MON., NOV. 18, 2019 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN – NEW YORK, NY 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 # 13 ROAD GAME # 7 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: 12 12 8.8 3.3 2.0 .408 30.7 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: 12 12 18.2 12.1 2.9 .444 32.6 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: 12 12 14.9 10.5 2.3 .531 32.2 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: 12 12 18.3 3.3 2.3 .440 30.6 11/18 @ NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/20 @ MIA 7:30 p.m. on FSO 11/22 @ DAL 8:30 p.m. on FSO 11/23 vs. POR 8:00 p.m. on FSO G 10 DARIUS GARLAND 6-1 192 19-20: 12 12 9.0 1.6 3.4 .331 27.7 11/25 vs. BKN 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/27 vs. ORL 7:00 p.m. on FSO 11/29 vs. MIL 7:30 p.m. on FSO 12/3 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO CAVS QUICK FACTS 12/6 vs. ORL 7:30 p.m. on FSO • The Cleveland Cavaliers hit the road for the next three games, starting tonight against the New York Knicks. This is the second of four regular season 12/7 @ PHI 7:30 p.m. on FSO/NBA TV 12/9 @ BOS 7:30 p.m. on FSO meetings between the two teams. The next two games of this series will take place at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (January 20 and February 3). 12/11 vs. HOU 7:00 p.m. on FSO • The Wine & Gold have won 16 of its last 18 games against New York, as well as 11 in a row at Madison Square Garden. Cleveland’s 11 straight 12/12 @ SAS 8:30 p.m. on FSO 12/14 @ MIL 8:30 p.m. on FSO victories at The Garden is the longest win streak ever recorded by a visiting team at MSG (Houston-9 straight 2010-present, Washington-9 straight 12/16 @ TOR 7:30 p.m. on FSO from 2013-2018 and L.A. Lakers-8 straight from 1985-1992). (Elias Sports Bureau) 12/18 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Over the Cavs’ 11 straight wins at MSG, the Wine & Gold have won by an average margin of 11.9 points (108.3-96.4). Cleveland’s defense has 12/20 vs. MEM 7:00 p.m. on FSO 12/23 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO limited the Knicks to just .427 shooting from the field over that stretch. 12/27 @ BOS 4:00 p.m. on FSO • In the first meeting at New York this season (11/10/19), the Cavs picked up the 21-point wire-to-wire victory (108-87) after holding the Knicks to 12/28 @ MIN 8:00 p.m. on FSO 12/31 @ TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO an opponent season-low .360 (31-86) shooting from the field, while swiping 11 steals and forcing 21 turnovers (converted them into 27 points). 1/2 vs. CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO COLLIN SEXTON (20y, 310d), who tallied a career-high 31 points and zero turnovers, became the youngest NBA player EVER to score 30+ points 1/4 vs. OKC 7:30 p.m. on FSO without recording a turnover at Madison Square Garden and also the 2nd player in Cavs history age 20 or younger to accomplish that feat in any 1/5 vs. MIN 7:30 p.m. on FSO game (LeBron James-19y/36d, 32 PTS and 0 TOs on 2/4/04 vs. LAL). 1/7 vs. DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO 1/9 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO • UPCOMING MILESTONES: With three more rebounds, KEVIN LOVE (7,542 REB) can pass Wayne Embry (7,544 REB) for 81st place on the NBA’s all- 1/11 @ DEN 9:00 p.m. on FSO 1/13 @ LAL 10:30 p.m. on FSO time rebounding list. Embry was one of five individuals (John Johnson, John ‘Hot Rod’ Williams, Bill Fitch and Nick Mileti) inducted in the inaugural 1/14 @ LAC 10:30 p.m. on FSO Cavaliers Wall of Honor yesterday. TRISTAN THOMPSON (4,942 REB) needs 58 rebounds to total 5,000 for his career. 1/17 @ MEM 8:00 p.m. on FSO • 1/18 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO The Cavs have shot at least .800 from the foul line in 6 straight games, their longest since Dec. 14-25, 2017 (also six games). Over this stretch, 1/20 vs. NYK 5:00 p.m. on FSO Cleveland is shooting a combined .864 (127-147), which includes a .903 (28-31) mark in the Nov. 10th win against the Knicks. 1/23 vs. WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Cleveland has held four of their last five opponents to under 20 points in the fourth quarter. Since Nov. 8 (five games), their opponents are 1/25 vs. CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 1/27 @ DET 7:00 p.m. on FSO averaging 17.8 points on a combined .373 shooting from the field and just .184 (7-38) from beyond the arc in the final period. 1/28 vs. NOP 7:00 p.m. on FSO • COLLIN SEXTON increased his double-digit scoring streak to 35 games (since 2/23/19) after posting a team-high 17 points, four rebounds and one 1/30 vs. TOR 7:00 p.m. on FSO 2/1 vs. GSW 8:00 p.m. on FSO steal in 28 minutes against Philadelphia yesterday. Sexton has tied or led the Cavs in scoring in a team-high six games this season. 2/3 vs. NYK 7:00 p.m. on FSO • TRISTAN THOMPSON finished a rebound shy of a double-double against Philadelphia (12 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK, 28 MIN). Thompson (3,001 DREB) 2/5 @ OKC 8:00 p.m. on FSO 2/9 vs. LAC 7:30 p.m. on FSO th also recorded his 3,000 career defensive rebound, joining LeBron James (5,156), Brad Daugherty (4,020), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (3,568) and John 2/12 vs. ATL 7:00 p.m. on FSO “Hot Rod” Williams (3,049) as the only Cavs with 3,000+ defensive rebounds in their Cavs career. 2/21 @ WAS 7:00 p.m. on FSO • 2/22 @ MIA 8:00 p.m. on FSO DARIUS GARLAND has scored in double figures in four of the last five games, averaging 11.0 points, 3.6 assists and 1.80 steals in 28.8 minutes per 2/24 vs. MIA 7:00 p.m. on FSO contest. He is also shooting perfect from the free throw line over that stretch (10-10, 1.000). 2/26 vs. PHI 7:00 p.m. on FSO • Coming into today’s contest, JORDAN CLARKSON has scored in double-digits in 11 consecutive games (since 10/26/19). 2/28 @ NOP 8:00 p.m. on FSO 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 7:00 p.m. on FSO November 18, 2008 – The Cavaliers went on the road to defeat the New Jersey Nets 106-82 for their 8th consecutive victory. The Cavs outscored the Nets 3/10 @ CHI 8:00 p.m. on FSO 57-30 in the second half. With his 13th point in the win, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history (23 years, 324 days) to score 11,000 3/13 @ CHA 7:00 p.m. on FSO 3/14 @ ATL 7:30 p.m. on FSO points (The second youngest player to accomplish this feat was Kobe Bryant - 25 years, 99 days). James finished the night with a game-high 31 points. 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 Matthew Dellavedova (dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh) John Henson (Right Hamstring Strain) – OUT 3/30 vs. PHX 7:00 p.m. on FSO Larry Nance Jr. (Left Thumb Sprain) – 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.