JB Bickerstaff could not ask for a more beautiful Christmas present! Appointed interim coach of the Cavaliers in February 2020 to take over from John Beilein, the former assistant of the Rockets and Grizzlies has transformed the test since ESPN announces that its leaders have just extended it until … 2027! So here he is with a long-term contract, ideal for pursuing his ideas and projects.
Under his control, Cleveland is the surprise team of the start of the season with 19 wins for 13 losses, and a nice 5th place in the East. While many observers had been surprised by the choices of the leaders for two years, Bickerstaff has created a real identity with a strong defense (the 3rd in the NBA) and the “very tall ball” which confuses the opponents with three players. at 2m10 and more in between. All with a nice mix of young talents (Sexton, Garland, Okoro, Allen, Mobley, Osman, Markkanen…) and seasoned veterans (Love, Rubio).
Two years ago, the Cavaliers had won just 19 matches. A total already reached at Christmas.
| Tirs | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Darius Garland | 30 | 34.4 | 47.7 | 38.6 | 90.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 19.4 |
| Jarrett Allen | 28 | 32.6 | 70.2 | 16.7 | 71.9 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 16.8 |
| Collin Sexton | 11 | 28.8 | 45.0 | 24.4 | 74.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| Evan Mobley | 25 | 33.6 | 47.4 | 33.3 | 77.3 | 1.7 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 13.8 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 23 | 30.3 | 40.0 | 32.0 | 83.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 13.4 |
| Ricky Rubio | 32 | 28.4 | 35.7 | 33.5 | 84.5 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.6 |
| Kevin Love | 24 | 20.1 | 42.8 | 39.4 | 94.1 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 12.4 |
| Cedi Osman | 26 | 22.4 | 45.3 | 39.7 | 70.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 11.5 |
| Isaac Okoro | 23 | 28.8 | 44.4 | 30.1 | 76.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
| Dean Wade | 22 | 20.7 | 43.9 | 35.4 | 80.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| Justin Anderson | 1 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Lamar Stevens | 20 | 10.7 | 40.7 | 40.9 | 62.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| Dylan Windler | 20 | 10.1 | 42.2 | 36.7 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Denzel Valentine | 20 | 7.7 | 31.9 | 35.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| Ed davis | 11 | 9.7 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Rj Nembhard | 3 | 2.2 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Kevin Pangos | 13 | 4.4 | 46.2 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Tacko Fall | 9 | 4.9 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Luke Kornet | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Three Scott | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
