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By the Numbers: Wrapping Up the 2016-17 Season

Cavs.com breaks down Cleveland's 2016-17 Season with some interesting integers in the latest installment of "By the Numbers" presented by FanDuel.

4 … times the Wine & Gold have won the Eastern Conference (2007, 2015, 2016, 2017)

110.3, 116.2 … scoring averages for the Cavaliers during the 2016-17 Regular Season and 2017 Playoffs, respectively

14.4 … average three-point field goals made per game by Cleveland during the 2017 Playoffs (an NBA Playoff record)

25, 24 … NBA-record of triples made in a single game set by the Wine & Gold in both the 2016-17 Regular Season and 2017 NBA Finals, respectively

26.0, 8.0, 8.0, .540 … LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to average at least those numbers in points, rebounds, assists and FG% in a single regular season

.451 … three-point field goal percentage by Kyle Korver for the 2016-17 Regular Season, tops in the Association

3 … players ranked in the Top 20 during the 2016-17 Regular Season in rebounds per game (Kevin Love-8th, Tristan Thompson-15th, LeBron James-17th)

19.0, 11.1 … point and rebound averages Kevin Love posted to become just one of five NBA players with at least those averages during this Regular Season

42, 41 … double-doubles registered by LBJ and KLove during the 2016-17 Regular Season, respectively

60 … 20-point games bucketed by Kyrie Irving during the Regular Season, a career-best mark

137 … points scored by the Wine & Gold in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, a franchise playoff record

49, 86 … points scored by the Cavs in the first quarter and at halftime in that Game 4 victory, both NBA Finals records

13 … triple-doubles recorded by LBJ during the 2016-17 Regular Season, a career-best mark

447 … consecutive games played streak by Tristan Thompson that ended late in the 2016-17 Campaign

.581 … three-point field goal percentage (18-31) shot by J.R. Smith during the 2017 NBA Finals

6,163 … career playoff points scored by LeBron James, passing Michael Jordan for the top spot in NBA history

22.6, 12.4 … Kevin Love’s scoring and rebounding averages against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals – shooting .486 from the floor, .535 from long-range and .870 from the stripe

.900 … Cavaliers’ winning percentage in the Eastern Conference Playoffs over the last three seasons at The Q

13 … consecutive postseason wins recorded by the Wine & Gold this postseason, spanning from Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals to Game 2 of the 2017 Eastern Conference
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22.0 … points per game by LeBron James (29.6), Kyrie Irving (25.8) and Kevin Love (22.6) becoming the first Cavs trio to average at least 22.0 points in a single playoff series after doing so against Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals