise history to start the season 8-2 or better through 10 games:
1976-77 (9-1), 2005-06 (8-2) & 2008-09 (8-2).

 The Wine and Gold are allowing 95.6 points per game this season (4th-best mark in NBA). Cleveland has held opponents under .440 shooting in
seven of the 10 games this season as foes are now shooting a combined .427 overall (11th)

 On the season, the Cavaliers are averaging 17.3 fast break points, which ranks 4th in the NBA. On the defensive end, they are allowing just 10.2
fast break points (5th-lowest). On Saturday night at Milwaukee, the Cavs outscored the Bucks 19-5 on the break.

 LeBron James has scored at least 30 points in three straight games, as well as four of the last five. In those five games (since Nov. 6), James is
averaging 31.8 points on .518 (58-112) shooting from the field, 7.2 assists, 6.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 38.8 minutes per game. On Saturday
against the Bucks, James put up his 4th double-double of the season (293rd of career) with a season-high 37 points, a 5-11 (.455) clip from beyond
the arc, 12 rebounds (four offensive), five assists, one steal and three blocks in 45 minutes.

 Over the last three fourth quarters, LeBron James is averaging 13.3 points on .652 (15-23) shooting from the field. On the season, he is averaging
8.7 points in the final period, which ranks 3rd in the NBA.

 Kevin Love notched his 300th career double-double on Saturday night against the Bucks, becoming the 11th active player to accomplish that feat
(Duncan, Garnett, Howard, Gasol, Randolph, Nowitzki, Paul, Jefferson, Lee, Bosh). His 300 double-doubles are the 2nd-most since he entered the
league in 2008-09, behind only Dwight Howard (358). In registering a double-double in Milwaukee, Love had his 169th 20-10 game after tallying 24
points and a team-high 14 rebounds in 44 minutes of work.

 Richard Jefferson is shooting a team-high .441 (15-34) from beyond the arc this season. On Saturday night against the Bucks, Jefferson shot 3-6
(.500) from deep and finished with 14 points (10 in the 4th), three rebounds and one steal in 39 minutes off the bench.

 After tonight, the Cavs will play five of their next seven contests at The Q, which includes three straight home games from Nov. 19-23.

Pistons:
F
#13 Marcus Morris
6-9 235
Kansas
AVERAGES: 14.6 Pts 6.2 Rebs 2.2 Asts
.
F
#23 Ersan Ilyasova
6-10 235
Turkey
AVERAGES: 8.8 Pts 3.5 Rebs 1.0 Asts

C
#0 Andre Drummond
6-11 279
Connecticut
AVERAGES: 18.5 Pts 19.0 Rebs 1.4 Blks

G
#5 Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope
6-5 205
Georgia
AVERAGES: 13.9 Pts 3.4 Rebs 1.5 Asts

G
#1 Reggie Jackson
6-3 208
Boston College
AVERAGES: 20.4 Pts 4.4 Rebs 5.0 Asts

Cavaliers-Pistons Preview


Posted Nov 16 2015 4:05PM
Andre Drummond is putting up eye-popping numbers, though they haven't availed him of criticism from his coach as the Detroit Pistons return home looking to end a four-game slide.

The Cleveland Cavaliers probably won't be in too good a mood after LeBron James was slightly critical of their play.

Both of the Cavaliers' losses have come on the road against Central Division opponents, and they'll try to avoid that same fate Tuesday night against Drummond and the Pistons.

Drummond continued his historic start with 17 points and 17 rebounds in Sunday's 97-85 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He's averaging 18.5 points along with a league-best 19.0 boards.

Drummond has 10 straight double-doubles, the league's longest such run to open a season since Zach Randolph had 11 for Memphis in 2012-13. His rebounding average is the highest for a player in his first 10 games since San Antonio's Dennis Rodman posted a 19.3 mark in 1993-94.

"He's just dominated the backboards on both ends of the court," Cavaliers coach David Blatt said. "And I think that you're not going to stop him but you've got to try to limit him, just like a great scorer."

Cleveland (8-2) will match up with the second-best rebounder in the East in Kevin Love, who averages 12.1.

One weakness for the 6-foot-11 Drummond is that he averages just 1.4 blocks to rank outside the league's top 20. Detroit (5-5) is last in the league with 3.2 blocks per game.

"Andre does a lot of great things but he is not protecting the rim at all," coach Stan Van Gundy said.

Great is a word that doesn't describe the Cavaliers, according to James. Their eight-game win streak ended with Saturday's 108-105 double-overtime loss to Milwaukee.

"We're not a great team right now," James said. "We're a good team but we've gotta improve on a lot of things."

James finished with season highs of 37 points and 12 rebounds, though his seven turnovers were also his most in 2015-16. He needs 10 points to pass Jerry West for 19th all-time.

"I had too many turnovers, it happens," James said. "Aaron Rodgers throws interceptions as well, you don't expect for him to do it, it just happens. It's one of those games."

Cleveland took three of four from Detroit last season. The last two meetings marked the only times Reggie Jackson has faced the Cavaliers with the Pistons, and the guard totaled 40 points and 17 assists in a pair of defeats.

Jackson is averaging a team-best 20.4 points but was held to a season-low nine with five turnovers Sunday in the finale of a six-game trip, which the Pistons began 2-0.

"Tonight his decision-making was terrible, he was trying to go behind his back in the middle of the lane, he was up in the air," Van Gundy said. "Look, he just had a really bad night. The guy has had a heavy workload on this trip."

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[Mott the Hoople]

Through a fabulous stroke of luck, I will be going to this game! Invited by my Cavs ticket rep to join a group on the Fox Sports bus. I will try to post during the game.
Palace of Auburn Hills, here we come!

 

[Green Lantern]

Getting tired of Fox Sports here in Columbus televising every freaking Blue Jackets game on my cable and I either have to wait for the replay of the Cavs game or try to stream it.

 

[Helium filament]

Through a fabulous stroke of luck, I will be going to this game! Invited by my Cavs ticket rep to join a group on the Fox Sports bus. I will try to post during the game.
Palace of Auburn Hills, here we come!

Awesome, I've always wanted to do that! How did they choose you? I thought I was in good enough with my rep, but sounds like I'm wrong lol.

 

[tocov]

Starting another winning streak tonight.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I think this game will relatively difficult for us. Really small sample size, but we've been significantly worse on the road (5-0 at home vs. 3-2 on the road), and Drummond will present a tough matchup on the inside, especially with Mozgov - the only guy on this team who can really check Drummond - being out of shape to start the year.

We should be looking to bounce back after our loss on Saturday though, and we've had a nice 2 day break, so we have those things going for us.

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

The Pistons are on a 4 game losing streak - they started hot but have been fading. I'd imagine they will come out hungry for this one to turn things around.

Not gonna be an easy win, will need Love to play physical - he should have an advantage on the block against Marcus Morris/Ilyasova/Tolliver.

 

[bleedwineandgold03]

Im expecting a loss today for some reason but i just dont see it. Unless we come out lazy as shit lol

 

[brownsbuck6]

Getting tired of Fox Sports here in Columbus televising every freaking Blue Jackets game on my cable and I either have to wait for the replay of the Cavs game or try to stream it.

There are two Fox Sports Ohio channels, on Direct TV anyway I get both of them. Well, maybe not 'two' per se, but an alternate. Maybe you've just missed the other FSO channel?

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

Getting tired of Fox Sports here in Columbus televising every freaking Blue Jackets game on my cable and I either have to wait for the replay of the Cavs game or try to stream it.

This used to really piss me off when I used to live in Columbus and also had cable. Is ridiculous.

 

[Real Deal]

This game thread reminds me of Anthony Parker, weak sauce.

Just kidding, but this will be an excellent team win tonight.

 

[Wrathe]

This used to really piss me off when I used to live in Columbus and also had cable. Is ridiculous.

Isn't there Fox Sports OH, 1 and 2 for this? Is that an extra package?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Awesome, I've always wanted to do that! How did they choose you? I thought I was in good enough with my rep, but sounds like I'm wrong lol.

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Awesome, I've always wanted to do that! How did they choose you? I thought I was in good enough with my rep, but sounds like I'm wrong lol.

No idea. My rep called and I said sure! On the turnpike now. Thank god for WiFi on the bus.

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

Isn't there Fox Sports OH, 1 and 2 for this? Is that an extra package?

It was an extra package for me back in the day. Might be different now. I switched to DirecTV so it's not a problem as they have all the FX Ohio channels.

 

[needmorecowbell]

It was an extra package for me back in the day. Might be different now. I switched to DirecTV so it's not a problem as they have all the FX Ohio channels.

You can use the fox sports go app to stream the game on a laptop or tablet, provided you have a cable login
I live in Columbus and that's what I always do