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SAT., OCT. 26, 2019 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 # 2 HOME GAME # 1 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE 10/7 vs. SLA (PRE) W, 120-89 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/11 @ DET (PRE) L, 105-109 10/13 @ BOS (PRE) L, 72-118 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-7 230 19-20: 1 1 13.0 3.0 2.0 .556 29.0 10/15 vs. BOS (PRE) L – 118-95 10/23 @ ORL L, 85-94 10/26 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-8 247 19-20: 1 1 11.0 18.0 3.0 .444 36.0 10/28 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. on FSO 10/30 vs. CHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/1 @ IND 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/3 vs. DAL 7:30 p.m. on FSO C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-9 254 19-20: 1 1 16.0 11.0 1.0 .727 33.3 11/5 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/8 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO/ESPN 11/10 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. on FSO G 2 COLLIN SEXTON 6-1 192 19-20: 1 1 16.0 2.0 2.0 .333 29.9 11/12 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO/NBA TV 11/14 vs. MIA 6:00 p.m. on FSO 11/17 vs. PHI 3:00 p.m. on FSO G 10 DARIUS GARLAND 6-1 192 19-20: 1 1 8.0 2.0 5.0 .333 31.5 11/18 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. on FSO 11/20 @ MIA 7:30 p.m. on FSO 11/22 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. on FSO 11/23 vs. POR 8:00 p.m. on FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/25 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/27 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cleveland Cavaliers will play their 50th home opener tonight when they take on the Indiana Pacers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. This will 11/29 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO be the first of four contests versus the Pacers in 2019-20 (Nov. 1 at IND, Feb. 29 at CLE, Mar. 21 at IND). The Cavs are 7-4 in their last 11 home 12/3 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/6 vs. ORL 7:30 p.m. on FSO openers dating back to the 2008-09 season. 12/7 @ PHI 7:30 p.m. on FSO/NBA TV • Dating back to March 30, 2014, the Cavs hold an 8-3 mark in their last 11 home matchups against the Pacers. Over that span, Cleveland is averaging 12/9 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. on FSO 12/11 vs. HOU 7:00 p.m. on FSO 107.9 points per contest (.483%, .364 3FG%), while dishing out an average of 23.1 assists. 12/12 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (398 BLK) needs two more blocks to become just the 7th player in Cavaliers history to reach 400 12/14 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. on FSO 12/16 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. on FSO th for his career. If he reaches that plateau, he can also become just the 4 Cavalier with at least 400 blocks and 4,000 rebounds (LeBron James, 12/18 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Hot Rod Williams). Thompson (2,936 DREB) also needs 20 more defensive rebounds to pass Anderson Varejao (2,955 DREB) for 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO 5th-most defensive boards in Cavaliers history. 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO • Cleveland opened the 2019-20 season in Orlando on Wednesday night. In that contest, the Cavs outrebounded the Magic 54-46. KEVIN LOVE (18), 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO LARRY NANCE (14) and TRISTAN THOMPSON (11) became the first Cavaliers trio to each record 10 rebounds or more in a game since Nov. 28, 2018 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO at Oklahoma City (Nance, Osman, Sexton). 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON posted his 1st double-double of the season with a team-high tying 16 points on 8-11 (.727) shooting, 11 rebounds and one 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO block in 33 minutes on Wednesday night in Orlando. He also recorded his 398th career block, passing Anderson Varejao and Brad Daugherty (both 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO w/397 BLK) for sole possession of the 7th-most blocks in franchise history. Last season, Thompson averaged a double-double for the first time of 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO his career (10.9 PTS, 10.2 REB) while also recording a team-high 19 double-doubles. 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN LOVE also notched his 1st double-double of the season with 11 points, a game-high 18 rebounds, three assists and one steal in 36 minutes 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO at Orlando. With 18 rebounds, Love tied Zydrunas Ilgauskas for the 3rd-most boards ever recorded by a Cavalier in a season opener, trailing only 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO Anderson Varejao (23 vs. WAS, 10/30/12) and Jim Chones (19 at POR, 10/18/74). Ilgauskas had 18 rebounds in an opener twice (11/3/04 vs. IND & 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO 10/31/07 vs. DAL). (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON finished with a team-high tying 16 points, two rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes versus the Magic. Going back to last season, 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO Sexton has scored 16 points or more in 18 consecutive games, averaging 22.7 points (.505 FG%, .434 3FG%, .870 FT%) and 3.3 assists in 36.0 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO minutes per contest (since 3/8/19). 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO • CEDI OSMAN had a solid opening night, tallying 13 points on 5-9 (.556) shooting, including 3-6 (.500) from deep, three rebounds, two assists and 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO two steals in 29 minutes at Orlando. Last season, Osman scored in double figures on 52 occasions. 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO • LARRY NANCE JR. scored his 2,000th career point with his first basket in Orlando and finished the night with a near double-double (9 PTS, 14 REB, 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1 BLK) in 27 minutes off the bench. Going back to last season, Nance Jr. has now pulled down 10 or more rebounds in a career-best 8 consecutive 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO games (since 3/28/19). 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 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 October 28, 1970 – The Cavaliers played their first NBA regular season game in Cleveland, a contest against the 3/4 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO San Diego Clippers before 6,144 fans at the Cleveland Arena. 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 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO TBD Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/19 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min 3/21 @ IND 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/24 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. on FSO Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/26 vs. LAL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO 2019-20 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m. on FSO 4/7 @ POR 10:00 p.m. on FSO OVERALL 0-1 (.000) 0-0 (.000) 0-1 (.000) 0-0 (.000) L1 4/8 @ GSW 10:30 p.m.