2019-20 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Notes Follow @Cavsnotes on Twitter Regular Season Game # 60 Home Game # 32
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SAT., FEB. 29, 2020 ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE – CLEVELAND, OH 8:00 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 # 60 HOME GAME # 32 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE 10/23 @ ORL L, 85-94 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/26 vs. IND W, 110-99 10/28 @ MIL L, 112-129 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-7 230 19-20: 59 59 10.8 3.5 2.4 .445 28.8 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: 50 50 17.2 9.6 3.0 .449 31.2 11/5 vs. BOS L, 113-119 11/8 @ WAS W, 113-100 11/10 @ NYK W, 108-87 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-9 254 19-20: 55 50 12.2 10.2 2.1 .515 30.5 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: 59 59 20.1 3.1 2.8 .461 32.3 11/18 @ NYK L, 105-123 11/20 @ MIA L, 100-124 11/22 @ DAL L, 101-143 G 10 DARIUS GARLAND 6-1 192 19-20: 58 58 12.4 1.9 3.9 .401 30.9 11/23 vs. POR W, 110-104 11/25 vs. BKN L, 106-108 11/27 vs. ORL L, 104-116 11/29 vs. MIL L, 110-119 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/3 vs. DET L, 94-127 • The Cleveland Cavaliers return to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for a five-game homestand, starting tonight against the Indiana Pacers. This is the 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 third of four regular season meetings between the Central Division rivals, who will wrap up their series on March 21 in Indiana. 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 • The Cavaliers are 4-2 in their last six contests and have won three straight games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Over their three-game home 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 OT win streak, Cleveland is averaging 120.0 points (.491 FG%, .393 3FG%) and winning by 14.0 (120.0-106.0) points per contest. The Cavs have also 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 outrebounded their last three opponents at home 52.0-39.3 (+12.7). Defensively, the Cavs have held their last three foes to a combined .431 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 shooting from the field while holding a 58.0-40.0 (+18.0) edge in points in the paint. 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 AT LEAST 6 CAVS PLAYERS HAVE SCORED IN DOUBLE-DIGITS IN EACH OF THEIR LAST 3 GAMES AT HOME (ALL WINS) 12/23 vs. ATL W, 121-118 12/27 @ BOS L, 117-129 2/12/20 vs. ATL (W, 127-105): Thompson (27), Nance Jr. (23), Sexton (23), Porter Jr. (18), Drummond (14), Garland (12) 12/28 @ MIN W, 94-88 2/24/20 vs. MIA (W, 125-119 OT): Porter Jr. (30), Love (17), Nance Jr. (16), Thompson (15), Garland (14), Drummond (13), Sexton (13) 12/31 @ TOR L, 97-117 2/26/20 vs. PHI (W, 108-94): Sexton (28), Thompson (14), Love (13), Nance Jr. (13), Garland (12), Dellavedova (12) 1/2 vs. CHA L, 106-109 1/4 vs. OKC L, 106-121 • MILESTONE WATCH: TRISTAN THOMPSON (445 BLK) is 6 blocks away from passing Jim Chones (450 BLK) for 5th-most in franchise history. 1/5 vs. MIN L, 103-118 1/7 vs. DET L, 113-115 • After erupting for a career-high tying 31 points (11-20 FG), a career-best six three-pointers (6-10 3FG), four rebounds, three assists and one steal 1/9 @ DET W, 115-112 OT in 37 minutes last night in New Orleans, COLLIN SEXTON is now averaging over 20.0 PPG for the first time in his career (20.1 PPG). He has also 1/11 @ DEN W, 111-103 scored in double-digits in a single season career-best 30 straight games since Dec. 23 (22.5 PPG-7th best in East), scoring at least 20 points 21 1/13 @ LAL L, 99-128 1/14 @ LAC L, 103-128 times during that span. 1/17 @ MEM L, 109-113 SEXTON’S NUMBER OF 20-POINT PERFORMANCES HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGE AMONG SECOND YEAR PLAYERS 1/18 @ CHI L, 116-118 Year 20-PT GAMES Sophomore PPG (’19-20) 1/20 vs. NYK L, 86-106 1/23 vs. WAS L, 112-124 2019-20 Season 29 1. Trae Young (ATL) 29.9 1/25 vs. CHI L, 106-118 2018-19 Season 27 2. Luka Doncic (DAL) 28.6 1/27 @ DET W, 115-100 Sexton has already passed last season’s total 3. COLLIN SEXTON (CLE) 20.1 1/28 vs. NOP L, 111-125 1/30 vs. TOR L, 109-115 2/1 vs. GSW L, 112-131 • KEVIN PORTER JR. tallied 16 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals in 31 minutes last night. It was his second straight game with at least 2/3 vs. NYK L, 134-139 OT five boards and five assists, becoming the first Cavs rookie to accomplish that feat in consecutive games since Kyrie Irving in March 2012. 2/5 @ OKC L, 103-109 2/9 vs. LAC L, 92-133 • With another solid performance last night (15 PTS, 3 AST, 1 BLK, 36 MIN), DARIUS GARLAND has scored in double-digits in 25 of his last 27 games. 2/12 vs. ATL W, 127-105 MOST MULTI-THREE GAMES AMONG 2019-20 ROOKIES HIGHEST PPG AMONG EAST ROOKIES IN FEBRUARY 2/21 @ WAS W, 113-108 2/22 @ MIA L, 105-124 1. DARIUS GARLAND (CLE) 36 1. Coby White (CHI) – 19.9 4. Rui Hachimura (WAS) – 13.9 2/24 vs. MIA W, 125-119 OT 2. Kendrick Nunn (MIA) 34 2. Cam Reddish (ATL) – 14.1 5. KEVIN PORTER JR. (CLE) – 13.5 2/26 vs. PHI W, 108-94 3. Tyler Herro (MIA) 29 3. Kendrick Nunn (MIA) – 14.0 6. DARIUS GARLAND (CLE) – 12.9 2/28 @ NOP L, 104-116 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON has scored in double figures in 6 consecutive games, just one shy of his season high (7 games, Nov. 27-Dec. 11). During this 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO streak, Thompson is averaging 15.8 points on .577 shooting, including .500 (5-10) from beyond the arc, 9.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 28.3 minutes. 3/4 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/8 vs. SAS 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO March 1, 1985 – George Karl became the first coach in Cavaliers history to win the NBA’s Coach of the Month award. The Wine & Gold went 9-6 that month. 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO March 1, 1993 – Lenny Wilkens was named Coach of the Month for February, leading the Cavs to a 12-1 record. It marked his third time winning the award 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/19 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO as head coach of the Cavaliers (April 1988, December 1988). 3/21 @ IND 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/24 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/26 vs. LAL 7:00 p.m. on FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO Andre Drummond (Left Calf; Strain) – PROBABLE Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Dante Exum (Left Ankle; Sprain) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Alfonzo McKinnie (Left Foot; Plantar Fasciitis) – OUT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Tristan Thompson (Left Knee; Contusion) – OUT 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m. on FSO 4/7 @ POR 10:00 p.m. on FSO Dylan Windler (Right Lower Leg; Stress Reaction) – OUT 4/8 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. on FSO 4/11 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 2019-20 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 4/15 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO OVERALL 17-42 (.288) 9-22 (.290) 8-20 (.286) 3-1 (.750) L1 CENTRAL 4-8 (.333) 2-4 (.333) 2-4 (.333) 1-0 (1.000) W1 All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM EASTERN 12-29 (.293) 7-15 (.318) 5-14 (.263) 2-1 (.667) W2 WESTERN 5-13 (.278) 2-7 (.222) 3-6 (.333) 1-0 (1.000) L8 CAVALIERS vs. PACERS 2019-20 SEASON Overall: 94-101 Home: 61-38 RMFH: 28-24 Road: 33-63 October 26 at Cleveland – CAVS 110, Pacers 99 Current Streak: Lost 1 Home Streak: Won 1 Road Streak: Lost 2 November 1 at Indiana – Cavs 95, Pacers 102 February 29 at Cleveland – 8:00 p.m.