# 2019–20 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 2019–20 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Cavaliers replaced Larry Drew, with former Michigan Wolverines men's basketball coach John Beilein on May 13.
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.
The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19. 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

| 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. With the fifth pick of the draft, the Cavaliers selected point guard Darius Garland from Vanderbilt University.

## Standings
### Division

| Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| z – Milwaukee Bucks | 56 | 17 | .767 | – | 30‍–‍5 | 26‍–‍12 | 13–1 | 73 |
| x – Indiana Pacers | 45 | 28 | .616 | 11.0 | 25‍–‍11 | 20‍–‍17 | 8–7 | 73 |
| Chicago Bulls | 22 | 43 | .338 | 30.0 | 14‍–‍20 | 8‍–‍23 | 7–9 | 65 |
| Detroit Pistons | 20 | 46 | .303 | 32.5 | 11‍–‍22 | 9‍–‍24 | 5–10 | 66 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 46 | .292 | 33.0 | 11‍–‍25 | 8‍–‍21 | 4–10 | 65 |

### Conference

Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Milwaukee Bucks * | 56 | 17 | .767 | – | 73 |
| 2 | y – Toronto Raptors * | 53 | 19 | .736 | 2.5 | 72 |
| 3 | x – Boston Celtics | 48 | 24 | .667 | 7.5 | 72 |
| 4 | x – Indiana Pacers | 45 | 28 | .616 | 11.0 | 73 |
| 5 | y – Miami Heat * | 44 | 29 | .603 | 12.0 | 73 |
| 6 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 43 | 30 | .589 | 13.0 | 73 |
| 7 | x – Brooklyn Nets | 35 | 37 | .486 | 20.5 | 72 |
| 8 | x – Orlando Magic | 33 | 40 | .452 | 23.0 | 73 |
| 9 | Washington Wizards | 25 | 47 | .347 | 30.5 | 72 |
| 10 | Charlotte Hornets | 23 | 42 | .354 | 29.0 | 65 |
| 11 | Chicago Bulls | 22 | 43 | .338 | 30.0 | 65 |
| 12 | New York Knicks | 21 | 45 | .318 | 31.5 | 66 |
| 13 | Detroit Pistons | 20 | 46 | .303 | 32.5 | 66 |
| 14 | Atlanta Hawks | 20 | 47 | .299 | 33.0 | 67 |
| 15 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 46 | .292 | 33.0 | 65 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2019 preseason game log Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) :
Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 7
San Lorenzo
W 120–89
Jordan Clarkson (17)
Tristan Thompson (10)
Cedi Osman (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 9,902
1–0
2
October 11
@ Detroit
L 105–109
Collin Sexton (24)
Larry Nance Jr. (11)
Collin Sexton (4)
Little Caesars Arena 13,925
1–1
3
October 13
@ Boston
L 72–118
Sindarius Thornwell (12)
Jarell Martin (9)
Collin Sexton (3)
TD Garden 18,624
1–2
4
October 15
Boston
L 95–118
Collin Sexton (20)
Jarell Martin (9)
Matthew Dellavedova (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 12,398
1–3 :
2019–20 season schedule :

### Regular season

2019–20 game log Total: 19–46 (Home: 11–25; Road: 8–21) :
October: 2–2 (home: 2–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 23
@ Orlando
L 85–94
Thompson, Sexton (16)
Kevin Love (18)
Darius Garland (5)
Amway Center 18,846
0–1
2
October 26
Indiana
W 110–99
Tristan Thompson (25)
Thompson, Love (13)
Kevin Love (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
1–1
3
October 28
@ Milwaukee
L 112–129
Collin Sexton (18)
Kevin Love (16)
Thompson, Clarkson (4)
Fiserv Forum 17,385
1–2
4
October 30
Chicago
W 117–111
Tristan Thompson (23)
Kevin Love (20)
Kevin Love (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,595
2–2 :
November
: 3–12 (home: 1–7; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 1
@ Indiana
L 95–102
Kevin Love (22)
Kevin Love (17)
Jordan Clarkson (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,079
2–3
6
November 3
Dallas
L 111–131
Kevin Love (29)
Tristan Thompson (12)
Brandon Knight (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 18,078
2–4
7
November 5
Boston
L 113–119
Collin Sexton (21)
Tristan Thompson (13)
Thompson, Clarkson (4)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,709
2–5
8
November 8
@ Washington
W 113–100
Tristan Thompson (21)
Love, Thompson (12)
Darius Garland (6)
Capital One Arena 16,946
3–5
9
November 10
@ New York
W 108–87
Collin Sexton (31)
Nance Jr., Thompson (9)
Darius Garland (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
4–5
10
November 12
@ Philadelphia
L 97–98
Love, Clarkson (20)
Tristan Thompson (12)
Collin Sexton (4)
Wells Fargo Center 20,294
4–6
11
November 14
Miami
L 97–108
Kevin Love (21)
Kevin Love (10)
Porter Jr., Dellavedova (4)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,374
4–7
12
November 17
Philadelphia
L 95–114
Collin Sexton (17)
Tristan Thompson (9)
Thompson, Clarkson (3)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
4–8
13
November 18
@ New York
L 105–123
Kevin Porter Jr. (18)
Cedi Osman (8)
Jordan Clarkson (4)
Madison Square Garden 17,097
4–9
14
November 20
@ Miami
L 100–124
Kevin Love (25)
Kevin Love (13)
Matthew Dellavedova (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
4–10
15
November 22
@ Dallas
L 101–143
Darius Garland (23)
Tristan Thompson (8)
Collin Sexton (5)
American Airlines Center 19,639
4–11
16
November 23
Portland
W 110–104
Jordan Clarkson (28)
Osman, Nance Jr. (12)
Cedi Osman (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
5–11
17
November 25
Brooklyn
L 106–108
Jordan Clarkson (23)
Larry Nance Jr. (13)
Kevin Porter Jr. (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,143
5–12
18
November 27
Orlando
L 104–116
Collin Sexton (20)
Tristan Thompson (15)
Collin Sexton (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,712
5–13
19
November 29
Milwaukee
L 110–119
Darius Garland (21)
Tristan Thompson (13)
Kevin Love (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
5–14 :
December
: 5–9 (home: 3–3; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
December 3
Detroit
L 94–127
Collin Sexton (22)
Tristan Thompson (14)
Larry Nance Jr. (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,504
5–15
21
December 6
Orlando
L 87–93
Collin Sexton (19)
Larry Nance Jr. (11)
Tristan Thompson (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 18,446
5–16
22
December 7
@ Philadelphia
L 94–141
Darius Garland (17)
Kevin Love (7)
Thompson, Porter Jr. (4)
Wells Fargo Center 20,844
5–17
23
December 9
@ Boston
L 88–110
Jordan Clarkson (19)
Tristan Thompson (11)
Matthew Dellavedova (4)
TD Garden 19,156
5–18
24
December 11
Houston
L 110–116
Kevin Porter Jr. (24)
Kevin Love (11)
Cedi Osman (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,122
5–19
25
December 12
@ San Antonio
W 117–109 (OT)
Kevin Love (30)
Kevin Love (17)
Darius Garland (5)
AT&T Center 18,354
6–19
26
December 14
@ Milwaukee
L 108–125
Kevin Porter Jr. (15)
Kevin Love (10)
Darius Garland (5)
Fiserv Forum 17,481
6–20
27
December 16
@ Toronto
L 113–133
Collin Sexton (25)
Tristan Thompson (8)
Garland, Henson (5)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
6–21
28
December 18
Charlotte
W 100–98
Collin Sexton (23)
Kevin Love (14)
Kevin Love (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,023
7–21
29
December 20
Memphis
W 114–107
Jordan Clarkson (33)
Tristan Thompson (15)
Matthew Dellavedova (8)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
8–21
30
December 23
Atlanta
W 121–118
Collin Sexton (25)
Tristan Thompson (10)
Kevin Love (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 18,007
9–21
31
December 27
@ Boston
L 117–129
Kevin Love (30)
Thompson, Love (7)
Matthew Dellavedova (6)
TD Garden 19,156
9–22
32
December 28
@ Minnesota
W 94–88
Garland, Sexton (18)
Tristan Thompson (15)
Garland, Thompson (3)
Target Center 15,411
10–22
33
December 31
@ Toronto
L 97–117
Collin Sexton (22)
Thompson, Love (11)
Garland, Osman, Porter Jr. (4)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
10–23 :
January
: 3–13 (home: 0–9; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
January 2
Charlotte
L 106–109
Collin Sexton (21)
Tristan Thompson (11)
Darius Garland (8)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,859
10–24
35
January 4
Oklahoma City
L 106–121
Collin Sexton (30)
Tristan Thompson (14)
Darius Garland (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
10–25
36
January 5
Minnesota
L 103–118
Dante Exum (28)
Ante Žižić (12)
Knight, Henson (3)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,159
10–26
37
January 7
Detroit
L 113–115
Kevin Love (30)
Tristan Thompson (15)
Matthew Dellavedova (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,274
10–27
38
January 9
@ Detroit
W 115–112 (OT)
Tristan Thompson (35)
Tristan Thompson (14)
Darius Garland (7)
Little Caesars Arena 13,445
11–27
39
January 11
@ Denver
W 111–103
Collin Sexton (25)
Kevin Love (15)
Darius Garland (8)
Pepsi Center 19,533
12–27
40
January 13
@ L. A. Lakers
L 99–128
Kevin Love (21)
Kevin Love (11)
Garland, Sexton (4)
Staples Center 18,997
12–28
41
January 14
@ L. A. Clippers
L 103–128
Collin Sexton (25)
Thompson, Wade (8)
Darius Garland (10)
Staples Center 19,068
12–29
42
January 17
@ Memphis
L 109–113
Collin Sexton (28)
Alfonzo McKinnie (10)
Garland, Sexton (6)
FedExForum 17,102
12–30
43
January 18
@ Chicago
L 116–118
Kevin Love (29)
Tristan Thompson (8)
Kevin Love (6)
United Center 19,939
12–31
44
January 20
New York
L 86–106
Collin Sexton (17)
Tristan Thompson (22)
Collin Sexton (4)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,133
12–32
45
January 23
Washington
L 112–124
Collin Sexton (29)
Larry Nance Jr. (12)
Cedi Osman (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,689
12–33
46
January 25
Chicago
L 106–118
Kevin Love (20)
Love, Nance Jr. (11)
Thompson, Osman (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
12–34
47
January 27
@ Detroit
W 115–100
Collin Sexton (23)
Tristan Thompson (11)
Collin Sexton (5)
Little Caesars Arena 12,597
13–34
48
January 28
New Orleans
L 111–125
Collin Sexton (24)
Larry Nance Jr. (11)
Larry Nance Jr. (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
13–35
49
January 30
Toronto
L 109–115
Love, Sexton (23)
Tristan Thompson (12)
Darius Garland (8)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,695
13–36 :
February
: 4–7 (home: 3–4; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
50
February 1
Golden State
L 112–131
Collin Sexton (23)
Love, Thompson (11)
Kevin Love (5)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 18,410
13–37
51
February 3
New York
L 134–139 (OT)
Kevin Love (33)
Kevin Love (13)
Collin Sexton (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,303
13–38
52
February 5
@ Oklahoma City
L 103–109
Collin Sexton (23)
John Henson (11)
Darius Garland (6)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
13–39
53
February 9
L. A. Clippers
L 92–133
Andre Drummond (19)
Andre Drummond (14)
Darius Garland (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,240
13–40
54
February 12
Atlanta
W 127–105
Tristan Thompson (27)
Andre Drummond (15)
Darius Garland (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,200
14–40
55
February 21
@ Washington
W 113–108
Collin Sexton (25)
Andre Drummond (12)
Garland, Thompson (4)
Capital One Arena 18,895
15–40
56
February 22
@ Miami
L 105–124
Cedi Osman (19)
Dante Exum (8)
Collin Sexton (9)
American Airlines Arena 19,754
15–41
57
February 24
Miami
W 125–119 (OT)
Kevin Porter Jr. (30)
Kevin Love (14)
Darius Garland (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,336
16–41
58
February 26
Philadelphia
W 108–94
Collin Sexton (28)
Larry Nance Jr. (15)
Love, Porter Jr. (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,332
17–41
59
February 28
@ New Orleans
L 104–116
Collin Sexton (31)
Kevin Love (7)
Matthew Dellavedova (6)
Smoothie King Center 18,304
17–42
60
February 29
Indiana
L 104–113
Andre Drummond (27)
Andre Drummond (13)
Kevin Love (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
17–43 :
March: 2–3 (home: 2–2; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61
March 2
Utah
L 113–126
Collin Sexton (32)
Kevin Love (9)
Matthew Dellavedova (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 15,453
17–44
62
March 4
Boston
L 106–112
Collin Sexton (41)
Larry Nance Jr. (15)
Collin Sexton (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,897
17–45
63
March 7
Denver
W 104–102
Kevin Love (27)
Tristan Thompson (13)
Matthew Dellavedova (14)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
18–45
64
March 8
San Antonio
W 132–129 (OT)
Andre Drummond (28)
Kevin Love (18)
Matthew Dellavedova (11)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,995
19–45
65
March 10
@ Chicago
L 103–108
Collin Sexton (26)
Kevin Love (8)
Matthew Dellavedova (8)
United Center 17,837
19–46 :
Cancelled games
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
66
March 13
@ Charlotte
Spectrum Center
67
March 14
@ Atlanta
State Farm Arena
68
March 17
@ Houston
Toyota Center
69
March 19
@ Orlando
Amway Center
70
March 21
@ Indiana
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
71
March 24
Sacramento
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
72
March 26
LA Lakers
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
73
March 28
@ Brooklyn
Barclays Center
74
March 30
Phoenix
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
75
April 1
@ Utah
Vivint Smart Home Arena
76
April 3
@ Phoenix
Talking Stick Resort Arena
77
April 5
@ Sacramento
Golden 1 Center
78
April 7
@ Portland
Moda Center
79
April 8
@ Golden State
Chase Center
80
April 11
Milwaukee
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
81
April 13
Brooklyn
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
82
April 15
@ Atlanta
State Farm Arena :
2019–20 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Collin Sexton | 65 | 65 | 33.0 | .472 | .380 | .846 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .1 | 20.8 |
| Cedi Osman | 65 | 65 | 29.4 | .437 | .383 | .670 | 3.6 | 2.4 | .8 | .2 | 11.0 |
| Darius Garland | 59 | 59 | 30.9 | .401 | .355 | .875 | 1.9 | 3.9 | .7 | .1 | 12.3 |
| Tristan Thompson | 57 | 51 | 30.2 | .512 | .391 | .615 | 10.1 | 2.1 | .6 | .9 | 12.0 |
| Matthew Dellavedova | 57 | 4 | 14.4 | .354 | .231 | .865 | 1.3 | 3.2 | .4 | .0 | 3.1 |
| Kevin Love | 56 | 56 | 31.8 | .450 | .374 | .854 | 9.8 | 3.2 | .6 | .3 | 17.6 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 56 | 10 | 26.3 | .531 | .352 | .676 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .4 | 10.1 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 50 | 3 | 23.2 | .442 | .335 | .723 | 3.2 | 2.2 | .9 | .3 | 10.0 |
| Alfonzo McKinnie | 40 | 1 | 14.8 | .427 | .215 | .710 | 2.8 | .4 | .6 | .2 | 4.6 |
| John Henson$^†$ | 29 | 2 | 14.2 | .508 | .194 | .515 | 3.9 | 1.5 | .6 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| Jordan Clarkson$^†$ | 29 | 0 | 23.0 | .442 | .371 | .884 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .6 | .3 | 14.6 |
| Danté Exum$^†$ | 24 | 1 | 16.8 | .479 | .351 | .732 | 2.3 | 1.4 | .5 | .3 | 5.6 |
| Ante Žižić | 22 | 0 | 10.0 | .569 | | .737 | 3.0 | .3 | .3 | .2 | 4.4 |
| Brandon Knight$^†$ | 16 | 0 | 15.1 | .326 | .297 | .308 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .3 | .1 | 4.9 |
| Dean Wade | 12 | 0 | 5.9 | .692 | .500 | .000 | 1.6 | .2 | .2 | .3 | 1.7 |
| Tyler Cook$^†$ | 11 | 0 | 3.2 | .700 | | .833 | .9 | .1 | .1 | .0 | 1.7 |
| Andre Drummond$^†$ | 8 | 8 | 28.1 | .552 | .286 | .513 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 17.5 |
| Matt Mooney | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .250 | .000 | | .8 | .3 | .5 | .3 | .5 |
| Malik Newman | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Marques Bolden | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | | | | 2.0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 |
| J. P. Macura | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | | | | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Cavaliers only.

## Transactions
### Trades

| December 23, 2019 | To Cleveland CavaliersDante Exum 2022 second-round pick (from SAS) 2023 second-round pick (from GSW) | To Utah JazzJordan Clarkson |
| February 6, 2020 | To Cleveland CavaliersAndre Drummond | To Detroit PistonsJohn 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 | SIG Strasbourg |
| 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

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| J.R. Smith | Waived | Los Angeles Lakers |