Not that anyone’s counting, but it’s been 287 days since the Cavaliers last took the court for a regular season game. The wait is over as the Wine & Gold host the Hornets on Wednesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
After going 2-2 in the preseason, the Cavaliers are still trying to get healthy heading into the first half of this year’s 72-game schedule – and will be without several key figures in the opener, including Kevin Love, Matthew Dellavedova, Kevin Porter Jr. and Dante Exum.
The young Hornets went 1-3 in the preseason and come to town relatively healthy, with Gordon Hayward on pace to play after sustaining a broken finger on December 14.