MON., DEC. 9, 2019 TD GARDEN – BOSTON, MA 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 # 23 ROAD GAME # 11 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: 22 22 9.6 3.5 2.1 .429 29.5 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: 18 18 16.1 10.5 2.7 .440 30.4 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: 21 21 13.6 10.0 2.4 .511 31.0 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: 22 22 17.7 3.1 2.4 .436 30.4 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: 22 22 11.0 1.8 2.9 .376 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 Cavaliers will wrap up their two-game road trip tonight against the Boston Celtics. This is the second of four meetings between the two teams 12/7 @ PHI L, 94-141 12/9 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. on FSO this season. The Cavs will come back to TD Garden later this month (Dec. 27) before wrapping up their season series on March 4 in Cleveland. 12/11 vs. HOU 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/12 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. on FSO • In the first matchup against Boston (Nov. 5 at CLE), six Cavaliers scored in double figures: COLLIN SEXTON (21 pts), TRISTAN THOMPSON (19 pts), 12/14 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. on FSO KEVIN LOVE (17 pts), LARRY NANCE JR. (15 pts), CEDI OSMAN (12 pts) and JORDAN CLARKSON (12 pts). The Cavs also had only nine turnovers and 12/16 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. on FSO had a 40-24 edge in bench points. 12/18 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: JORDAN CLARKSON (5,918 PTS) is 82 points away from 6,000 for his career. TRISTAN THOMPSON (1,972 OREB) needs 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO 28 offensive rebounds to join Zydrunas Ilgauskas (2,336 OREB) as the only players in Cavaliers history to accumulate 2,000+ offensive rebounds. 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO • In his five career games against Boston, COLLIN SEXTON is averaging 20.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists while also shooting .455 (10-22) 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO from three-point range and .895 (17-19) from the foul line, in 36.0 minutes per contest. The Celtics are one of eight teams that Collin Sexton is 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO averaging at least 20.0 points against for his career (GSW-24.0, WAS-21.6, HOU-21.5, NYK-21.2, SAC-21.0, LAC-20.5, SAS-20.0). Coming into 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO tonight’s game, Sexton has scored in double-digits in all 22 games this season and in 45 consecutive contests going back to February 23, 2019. He 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO also has 95 career double-digit scoring performances, the most among any player from the 2018 NBA Draft class (next closest is Luka Doncic, 91). 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON appeared in his 583rd career NBA game on Saturday night in Philadelphia, moving him past Mark Price (582 GP) for sole 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO th possession of the 8 -most games played in franchise history. In the first meeting against Boston on Nov. 5, he registered one of his team-leading 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 12 double-doubles (19 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK, 37 MIN). Thompson is currently tied for 12th in the NBA in double-doubles this season. 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • DARIUS GARLAND knocked down three triples and finished with a team-high 17 points, five rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes at Philadelphia. 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO th th th th 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO Among rookie leaders this season, Garland ranks in the Top 15 in PPG (11.0, 11 ), APG (2.9, 5 ), SPG (0.73, 13 ), 3FGM (36, 6 ) and 3FG% (.360, 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO th th 6 ). He is also shooting .852 (23-27) from the foul line, the 4 -highest mark among rookies who have taken a minimum of 20 FTA. 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO • Over the last three outings, KEVIN PORTER JR. is averaging 10.3 points on .500 (12-24) shooting from the field, including .455 (5-11) from three- 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO point range, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 23.0 minutes per game. 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO • th 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO KEVIN LOVE, who returned to action on Saturday, is averaging 16.1 points, a team-high 10.5 rebounds (11 -best in NBA) and 2.7 assists while also 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO th shooting .882 from the foul line (20 in NBA) in 30.4 minutes per game this season. 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/29 vs. IND 8:00 p.m. on FSO December 9, 1978 – Campy Russell had a game-high 31 points to help the Cavs pick up a 115-107 win over Philadelphia at Richfield Coliseum. 3/2 vs. UTA 7:00 p.m. on FSO December 9, 1994 – The Cavaliers recorded a 96-89 road win over Boston, which was the beginning of a 11-game winning streak for Cleveland. 3/4 vs. BOS 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/7 vs. DEN 7:30 p.m. on FSO December 9, 2016 – Cleveland defeated the Miami Heat by 30 points (114-84), led by Kevin Love’s 28 points and 15 rebounds in 31 minutes. It 3/8 vs. SAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO was also the third straight game that Love, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James each scored 20+ points. They became the first Cavs trio to top 20 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO points or more in three consecutive outings since February 1972 when Austin Carr, John Johnson and Bingo Smith accomplished that feat 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO (2/23/72 to 2/27/72). 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 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 Dean Wade (G League – Two-Way) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 4/1 @ UTA 9:00 p.m. on FSO Dylan Windler (Left Lower Leg; Stress Reaction) – OUT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 4/3 @ PHX 10:00 p.m. on FSO 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.