Season Opener | Cavs @ Saints | 26 October 2016
The city of Montreal made history as they hosted their first ever NBA regular season game. They faced the defending Eastern Conference Champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by none other than LeBron James. Unfortunately for the Saints, it was a forgetful one as they were completely dominated throughout the game, losing to the Cavs by 29 points. Not a good start for what seemed a promising roster re-tool. The news got even worse when Tony Allen suffered a right thigh injury three minutes into the game. He is expected to be out 4-6 weeks which immediately thrusts rookie, Jamal Murray, in the deep end!
| Cleveland Cavaliers at Montreal Saints |
| Oct 26, 2016 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Cleveland (0-0) | 24 | 28 | 18 | 33 | 103 |
| Montreal (0-0) | 22 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 74 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| K. Love | 30 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Thompson | 31 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| L. James | 33 | 4-13 | 1-6 | 4-7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| I. Shumpert | 30 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| K. Irving | 41 | 7-13 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| C. Frye | 19 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| M. Beasley | 24 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| N. Stauskas | 15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| R. Jefferson | 13 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Wallace | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| T. Quarterman | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| E. Brand | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| M. Barnes | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| TEAM TOTALS | 32-70 | 18-35 | 21-30 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 103 |
| Montreal Saints |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| A. Horford | 30 | 8-18 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| M. Gasol | 27 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Carroll | 24 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| T. Allen | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Conley | 41 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| J. Adams | 20 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Noah | 24 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Murray | 23 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Wright | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Snell | 20 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| P.J. Hairston | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Green | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Martin | -- DID NOT PLAY -- |
| TEAM TOTALS | 29-75 | 6-17 | 10-14 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 74 |