VS. ATLANTA HAWKS (0-2) SUN., OCT. 21, 2018 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 6:00 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 # 3 HOME GAME # 1 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 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-8 215 18-19: 2 2 19.5 6.5 6.0 .519 34.1 10/21 vs. ATL 6:00 p.m. FSO 10/24 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO 10/25 @ DET 7:00 p.m. FSO F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 18-19: 2 2 23.0 13.0 4.5 .297 36.8 10/27 vs. IND 7:30 p.m. FSO 10/30 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/1 vs. DEN 7:00 p.m. FSO C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 18-19: 2 2 8.5 11.5 1.5 .571 31.5 11/3 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/5 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/7 vs. OKC 7:00 p.m. FSO G 1 RODNEY HOOD 6-8 206 18-19: 2 2 11.5 1.5 1.5 .348 27.7 11/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. FSO 11/13 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 11/14 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO G 3 GEORGE HILL 6-3 188 18-19: 2 2 11.0 1.5 4.5 .444 28.2 11/19 @ DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/21 vs. LAL 8:00 p.m. ESPN 11/23 @ PHI 7:30 p.m. FSO 11/24 vs. HOU 7:30 p.m. FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/26 vs. MIN 7:00 p.m. FSO 11/28 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. FSO • Cleveland kicks off their 2018-19 home campaign tonight against the Atlanta Hawks at The Q. This is the first of three matchups between the two 11/30 @ BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO teams this season (Oct. 30 at CLE, Dec. 29 at ATL). 12/1 vs. TOR 8:00 p.m. FSO 12/3 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO • The Cavs have won three straight games over Atlanta, tallying at least 120 points and 30 assists in each outing. Over that stretch, Cleveland has 12/5 vs. GSW 7:00 p.m. FSO averaged 122.3 points on .538 shooting from the field, a .473 (53-112) mark from three-point range, 32.0 assists and a 10.6 average margin of 12/7 vs. SAC 7:30 p.m. FSO victory (122.3-111.7). 12/8 vs. WAS 7:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV 12/10 @ MIL 8:00 p.m. FSO • Going back to May 20, 2015, the Cavs have won 15 of the last 19 games against Atlanta (includes 2015 and 2016 Playoffs). Cleveland has made 12/12 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO at least 10 three-pointers in all but one game during that 19-game span, including four contests with 20+ triples (NBA Playoff-record 25 threes 12/14 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. FSO on 5/4/16, 21 on 5/6/16, NBA regular season-record 25 on 3/3/17 and 20 on 12/12/17). 12/16 vs. PHI 3:30 p.m. FSO 12/18 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO • The Cavs are 9-4 in their last 13 home openers at Quicken Loans Arena, winning each of the last three. Tonight marks the first time that 12/19 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO Cleveland opens their home slate against Atlanta. Boston has been Cleveland’s most frequent opponent to kick off the season at home with eight 12/21 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO total matchups, including a 102-99 Cavaliers victory last season. 12/23 vs. CHI 6:00 p.m. FSO 12/26 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. FSO • Through the first two contests of this 2018-19 season, the Cavs are averaging 113.5 points per game. In Friday’s game at Minnesota, the Cavs 12/28 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO put up 123 points, including 41 in the third quarter, and shot 25-29 (.862) from the foul line. Cleveland also had 26 assists and six players score in 12/29 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. FSO double figures (Love-25, Osman-22, Clarkson-19, Sexton-14, Thompson-14, Hood-10). 1/2 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/4 vs. UTA 7:30 p.m. FSO • KEVIN LOVE posted his 1st double-double of the season on Friday with a team-high 25 points, a game-high 19 rebounds, seven assists, one block 1/5 vs. NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO and a perfect 10-10 (1.000) clip from the foul line in 39 minutes of work. It was Love’s NBA-record 27th career game with at least 25 points, 15 1/8 vs. IND 7:00 p.m. FSO rebounds and 3 three-pointers. The next closest players are Dirk Nowitzki and DeMarcus Cousins with 9 such games apiece. (Elias Sports Bureau) 1/9 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. FSO • At Minnesota, CEDI OSMAN posted career highs in points (22) and assists (8), while going 9-17 (.529) from the field and 4-7 (.571) from deep in 1/11 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. FSO 1/13 @ LAL 9:30 p.m. FSO/NBATV 35 minutes. Osman is off to a solid start this season, averaging 19.5 points (.519 FG%, .667 3FG%), 6.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.5 steals in 34.0 1/16 @ POR 10:00 p.m. FSO minutes per game. 1/18 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO • For the second game in a row, JORDAN CLARKSON led all bench players with 19 points on 8-14 (.571) shooting from the field, to go along with 1/19 @ DEN 10:00 p.m. FSO four rebounds, a steal and a block in 24 minutes against the Wolves. COLLIN SEXTON also came off the bench and posted his first career double- 1/21 vs. CHI 1:00 p.m. FSO 1/23 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. FSO digit scoring effort with 14 points (10 in the 4th Q) on 6-9 (.667) shooting from the field in 23 minutes on Friday night. 1/25 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON has notched back-to-back games with 10 or more rebounds to start the season. Against Minnesota on Friday, he recorded 1/27 @ CHI 3:30 p.m. FSO his 1st double-double of the season with 14 points on 7-9 (.778) shooting, 10 rebounds, two assists and a block in 36 minutes of play. 1/29 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/2 vs. DAL 7:30 p.m. FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES & RECORDS: KYLE KORVER (10,970 PTS), who averaged 19.5 points in four games against Atlanta last season, is 30 2/5 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO points away from 11,000 for his career. TRISTAN THOMPSON (4,401 REB) is 34 rebounds away from passing Anderson Varejao (4,434 REB) for 2/8 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO the 5th-most boards in franchise history. J.R. SMITH (573 3FGM) is 6 three-pointers shy of moving past Daniel Gibson (578 3FGM) for 5th place in 2/9 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO the team’s record book. KEVIN LOVE (299 BLK) is one block away from 300 for his career. 2/11 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO/ESPN 2/21 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/23 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO Larry Nance Jr. (right ankle sprain) – TBD Tyronn Lue (Ta-RON LEW) 2/25 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO David Nwaba (NWAH-buh) 2/28 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/2 vs. DET 5:00 p.m. FSO Cedi Osman (JED-e AUS-min) 3/3 vs. ORL 6:00 p.m. FSO Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO 3/8 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/11 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV 3/12 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 10/15/18 – Cavs and forward Larry Nance Jr. signed a new multi-year contract extension…10/13/18 – Cavs waived forwards Bonzie Colson and Emanuel Terry, and guards 3/14 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO Kobi Simmons and Isaiah Taylor…10/11/18 – Cavs signed forward Emanuel Terry…10/10/18 – Cavaliers waived guard Levi Randolph…9/24/18 – Cavaliers announced 2018 3/16 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO Training Camp Roster…9/10/18 – Cavaliers re-signed guard Rodney Hood…9/8/18 – Cavaliers signed guard David Nwaba. 3/18 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. FSO 2018-19 CAVALIERS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 3/20 vs. MIL 7:00 p.m. FSO 3/22 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 3/24 @ MIL 4:30 p.m.