2019-20 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Notes Follow @Cavsnotes on Twitter Regular Season Game # 26 Road Game # 13
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SAT., DEC. 14, 2019 FISERV FORUM – MILWAUKEE, WI 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 # 26 ROAD GAME # 13 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: 25 25 9.2 3.3 2.2 .419 29.2 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: 21 21 16.4 10.8 2.6 .440 30.7 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: 24 24 13.2 9.8 2.3 .513 31.1 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: 25 25 17.8 3.0 2.4 .440 30.5 11/18 @ NYK L, 105-123 11/20 @ MIA L, 100-124 11/22 @ DAL L, 101-143 11/23 vs. POR W, 110-104 G 10 DARIUS GARLAND 6-1 192 19-20: 25 25 10.8 1.8 2.8 .379 27.8 11/25 vs. BKN L, 106-108 11/27 vs. ORL L, 104-116 11/29 vs. MIL L, 110-119 12/3 vs. DET L, 94-127 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 • After opening their three-game road trip with a 117-109 overtime win at San Antonio on Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers head to Milwaukee to 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 face the Bucks at Fiserv Forum tonight. This is the third of four regular season meetings between the Central Division rivals. Their final matchup will 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 take place on April 11 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 • 12/14 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. on FSO The last time these two teams faced off (Nov. 29 at CLE), the Cavs made 17-of-34 (.500) shots from three-point range, including 10 threes in the 12/16 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. on FSO third quarter. Cleveland was only one three-pointer away from matching the franchise record for three-pointers in a single quarter that night (11 12/18 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO in 1Q vs. LAC on Jan. 31, 2010). Cleveland also had a season-high 32 assists on 44 field goals versus Milwaukee. 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: JORDAN CLARKSON (5,979 PTS) is 21 points away from 6,000 for his career. TRISTAN THOMPSON (1,984 OREB) needs 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO 16 offensive rebounds to join Zydrunas Ilgauskas (2,336 OREB) as the only players in Cavaliers history to accumulate 2,000+ offensive rebounds. 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO COLLIN SEXTON (690 FGM) is 10 field goals shy of 700 for his career. 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs overcame a five-point deficit (103-98) with 20.1 seconds remaining in regulation during Thursday’s win at San Antonio. KEVIN LOVE (30 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO PTS), COLLIN SEXTON (28 PTS) and JORDAN CLARKSON (25 PTS) led the way and became the first Cavs trio to score 25+ points apiece since February 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 8, 2017 (Kyle Korver-29, Kyrie Irving-29, LeBron James-25). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO • Cleveland outrebounded San Antonio 50-36 (+14), which includes an 11-2 edge in offensive rebounds. The Cavs have had at least a 14+ rebound 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO differential on four occasions this season (47-32 vs. CHI on Oct. 30, 52-38 vs. POR on Nov. 23 and 49-34 vs. ORL on Nov. 27). 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN LOVE made the game-tying three-pointer with 7.5 seconds remaining in regulation and posted his second straight double-double (10th of 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO the season) with a season-high 30 points, a game-high 17 rebounds, two assists and a 4-9 (.444) clip from deep in 39 minutes at San Antonio. It 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO was the 5th time of his NBA career he tallied at least 30 points, 17 rebounds and 4 three-pointers in a game (most recently 12/25/17 vs. GSW). 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON finished with 28 points on 10-19 (.526) shooting, a 7-8 (.875) mark from the foul line, two rebounds, two assists and one steal in 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 35 minutes against the Spurs. It was his sixth 20-point effort of the season (33rd of career). Sexton also now has 97 career double-digit scoring 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO performances, the MOST among any player from the 2018 NBA Draft class (next closest is Trae Young with 93). 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO • JORDAN CLARKSON scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and finished Thursday’s win with 25 points on 10-18 (.556) shooting, four 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO rebounds, three assists and one steal in 31 minutes off the bench. Over the last three games (since Dec. 9), Clarkson is averaging 20.3 points (.500 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO nd FG%), 3.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 28.3 minutes per contest. With 20 double-digit scoring outings off the bench this season, he is tied for 2 in 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO the NBA with Lou Williams (20) and trails only Montrezl Harrell (23) for the most 10+ point performances as a reserve. 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO • In December (six games), KEVIN PORTER JR. is shooting .509 (27-53) from the field, including .500 (12-24) from three, while averaging 11.5 points, 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 22.8 minutes per game. 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO 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 December 13-14, 1985 – World B. Free scored 39 points in the Cavs’ 128-124 road win over the Milwaukee Bucks. The next night, Free put up 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 22 points to help Cleveland garner a 109-99 home win over the Boston Celtics despite Larry Bird’s 31 points. 3/8 vs. SAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO December 13, 1975 – After spending 13 hours trying to get out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, the Cavs took out their frustrations on the New 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO Orleans Jazz in a 112-90 win in Cleveland. The team arrived at the game at 9:44 p.m., about an hour and 45 minutes after the contest was 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO scheduled to start while the Jazz sat and waited. Jim Chones led the Cavaliers that night with 22 points, while Austin Carr added 18. 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 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO Tyler Cook (G League – Two-Way) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Dean Wade (G League – Two-Way) – 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.