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VS. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (16-9) WED., DEC. 5, 2018 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 7:00 PM ET TV: FSO RADIO: WTAM 1100 AM/LA MEGA 87.7 FM 2018-19 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME NOTES FOLLOW @CAVSNOTES ON TWITTER OVERALL GAME # 24 HOME GAME # 12 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2018-19 SCHEDULE All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/17 @ TOR L, 104-116 10/19 @ MIN L, 123-131 10/21 vs. ATL L, 111-133 F 1 RODNEY HOOD 6-8 206 18-19: 23 23 13.0 2.5 2.2 .440 29.1 10/24 vs. BKN L, 86-102 10/25 @ DET L, 103-110 10/27 vs. IND L, 107-119 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-8 215 18-19: 21 20 11.2 5.3 2.5 .366 31.7 10/30 vs. ATL W, 136-114 11/1 vs. DEN L, 91-110 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 18-19: 11/3 @ CHA L, 94-126 23 23 11.7 *11.5 2.0 .527 30.4 11/5 @ ORL L, 100-102 11/7 vs. OKC L, 86-95 G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 18-19: 12 12 11.7 2.1 2.8 .539 26.6 11/10 @ CHI L, 98-99 11/13 vs. CHA W, 113-89 11/14 @ WAS L, 95-119 G 2 COLLIN SEXTON 6-2 190 18-19: 23 13 14.5 3.2 2.5 .442 28.9 11/19 @ DET L, 102-113 11/21 vs. LAL L, 105-109 11/23 @ PHI W, 121-112 * Ranks 11th in NBA 11/24 vs. HOU W, 117-108 11/26 vs. MIN L, 95-102 CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/28 @ OKC L, 83-100 • The Cleveland Cavaliers are back at The Q where they will begin a three-game homestand, starting tonight against the Golden State Warriors. 11/30 @ BOS L, 95-128 This is the first of two regular season meetings between the two teams, who will meet again on April 5 at Oracle Arena. 12/1 vs. TOR L, 95-106 12/3 @ BKN W, 99-97 • The Cavs are coming off a 99-97 win over the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center on Monday night. In the victory, the Cavs held the Nets to 12/5 vs. GSW 7:00 p.m. FSO .394 (39-99) shooting from the field, including 10-40 (.250) from three-point range. It was their 2nd-lowest opponent field goal percentage of 12/7 vs. SAC 7:30 p.m. FSO the season (.347 vs. CHA, 11/13/18), as well as the 2nd straight game and 5th time this season holding an opponent under .300 from beyond the 12/8 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV arc (.269 vs. TOR on 12/1, .259 vs. OKC on 11/7, .222 at OKC on 11.28, .195 vs. CHA on 11/13). 12/10 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/12 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO • Cleveland’s bench has tied or outscored its opponents’ reserves on 17 occasions in 2018-19, including Monday’s win at Brooklyn (42-31). On 12/14 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. FSO the season, the Cavs’ bench is averaging 41.8 PPG, which is good for 7th-best in the NBA. 12/16 vs. PHI 3:30 p.m. FSO 12/18 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO • The Wine & Gold shot a season-best .950 (19-20) from the free throw line at Brooklyn, their 7th time shooting at least .900 from the charity 12/19 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO stripe this season. In 2017-18, Cleveland shot .900 or better from the foul line on a franchise single-season best nine occasions. This season, 12/21 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO Cleveland is shooting an .800 clip from the charity stripe (2nd-best in Eastern Conference and 7th in NBA). 12/23 vs. CHI 6:00 p.m. FSO 12/26 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON recorded his 3rd consecutive double-double (13th of season, tied-12th most in NBA), tallying 19 points (8-11 FG), a 12/28 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO game-high 14 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 34 minutes at Brooklyn. Thompson has registered a double-double in 11 of his last 14 12/29 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO games, averaging 14.2 points (.549 FG%), 13.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 32.7 minutes per game since Nov. 5. He has also notched a double- 1/2 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO double 10 times over 35 career games against the Warriors (regular and postseason). 1/4 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/5 vs. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO • JORDAN CLARKSON registered his first double-double of the season (5th of career) with a team-high 20 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and 1/8 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. FSO a team-high four assists in 28 minutes off the bench at Brooklyn. Clarkson became the first Cavs bench player to post at least 20 points and 10 1/9 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO rebounds in less than 30 minutes played since 4/16/14, when Tyler Zeller did it also against Brooklyn (22 PTS, 11 REB, 26 MIN). Clarkson has 1/11 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. FSO scored in double figures in 21-of-23 games this season, including five 20-point scoring efforts, and is averaging a career-high 16.2 PPG (4th-best 1/13 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV among NBA bench players). 1/16 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO 1/18 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO • COLLIN SEXTON, who tallied 15 points in 32 minutes against the Nets, has scored in double figures in 19-of-23 games this season, including all 1/19 @ DEN 10:00 p.m. FSO 13 of his starts. As a starter, he is averaging 17.6 points, including .462 (12-26) shooting from beyond the arc, 3.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 33.5 1/21 vs. CHI 1:00 p.m. FSO minutes per game. Sexton ranks among rookie league leaders in many categories, including free throw percentage (.898, 1st), points (14.5 PPG, 1/23 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. FSO 4th), double-digit scoring games (19, 3rd) and assists (2.5 APG, tied-4th). 1/25 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/27 @ CHI 3:30 p.m. FSO • ALEC BURKS sealed Monday’s victory for the Cavaliers with a game-winning dunk with 3.2 seconds remaining in the contest. Burks finished with 1/29 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 13 points and a season-high seven rebounds in 29 minutes. In three games since being acquired from the Jazz (11/29), he is averaging 13.7 2/2 vs. DAL 7:30 p.m. FSO points and 6.7 rebounds in 26.4 minutes per contest. 2/5 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/8 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (4,955 PTS) is 45 points shy of becoming the 18th player in franchise history to record 5,000 2/9 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO career points. Thompson (4,642 REB) is also 28 rebounds away from moving past Hot Rod Williams (4,669 REB) for 4th most in Cavs history. 2/11 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO RODNEY HOOD (492 3FGM) needs 8 three-pointers to reach 500 for his career. JORDAN CLARKSON (299 STL) is 1 steal away from 300 total. 2/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO/ESPN 2/21 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/23 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/25 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO Sam Dekker (left ankle sprain) – OUT David Nwaba (NWAH-buh) 2/28 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. FSO Kevin Love (left foot surgery) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/2 vs. DET 5:00 p.m. FSO David Nwaba (right knee soreness) – OUT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/3 vs. ORL 6:00 p.m. FSO 3/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO JR Smith (personal) – NWT 3/8 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO Ante Zizic (left knee strain) – OUT 3/11 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/12 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/14 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 12/2/18 – Cavs signed guard Jalen Jones and forward Jaron Blossomgame to Two-Way contracts and waived forward Billy Preston and guard Andrew Harrison…11/29/18 – 3/16 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO Cavs acquired guard Alec Burks and two future second round draft picks from the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Kyle Korver. 3/18 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 2018-19 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/20 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/22 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/24 @ MIL 4:30 p.m. FSO 3/26 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO OVERALL 5-18 (.217) 3-8 (.273) 2-10 (.167) 0-0 (.000) W1 3/28 @ SAS 8:30 p.m.