2019-20 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Notes Follow @Cavsnotes on Twitter Regular Season Game # 15 Road Game # 9 Cavs Q
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FRI., NOV. 22, 2019 AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER – DALLAS, TX 8:30 PM ET TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2019-20 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER REGULAR SEASON GAME # 15 ROAD GAME # 9 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/23 @ ORL L, 85-94 10/26 vs. IND W, 110-99 10/28 @ MIL L, 112-129 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-7 230 19-20: 14 14 8.1 3.4 1.9 .394 29.5 10/30 vs. CHI W, 117-111 11/1 @ IND L, 95-102 11/3 vs. DAL L, 111-131 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-8 247 19-20: 13 13 18.7 12.2 2.8 .456 32.7 11/5 vs. BOS L, 113-119 11/8 @ WAS W, 113-100 11/10 @ NYK W, 108-87 C 22 LARRY NANCE JR. 6-7 245 19-20: 12 1 10.0 7.2 1.2 .517 25.2 11/12 @ PHI L, 97-98 11/14 vs. MIA L, 97-108 11/17 vs. PHI L, 95-114 G 2 COLLIN SEXTON 6-1 192 19-20: 14 14 18.0 3.1 2.0 .441 30.0 11/18 @ NYK L, 105-123 11/20 @ MIA L, 100-124 11/22 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. on FSO 11/23 vs. POR 8:00 p.m. on FSO G 10 DARIUS GARLAND 6-1 192 19-20: 14 14 9.1 1.5 3.3 .338 27.6 11/25 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/27 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/29 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 12/3 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/6 vs. ORL 7:30 p.m. on FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/7 @ PHI 7:30 p.m. on FSO/NBA TV • The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up their three-game road trip tonight when the face the Dallas Mavericks. This is the Cavs’ second meeting against 12/9 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. on FSO a Western Conference opponent so far, both coming against the Mavericks. The only other time Cleveland has played the same opponent in the 12/11 vs. HOU 7:00 p.m. on FSO first two Western Conference games was back in 2013-14 (Minnesota). (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/12 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. on FSO 12/14 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. on FSO • In the Nov. 3 meeting against Dallas, the Cavaliers made a season-high 18 three pointers and had 24 assists with just nine turnovers. Through the 12/16 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. on FSO first two games of this road trip, Cleveland is averaging 14.5 three-pointers made per game (29-74, .392). 12/18 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (4,947 REB) needs 53 rebounds to total 5,000 for his career and can join LeBron James (6,190 REB), 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO Zydrunas Ilgauskas (5,904 REB) and Brad Daugherty (5,227 REB) as the only players to accomplish that feat in a Cavaliers uniform. CEDI OSMAN 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO (493 FGM) is 7 field goals away from the 500-mark. 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs swiped 13 steals at Miami on Wednesday, their fifth time in seven outings with at least 10 steals. Cleveland had five players with at least 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO two steals against the Heat (CEDI OSMAN-3, ALFONZO MCKINNIE-3, LARRY NANCE JR.-2, COLLIN SEXTON-2 and KEVIN PORTER JR.-2), the most 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO Cavaliers with multiple steals in a single game in nearly four years (five players on December 29, 2015 at Denver – LeBron James, JR Smith, Kevin 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO Love, Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN LOVE registered his 8th double-double of the season on Wednesday, tallying a team-high 25 points (8-14 FG, 5-9 3FG, 4-4 FT), a game-high 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO 13 rebounds and two assists in 33 minutes of work. It was his 122nd career game with at least 25 points and 10 rebounds (31st with Cavs). In the first 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO meeting against Dallas, Love registered a season-high 29 points (16 in the 1st Q) on 9-18 (.500) shooting, including 5-11 (.455) from deep, eight 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block in 35 minutes. 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON tallied 19 points on 8-16 (.500) shooting, two rebounds and two steals in 27 minutes at Miami. Sexton has scored in double-digits 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO in all 14 games this season and in 37 consecutive contests going back to February 23, 2019. 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO • LARRY NANCE JR. returned to action on Wednesday, finishing with 16 points (6-12 FG, 2-4 3 FG), nine rebounds, two steals and one block in 35 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO minutes in Miami. This season, Nance Jr. is averaging a career-high 10.0 points, to go with 7.2 rebounds and 1.25 steals in 25.2 minutes per game. 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO • JORDAN CLARKSON, who has scored in double-digits in 13 consecutive games (since 10/26/19), poured in 17 points (6-11 FG, 5-10 3FG), one steal 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO th and one block in 22 minutes off the bench against the Mavericks on Nov. 3. Clarkson currently has the 9 -highest scoring average among all NBA 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO bench players (14.4 PPG) and is also shooting a career-best .906 (48-53) from the free throw line (14th-best in entire NBA). 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • DARIUS GARLAND has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games, averaging 10.7 points, 3.3 assists and 1.43 steals in 28.3 minutes per 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO contest. He is also shooting .833 (10-12) from the free throw line over that stretch. 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs are the only NBA team to have two players averaging a double-double this season: KEVIN LOVE (18.7 PPG/12.2 RPG) and TRISTAN 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO THOMPSON (14.5 PPG/10.1 RPG). Love and Thompson are also the only teammates in the NBA’s Top 15 in rebounding (6th and 13th, respectively). 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/4 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/8 vs. SAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO November 21, 1971 – Austin Carr made his first start of his NBA career, scoring 19 points against the Boston Celtics at Cleveland Arena. 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO November 22, 2005 – The Cavaliers defeated Boston 115-93 for their 8th straight win. Cleveland also improved to 9-2 on the season, tying their 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO best start in franchise history after 11 games (1976-77 and later in 2016-17). 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/19 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/21 @ IND 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/24 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. on FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/26 vs. LAL 7:00 p.m. on FSO Tyler Cook (G League – Two-Way) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO John Henson (Right Hamstring Strain) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Dylan Windler (Left Lower Leg – Stress Reaction) – OUT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Brandon Knight (Right Ankle Sprain) – PROBABLE 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m.