Game 15 | Indiana Pacers (7-9) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (7-7) | November 29, 2014 | 7:30pm EST

[Jack Brickman]

GAME #15
November 29th, 2014 @ 7:30 PM EST
TV: FSO / Radio: 97.1 in Cleveland

Cleveland Cavaliers (7-7) vs. Indiana Pacers (7-9)

Live from Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland, OH

STARTING LINE-UPS

Kyrie Irving vs. Donald Sloan

Shawn Marion vs. Rodney Stuckey

LeBron James vs. Solomon Hill, apparently

Kevin Love vs. David West

Anderson Varejao vs. Roy Hibbert
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*It's possible that ESPN's listing of the first three Pacers players was a joke...will confirm later.

CAVS BENCH:
Dion Waiters
Joe Harris
Tristan Thompson
Mike Miller
Will Cherry
Alex Kirk
James Jones
Lou Amundson
Brendan Haywood
Matthew Dellavedova (out)

PACERS BENCH:
Lavoy Allen
Chris Copeland
George Hill
Ian Mahinmi
C.J. Miles
A.J. Price
Damjan Rudez
Luis Scola
Shayne Whittington
C.J. Watson (out)
Roy Hibbert (out)
Paul George (out)​

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It was surely a joyful Thanksgiving for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who entered the two-day break on the right foot.

The Indiana Pacers have to be thankful after getting David West back.

Cleveland tries to pick up where it left off Saturday night against a visiting Pacers team that's beginning to get healthy.

It's been an inconsistent start to the season for the Cavaliers (7-7), who recently followed a four-game winning streak with four consecutive defeats. However, Cleveland has since gotten back on track behind a pair of one-sided victories, 106-74 over Orlando on Monday and 113-87 over Washington two days later.

"We've played some good basketball the last couple games. The thing is you never get too high, you never get too low," LeBron James said. "You just try to improve on the things that you can, you watch film and go from there.

"We have to continue to push forward (Saturday) as well."

James had 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists against the Wizards, who beat them 91-78 five nights earlier. Kevin Love added 21 points and Kyrie Irving had 18 as six players scored in double figures for Cleveland.

The Cavaliers outscored Washington 17-2 in transition and 31-16 at the foul line, shot 51.4 percent overall and had 24 points off 18 turnovers.

Cleveland went 2-14 against the Pacers over the previous four seasons, but it could have the edge Saturday with James back in town. The Cavs have won 16 of their last 18 in the series when James plays, a stretch during which he's averaged 28.2 points.

James, who helped knock Indiana out of the playoffs in each of the previous two seasons with Miami, has scored a combined 74 points in his last two regular-season meetings against the Pacers.

Indiana (7-9) has won six of nine after easily getting by Orlando 98-83 on Friday.

Rodney Stuckey scored a season-high 24 points and West debuted with 18 after missing the first 15 games with an ankle injury. C.J. Watson also made his first appearance after working his way back from a foot injury, scoring nine on 4-of-4 shooting off the bench.

"It's good to be able to win this game here and keep moving from here," West said. "We've just got to continue to grow. As we get more healthy and get more guys back in the rotation, we just keep improving and get better game to game."

The Pacers outrebounded the Magic 53-32 -- including 17-2 on the offensive glass -- despite the absence of All-Star center Roy Hibbert, who's missed the last three games with an ankle injury.Lavoy Allen had 10 points and 14 boards for his second double-double.

"These guys have done a great job attacking the glass," West said. "We've got one of the best rebounders in the NBA with Lavoy. He's a legitimate threat on that glass. He keeps possessions alive and it's just a part of what we're going to do as the year wears on."

Stuckey is starting to find his form after dealing with a foot injury earlier this season, scoring a combined 46 points on 51.4 percent shooting in the last two games.

"I'm still getting my legs underneath me," said Stuckey, whose team continues to play withoutPaul George and George Hill. "When everyone went down there was a lot of uncertainty. We're happy where we're at right now. We just got to get better and take it one day at a time."

 

[JJ Smooth]

Back over .500!

Seriously this should be another game where we run them out of the building. One thing we can count on though are the Pacers being physical, so we need to bring that back in kind (looking at you Tristan).

 

[Andrew]

If they look past the Pacers, it could be a long night. They got some bangers down low in West and Hibbert that "find" themselves going against James. If Cleveland shows the same kind of ball distribution they did against Washington, whether or not the defense shows up, they will outscore the Pacers. I am looking for consistency.

 

[Superman]

Don't get overconfident, this Pacers team is sneaky good. They nearly won in San Antonio the other day. Won in Dallas, in Miami, in Chicago.

 

[Maximus]

Hibbert will be the difference maker in this one. Too much tryptophan for the Cavs, they'll come out sluggish.

Pacers win...book it!

 

[TyGuy]

Hibbert will be the difference maker in this one. Too much tryptophan for the Cavs, they'll come out sluggish.

Pacers win...book it!

There it is! Let's keep the streak alive.

 

[Winnersville]

Kyrie vs Sloan will be somewhat fun to watch. Always wish Cavs kept him. And seriously Soloman Hill is about to get destroyed. Poor guy.

 

[Lyst]

Not much action in here yet? Anyway, first game I'm going to. Got some nosebleeds but that's really all that I can afford this year. Better than nothing, I have to catch the new opening at least once this year.

Will be in my Waiters jersey. If I have to see him miss any more important shots though, I might have to closet it for a while.

 

[BimboColesHair]

No Andy tonight

 

[Simmy]

Kyrie vs Sloan will be somewhat fun to watch. Always wish Cavs kept him. And seriously Soloman Hill is about to get destroyed. Poor guy.

Agreed, I always liked Sloan's game. Always seemed like a pretty solid teammate. Will be good to see how Kyrie goes at him tonight, though.

 

[Winnersville]

Agreed, I always liked Sloan's game. Always seemed like a pretty solid teammate. Will be good to see how Kyrie goes at him tonight, though.

Having a 3-PG lineup in KI, Sloan, and Delly woulda been nice.

 

[Walter White]

Andy out against a team like this could be a killer. We need all the bigs we can get when most of the production will come inside. Plus, Andy has been on a tear lately offensively. Maybe Love will get his shots this game and have his first 30 point game for us.

But I hope Amundson or some big off the bench can give us something.

 

[oracio]

Hibbert isn't playing aswell:
View: https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/538832121595699201

 

[Mdog1]

Man no Hibbert bums me out. Like watching him play, no Andy is ok though since Hibbert is out. Should be a good game.

 

[SteelSmack]

I really wanted to see TT in the starting lineup, but this isn't the way I wanted to see it. Let's see if our recovery in the paint is a step quicker than usual.