Up next for the Clippers: Monday vs. Cleveland

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio: 980, 1330.

Records: Clippers 2-1; Cavaliers 1-2.

Record vs. Cavaliers (2011-12): 0-1.

Update: The Clippers have lost to the Cavaliers in 10 of their last 11 meetings. All but one of those losses were during the LeBron James years in Cleveland. Cleveland has a young, dynamic point guard in second-year player Kyrie Irving, who is averaging 23.7 points and 4.7 assists, and a bruising and physical center in Anderson Varejao, who is averaging a double-double with 13.7 points and 15.0 rebounds per game.

— Broderick Turner