VS. DETROIT PISTONS (36-33) MON., MARCH 18, 2019 QUICKEN LOANS ARENA – CLEVELAND, OH 7:00 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 # 71 HOME GAME # 36 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 16 CEDI OSMAN 6-8 215 18-19: 64 63 13.0 4.8 2.6 .429 31.9 10/24 vs. BKN L, 86-102 10/25 @ DET L, 103-110 10/27 vs. IND L, 107-119 F 0 KEVIN LOVE 6-10 251 18-19: 16 16 18.3 11.2 2.3 .385 27.4 10/30 vs. ATL W, 136-114 11/1 vs. DEN L, 91-110 C 41 ANTE ZIZIC 6-11 254 18-19: 11/3 @ CHA L, 94-126 50 20 7.6 5.3 0.8 .543 18.2 11/5 @ ORL L, 100-102 11/7 vs. OKC L, 86-95 G 20 BRANDON KNIGHT 6-3 195 18-19: 11/10 @ CHI L, 98-99 27 14 5.8 1.2 1.6 .373 15.6 11/13 vs. CHA W, 113-89 11/14 @ WAS L, 95-119 G 2 COLLIN SEXTON 6-2 190 18-19: 70 60 15.9 3.0 2.9 .417 31.0 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 are back at The Q where they will begin a three-game homestand, starting tonight against the Detroit Pistons. This is the 11/28 @ OKC L, 83-100 fourth and final matchup between the Central Division foes in 2018-19. Cleveland is 4-1 in their last 5 games against Detroit at The Q. 11/30 @ BOS L, 95-128 • Since the All-Star break, the Cavs hold a 4-2 record at home, averaging 109.8 points, 23.8 assists and 14.5 three-pointers over that span. They 12/1 vs. TOR L, 95-106 are also shooting .841 from the charity stripe. 12/3 @ BKN W, 99-97 12/5 vs. GSW L, 105-129 • FRANCHISE MARKS & CAREER MILESTONES: BRANDON KNIGHT (5,977 PTS) is 23 points shy of reaching 6,000 for his career and KEVIN LOVE 12/7 vs. SAC L, 110-129 (11,925 PTS) needs 75 points to reach the 12,000-mark. CHANNING FRYE (3,998 REB, 1,045 3FGM) is 2 boards away from 4,000 and could 12/8 vs. WAS W, 116-101 become just the 36th player in NBA history to accumulate at least 4,000 career rebounds and 1,000 three-pointers. JORDAN CLARKSON (1,164 12/10 @ MIL L, 92-108 PTS) is 47 bench points away from passing Campy Russell (1,210 in 1975-76) for the most points by a Cavs reserve in a single season. Clarkson 12/12 vs. NYK W, 113-106 12/14 vs. MIL L, 102-114 (996 AST) also needs 4 assists to reach 1,000 for his career. 12/16 vs. PHI L, 105-128 • Since Feb. 25 (10 games), the Cavs are shooting an NBA-best .851 (194-228) from the charity stripe. On the season, the Cavs are shooting .795 12/18 @ IND W, 92-91 from the foul line (6th-highest in NBA). The Wine & Gold connected on a season-high .955 (21-22) from the free throw line at Dallas on Saturday 12/19 @ CHA L, 99-110 night, extending their single-season franchise record to 14 games shooting .900 or better from the foul line. 12/21 @ TOR L, 110-126 12/23 vs. CHI L, 92-112 • The Cavaliers have made at least 10 threes in 15 of the last 16 games (since 2/8), knocking down an average of 14.4 three-pointers per contest 12/26 @ MEM L, 87-95 over that span (3rd-best in NBA, trailing only HOU-16.1 and ATL-14.8). 12/28 @ MIA L, 94-118 • COLLIN SEXTON posted a game-high 28 points (10-17 FG, 4-7 3FG), three rebounds and four assists in 38 minutes at Dallas on Saturday. Sexton is 12/29 @ ATL L, 108-111 the 3rd Cavs rookie ever to score at least 23 points in five consecutive games, joining Austin Carr (6 games, 2/20/72-3/4/72) and Ron Harper 1/2 vs. MIA L, 92-117 1/4 vs. UTA L, 91-117 (5 games, 3/3/87-3/12/87). Sexton’s five straight 20-point games ties Luka Doncic (1/7/19-1/16/19) and Trae Young (twice, 1/26/19-2/2/19 & 1/5 vs. NOP L, 98-133 2/22/19-3/1/19) for the longest streak of consecutive games with at least 20 points by a rookie this season. He now has 61 double-digit scoring 1/8 vs. IND L, 115-123 performances this season (tied for most among all NBA rookies), including 19 20+ point outings. Over the last 17 games (since 2/5), he is 1/9 @ NOP L, 124-140 averaging 20.7 points (.427 3FG%), 2.9 boards and 3.3 assists in 35.2 minutes, increasing his season scoring average from 14.3 to 15.9 PPG. 1/11 @ HOU L, 113-141 • KEVIN LOVE recorded his 10th double-double of the season with 22 points, a game-high tying 12 rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes 1/13 @ LAL W, 101-95 1/16 @ POR L, 112-129 against the Mavericks. Love has now posted a double-double in 20 of his last 22 appearances against Dallas. In his 10 appearances since the All- 1/18 @ UTA L, 99-115 Star break, Love is averaging 19.9 points and 11.5 rebounds in 28.3 minutes per game, to go along with 7 double-doubles. He has also shot a 1/19 @ DEN L, 102-124 combined .427 (32-75) from three-point range and .937 (59-63) from the free throw line over that span. 1/21 vs. CHI L, 88-104 • CEDI OSMAN knocked down a career-high tying six three-point field goals (6-7 3FG), tallying 22 points, to go with three rebounds and a team- 1/23 @ BOS L, 103-123 high tying four assists in 37 minutes on Saturday. He has 12 20+ point performances this season. Over the last four games (since 3/11), Osman is 1/25 vs. MIA L, 94-100 1/27 @ CHI W, 104-101 averaging 16.8 points (.480 3FG%), 6.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 35.5 minutes per contest. 1/29 vs. WAS W, 116-113 • ANTE ZIZIC has posted 18 double-digit scoring outings this season, including each of the last four games. Over the last four contests (since 3/11), 2/2 vs. DAL L, 98-111 Zizic is averaging 12.8 points (.575 FG%, .833 FT%) and 6.3 rebounds in 30.5 minutes per game. 2/5 vs. BOS L, 96-103 2/8 @ WAS L, 106-119 • JORDAN CLARKSON finished with 17 points on 6-12 (.500) shooting, two rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes at the Mavericks. Clarkson has 2/9 @ IND L, 90-105 nd scored in double figures 61 times (2 -most among NBA bench players) and is averaging a career-high 16.9 PPG. 2/11 vs. NYK W, 107-104 2/13 vs. BKN L, 139-148 (3OT) CAVALIERS INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATION KEY 2/21 vs. PHX W, 111-98 2/23 vs. MEM W, 112-107 Matthew Dellavedova (concussion) – OUT Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) 2/25 vs. POR L, 110-123 Joh Henson (left wrist surgery) – OUT David Nwaba (NWAH-buh) 2/28 @ NYK W, 125-118 Larry Nance Jr. (rib contusion) – OUT Cedi Osman (JED-e AUSS-min) 3/2 vs. DET L, 93-129 JR Smith (personal) – NWT Ante Zizic (AHN-tay JIH-jitch) 3/3 vs. ORL W, 107-93 Tristan Thompson (left foot soreness) – OUT 3/6 @ BKN L, 107-113 Kevin Love (low back contusion) – QUESTIONABLE 3/8 @ MIA L, 110-126 3/11 vs. TOR W, 126-101 CAVALIERS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 3/12 @ PHI L, 99-106 2/11/19 – Cavaliers signed guard Nik Stauskas…2/7/19 – Cavaliers acquired guard Brandon Knight, forward Marquese Chriss, a 2019 first round draft pick and a 2022 second round pick from 3/14 @ ORL L, 91-120 the Houston Rockets as part of a three-team trade; In exchange, Cleveland sent guards Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin IV as well as a 2021 second round draft pick (via MIL) to Houston, and 3/16 @ DAL L, 116-121 guard Alec Burks to the Sacramento Kings; Houston received guard Iman Shumpert from Sacramento and sent their own 2020 second round pick to the Kings as part of the deal. 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.