2019–20 Cleveland Cavaliers season explained

Team:	Cleveland Cavaliers
End Year:	2020
Coach:	John Beilein (resigned) J. B. Bickerstaff
Gm:	Koby Altman
Owners:	Dan Gilbert
Wins:	19
Losses:	46
Division:	Central
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	15
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	CLE
Television:	Fox Sports Ohio
Radio:	WTAMWMMS

The 2019–20 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Cavaliers replaced Larry Drew,^[1] with former Michigan Wolverines men's basketball coach John Beilein on May 13.^[2]

On February 19, 2020, after beginning the season with a 14–40 record, Beilein resigned as head coach after only 54 games at the helm. J. B. Bickerstaff, who served as an assistant coach and associate head coach, was named head coach.^{[3] [4]}

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11^[5] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19.^[6] On June 4, it was announced that the NBA had approved a return to play for 22 teams in the NBA Bubble. The Cavaliers, with the league's second-worst record at the time of the season's suspension, were not among them, effectively ending the team's season. The Cavaliers finished with a 19–46 record, which is the equivalent of a 24–58 record in a traditional 82-game season.

Draft

See main article: article and 2019 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	5	Darius Garland	PG	United States	Vanderbilt
1	26	Dylan Windler	SG/SF	United States	Belmont

The Cavaliers held two first-round draft picks, including the fifth pick earned from the lottery.^[7] With the fifth pick of the draft, the Cavaliers selected point guard Darius Garland from Vanderbilt University.

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc"| 1| October 7| San Lorenzo| | Jordan Clarkson (17)| Tristan Thompson (10)| Cedi Osman (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
9,902| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc"| 2| October 11| @ Detroit| | Collin Sexton (24)| Larry Nance Jr. (11)| Collin Sexton (4)| Little Caesars Arena
13,925| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc"| 3| October 13| @ Boston| | Sindarius Thornwell (12)| Jarell Martin (9)| Collin Sexton (3)| TD Garden
18,624| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc"| 4| October 15| Boston| | Collin Sexton (20)| Jarell Martin (9)| Matthew Dellavedova (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
12,398| 1–3

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 23| @ Orlando| | Thompson, Sexton (16)| Kevin Love (18)| Darius Garland (5)| Amway Center
18,846| 0–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 26| Indiana| | Tristan Thompson (25)| Thompson, Love (13)| Kevin Love (9)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 28| @ Milwaukee| | Collin Sexton (18)| Kevin Love (16)| Thompson, Clarkson (4)| Fiserv Forum
17,385| 1–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 30| Chicago| | Tristan Thompson (23)| Kevin Love (20)| Kevin Love (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,595| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| November 1| @ Indiana| | Kevin Love (22)| Kevin Love (17)| Jordan Clarkson (5)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,079| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 3| Dallas| | Kevin Love (29)| Tristan Thompson (12)| Brandon Knight (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18,078| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 5| Boston| | Collin Sexton (21)| Tristan Thompson (13)| Thompson, Clarkson (4)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,709| 2–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 8| @ Washington| | Tristan Thompson (21)| Love, Thompson (12)| Darius Garland (6)| Capital One Arena
16,946| 3–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9| November 10| @ New York| | Collin Sexton (31)| Nance Jr., Thompson (9)| Darius Garland (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 4–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 12| @ Philadelphia| | Love, Clarkson (20)| Tristan Thompson (12)| Collin Sexton (4)| Wells Fargo Center
20,294| 4–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| November 14| Miami| | Kevin Love (21)| Kevin Love (10)| Porter Jr., Dellavedova (4)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,374| 4–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 17| Philadelphia| | Collin Sexton (17)| Tristan Thompson (9)| Thompson, Clarkson (3)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 4–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 18| @ New York| | Kevin Porter Jr. (18)| Cedi Osman (8)| Jordan Clarkson (4)| Madison Square Garden
17,097| 4–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 20| @ Miami| | Kevin Love (25)| Kevin Love (13)| Matthew Dellavedova (5)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 4–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| November 22| @ Dallas| | Darius Garland (23)| Tristan Thompson (8)| Collin Sexton (5)| American Airlines Center
19,639| 4–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 16| November 23| Portland| | Jordan Clarkson (28)| Osman, Nance Jr. (12)| Cedi Osman (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 5–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| November 25| Brooklyn| | Jordan Clarkson (23)| Larry Nance Jr. (13)| Kevin Porter Jr. (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,143| 5–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 27| Orlando| | Collin Sexton (20)| Tristan Thompson (15)| Collin Sexton (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,712| 5–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| November 29| Milwaukee| | Darius Garland (21)| Tristan Thompson (13)| Kevin Love (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 5–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| December 3| Detroit| | Collin Sexton (22)| Tristan Thompson (14)| Larry Nance Jr. (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,504| 5–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| December 6| Orlando| | Collin Sexton (19)| Larry Nance Jr. (11)| Tristan Thompson (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18,446| 5–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| December 7| @ Philadelphia| | Darius Garland (17)| Kevin Love (7)| Thompson, Porter Jr. (4)| Wells Fargo Center
20,844| 5–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 9| @ Boston| | Jordan Clarkson (19)| Tristan Thompson (11)| Matthew Dellavedova (4)| TD Garden
19,156| 5–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 11| Houston| | Kevin Porter Jr. (24)| Kevin Love (11)| Cedi Osman (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,122| 5–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25| December 12| @ San Antonio| | Kevin Love (30)| Kevin Love (17)| Darius Garland (5)| AT&T Center
18,354| 6–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 14| @ Milwaukee| | Kevin Porter Jr. (15)| Kevin Love (10)| Darius Garland (5)| Fiserv Forum
17,481| 6–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 16| @ Toronto| | Collin Sexton (25)| Tristan Thompson (8)| Garland, Henson (5) | Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 6–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28| December 18| Charlotte| | Collin Sexton (23)| Kevin Love (14)| Kevin Love (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,023| 7–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 29| December 20| Memphis| | Jordan Clarkson (33)| Tristan Thompson (15)| Matthew Dellavedova (8)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 8–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 23| Atlanta| | Collin Sexton (25)| Tristan Thompson (10)| Kevin Love (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18,007| 9–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| December 27| @ Boston| | Kevin Love (30)| Thompson, Love (7)| Matthew Dellavedova (6)| TD Garden
19,156| 9–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| December 28| @ Minnesota| | Garland, Sexton (18)| Tristan Thompson (15)| Garland, Thompson (3)| Target Center
15,411| 10–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 31| @ Toronto| | Collin Sexton (22)| Thompson, Love (11)| Garland, Osman, Porter Jr. (4)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 10–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| January 2| Charlotte| | Collin Sexton (21)| Tristan Thompson (11)| Darius Garland (8)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,859| 10–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 35| January 4| Oklahoma City| | Collin Sexton (30)| Tristan Thompson (14)| Darius Garland (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 10–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 5| Minnesota| | Dante Exum (28)| Ante Žižić (12)| Knight, Henson (3) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,159| 10–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 7| Detroit| | Kevin Love (30)| Tristan Thompson (15)| Matthew Dellavedova (9)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,274| 10–27|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 9| @ Detroit| | Tristan Thompson (35)| Tristan Thompson (14)| Darius Garland (7)| Little Caesars Arena
13,445| 11–27|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39| January 11| @ Denver| | Collin Sexton (25)| Kevin Love (15)| Darius Garland (8)| Pepsi Center
19,533| 12–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 13| @ L. A. Lakers| | Kevin Love (21)| Kevin Love (11)| Garland, Sexton (4)| Staples Center
18,997| 12–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 14| @ L. A. Clippers| | Collin Sexton (25)| Thompson, Wade (8)| Darius Garland (10)| Staples Center
19,068| 12–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 17| @ Memphis| | Collin Sexton (28)| Alfonzo McKinnie (10)| Garland, Sexton (6)| FedExForum
17,102| 12–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 18| @ Chicago| | Kevin Love (29)| Tristan Thompson (8)| Kevin Love (6)| United Center
19,939| 12–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 44| January 20| New York| | Collin Sexton (17)| Tristan Thompson (22)| Collin Sexton (4)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,133| 12–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 23| Washington| | Collin Sexton (29)| Larry Nance Jr. (12)| Cedi Osman (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,689| 12–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 25| Chicago| | Kevin Love (20)| Love, Nance Jr. (11)| Thompson, Osman (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 12–34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 27| @ Detroit| | Collin Sexton (23)| Tristan Thompson (11)| Collin Sexton (5)| Little Caesars Arena
12,597| 13–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 28| New Orleans| | Collin Sexton (24)| Larry Nance Jr. (11)| Larry Nance Jr. (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 13–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| January 30| Toronto| | Love, Sexton (23)| Tristan Thompson (12)| Darius Garland (8)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,695| 13–36

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 50| February 1| Golden State| | Collin Sexton (23)| Love, Thompson (11)| Kevin Love (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
18,410| 13–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 3| New York| | Kevin Love (33)| Kevin Love (13)| Collin Sexton (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,303| 13–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 5| @ Oklahoma City| | Collin Sexton (23)| John Henson (11)| Darius Garland (6)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 13–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 53| February 9| L. A. Clippers| | Andre Drummond (19)| Andre Drummond (14)| Darius Garland (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,240| 13–40|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 12| Atlanta| | Tristan Thompson (27)| Andre Drummond (15)| Darius Garland (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,200| 14–40|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 21| @ Washington| | Collin Sexton (25)| Andre Drummond (12)| Garland, Thompson (4)| Capital One Arena
18,895| 15–40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 22| @ Miami| | Cedi Osman (19)| Dante Exum (8)| Collin Sexton (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,754| 15–41|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 24| Miami| | Kevin Porter Jr. (30)| Kevin Love (14)| Darius Garland (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,336| 16–41|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 26| Philadelphia| | Collin Sexton (28)| Larry Nance Jr. (15)| Love, Porter Jr. (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,332| 17–41|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 28| @ New Orleans| | Collin Sexton (31)| Kevin Love (7)| Matthew Dellavedova (6)| Smoothie King Center
18,304| 17–42|- style="background:#fcc;"| 60| February 29| Indiana| | Andre Drummond (27)| Andre Drummond (13)| Kevin Love (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 17–43

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 2| Utah| | Collin Sexton (32)| Kevin Love (9)| Matthew Dellavedova (9)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
15,453| 17–44|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 4| Boston| | Collin Sexton (41)| Larry Nance Jr. (15)| Collin Sexton (6)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,897| 17–45|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 7| Denver| | Kevin Love (27)| Tristan Thompson (13)| Matthew Dellavedova (14)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 18–45|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64| March 8| San Antonio| | Andre Drummond (28)| Kevin Love (18)| Matthew Dellavedova (11)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,995| 19–45|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 10| @ Chicago| | Collin Sexton (26)| Kevin Love (8)| Matthew Dellavedova (8)| United Center
17,837| 19–46 |- style="background:#;"| 66| March 13| @ Charlotte| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 67| March 14| @ Atlanta| |||| State Farm Arena||- style="background:#;"| 68| March 17| @ Houston| |||| Toyota Center||- style="background:#;"| 69| March 19| @ Orlando| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 70| March 21| @ Indiana| |||| Bankers Life Fieldhouse||- style="background:#;"| 71| March 24| Sacramento| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse||- style="background:#;"| 72| March 26| LA Lakers| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse||- style="background:#;"| 73| March 28| @ Brooklyn| |||| Barclays Center||- style="background:#;"| 74| March 30| Phoenix| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse||- style="background:#;"| 75| April 1| @ Utah| |||| Vivint Smart Home Arena||- style="background:#;"| 76| April 3| @ Phoenix| |||| Talking Stick Resort Arena||- style="background:#;"| 77| April 5| @ Sacramento| |||| Golden 1 Center||- style="background:#;"| 78| April 7| @ Portland| |||| Moda Center||- style="background:#;"| 79| April 8| @ Golden State| |||| Chase Center||- style="background:#;"| 80| April 11| Milwaukee| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse||- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| Brooklyn| |||| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse||- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| @ Atlanta| |||| State Farm Arena|

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	65	65	33.0	.472	.380	.846	3.1	3.0	1.0	.1	20.8
	65	65	29.4	.437	.383	.670	3.6	2.4	.8	.2	11.0
	59	59	30.9	.401	.355	.875	1.9	3.9	.7	.1	12.3
	57	51	30.2	.512	.391	.615	10.1	2.1	.6	.9	12.0
	57	4	14.4	.354	.231	.865	1.3	3.2	.4	.0	3.1
	56	56	31.8	.450	.374	.854	9.8	3.2	.6	.3	17.6
	56	10	26.3	.531	.352	.676	7.3	2.2	1.0	.4	10.1
	50	3	23.2	.442	.335	.723	3.2	2.2	.9	.3	10.0
	40	1	14.8	.427	.215	.710	2.8	.4	.6	.2	4.6
^†	29	2	14.2	.508	.194	.515	3.9	1.5	.6	1.1	5.0
^†	29	0	23.0	.442	.371	.884	2.4	2.4	.6	.3	14.6
^†	24	1	16.8	.479	.351	.732	2.3	1.4	.5	.3	5.6
	22	0	10.0	.569		.737	3.0	.3	.3	.2	4.4
^†	16	0	15.1	.326	.297	.308	1.3	1.9	.3	.1	4.9
	12	0	5.9	.692	.500	.000	1.6	.2	.2	.3	1.7
^†	11	0	3.2	.700		.833	.9	.1	.1	.0	1.7
^†	8	8	28.1	.552	.286	.513	11.1	1.8	1.5	1.4	17.5
	4	0	4.8	.250	.000		.8	.3	.5	.3	.5
	1	0	4.0	.000	.000	1.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
	1	0	3.0				2.0	.0	1.0	.0	.0
	1	0	1.0				.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions.

Trades

December 23, 2019	To Cleveland Cavaliers Dante Exum 2022 second-round pick (from SAS) 2023 second-round pick (from GSW)	To Utah Jazz Jordan Clarkson
February 6, 2020	To Cleveland Cavaliers Andre Drummond	To Detroit Pistons John Henson Brandon Knight 2023 second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Dylan Windler	July 2, 2019	Belmont Bruins
Darius Garland	July 2, 2019	Vanderbilt Commodores
Kevin Porter Jr.	July 3, 2019	USC Trojans
Dean Wade	July 9, 2019	Kansas State
Levi Randolph	August 6, 2019
Malik Newman	August 6, 2019	Canton Charge
Jarell Martin	August 16, 2019	Orlando Magic
Alex Robinson	August 23, 2019	TCU Horned Frogs
J.P. Macura	September 3, 2019	Charlotte Hornets
Daniel Hamilton	September 3, 2019	Erie BayHawks
Jordan Bell	June 29, 2020	Capital City Go-Go

Subtractions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cavs and Larry Drew Mutually Agree to Pursue Others Paths. NBA.com. April 11, 2019. April 11, 2019.
2. Web site: May 13, 2019 . Cavs Name John Beilein As New Head Coach . . May 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190513202415/https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/beilein-head-coach-190513 . May 13, 2019 .
3. Web site: John Beilein Resigns as Cavaliers Head Coach . NBA.com . February 19, 2020 . February 19, 2020.
4. Web site: John Beilein officially resigns as coach, will have new role with Cavaliers. ESPN. February 19, 2020.
5. Web site: NBA to suspend season following Wednesday's games . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
6. Web site: Reynolds . Tim . NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
7. Web site: 2019 NBA Draft Lottery odds: Knicks, Cavaliers, Suns clinch league's worst records, lock up top lottery-draw positions. CBSSports.com. April 11, 2019. April 23, 2019.