SAT., DEC. 28, 2019 TARGET CENTER – MINNEAPOLIS, MN 8:00 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 # 32 ROAD GAME # 16 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: 31 31 10.0 3.2 2.2 .432 28.8 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: 27 27 16.7 10.6 2.9 .451 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: 30 30 12.8 9.9 2.3 .511 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: 31 31 17.9 3.1 2.4 .453 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: 31 31 11.1 2.0 2.9 .388 28.2 11/25 vs. BKN L, 106-108 11/27 vs. ORL L, 104-116 11/29 vs. MIL L, 110-119 CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/3 vs. DET L, 94-127 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will play their second contest of this three-game road trip tonight when they face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 for the first time this season. The two teams will also matchup again in eight days at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Jan. 5). 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 • Cleveland is 7-3 in its last 10 games against Minnesota. The Cavs have put up an average of 116.8 points (.503 FG%, .390 3FG%) over that 10-game 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 span, scoring at least 120 points in 5 of those matchups, including the most recent meeting at Target Center (123 PTS on 10/19/18). 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 • UPCOMING MILESTONES: TRISTAN THOMPSON (427 BLK) is 4 blocks away from passing Roy Hinson (430 BLK) for 6th place in franchise history. 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 COLLIN SEXTON (1,926 PTS) needs 74 points to reach 2,000 for his career. 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 12/23 vs. ATL W, 121-118 • Last night in Boston, Cleveland scored 117 points on 44-85 (.518) from the field, including 70 points on 26-45 (.578) shooting in the second half. It 12/27 @ BOS L, 117-129 was their second game in a row putting up 70+ points in a half (71 in 1st H vs. ATL on Dec. 23). The last time the Cavs recorded 70+ points in a half 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO in back-to-back games was Nov. 20-22, 2017 (at DET, vs. BKN). The Cavs have never done it in three consecutive games. (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Cavs have scored at least 110 points in six of their last eight contests, averaging 112.5 points (.490 FG%), 25.5 assists and 12.4 three-pointers 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO made over that span (since Dec. 11). 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Last night in Boston, KEVIN LOVE tallied a season-high tying 30 points (10-16 FG, 6-11 3FG), seven rebounds and four assists in 35 minutes. Love 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO has now scored at least 20 points in three straight contests, averaging 23.7 points on .511 (23-45) shooting, a .438 (14-32) clip from deep, 9.3 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO rebounds and 3.3 assists in 32.3 minutes. In his lone appearance at Target Center last season (10/19/18), he recorded 25 points, 19 rebounds and 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO seven assists in 39 minutes. 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON has scored at least 20 points on 10 occasions this season, including in five of the last seven games. After posting 21 points, four 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO rebounds, two assists and a steal in 31 minutes at Boston, Sexton is now averaging 19.9 points (.514 FG%), 3.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.29 steals 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO in 31.1 minutes over the last seven contests (since Dec. 12). 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO • KEVIN PORTER JR. had a solid performance against the Celtics last night (16 PTS, 5-9 FG, 3 REB, 4 AST, 25 MIN). In the month of December (12 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO games), he is shooting .515 (52-101) from the field, including .429 (18-42) from three, while averaging 11.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1.08 steals in 22.8 minutes per game. 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO • CEDI OSMAN averaged 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.0 steal and a .462 (6-13) clip from three-point range in 32.5 minutes in the two 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO games against Minnesota in 2018-19. Osman enters tonight’s game with 5 consecutive double-digit scoring performances, averaging 14.2 points 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO (.509 FG%, .400 3FG%) and 2.8 rebounds in 28.2 minutes over that span (since Dec. 16). 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO • 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO Over his last seven appearances against Minnesota, TRISTAN THOMPSON is shooting .750 (45-60) from the field while averaging 14.9 points and 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO 10.1 rebounds in 33.6 minutes, to go with five double-doubles in that span. In the two games against the Timberwolves last season, he averaged 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO 15.0 points (.737 FG%), 10.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 block in 38.0 minutes per contest. 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • In his Cavaliers debut, Dante Exum posted nine points on 3-3 (1.000) shooting and two steals in 15 minutes off the bench last night. 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 28, 1975 – Dick Snyder had the second-highest scoring game of his NBA career with 36 points in a 111-88 victory over Buffalo. 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 3/17 @ HOU 8:00 p.m. on FSO December 28, 2008 – The Cavaliers held their franchise-record 16th straight opponent to under 100 points, a 93-86 home win against Miami. 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 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Tyler Cook (G League – Two-Way) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 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. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 2019-20 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAK 4/13 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 4/15 @ ATL 7:30 p.m.