2019-20 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Notes Follow @Cavsnotes on Twitter Regular Season Game # 30 Home Game # 16
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MON., DEC. 23, 2019 ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE – CLEVELAND, OH 7:00 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 # 30 HOME GAME # 16 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: 29 29 9.7 3.2 2.1 .429 28.6 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: 25 25 16.1 10.8 2.8 .442 30.3 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: 28 28 13.2 10.0 2.4 .518 31.2 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: 29 29 17.6 3.0 2.4 .446 30.3 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: 29 29 11.0 2.0 3.1 .382 28.3 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 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to complete a perfect 3-0 homestand tonight when they face off against the Atlanta Hawks. This is the first of 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 four regular season meetings between the two teams (2/12 at CLE, 3/14 at ATL and 4/15 at ATL). The Cavs are 4-2 in the last 6 games versus Atlanta. 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 • The last time the Hawks visited Cleveland (10/30/18), the Cavs came away with a 136-114 victory. The 136 points scored by Cleveland that night 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 th 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 was their 4 -highest scoring output ever produced at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (140 vs. MIN in OT on 2/7/18, 139 vs. BKN in 3OT on 2/13/19, 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 137 vs. POR in regulation on 11/23/16). The Cavs shot 45-90 (.500) from the field, including 13-25 (.520) from three-point range, and had seven 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 players score in double figures. Defensively, Cleveland forced Atlanta into recording 23 turnovers while scoring 28 points off of their miscues. 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 • UPCOMING MILESTONES: With another double-digit scoring outing, COLLIN SEXTON will have 100 career games of 10+ points or more. TRISTAN 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO THOMPSON (590 GP) can tie Anderson Varejao (591 GP) for the 7th-most games played in franchise history with an appearance tonight. 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO • In Friday’s win over Memphis, the Cavs closed out the game on a 33-14 run after trailing by 12 points (93-81) with 10:28 left in the fourth quarter 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO to win 114-107. Cleveland shot 17-37 (.459) from three-point range and handed out 26 assists against the Grizzlies, their fifth time in six games with 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 25+ assists. Over the last six contests, Cleveland is averaging 110.3 points (.480 FG%), 26.5 assists and 13.2 three-pointers made per game. 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO • 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO The Wine & Gold had a season-best 10 blocks in Friday’s win, their most in a game since Feb. 23, 2017 (10 blocks vs. NYK). JOHN HENSON led 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO Cleveland with a career-high-tying seven blocks in 16 minutes off the bench. His seven blocks were the most by a Cavaliers player since Zydrunas 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO Ilgauskas on Feb. 23, 2005 (7 BLK vs. CHI). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Henson became the FIRST Cavs player since blocks were first 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO tracked in 1973-74 to swat 7 or more shots in under 17 minutes of play. The last NBA player to record seven blocks in under 17 minutes was 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO Bernard James of the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 22, 2013 at New Orleans (7 BLK in 15 minutes and 12 seconds of play). 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO • Cleveland grabbed a season-high 60 rebounds versus the Grizzlies and outrebounded them by 14 boards (60-46). Cleveland has had at least a +10 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO margin in rebounds on six occasions this season, including each game of this homestand (48-35 vs. CHA on 12/18). 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • JORDAN CLARKSON had his 7th career 30-point game after tallying a season-high 33 points (12-17 FG, 6-8 3FG), six rebounds and one block in 30 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO minutes off the bench on Friday. He scored 20 points (7-8 FG, 4-4 3FG, 2-2 FT) in the first half, tying his highest scoring effort in an opening half of 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO his career (Nov. 3, 2015 vs. DEN). Clarkson has now scored in double-digits 23 times off the bench this season (3rd-most among all NBA reserves). 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN LOVE has notched a double-double in five of the last six games, including the win over Memphis (21 PTS, 13 REB, 5-11 3FG, 28 MIN). TRISTAN 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO THOMPSON also recorded a double-double against the Grizzlies (10 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK, 32 MIN). Love (16.1 PPG, 10.8 RPG) and Thompson 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO (13.2 PPG, 10.0 RPG) are currently the only NBA teammates each averaging a double-double this season. 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO • DARIUS GARLAND contributed 14 points, a career-high-tying five rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes versus Memphis. He also shot 2-5 (.400) 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO from beyond the arc and has made a three-pointer in a career-high-tying nine consecutive games. 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON grabbed eight offensive rebounds on Friday and now has 2,005 offensive rebounds for his career. He joins Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO (2,336) as the only players in Cavaliers history to accumulate 2,000 offensive rebounds. Coming into tonight’s game, Thompson ranks 2nd in the 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO NBA in offensive rebounds per game with a career-best 4.1 per night. 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO • MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA dished out a season-high eight assists in 15 minutes off the bench on Friday. 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Over the last five games, CEDI OSMAN is averaging 13.2 points (.481 FG%, .444 3FG%) and 2.6 rebounds in 27.6 minutes per contest. 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 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO December 23, 1991 – Craig Ehlo drained a buzzer-beating three-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining to lift the Cavaliers to a 113-112 win over 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO the Utah Jazz at the Coliseum. The shot and victory were immortalized by Joe Tait's legendary call as the Cavaliers left the floor: "Yes, Virginia, 3/19 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO there is a Santa Claus! And he comes from Lubbock, Texas!" 3/21 @ IND 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/24 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/26 vs.