2019-20 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Notes Follow @Cavsnotes on Twitter Regular Season Game # 55 Road Game # 26
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FRI., FEB. 21, 2020 CAPITAL ONE ARENA – WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 # 55 ROAD GAME # 26 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: 54 54 10.8 3.4 2.3 .442 28.9 10/30 vs. CHI W, 117-111 11/1 @ IND L, 95-102 11/3 vs. DAL L, 111-131 F 22 LARRY NANCE JR. 6-7 245 19-20: 45 7 9.5 7.3 2.0 .528 25.1 11/5 vs. BOS L, 113-119 11/8 @ WAS W, 113-100 11/10 @ NYK W, 108-87 C 3 ANDRE DRUMMOND 6-11 279 19-20: 51 50 17.7 15.8 2.8 .528 33.4 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: 54 54 19.8 3.2 2.7 .460 32.2 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: 53 53 12.2 1.9 3.8 .394 30.5 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 Cavaliers hit the road following the All-Star break for two games, starting tonight against the Washington Wizards. This is the third and final 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 meeting between the two teams this season. Cleveland is 11-4 in their last 15 games at Capital One Arena, including a 113-100 win on Nov. 8. 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 • MILESTONE WATCH: DARIUS GARLAND (96 3FGM) is 4 three-pointers away from becoming just the 2nd rookie in franchise history to make 100 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 triples in single season (Collin Sexton, 119 in 2018-19. KEVIN LOVE (1,196 3FGM) is 4 three-pointers away from 1,200 for his career. 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 OT 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 • In the Cavaliers’ 127-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Feb. 12, Cleveland had three players record double-doubles for the second time this season 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 (also in a win at Denver on Jan. 11) with TRISTAN THOMPSON (27 PTS, 11 REB), LARRY NANCE JR. (23 PTS, 12 REB) and ANDRE DRUMMOND (14 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 PTS, 15 REB). With the double-double, Drummond has 44 double-doubles on the season (tied for most in NBA). 12/23 vs. ATL W, 121-118 ANDRE DRUMMOND HAS RECORDED A DOUBLE-DOUBLE IN 7 CONSECUTIVE GAMES SINCE JAN. 29 12/27 @ BOS L, 117-129 Jan. 29 at BKN: 12 PTS, 13 REB, Feb. 2 vs. DEN: 21 PTS, 17 REB Feb. 5 vs. PHX: 31 PTS, 19 REB Feb. 12 vs. ATL: 14 PTS, 15 REB 12/28 @ MIN W, 94-88 12/31 @ TOR L, 97-117 Jan. 31 vs. TOR: 20 PTS, 20 REB Feb. 3 at MEM: 25 PTS, 18 REB Feb. 9 at OKC: 19 PTS, 14 REB 1/2 vs. CHA L, 106-109 1/4 vs. OKC L, 106-121 • KEVIN PORTER JR. has scored in double figures in a career-high 7 straight games (since Jan. 28), averaging 16.1 points on .519 (42-81) shooting 1/5 vs. MIN L, 103-118 from the field, including .500 (16-32) from beyond the arc, 2.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 27.6 minutes over that span. His 16 3FGM are the 4th- 1/7 vs. DET L, 113-115 most among NBA rookies since Jan. 28, behind only Terence Davis (20 3FGM), De’Andre Hunter (19 3FGM) and Nicolo Melli (17 3FGM). 1/9 @ DET W, 115-112 OT 1/11 @ DEN W, 111-103 KEVIN PORTER JR.’S CAREER HIGH 7 CONSECUTIVE GAMES SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES (16.1 PTS, 2.9 REB, 2.4 AST) 1/13 @ LAL L, 99-128 Jan. 29 vs NOP: 21 PTS Feb. 1 vs. GSW: 19 PTS Feb. 5 at OKC: 13 PTS Feb. 12 vs. ATL: 18 PTS 1/14 @ LAC L, 103-128 Jan. 30 vs. TOR: 13 PTS Feb. 3 vs NYK: 12 PTS Feb. 9 vs LAC: 17 PTS 1/17 @ MEM L, 109-113 1/18 @ CHI L, 116-118 1/20 vs. NYK L, 86-106 • LARRY NANCE JR. has tallied 6 double-doubles in his last 11 games (since Jan. 20), averaging 14.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 27.9 1/23 vs. WAS L, 112-124 minutes per contest over that span. In Cleveland’s win over Atlanta on Feb. 12, he posted his 9th double-double of the season with a career-high 1/25 vs. CHI L, 106-118 23 points on 8-11 (.727) shooting, 12 rebounds, two assists, a season-high-tying three steals and two blocks in 35 minutes. 1/27 @ DET W, 115-100 1/28 vs. NOP L, 111-125 • COLLIN SEXTON has scored in double figures in 25 consecutive games, the second longest double-digit scoring streak of his career (most is 45 games 1/30 vs. TOR L, 109-115 from Feb 23-Dec 7, 2019). In his last 14 games (since Jan. 13), Sexton is shooting 52-55 (.945 FT%) from the charity stripe, which is the 4th-highest 2/1 vs. GSW L, 112-131 mark in the NBA over that span (min. 20 FTA). Sexton has also scored 23+ points in seven of his last eight games. 2/3 vs. NYK L, 134-139 OT 2/5 @ OKC L, 103-109 • KEVIN LOVE has made at least 2 threes in 11 straight games and is shooting 40-94 (.425) from deep over that span. 2/9 vs. LAC L, 92-133 2/12 vs. ATL W, 127-105 MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH MULTIPLE THREE-POINTERS IN CAVS HISTORY 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO JR Smith – 12 (1/21/16-2/10/16) Kyle Korver – 11 (2/1/17-2/27/17) KEVIN LOVE – 11 (1/18/20-present) 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO Wesley Person – 11 (11/19/97-12/11/97) Kyle Korver – 11 (11/11/17-12/2/17) Darius Garland – 10 (12/28/19-1/14/20) 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 • DARIUS GARLAND has scored in double figures in 20 of his last 22 games since Dec. 28, 2019 (13.9 PTS, 5.2 AST, 33.7 MIN) and has knocked down 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO multiple three-pointers in an NBA rookie-leading 32 games. 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Against the Hawks on Feb. 12, TRISTAN THOMPSON became the first Cavs bench player with at least 27 points and 11 rebounds in a game since 3/4 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO Melvin Turpin (32 PTS, 13 REB) versus New York on March 11, 1986. Thompson also shot a career-high 3-3 (1.000) from beyond the arc. 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 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO February 21, 1971 – Walt Wesley recorded the first 20-20 game in franchise history with 30 points and 21 rebounds at Portland. 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO February 21, 1993 – Mark Price, Larry Nance and Brad Daugherty represented the Cavaliers in the 1993 NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake City. Price knocked 3/19 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/21 @ IND 7:00 p.m. on FSO down a game-high six three-pointers and scored 19 points for the East. 3/24 vs. SAC 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/26 vs. LAL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Alfonzo McKinnie (Left Foot; Plantar Fasciitis) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Matt Mooney (G League – Two-Way) - OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Dean Wade (G League – Two-Way) - OUT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m. on FSO Dylan Windler (Left Lower Leg; Stress Reaction) – OUT 4/7 @ POR 10:00 p.m. on FSO 4/8 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. on FSO Ante Zizic (Illness) – PROBABLE 4/11 vs.