3/31/2013 New Orleans v. Cleveland Game Preview

Cleveland Cavaliers (22-50, 9-27 away)
New Orleans Pelicans (26-48, 16-23 home)
March 31, 2013 at 6:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 20, 2013 New Orleans Cleveland 100 - 105 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 31, 2013 Cleveland New Orleans 92 - 112 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2012-2013 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Cleveland8248.196.536.584.2.4346.719.3.34616.822.3.75612.228.841.020.77.94.114.021.2
New Orleans8248.294.136.080.4.4486.518.0.36315.520.0.77612.029.641.621.06.35.414.520.4
CLE Opponents8248.1101.237.979.6.4767.420.0.37217.924.2.73910.831.342.123.97.66.815.319.7
NOP Opponents8248.297.937.078.5.4717.720.6.37416.321.5.75910.229.239.323.47.96.013.618.7


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 20, 2013 New Orleans Cleveland 100 - 105 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 22, 2012 New Orleans Cleveland 89 - 84 New Orleans Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 6, 2011 New Orleans Cleveland 96 - 81 New Orleans Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 19, 2010 Cleveland New Orleans 101 - 108 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 24, 2010 Cleveland New Orleans 105 - 92 Cleveland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2010 New Orleans Cleveland 95 - 105 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 16, 2009 New Orleans Cleveland 78 - 92 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 1, 2008 Cleveland New Orleans 92 - 104 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 26, 2008 New Orleans Cleveland 100 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 29, 2007 Cleveland New Orleans 76 - 86 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2007 New Orleans Cleveland 89 - 97 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 11, 2006 Cleveland New Orleans 89 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Apr 10, 2006 Cleveland New Orleans 103 - 101 Cleveland Regular Season Paycom Center
Nov 2, 2005 New Orleans Cleveland 87 - 109 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 28, 2005 Cleveland New Orleans 109 - 108 Cleveland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 26, 2004 New Orleans Cleveland 91 - 100 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 5, 2004 Cleveland New Orleans 88 - 85 Cleveland Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2004 New Orleans Cleveland 100 - 104 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 23, 2003 New Orleans Cleveland 86 - 97 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 26, 2003 Cleveland New Orleans 72 - 82 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 9, 2003 Cleveland New Orleans 81 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 5, 2003 New Orleans Cleveland 76 - 79 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 7, 2003 Cleveland New Orleans 76 - 102 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 23, 2002 New Orleans Cleveland 97 - 84 New Orleans Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

2012-2013 Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Irving D. Waiters A. Gee T. Thompson T. Zeller
Rotation C. Quinn D. Gibson C. Miles L. Walton A. Varejao
Rotation     O. Casspi K. Jones  
Lim PT S. Livingston W. Ellington     M. Speights

2012-2013 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters G. Vasquez E. Gordon A. Aminu A. Davis R. Lopez
Rotation B. Roberts A. Rivers D. Miller R. Anderson J. Smith
Rotation   R. Mason X. Henry L. Thomas  
Lim PT   T. Harris   L. Amundson  

Cleveland Cavaliers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
36 Omri Casspi F 43 11.7 4.0 1.5 3.7 .394 0.6 1.8 .329 0.5 1.0 .537 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.0
21 Wayne Ellington SG 38 25.9 10.4 3.8 8.7 .439 1.4 3.8 .371 1.4 1.6 .898 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.9 1.1
33 Alonzo Gee SF 82 31.0 10.3 3.7 9.1 .410 0.8 2.7 .315 2.0 2.5 .795 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.6 1.3 0.4 1.6 2.4
1 Daniel Gibson G 46 20.0 5.4 1.8 5.4 .340 1.2 3.5 .344 0.6 0.8 .703 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.8 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.9
2 Kyrie Irving G 59 34.7 22.5 8.2 18.1 .452 1.8 4.7 .391 4.2 4.9 .855 0.6 3.1 3.7 5.9 1.5 0.4 3.2 2.5
5 Kevin Jones PF 32 10.4 3.0 1.3 3.3 .402 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .600 1.2 1.2 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.8
14 Shaun Livingston G 49 23.2 7.2 2.9 5.7 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.7 .843 0.6 1.9 2.5 3.6 0.8 0.6 1.2 2.1
0 C.J. Miles GF 65 21.0 11.2 3.9 9.4 .415 1.9 5.0 .384 1.4 1.6 .869 0.4 2.3 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.1
20 Chris Quinn G 7 11.2 1.4 0.6 2.3 .250 0.0 0.7 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.6
15 Marreese Speights C 39 18.5 10.2 3.9 8.6 .457 0.0 0.1 .200 2.2 2.8 .806 1.8 3.3 5.1 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.3
13 Tristan Thompson F 82 31.3 11.7 4.8 9.7 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.5 .608 3.7 5.7 9.4 1.3 0.7 0.9 1.5 2.9
17 Anderson Varejao C 25 36.0 14.1 5.5 11.6 .478 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 4.1 .755 5.5 8.9 14.4 3.4 1.5 0.6 1.8 2.7
3 Dion Waiters SG 61 28.8 14.7 5.5 13.4 .412 1.0 3.3 .310 2.6 3.5 .746 0.4 2.1 2.4 3.0 1.0 0.3 2.0 1.9
4 Luke Walton F 50 17.1 3.4 1.4 3.6 .392 0.4 1.3 .299 0.2 0.4 .500 0.8 2.1 2.9 3.3 0.8 0.3 1.2 2.0
40 Tyler Zeller C 77 26.4 7.9 3.2 7.3 .438 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.0 .764 2.1 3.6 5.7 1.2 0.5 0.9 1.2 3.3

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
0 Al-Farouq Aminu F 76 27.2 7.3 3.0 6.2 .475 0.1 0.2 .211 1.3 1.8 .737 1.8 5.9 7.7 1.4 1.2 0.7 1.5 2.0
17 Lou Amundson PF 18 11.6 2.4 1.0 2.3 .429 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.9 .500 1.3 1.9 3.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.5
33 Ryan Anderson PF 81 30.9 16.2 5.8 13.8 .423 2.6 6.9 .382 1.9 2.2 .844 2.4 4.0 6.4 1.2 0.5 0.4 1.2 2.2
23 Anthony Davis PF 64 28.8 13.5 5.4 10.5 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.5 .751 2.6 5.6 8.2 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.4 2.5
10 Eric Gordon G 42 30.1 17.0 5.6 13.9 .402 1.3 4.1 .324 4.5 5.3 .842 0.2 1.6 1.8 3.3 1.1 0.2 2.8 1.8
12 Terrel Harris SF 13 8.3 0.4 0.2 1.5 .105 0.0 0.5 .000 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.1
4 Xavier Henry G 50 12.5 3.9 1.3 3.2 .410 0.1 0.2 .364 1.2 1.8 .630 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.4
15 Robin Lopez FC 82 26.0 11.3 4.7 8.8 .534 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.5 .778 2.8 2.9 5.6 0.8 0.4 1.6 1.3 2.0
8 Roger Mason SG 69 17.7 5.3 1.9 4.4 .433 1.0 2.3 .415 0.6 0.6 .907 0.2 1.8 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.5
21 Darius Miller GF 52 13.3 2.3 0.8 2.1 .407 0.4 1.1 .393 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 1.3 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.7
25 Austin Rivers SG 61 23.2 6.2 2.4 6.4 .372 0.5 1.4 .326 1.0 1.8 .546 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.1 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.0
22 Brian Roberts PG 78 17.0 7.1 2.7 6.6 .417 0.8 2.0 .386 0.9 1.0 .909 0.2 1.0 1.2 2.8 0.5 0.0 0.9 1.4
14 Jason Smith PF 51 17.2 8.2 3.3 6.7 .490 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.0 .843 1.3 2.4 3.6 0.7 0.3 0.9 1.1 2.4
42 Lance Thomas F 59 11.0 2.5 0.9 1.8 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.0 .729 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.3
21 Greivis Vasquez G 78 34.4 13.9 5.6 13.0 .433 1.1 3.1 .342 1.6 2.0 .805 0.6 3.8 4.3 9.0 0.8 0.1 3.2 2.4

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