FRI., DEC. 20, 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 # 29 HOME GAME # 15 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: 28 28 9.6 3.3 2.1 .424 28.9 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: 24 24 15.9 10.8 2.9 .441 30.3 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: 27 27 13.3 9.9 2.3 .525 31.2 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: 28 28 17.9 3.0 2.4 .454 30.5 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: 28 28 10.9 1.9 3.1 .382 28.2 11/25 vs. BKN L, 106-108 11/27 vs. ORL L, 104-116 11/29 vs. MIL L, 110-119 12/3 vs. DET L, 94-127 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 • After opening their three-game homestand with a 100-98 victory over Charlotte, the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Memphis Grizzlies tonight at 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The Cavs have won 7 of the last 10 meetings versus Memphis. 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 • Cleveland also holds an 18-4 all-time home record against the Grizzlies. Defensively, the Cavs have held Memphis to under 100 points in 13 of the 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 22 contests at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, including nine of the last 13. During their 22 home meetings, Cleveland’s defense has limited the 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 Grizzlies to an average of 95.3 points on .447 shooting from the field. Offensively, the Wine & Gold have averaged 101.3 points (.476 FG%, .405 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 3FG%) and 25.4 assists in their 22 meetings against Memphis in Cleveland. 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs have also won three straight home games against Memphis, including the most recent meeting, a 112-107 victory on Feb. 23, 2019. In 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO the victory, Cleveland made 16 three-pointers and dished out 25 assists on 39 made field goals. The Wine & Gold also outrebounded the Grizzlies, 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO 52-43, and their 14 offensive rebounds led to 25 second chance points. 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (1,997 OREB) needs 3 offensive rebounds to join Zydrunas Ilgauskas (2,336 OREB) as the only 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO players in Cavaliers history to accumulate 2,000 offensive rebounds. 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO • In Wednesday’s win against the Hornets, Cleveland held Charlotte to 98 points on 37-91 (.407) shooting from the field. Offensively, the Cavs shot a 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO season-high 40-74 (.541) from the field and dished out 25+ assists for the fourth time in five games. Over the last five contests, Cleveland is 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO averaging 109.6 points (.490 FG%) and 26.6 assists. 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO • DARIUS GARLAND has dished out 5+ assists in four consecutive games, the longest streak by a Cavs rookie since April 2012 (Donald Sloan, 4 games). 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO • JORDAN CLARKSON has scored in double-digits 22 times off the bench, tied for the 2nd-most among reserves in the NBA this season. 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON has scored at least 20 points in three of the last four games, including the victory over Charlotte (23 PTS, 10-14 FG, 3 STL, 31 MIN). 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO His .714 FG% against the Hornets that night was the highest of his NBA career (prev. .667 on two occasions: 10/19/18 at MIN and 11/24/18 vs. 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO HOU). Sexton also made his first 8 FG attempts, becoming the first Cavalier to accomplish that feat since Kyrie Irving made his first 10 FG attempts 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO on Nov. 25, 2016 vs. Dallas. 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN LOVE, who had a strong all-around performance in Wednesday’s victory (16 PTS, 5-9 FG, 14 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 32 MIN), has notched a 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO double-double in each of his last 6 appearances against Memphis, averaging 22.3 points on .550 (44-80) shooting, .485 (16-33) from three, a 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO perfect 1.000 (30-30) from the foul line, 11.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30.7 minutes per game over that stretch. In the Feb. 23rd win over the 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO Grizzlies, Love had a 2018-18 season-high 32 points (9-15 FG, 6-9 3FG, 8-8 FT), a game-high 12 rebounds, one steal and one block in 26 minutes. 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO Since 2014-15, Love has four games with 7+ assists, including three times this season (12/18 vs. CHA, 11/29 vs. MIL and 10/26 vs. IND) 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON recorded his team-leading 14th double-double of the season against Charlotte (14 PTS, 6-9 FG, 13 REB, 37 MIN). He is tied 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO for 12th in the NBA in double-doubles this season. 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO • CEDI OSMAN had his highest scoring first half of his NBA career on Wednesday (15 PTS) and finished the night with 18 points on 8-12 (.667) shooting, 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO three rebounds, two steals and one block in 32 minutes. His previous high for an opening half was 14 points on three occasions. 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 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO December 20, 1991 – Cleveland defeated the Atlanta Hawks at the Omni in Atlanta, 122-99. Terrell Brandon led five Cavaliers bench players in 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO double figures with 19 points. Cleveland would go on to rip off another 10 consecutive wins for a then franchise-record tying 11-game win streak. 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 3/26 vs. LAL 7:00 p.m. on FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO TBD Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 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. on FSO 4/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO OVERALL 7-21 (.250) 4-10 (.286) 3-11 (.214) 1-0 (1.000) W1 4/15 @ ATL 7:30 p.m.