THUR., JAN. 2, 2020 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 # 34 HOME GAME # 17 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: 33 33 10.0 3.4 2.2 .428 28.6 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: 28 28 16.5 10.6 2.9 .448 30.6 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: 32 32 12.8 10.1 2.2 .509 31.4 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: 33 33 18.0 3.2 2.3 .450 30.6 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: 33 33 11.3 2.0 2.9 .401 28.4 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 • The Cleveland Cavaliers return to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, where they will open the new year with a four-game homestand, starting tonight 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 against the Charlotte Hornets. Cleveland is 4-2 in their last six games and have won three straight games at home. Over their three-game home 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 win streak, the Cavs are averaging 111.7 points (.496 FG%, .380 3FG%) and 23.3 assists, while holding their opponent to a combined .438 shooting 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 from the field and outrebounding them 50.0 to 39.3. 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 • The Cavs are an NBA-best 12-3 in the first game of a new calendar year since the start of the 2004-05 season (the next closest are Brooklyn and 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 Dallas at 11-4 over that time). (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 12/23 vs. ATL W, 121-118 • Tonight is the second of three meetings between the Cavs and Hornets this season. Cleveland is 15-4 over the last 19 games against Charlotte, 12/27 @ BOS L, 117-129 which includes a 100-98 win over the Hornets on Dec. 18. In the victory, the Cavs shot a season-high .541 (40-74) from the field and had 25 assists, 12/28 @ MIN W, 94-88 while outrebounding Charlotte 48-35. 12/31 @ TOR L, 97-117 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs are also 9-1 in their last 10 home contests against the Hornets. Over that span, Cleveland’s offense has registered strong numbers (107.8 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO PPG, .496 FG%, .412 3FG%, 26.4 AST, 12.4 3FGM) and have outscored Charlotte by an average of 8.6 points (107.8-99.2). In addition, Cleveland 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO holds a 44-11 all-time home record versus Charlotte, winning 26 of the last 31 meetings against the Hornets at home since Dec. 5, 2000. 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (428 BLK) is 3 blocks away from passing Roy Hinson (430 BLK) for 6th place in franchise history. 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO COLLIN SEXTON (1,966 PTS) needs 34 points to reach 2,000 for his career. 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN PORTER JR. has scored in double figures in a career-high four straight games, averaging 13.5 points, a .818 (9-11) mark from the foul line, 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO 5.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 26.8 minutes during that span. Porter Jr. had eight double-digit scoring performances in the month of December 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO after having two in October/November. 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON has scored at least 20 points in six of the last nine games, which includes a 23-point performance against the Hornets on Dec. 18. 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO He shot .714 (10-14) from the field that night, his highest FG% of his NBA career (prev. .667 on two occasions: 10/19/18 at MIN and 11/24/18 vs. 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO HOU). Sexton also made his first eight field goal attempts, becoming the first Cavalier to make his first 8+ attempts since Kyrie Irving made his first 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 10 field goal attempts on Nov. 25, 2016 vs. Dallas. Over the three-game road trip, Sexton averaged 20.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 32.3 minutes. 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN LOVE, who recorded a double-double in the Dec. 18th meeting versus Charlotte (16 PTS, 5-9 FG, 4-6 3FG, 14 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 32 MIN), 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO is averaging 20.3 points (.482 FG%, .385 3FG%), 9.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 32.0 minutes over the last four games. 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Over the Cavs’ 4-2 stretch (since Dec. 18), TRISTAN THOMPSON has four double-doubles and is averaging 10.8 points and 11.8 rebounds in 33.0 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO minutes per contest. He also posted a double-double in the first matchup against the Hornets (14 PTS, 6-9 FG, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 37 MIN) and in 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO the final game of the road trip (14 PTS, 5-6 FG, 11 REB, 32 MIN at TOR). Thompson leads the Cavs with 17 double-doubles (t-13th most in NBA). 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO • In the last two games of Cleveland’s three-game road trip, DARIUS GARLAND averaged 15.0 points on .591 (13-22) shooting from the field, 3.5 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO assists and 1.5 steals in 31.5 minutes. 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 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO January 2, 1977 – The Cavaliers defeated the first place Houston Rockets, improving their record to 21-14 and regaining their division lead 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO after a 104-80 win in Cleveland. Campy Russell led the Cavaliers with 23 points and the team used an 18-0 scoring run to fuel the victory. 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/19 @ ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO January 2, 2014 – Anderson Varejao grabbed a franchise-record tying 25 rebounds, to go along with 18 points in an 87-81 OT win over Orlando. 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 Tyler Cook (G League – Two-Way) – OUT 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 Dean Wade (G League – Two-Way) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Dylan Windler (Left Lower Leg; Stress Reaction) – OUT 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 4/11 vs.