AT UTAH JAZZ (25-21) FRI., JAN. 18, 2019 VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA – SALT LAKE CITY, UT 9:00 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 # 46 ROAD GAME # 24 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 10/21 vs. ATL L, 111-133 F 1 RODNEY HOOD 6-8 206 18-19: 37 37 13.0 2.5 2.0 .447 27.6 10/24 vs. BKN L, 86-102 10/25 @ DET L, 103-110 10/27 vs. IND L, 107-119 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-8 215 18-19: 43 42 11.7 4.7 2.1 .400 31.6 10/30 vs. ATL W, 136-114 11/1 vs. DEN L, 91-110 C 13 TRISTAN THOMPSON 6-10 238 18-19: 11/3 @ CHA L, 94-126 35 35 11.5 11.1 2.1 .526 29.8 11/5 @ ORL L, 100-102 11/7 vs. OKC L, 86-95 G 10 ALEC BURKS 6-6 214 18-19: 42 16 10.5 3.7 2.1 .405 23.6 11/10 @ CHI L, 98-99 11/13 vs. CHA W, 113-89 11/14 @ WAS L, 95-119 G 2 COLLIN SEXTON 6-2 190 18-19: 45 35 14.6 2.9 2.8 .418 29.7 11/19 @ DET L, 102-113 11/21 vs. LAL L, 105-109 11/23 @ PHI W, 121-112 CAVS QUICK FACTS 11/24 vs. HOU W, 117-108 11/26 vs. MIN L, 95-102 • The Cleveland Cavaliers continue their 6-game road trip tonight when they take on the Utah Jazz. This will be the second and final matchup this 11/28 @ OKC L, 83-100 season against the Jazz. 11/30 @ BOS L, 95-128 12/1 vs. TOR L, 95-106 • Earlier this month against Utah (1/4/19), the Cavaliers shot .941 (16-17) from the free throw line. Cleveland has connected on .900 or better 12/3 @ BKN W, 99-97 from the charity stripe on 10 occasions this season, a new franchise single-season record (previously 9 times in 2017-18). On the season, the 12/5 vs. GSW L, 105-129 Cavs have the 7th-highest FT% in the NBA (.797) and have three players ranked in the NBA’s Top 25 in FT%: RODNEY HOOD (.908, 5th in NBA), 12/7 vs. SAC L, 110-129 COLLIN SEXTON (.866, 16th in NBA) and JORDAN CLARKSON (.856, 24th in NBA). 12/8 vs. WAS W, 116-101 12/10 @ MIL L, 92-108 • CAVS HISTORY & MILESTONES: ALEC BURKS (3,969 PTS) is 31 points shy of the 4,000-mark. TRISTAN THOMPSON (397 BLK) needs 1 block to 12/12 vs. NYK W, 113-106 pass Anderson Varejao and Brad Daugherty (both w/397 BLK) for sole possession of 7th place in franchise history. 12/14 vs. MIL L, 102-114 12/16 vs. PHI L, 105-128 • Cleveland tied their season-low by recording only three turnovers against Portland on Wednesday (also had 3 TOs vs. LAL on 11/21). The 2018-19 12/18 @ IND W, 92-91 Cavaliers are the only team to record three or few turnovers twice in a single season since the NBA began compiling team turnovers in 1970- 12/19 @ CHA L, 99-110 71. Cleveland enters tonight’s game with the 5th-lowest turnover average in the NBA this season (13.5). (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/21 @ TOR L, 110-126 12/23 vs. CHI L, 92-112 • The Cavs’ bench recorded 66 points against the Trail Blazers. This season, their reserves have scored 50+ points 16 times, including 60+ points 12/26 @ MEM L, 87-95 four times. Their 16 outings of 50+ bench points this season is just three shy of the franchise single season record (19 in 2017-18). The Cavs’ 12/28 @ MIA L, 94-118 12/29 @ ATL L, 108-111 reserves are putting up 44.1 points per game in 2018-19 (4th-highest in NBA). 1/2 vs. MIA L, 92-117 • JORDAN CLARKSON tallied a team-high 22 points on 9-17 (.529) shooting and three assists in 29 minutes off the bench against Portland. It 1/4 vs. UTA L, 91-117 1/5 vs. NOP L, 98-133 marked his 15th 20+ point performance of the season. Over his last 17 appearances, Clarkson is averaging 18.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 1/8 vs. IND L, 115-123 assists in 29.2 minutes per game (since Dec. 12). He ranks 3rd among all bench players in scoring with a career-best 17.1 PPG. 1/9 @ NOP L, 124-140 1/11 @ HOU L, 113-141 • RODNEY HOOD contributed 20 points, four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes at Portland. Hood has posted 28 double-digit scoring 1/13 @ LAL W, 101-95 performances this season, including six outings scoring at least 20 points. Over the last two games, he is averaging 19.0 points, 3.5 rebounds 1/16 @ POR L, 112-129 and 2.5 assists in 24.5 minutes per contest. 1/18 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. FSO 1/19 @ DEN 10:00 p.m. FSO • ANTE ZIZIC posted 16 points on 5-8 (.625) shooting, eight rebounds and a season-high tying two blocks in 27 minutes of work against the Trail 1/21 vs. CHI 1:00 p.m. FSO Blazers. Zizic has six double-digit scoring performances this season. 1/23 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. FSO 1/25 vs. MIA 7:30 p.m. FSO • CAMERON PAYNE finished with 12 points on 5-8 (.625) shooting, three rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes at Portland. Payne has scored in 1/27 @ CHI 3:30 p.m. FSO double figures in three of his five games with the Cavaliers. 1/29 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/2 vs. DAL 7:30 p.m. FSO • JARON BLOSSOMGAME registered eight points, a career-high tying 10 rebounds and a career-high two blocks in 29 minutes against the Trail 2/5 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO Blazers. Blossomgame has registered double-digit rebounds in three games this season. 2/8 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/9 @ IND 7:00 p.m. FSO • COLLIN SEXTON has scored in double figures in 38 games so far (tied for 2nd-most among all rookies this season). He is currently the only 2/11 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. FSO Cavalier to appear in all 45 games this season and ranks 1st among rookies in FT% (.866), 4th in PPG (14.6) and tied for 3rd in APG (2.8). 2/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. FSO/ESPN 2/21 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. FSO 2/23 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. FSO CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/25 vs. POR 7:00 p.m. FSO John Henson (Left Wrist Surgery) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 2/28 @ NYK 7:30 p.m. FSO Kevin Love (Left Foot Surgery) – OUT David Nwaba (NWAH-buh) 3/2 vs. DET 5:00 p.m. FSO Larry Nance Jr. (Right Knee Sprain) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 3/3 vs. ORL 6:00 p.m. FSO David Nwaba (Left Ankle Sprain) – OUT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/6 @ BKN 7:30 p.m. FSO JR Smith (Personal) – NWT 3/8 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. FSO 3/11 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/12 @ PHI 7:00 p.m. FSO 1/16/19 – Cavaliers signed guard Cameron Payne to a second 10-day contract…1/15/19 – Cavaliers signed forward Deng Adel to a Two-Way contract and waived guard Jalen Jones…1/6/19 - 3/14 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. FSO Cavaliers signed guard Cameron Payne to a 10-day contract and waived guard Patrick McCaw…12/28/18 – Cavaliers signed restricted free agent guard Patrick McCaw to a multi-year offer 3/16 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. FSO sheet. 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. FSO 3/26 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. FSO OVERALL 9-36 (.200) 5-17 (.227) 4-19 (.174) 0-0 (.000) L1 3/28 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. FSO CENTRAL 1-8 (.111) 0-4 (.000) 1-4 (.200) 0-0 (.000) L2 3/30 @ LAC 3:30 p.m. FSO 4/1 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. FSO/NBATV EASTERN 7-23 (.233) 4-9 (.308) 3-14 (.176) 0-0 (.000) L8 4/4 @ SAC 10:00 p.m. FSO WESTERN 2-13 (.133) 1-8 (.111) 1-5 (.167) 0-0 (.000) L1 4/5 @ GSW 10:30 p.m. FSO 4/7 vs. SAS 3:00 p.m. FSO 4/9 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. FSO Overall: 48-56 Home: 33-19 The Q: 17-7 Road: 15-37 CAVS vs.