Cavs game vs. Spurs set for Wednesday postponed due to COVID-19; to now play DEN Friday

Collin Sexton, Darius Garland and the Cleveland Cavaliers have not been in game action at home at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse since Feb. 6, in what was a rough loss on the second game of a back-to-back home “series” against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Cleveland’s last five games have been on the road, and those were clearly not the most ideal set of outcomes. In their five-game roadie, aside from a close loss last Monday at the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland was taken to the proverbial woodshed the rest of the way in losses against teams that are frankly, in a different league.

That was in relation to the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, LA Clippers and in conclusion Monday at the Golden State Warriors. The Clippers were without Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, even.

The Wine and Gold have definitely had their share of struggles this month in what will likely end up being their toughest stretch overall. And them being set to not have Larry Nance Jr. (fractured left hand) for seemingly through most of March didn’t lead to a vote of confidence for the last road trip for Cavaliers fans.

Looking at the rest of the week, the Cavaliers were originally set to have the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday at home, but that won’t be playing out.

San Antonio, who had their game on Monday postponed at the Detroit Pistons, had four positive COVID-19 tests, per a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and the NBA is postponing their next three games. The Spurs played at the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday, who are reportedly undergoing contract tracing, per Woj, and their next two outings are postponed, and for context, the Spurs have reportedly “remained quarantined” in Charlotte since the game, per Woj.

A league release also shortly thereafter stated how the postponements are due to the reasoning above regarding both teams, and that that action was taken involving the Spurs and Hornets “in accordance with the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols.”

From there, though, the league announced via release on Tuesday that the Nuggets, who were originally set to play the Hornets on Friday, will instead be playing the Cavs once again on Friday, and as was h/t Woj. That game was before targeted for the season’s second half; tipoff is set for 7 PM Eastern.

The Cavs will still have some more rest/seemingly some productive practice time before their next game versus Denver.

As a result of this Spurs game originally scheduled for Wednesday being postponed, on the plus side, the Cavaliers will still have some more rest/I’d assume some meaningful practice time before their next game against the Nuggets.

That one will of course, and not in others if he’s still with the Cavaliers at other points from there leading into the March 25 trade deadline, not involve Andre Drummond in game action.

He/his camp and the Cavs reportedly agreed on Monday that Drummond, given that the Cavaliers are trying to find a trade partner for him/him having been dissatisfied with his minutes-share seemingly since the Jarrett Allen trade acquisition, that he’ll be sitting in his remaining times with Cleveland in games. The Cleveland Cavaliers are fully committed to Jarrett Allen long-term, and this will jump start that process.

Anyway, while the Cavaliers are reeling currently, having lost eight straight overall, seemingly having still a few full days without games for rest, and being able to work out things some in practice time, should help them regroup a bit, I’d hope.

Also on a positive note, per a report from Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor on Sunday, it would seem as though Kevin Love, whose been progressing along regarding his high-grade right calf strain/reaggravation, could maybe be back in game action on Sunday versus the Oklahoma City Thunder. He’s been sidelined since Dec. 27 versus the Philadelphia 76ers.

So again, hopefully, the Cavs work some things out and get back on track with more energy. We’ll have to see as to when that Spurs game will be reset for.