Vs. Toronto Raptors (48-19)
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VS. TORONTO RAPTORS (48-19) MON., MARCH 11, 2019 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 # 67 HOME GAME # 35 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 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-8 215 18-19: 60 59 12.8 4.7 2.5 .429 31.7 10/24 vs. BKN L, 86-102 10/25 @ DET L, 103-110 10/27 vs. IND L, 107-119 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 18-19: 13 13 18.8 10.8 2.3 .387 27.2 10/30 vs. ATL W, 136-114 11/1 vs. DEN L, 91-110 C 22 LARRY NANCE JR. 6-9 230 18-19: 11/3 @ CHA L, 94-126 56 24 9.1 7.9 3.0 .521 26.1 11/5 @ ORL L, 100-102 11/7 vs. OKC L, 86-95 G 20 BRANDON KNIGHT 6-3 195 18-19: 23 10 5.1 1.0 1.6 .348 14.1 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: 66 56 15.2 3.0 2.9 .408 30.6 11/19 @ DET L, 102-113 11/21 vs. LAL L, 105-109 11/23 @ PHI W, 121-112 CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/24 vs. HOU W, 117-108 11/26 vs. MIN L, 95-102 • The Cleveland Cavaliers return to The Q to take on the Toronto Raptors for the fourth and final time this season. After tonight, the Cavaliers will 11/28 @ OKC L, 83-100 hit the road for the next three games with stops in Philadelphia (3/12), Orlando (3/14) and Dallas (3/16). 11/30 @ BOS L, 95-128 12/1 vs. TOR L, 95-106 • The Cavs are 12-2 in their last 14 matchups at The Q versus Toronto (regular season and playoffs). Over that span, Cleveland is averaging 113.1 12/3 @ BKN W, 99-97 points on .509 shooting from the field (.413 3FG%), outscoring the Raptors by an average of 12.2 points per contest (113.1-100.9). 12/5 vs. GSW L, 105-129 12/7 vs. SAC L, 110-129 • CAREER MILESTONES: CHANNING FRYE (3,997 REB, 1,043 3FGM) is 3 boards away from 4,000 and could become just the 36th player in NBA 12/8 vs. WAS W, 116-101 history to accumulate at least 4,000 career rebounds and 1,000 three-pointers. KEVIN LOVE (2,996 FTM) needs to make 4 free throws to reach 12/10 @ MIL L, 92-108 3,000 for his career. 12/12 vs. NYK W, 113-106 12/14 vs. MIL L, 102-114 • The Cavaliers connected on a season-high 19 three-point field goals at Miami on Friday (19-43, .442). They have made at least 10 threes in 12 12/16 vs. PHI L, 105-128 consecutive games (since 2/8), knocking down an average of 14.8 three-pointers per contest over that span (3rd-best in NBA, trailing only 12/18 @ IND W, 92-91 HOU-16.5 and ATL-15.0). The Cavs also have the 7th-highest three-point percentage in the NBA this season at .360. 12/19 @ CHA L, 99-110 12/21 @ TOR L, 110-126 • The Wine & Gold shot .812 (13-16) from the foul line against Miami, their 33rd overall outing with at least a .800 clip this season (8th-most in 12/23 vs. CHI L, 92-112 NBA). Since Feb. 25, the Cavs are shooting a combined .821 (133-162) from the charity stripe. The Cavaliers also dished out 28 assists on 39 12/26 @ MEM L, 87-95 made field goals at Miami. 12/28 @ MIA L, 94-118 12/29 @ ATL L, 108-111 • COLLIN SEXTON posted a game-high 27 points on 11-17 (.647) shooting, including 3-5 (.600) from three-point range, and a team-high tying six 1/2 vs. MIA L, 92-117 assists in 35 minutes against the Heat. With his first triple of the night, Sexton moved past Kyrie Irving (73 in 2011-12) for the most threes 1/4 vs. UTA L, 91-117 made in a single-season by a Cavaliers rookie. Sexton also surpassed the 1,000 career-point plateau with his 21st point in the game. Sexton 1/5 vs. NOP L, 98-133 becomes only the 33rd player in NBA history to record over 1,000 points and 75 three-pointers in their rookie season. Over the last 13 games 1/8 vs. IND L, 115-123 1/9 @ NOP L, 124-140 (since 2/5), he is averaging 19.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 34.5 minutes per game. 1/11 @ HOU L, 113-141 • JORDAN CLARKSON shot 6-10 (.600) from beyond the arc and finished with 21 points and two rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench at Miami. 1/13 @ LAL W, 101-95 1/16 @ POR L, 112-129 Clarkson knocked down his 500th career with his first trey of the game. This season, Clarkson has scored in double figures 57 times (2nd-most 1/18 @ UTA L, 99-115 among all NBA bench players) and is averaging a career-high 17.0 points per game (3rd-highest among NBA reserves). In three games against 1/19 @ DEN L, 102-124 Toronto this season, he is averaging 17.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 28.3 minutes per night. 1/21 vs. CHI L, 88-104 1/23 @ BOS L, 103-123 • KEVIN LOVE contributed 19 points, four rebounds, three assists and one steal in 31 minutes on Friday. In his 7 appearances since the All-Star 1/25 vs. MIA L, 94-100 break, Love is averaging 21.6 points and 11.0 rebounds in 27.9 minutes per game, to go along with 5 double-doubles. He has also shot a 1/27 @ CHI W, 104-101 combined .464 (26-56) from three-point range and .935 (43-46) from the free throw line over that span. 1/29 vs. WAS W, 116-113 2/2 vs. DAL L, 98-111 • BRANDON KNIGHT went 3-6 (.500) from three-point territory, tallying a season-high 15 points, two rebounds, a team-high tying six assists and 2/5 vs. BOS L, 96-103 one steal in 26 minutes against Miami. 2/8 @ WAS L, 106-119 2/9 @ IND L, 90-105 2/11 vs. NYK W, 107-104 2/13 vs. BKN L, 139-148 (3OT) CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/21 vs. PHX W, 111-98 Matthew Dellavedova (concussion) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 2/23 vs. MEM W, 112-107 John Henson (left wrist surgery) – OUT David Nwaba (NWAH-buh) 2/25 vs. POR L, 110-123 2/28 @ NYK W, 125-118 Larry Nance Jr. (rib contusion) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 3/2 vs. DET L, 93-129 JR Smith (personal) – NWT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/3 vs. ORL W, 107-93 Tristan Thompson (left foot soreness) – OUT 3/6 @ BKN L, 107-113 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/8 @ MIA L, 110-126 3/11 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/11/19 – Cavaliers signed guard Nik Stauskas…2/7/19 – Cavaliers acquired guard Brandon Knight, forward Marquese Chriss, a 2019 first round draft pick and a 2022 second round pick from 3/12 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO the Houston Rockets as part of a three-team trade; In exchange, Cleveland sent guards Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin IV as well as a 2021 second round draft pick (via MIL) to Houston, and 3/14 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO guard Alec Burks to the Sacramento Kings; Houston received guard Iman Shumpert from Sacramento and sent their own 2020 second round pick to the Kings as part of the deal. 3/16 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO 2018-19 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/18 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/20 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/22 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/24 @ MIL 4:30 p.m. FSO OVERALL 16-50 (.242) 10-24 (.294) 6-26 (.188) 0-1 (.000) L2 3/26 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO CENTRAL 2-11 (.154) 0-6 (.000) 2-5 (.286) 0-0 (.000) L2 3/28 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. FSO 3/30 @ LAC 3:30 p.m. FSO EASTERN 12-33 (.267) 7-14 (.333) 5-19 (.208) 0-1 (.000) L2 4/1 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV WESTERN 4-17 (.190) 3-10 (.231) 1-7 (.125) 0-0 (.000) L1 4/4 @ SAC 10:00 p.m. FSO 4/5 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. FSO 4/7 vs. SAS 3:00 p.m. FSO 4/9 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS vs. RAPTORS 2018-19 SEASON Overall: 48-41 Home: 26-18 The Q: 26-18 Road: 22-23 October 17 at Toronto – CAVS 104, Raptors 116 Current Streak: Lost 3 Home Streak: Lost 1 Road Streak: Lost 3 December 1 at Cleveland – CAVS 95, Raptors 106 December 21 at Toronto – CAVS 110, Raptors 126 Last Win: 4/3/18 Last Home Win: 4/3/18 Last Road Win: 12/5/16 March 11 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.