2019-20 Cleveland Cavaliers Game Notes Follow @Cavsnotes on Twitter Regular Season Game # 65 Road Game # 29
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TUES., MARCH 10, 2020 UNITED CENTER – CHICAGO, IL 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 # 65 ROAD GAME # 29 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: 64 64 11.1 3.5 2.4 .442 29.4 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: 55 55 17.6 9.8 3.1 .453 31.7 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: 56 55 17.7 15.3 2.7 .532 32.9 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: 64 64 20.7 3.1 2.9 .468 32.9 11/18 @ NYK L, 105-123 11/20 @ MIA L, 100-124 11/22 @ DAL L, 101-143 G 18 MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA 6-3 204 19-20: 56 3 3.0 1.3 3.1 .343 14.0 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 Cleveland Cavaliers will play their next 6 games on the road, starting tonight when they face the Chicago Bulls. This is the fourth and final 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 meeting between the Central Division rivals this season. 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 • MILESTONE WATCH: KEVIN LOVE (12,976 PTS) is 24 points away from 13,000 for his NBA career. TRISTAN THOMPSON (447 BLK) is 4 blocks away 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 th from passing Jim Chones (450 BLK) for 5 -most in franchise history. 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 OT • The Cavs have won back-to-back games with victories over Denver (104-102 on March 7) and San Antonio (132-129 OT on March 8). Against 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 the Spurs on Sunday, the Wine & Gold had a season-high four players record a double-double: ANDRE DRUMMOND (28 PTS, 17 REB), KEVIN LOVE 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 (14 PTS, 18 REB), LARRY NANCE JR. (19 PTS, 10 REB) and MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA (14 PTS, 11 AST). The last time Cleveland had four players 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 each post a double-double was March 24, 1990 vs. New Jersey when Hot Rod Williams (17 PTS, 10 REB), Larry Nance (12 PTS, 10 REB), Mark Price 12/23 vs. ATL W, 121-118 (24 PTS, 15 AST) and Brad Daugherty (12 PTS, 12 REB) accomplished that feat. With the victory, the Cavs also improved to 4-1 in overtime games. 12/27 @ BOS L, 117-129 12/28 @ MIN W, 94-88 • After recording 26 assists against San Antonio, Cleveland has now handed out 24+ assists in 9 straight games, which is tied for the 3rd-longest 12/31 @ TOR L, 97-117 streak in franchise history. The only longer streaks occurred in 1990-91 (17 straight), 1988-89 (13) and 1992-93 (12). 1/2 vs. CHA L, 106-109 1/4 vs. OKC L, 106-121 • COLLIN SEXTON has scored 25+ points in six of his last seven games, including a career-best four consecutive games (longest since LeBron James 1/5 vs. MIN L, 103-118 in 2017-18). Sexton has also scored in double-digits in 35 straight games since Dec. 23, including 20+ points 25 times over that span. 1/7 vs. DET L, 113-115 1/9 @ DET W, 115-112 OT COLLIN SEXTON’S LAST 7 GAMES HIGHEST PPG AMONG ALL EAST PLAYERS SINCE DEC. 23 (SEXTON’S 35-GAME RUN) 1/11 @ DEN W, 111-103 28 PTS (2/26) 32 PTS (3/2) 26 PTS (3/8) 1. Bradley Beal – 32.6 4. Zach Lavine – 27.6 7. COLLIN SEXTON – 23.3 1/13 @ LAL L, 99-128 31 PTS (2/28) 41 PTS (3/4) 2. Trae Young – 29.8 5. Jayson Tatum – 25.0 8. John Collins – 22.2 1/14 @ LAC L, 103-128 16 PTS (2/29) 25 PTS (3/7) 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo – 28.2 6. Khris Middleton – 23.5 9. Julius Randle – 21.2 1/17 @ MEM L, 109-113 AVERAGE: 28.4 PPG (.540 FG%, .450 3FG%) th 1/18 @ CHI L, 116-118 *Sexton is shooting .433 (71-164) from beyond the arc during his streak (8 -best in East). 1/20 vs. NYK L, 86-106 1/23 vs. WAS L, 112-124 • ANDRE DRUMMOND recorded his 47th double-double of the season against San Antonio (28 PTS, 11-16 FG, 17 REB, 3 BLK, 33 MIN). It was 1/25 vs. CHI L, 106-118 Drummond’s 17th game this season with 20+ points and 15+ rebounds (2nd-most in the NBA). 1/27 @ DET W, 115-100 • MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA has tallied 10+ assists in back-to-back games for the third time in his career. He has also recorded 38 assists in his last 1/28 vs. NOP L, 111-125 1/30 vs. TOR L, 109-115 four games since March 3 (9.5 APG over that span). Dellavedova had 11 assists and scored a season-high tying 14 points in the win over the Spurs. 2/1 vs. GSW L, 112-131 DELLY’S 10+ ASSISTS IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES OVER CAREER MOST GAMES WITH 20+ PTS AND 15+ REB THIS SEASON 2/3 vs. NYK L, 134-139 OT 2/5 @ OKC L, 103-109 March 20-22, 2014 10 AST vs. OKC, 10 AST vs. HOU Giannis Antetokounmpo 20 2/9 vs. LAC L, 92-133 Feb. 13-21, 2019 13 AST vs. BKN, 11 AST vs. PHX ANDRE DRUMMOND 17 2/12 vs. ATL W, 127-105 March 7-8, 2020 14 AST vs. DEN, 11 AST vs. SAS Joel Embiid 8 2/21 @ WAS W, 113-108 2/22 @ MIA L, 105-124 • Over the five-game homestand, KEVIN LOVE averaged 21.8 points (.486 FG%, .439 3FG%, .852 FT%), 11.8 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in 36.6 minutes. 2/24 vs. MIA W, 125-119 OT • CEDI OSMAN has scored in double figures in four straight games (since March 2), shooting .483 (14-29) from three-point range and averaging 2/26 vs. PHI W, 108-94 2/28 @ NOP L, 104-116 16.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals in 39.5 minutes over that span. 2/29 vs. IND L, 104-113 • LARRY NANCE JR. has scored in double figures in 27 games this season, including in 17 of the last 21 contests. Against the Spurs on Sunday, he 3/2 vs. UTA L, 113-126 recorded his 12th double-double of the season (19 PTS, 10 REB) and is now averaging a career-high 10.0 points in 2019-20. 3/4 vs. BOS L, 106-112 3/7 vs. DEN W, 104-102 3/8 vs. SAS W, 132-129 OT 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 March 10, 1987 – Ron Harper set a franchise record and NBA rookie record for steals in a game with 10 during the Cavaliers' 100-91 loss to Philadelphia at 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO Richfield Coliseum. He also added 28 points, five rebounds and seven assists. 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 Dante Exum (Left Ankle; Sprain) – OUT, Darius Garland (Left Groin Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Strain) – OUT, Sir’Dominic Pointer (G League – On Assignment) – OUT, Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Kevin Porter Jr. (Head; Concussion) – OUT, Tristan Thompson (Right Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Eye; Corneal Abrasion) – OUT, Dean Wade (G League – Two-Way) – 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m. on FSO 4/7 @ POR 10:00 p.m. on FSO OUT, Dylan Windler (Left Lower Leg; Stress Reaction) – OUT 4/8 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. on FSO 4/11 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 4/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2019-20 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/15 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO OVERALL 19-45 (.297) 11-25 (.306) 8-20 (.286) 4-1 (.800) W2 CENTRAL 4-9 (.308) 2-5 (.286) 2-4 (.333) 1-0 (1.000) L1 All games can be heard on WTAM/La Mega 87.7 FM EASTERN 12-31 (.279) 7-17 (.292) 5-14 (.263) 2-1 (.667) L2 WESTERN 7-14 (.333) 4-8 (.333) 3-6 (.333) 2-0 (1.000) W2 CAVALIERS vs.