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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 31 | 25 | 33 | 26 | 115 |
 Cavaliers | 26 | 31 | 34 | 18 | 109 |
DENTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 39-8446.4% | 17-3647.2% | 20-2387.0% | 47 | 30 | 16 |
| CLE | 43-9047.8% | 6-2623.1% | 17-2085.0% | 41 | 24 | 10 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets115| 36 | 24 | 8-13 | 2-2 | 6-6 | 0 | +14 | +14.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 17 | 6-6 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0 | +7 | +7.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 6-19 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 29 | 25 | 8-14 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +13 | +8.2 | |||||
| 26 | 10 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 11 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.4 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.4 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.0 | |||||
| 8 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.3 | |||||
| Team | 115 | 39-8446.4% | 17-3647.2% | 47 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 20-2387.0% | 18 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Jack White, Peyton Watson, Ish Smith and DeAndre Jordan (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers109| 38 | 31 | 12-19 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 0 | +8.1 | ||||||||
| 37 | 22 | 7-20 | 1-6 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 22 | 9-22 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 20 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −6.9 | ||||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +2 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | ||||
| Team | 109 | 43-9047.8% | 6-2623.1% | 41 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 17-2085.0% | 13 | 10 | 2 | |||
Bench 18 points on 8 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Dylan Windler, Robin Lopez, Raul Neto and Danny Green (coach’s decision).
Nuggets115Cavaliers109ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had 24 points (12 in the paint), 18 rebounds and 13 assists, his 98th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets closed the fourth quarter on a 14-4 run to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-109 for their fourth straight win.
The Cavaliers led 105-101 with 5:48 left in the fourth quarter. Michael Porter Jr.’s corner 3-pointer put the Nuggets ahead for good with 4:41 left. He scored 8 points during the run.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Cavaliers 12-4. Porter scored 8 of the Nuggets’ 12 on 3 for 4 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to his 3-pointer that put the Nuggets ahead 92-91, and the Nuggets scored 6 points off them.
Porter scored 25 points with 6 3-pointers. Jokić and Jamal Murray set each other up for 8 baskets and 20 points, 2 of them during the 14-4 run.
For the Cavaliers, Evan Mobley had 31 points (18 in the paint) and 9 rebounds, and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points and 4 steals. Darius Garland scored 22 points. The Cavaliers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Nuggets shot 46.4% from the field and 47.2% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 47.8% and 23.1%. The Cavaliers gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 8 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. They outscored the Nuggets 68-38 in the paint.
Denver NuggetsCleveland CavaliersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
92 points from the field on 83 shots: 1.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-28 | 57.1% | 67% |
| In the paint | 3-12 | 25.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-8 | 37.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-12 | 41.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-24 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 20 | 10 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Caris LeVert | 15 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Cedi Osman | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Evan Mobley | 5 | 2 | 0-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen | 37 | 13 | 5-9 | −1 |
| Evan Mobley | 22 | 9 | 4-4 | +1 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Isaac Okoro | 3 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 12 | 5-6 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 36 | 13 | 5-5 | +7 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Caris LeVert | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
CLE
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 29' 3PT Jump Shot (24 PTS) (Murray 9 AST)
Q4 4:05
20.0%
47→27
Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
Q4 2:15
19.1%
34→15
Garland 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (LeVert 7 AST)
Q4 6:59
18.4%
40→58
Caldwell-Pope 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Brown 2 AST)
Q4 11:32
17.3%
62→45
Porter Jr. 1' Running Layup (22 PTS)
Q4 3:26
16.2%
37→21
