SUN., MARCH 8, 2020 ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE – CLEVELAND, OH 7:30 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 # 64 HOME GAME # 36 LAST GAME’S STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE 10/23 @ ORL L, 85-94 POS NO. PLAYER HT. WT. G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG 10/26 vs. IND W, 110-99 10/28 @ MIL L, 112-129 F 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-7 230 19-20: 63 63 11.0 3.5 2.3 .442 29.3 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: 54 54 17.7 9.6 3.1 .456 31.5 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: 56 51 12.2 10.3 2.1 .513 30.6 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: 63 63 20.6 3.2 2.9 .469 32.8 11/18 @ NYK L, 105-123 11/20 @ MIA L, 100-124 11/22 @ DAL L, 101-143 G 18 MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA 6-3 204 19-20: 55 2 2.8 1.3 2.9 .348 13.5 11/23 vs. POR W, 110-104 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 • The Cleveland Cavaliers will wrap up their five-game homestand tonight when they face the San Antonio Spurs. This is the second and final meeting 12/6 vs. ORL L, 87-93 between the two teams this season. Cleveland defeated San Antonio 117-109 at the AT&T Center on Dec. 12 after overcoming a five-point 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 deficit (103-98) with 20.1 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. Cleveland went on to score the first five points of OT 12/9 @ BOS L, 88-110 12/11 vs. HOU L, 110-116 and never relinquished the lead the rest of the way. KEVIN LOVE led the Cavs with game highs of 30 points and 17 rebounds in 39 minutes. 12/12 @ SAS W, 117-109 OT • MILESTONE WATCH: TRISTAN THOMPSON (447 BLK) is 4 blocks away from passing Jim Chones (450 BLK) for 5th-most in franchise history. KEVIN 12/14 @ MIL L, 108-125 LOVE (12,962 PTS) is 38 points away from 13,000 for his NBA career. LARRY NANCE JR (97 3FGM) needs 3 three-pointers to reach the 100 mark. 12/16 @ TOR L, 113-133 • Cleveland will try to sweep the season series over San Antonio for the first time since 2008-09. The Cavs recently completed a 2-0 series sweep 12/18 vs. CHA W, 100-98 12/20 vs. MEM W, 114-107 over the Denver Nuggets after a 104-102 win last night. In the victory, the Wine & Gold shot 42-76 (.553) from the field, their 2nd-highest field 12/23 vs. ATL W, 121-118 goal percentage in any game this season (.565 FG% vs. NYK on Feb. 3). Cleveland also handed out 32 assists and is now averaging 26.9 assists in 12/27 @ BOS L, 117-129 their last 13 games (since Feb. 3). The Cavs had three players score 20+ points for the 7th time this season (Love – 27, Sexton – 25, Osman – 20). 12/28 @ MIN W, 94-88 12/31 @ TOR L, 97-117 • KEVIN LOVE, who has scored 20+ points in a season-high 4 straight games, had a strong performance in last night’s win (27 PTS, 9-17 FG, 5-11 1/2 vs. CHA L, 106-109 3FG, 6 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN). Love has also made 5+ three-pointers in a career-high tying three consecutive games (made 5+ 3FG in three straight 1/4 vs. OKC L, 106-121 games from Feb. 12-22, 2014 w/Minnesota). His three-game streak with at least 5 threes is also tied for the longest in Cavaliers history. 1/5 vs. MIN L, 103-118 1/7 vs. DET L, 113-115 MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH 5+ THREE-POINTERS KEVIN LOVE’S LAST 4 GAMES: 1/9 @ DET W, 115-112 OT (CAVS HISTORY) 23.8 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 4.3 APG, .534 (31-58) FG%, .472 (17-36) 3FG% 1/11 @ DEN W, 111-103 Player Streak Game Stats 1/13 @ LAL L, 99-128 1/14 @ LAC L, 103-128 KEVIN LOVE 3 Games (March 2-present) 2/29 vs. IND 20 PTS (6-9 FG, 7-8 FT), 12 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL, 37 MIN 1/17 @ MEM L, 109-113 JR Smith 3 Games (Feb. 5-8, 2016) 3/2 vs. UTA 22 PTS (7-15 FG, 6-11 3FG), 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 32 MIN 1/18 @ CHI L, 116-118 JR Smith 3 Games (Jan. 4-8, 2016) 3/4 vs. BOS 26 PTS (9-17 FG, 5-10 3FG), 14 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK, 37 MIN 1/20 vs. NYK L, 86-106 Dan Majerle 3 Games (April 4-10, 1996) 3/7 vs. SAS 27 PTS (9-17 FG, 5-11 3FG), 6 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN 1/23 vs. WAS L, 112-124 1/25 vs. CHI L, 106-118 • COLLIN SEXTON has poured in 25+ points in five of the last six games, including last night versus Denver when he became the first Cavs player to 1/27 @ DET W, 115-100 record 25+ points, 6+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 2+ steals in a game since LeBron James on April 6, 2018 (44 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST, 2 STL at PHI). Over 1/28 vs. NOP L, 111-125 his last six outings, Sexton is averaging 28.8 points (.559 FG%, .486 3FG%, .800 FT%), 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals in 39.0 minutes. He 1/30 vs. TOR L, 109-115 2/1 vs. GSW L, 112-131 has also scored in double-digits in a single season career-best 34 straight games since Dec. 23, including 20+ points 24 times over that span. 2/3 vs. NYK L, 134-139 OT COLLIN SEXTON’S LAST 6 GAMES HIGHEST PPG AMONG ALL EAST PLAYERS SINCE DEC. 23 (SEXTON’S 34-GAME RUN) 2/5 @ OKC L, 103-109 2/9 vs. LAC L, 92-133 28 PTS (2/26) 32 PTS (3/2) 1. Bradley Beal – 32.9 4. Zach Lavine – 27.6 7. Khris Middleton – 23.0 2/12 vs. ATL W, 127-105 31 PTS (2/28) 41 PTS (3/4) 2. Trae Young – 29.8 5. Jayson Tatum – 25.2 8. John Collins – 22.1 2/21 @ WAS W, 113-108 16 PTS (2/29) 25 PTS (3/7) 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo – 28.2 6. COLLIN SEXTON – 23.2 9. Nikola Vucevic – 20.7 2/22 @ MIA L, 105-124 AVERAGE: 28.8 PPG (.559 FG%, .486 3FG%) *Sexton is shooting .440 (70-159) from beyond the arc during his streak (6th-best in East). 2/24 vs. MIA W, 125-119 OT 2/26 vs. PHI W, 108-94 • CEDI OSMAN appeared in his 200th career regular season game last night and finished with 20 points (7-12 FG, 5-6 3FG), three rebounds and two 2/28 @ NOP L, 104-116 steals in 38 minutes. It marked his fourth 20-point game of the season. 2/29 vs. IND L, 104-113 3/2 vs. UTA L, 113-126 • MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA dished out a career-high 14 assists to go along with seven points and a season-high six rebounds in 31 minutes in last 3/4 vs. BOS L, 106-112 night’s win. Over the last three contests, Dellavedova has 27 assists and just 4 turnovers. 3/7 vs. DEN W, 104-102 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 March 8, 2014 – The Cavaliers retired Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ number 11 jersey. 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO March 8, 1993 – Cavs set a team record with 45 assists in their 122-107 victory over Denver at Richfield Coliseum. 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 Dante Exum (Left Ankle; Sprain) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 3/28 @ BKN 6:00 p.m. on FSO Darius Garland (Left Groin; Strain) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Kevin Porter Jr. (Head; Concussion) – OUT 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO Dylan Windler (Left Lower Leg; Stress Reaction) – OUT 4/5 @ SAC 9:00 p.m. on FSO Dean Wade (Right Ankle; Sprain) – QUESTIONABLE 4/7 @ POR 10:00 p.m.