Game Notes

• With the win tonight, the Cavaliers take a 3-0 lead in the season series vs. the Sixers and have won the last five meetings as well as five straight in Philly. Cleveland snaps a season-high tying two-game losing streak on the road while Philly has lost four straight and six of its past nine after winning seven of the nine games prior.

• Cleveland becomes the 17th team in NBA history to record at least 64 wins in a season and clinches home court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference Playoffs.

• Philly has allowed 100+ points in each of the past three games (105.3 ppg) after the opposition averaged 91.5 ppg the four games prior. The Sixers are 9-22 when allowing 100+ points this season while the Cavaliers are 36-1 when reaching the century mark.

• The Sixers have scored 100+ points just once over the past 10 games after doing so in six of the eight games prior. In the past six games without Thaddeus Young in the lineup, Philly is averaging 92.7 ppg. The Sixers are averaging just 85.7 ppg vs. Cleveland this season.

• Cleveland hit 12 3-pointers on 52.2% shooting while Philly had just 2 3FGM on 22.2% shooting. Over the past five games, Sixers opponents are averaging 9.4 3FGM. Philly is 8-19 when the opposition shoots 40.0% or better from behind-the-arc this season. Cleveland is 27-5 when shooting 40.0% or better from downtown. The Sixers have given up 10+ 3FGM 12 times over the past 40 games after doing so five times the first 39 games of the season.

• Philly was outrebounded 38-35 tonight. The Sixers have failed to outrebound their opponent in 14 of the past 22 games, including three straight. Philly is 13-21 when failing to outrebound the opposition this season.

• Cleveland committed just 10 turnovers which resulted in just 12 points for Philly. Over the past four games, Sixer opponents are averaging just 11.6 tpg, down from a season average of 15.6. Over the past five games, Philly is averaging just 11.8 points off turnovers after averaging 19.6 the 46 games prior.

• Philly committed just 9 turnovers tonight and is averaging 12.0 tpg over the past 33 games, down from 15.5 tpg the first 46 games of the season.

• The Sixers lost despite shooting 24-of-31 from the line while the Cavaliers had just 21 FTA. Philly is now 18-8 when having 30+ FTA this season and 18-13 when having as many or more FTM as the opposition has FTA this season. Over the past 38 games, the Sixers have 822 FTM while opponents have just 814 FTA.

• LeBron James had game-highs of 27 points and 10 assists. It marks his 29th double-double of the season. He is averaging 10.7 free throw attempts against the Sixers this season.

• Lou Williams scored 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting off the bench. In the six games without Thaddeus Young, he is averaging 17.2 ppg on 49.3% shooting after averaging 9.2 ppg on 28.9% shooting the five games prior.

Postgame Quotes

Head Coach Tony DiLeo

On tonights game:
Of course we are disappointed. We thought we could win the game and we thought we had a chance. We played one of the top teams in the league. I thought we did some good things, we just didn’t do enough good things to win the game. There are things we could build on, our defensive effort was good tonight. Overall I saw some positive things there and going into the game the team really felt we could win. They felt we really had a chance, and those little breakdowns just hurt us.

On Andre Iguodala’s game performance:
He had the ball in his hands a lot and he was doing a lot of things. We got 31 free throw’s, 10 more free throws then them, and I realize they got more three pointers, but our game is more attacking and getting to the rim. A few of the three’s were open, but they made some great contested ones as well. Andre has been playing at a high level and he has to. There isn’t a lot of time to rest him or Andre Miller. He was guarding maybe the best player in the league, and for the most part did a good job on him. He has to carry the load on the offensive end too. I like the way Andre played tonight.

On the physical aspect of tonight’s game being similar to that of the playoffs:
We approach these games as playoff games. We want the mentality of the playoff game, we want the mindset to be a playoff game and playoffs will be physical. Even though we lost the game, it’s still preparing us for the playoffs. We played one of the best teams in the league; it’s a physical game. It’s all going to be playoff atmosphere so it is only preparing us.

Philadelphia 76ers Guard/Forward Andre Iguodala

On the lack of Cavaliers’ contested threes:
Well they just made some tough shots for the most part. Our rotation was there. We may have been a little late on some shots, but for the most part I think our first 20 seconds of defense was aggressive and was where we needed it to be, but then they knocked down a shot with the remaining seconds on the shot clock.

On if Andre Iguodala thought he should’ve gotten more shots tonight:
I just try to stay within the flow of the game. The bigs are doing a good job trying to help out and double off pick-and-rolls, so I’m just trying to stay in a good flow and not force anything. But I felt like I could have (had more shots) somewhere in the third quarter.

On LeBron James:
He does a good job of really changing his pace, stop and go, and he has a couple tricks up his sleeves: how to get by you. I think tonight he made them (Sixers offense) take some outside shots and really didn’t give them a whole lot of looks at the basket. The (Cavaliers) offense is really good, though, they do a good job of setting picks. That’s the hardest I’ve been hit in a while. It’s hard to stop a guy that’s 6’8’’ 250 (pounds).

Philadelphia 76ers Guard Willie Green

On tonight’s game:
We gotta do a better job on defense, obviously. We haven’t been getting it done lately. We’ve got to find a way to string together a couple of wins.

On how the Sixers can improve:
I think the key is to know our ball pressure. Teams are getting into the teeth of our defense and kicking out for the easy threes and we just can’t let that happen. To be a good team, it starts on defense. Our whole offense is predicated off our defense. When we can play good “d,” we can get out and run and play how we like to play.