MON., NOV. 25, 2019 ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE – CLEVELAND, OH 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 # 17 HOME GAME # 8 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/23 @ ORL L, 85-94 10/26 vs. IND W, 110-99 10/28 @ MIL L, 112-129 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-7 230 19-20: 16 16 8.5 4.0 2.2 .392 29.5 10/30 vs. CHI W, 117-111 11/1 @ IND L, 95-102 11/3 vs. DAL L, 111-131 C 22 LARRY NANCE JR. 6-7 245 19-20: 14 2 9.9 7.0 1.3 .525 25.4 11/5 vs. BOS L, 113-119 11/8 @ WAS W, 113-100 11/10 @ NYK W, 108-87 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-9 254 19-20: 15 15 14.9 9.9 2.3 .525 31.5 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: 16 16 17.8 3.1 2.1 .439 30.2 11/18 @ NYK L, 105-123 11/20 @ MIA L, 100-124 11/22 @ DAL L, 101-143 11/23 vs. POR W, 110-104 G 10 DARIUS GARLAND 6-1 192 19-20: 16 16 10.0 1.5 3.2 .353 27.9 11/25 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/27 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/29 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 12/3 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/6 vs. ORL 7:30 p.m. on FSO • After a 110-104 victory over Portland on Saturday, the Cleveland Cavaliers continue their six-game homestand tonight when they host the 12/7 @ PHI 7:30 p.m. on FSO/NBA TV 12/9 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. on FSO Brooklyn Nets. This is the first of three contests between the Cavs and Nets this season (March 28 at Brooklyn, April 13 at Cleveland). 12/11 vs. HOU 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Since the 2013-14 season, Cleveland is 10-2 at home against Brooklyn, outscoring them by an average of 8.6 points (111.4-102.8) and dishing out 12/12 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. on FSO 12/14 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. on FSO 25.7 assists over that stretch. The defense has held the Nets to under 100 points seven times over the last 12 home contests. 12/16 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. on FSO • In four games against the Nets last season, JORDAN CLARKSON averaged a team-best 22.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 31.0 minutes 12/18 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO per game. Clarkson has also scored in double figures in all 14 career games against Brooklyn (17.1 PPG), including the last time the Nets visited 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO Cleveland (2/13/19) when he tallied a career-high 42 points (most ever by a Cavs bench player), eight rebounds, five assists, one steal and one 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO block in 48 minutes. He also recorded his lone double-double against the Nets last season (20 PTS & 11 REB on 12/3/18 at Brooklyn). 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (4,964 REB) needs 36 rebounds to total 5,000 for his career and can join LeBron James (6,190 REB), 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO Zydrunas Ilgauskas (5,904 REB) and Brad Daugherty (5,227 REB) as the only players to accomplish that feat in a Cavaliers uniform. 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO • In Saturday’s win over Portland, the Cavs held the Trail Blazers to .448 (39-87) shooting from the field, including 15-45 (.333) in the first half. It was 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO th 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO their 8 time holding an opponent to under .450 shooting from the field this season. The Wine & Gold also had advantages over Portland in bench 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO points (41-30), points in the paint (50-36), second chance points (14-3) and rebounds (51-38). 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs had two players score 25 points or more against the Blazers (JORDAN CLARKSON-28/TRISTAN THOMPSON-25), the first time Cleveland 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO has had a pair of 25-point scorers in the same game since January 29, 2019 in a win over Washington (JORDAN CLARKSON-28, CEDI OSMAN-26). 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO • JORDAN CLARKSON’s 28 points against Portland on Saturday was a season high. He also shot a perfect 6-6 (1.000) from beyond the arc, becoming 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO the first Cavs player to go perfect from three with at least six attempts since Kyrie Irving on March 12, 2015 at San Antonio (7-7 3FG). Clarkson also 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO tied his career high for free throws made (10-12 FT) and added three assists, three rebounds, one steal and one block in 31 minutes. 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON’s 25 points (9-17 FG) in the win over the Blazers matched his season high (Oct. 26 vs. IND). He also tallied nine rebounds, 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO two assists and two steals in 36 minutes. Thompson went 7-7 from the free throw line for the second time in his career (1/7/15 vs. HOU). 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON, who tallied 19 points (7-14 FG), four rebounds and a career-best three steals in 32 minutes against Portland, has scored in double- 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO digits in all 16 games this season and in 39 consecutive contests going back to February 23, 2019. 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO • LARRY NANCE JR. recorded his 1st double-double of the season in Saturday’s win against the Trail Blazers (11 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 32 MIN). 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO • CEDI OSMAN grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds, to go with his five points, a season-high tying five assists and one steal in 33 minutes against 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO Portland. He also made his 500th career field goal with his first basket of the night. 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO • Since Nov. 8 (nine games), DARIUS GARLAND is averaging 11.9 points, 3.1 assists and 1.22 steals in 28.7 minutes per contest. 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/4 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/8 vs. SAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO November 25, 1976 – On Thanksgiving, Austin Carr and Campy Russell led the Cavaliers to a 111-105 comeback win over the Detroit Pistons in 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO front of 13,993 fans at the Coliseum. The win marked the 200th in franchise history. 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO 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 TBD Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m. on FSO 4/7 @ POR 10:00 p.m. on FSO 4/8 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. on FSO 2019-20 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/11 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m.